ESPN"s "The Sports Guy" talks about Bruce Springsteen's upcoming Superbowl Half-Time Show:

As a lifelong Bruce Springsteen fan, the Super Bowl ads for his performance next month never stop flooring me. Don't they know how the man is wired? He can't bang out three songs without sprinkling one autobiographical story in there, and he certainly can't ( Read more... )

From ESPN's case for making the Titans DL and Giants OL CO-MVP's of the year:

MVP voters either missed, ignored or forgot such highlights. But we didn't. So after explaining to the Giants line that they are one of our MVPs, we expect to be wrapped in a crushing bear hug. Nope. "That isn't something we think about or care about," says Diehl. "If we ( Read more... )

Andy Reid has been growing a beard the last few weeks:


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Indy QB Peyton Manning wins 3rd NFL MVP.In a landslide. Which goes to show that there weren't that many competitors to the title. When you look at the best teams this year, you'll see difficulties with MVP ( Read more... )

From Gregg Easterbrook's TMQ column today:
Two Jersey/A offensive linemen were chosen for the Pro Bowl, as was Eli Manning; a Pro Bowl invite also includes expenses for a wife or girlfriend. Manning said last week that he would pay to bring the Giants' other three starting offensive linemen and their wives to Hawaii for the week. This is one smart ( Read more... )

I love my Northwestern Wildcats.

Win or lose. I love them. :)

They are fighting in a way they have not fought the last few years. All I ask from my small football school (8,000 undergrad enrollment) is to be competitive, to fight and be competitive.

That mission is accomplished.

No. 21 Missouri at No. 23 NorthwesternVALERO ALAMO BOWL ( Read more... )

Rick Reilly is really getting used to being ESPN's feature guy.

Here is a series of articles about how NFL players are still living in fear after the string of athlete attacks last year.

Some highlights:
Redskins RB Clinton Portis (friend of murdered player Sean Taylor): Right now, who is better to target than an athlete? Bankers are losing jobs ( Read more... )

Michael Lewis is a very good writer. He, the writer of 'Moneyball' and "The Blind Side," is probably the most notable writer of books about sports today. 'Moneyball' dissects the growth of sabermetrics in baseball: an idea that statistics can be used not just to describe the game, but also to draft, manage and win games ( Read more... )

Posted without comment. *too busy drooling*

From men's journal: Brotherhood of the Offensive Line
Four of the five very large men with swollen necks, ham arms, and keg midriffs known as the New York Giants offensive line lounge by the pool on the rooftop of the Standard Hotel in downtown L.A. They are in bathing suits, a sight in itself. Only one ( Read more... )