Published on: 13th August, 2010
In August 2007, Shawn Schrager of SportingNews.com contacted me about writing a couple of weekly columns. After confirming he hadn't called the wrong number, we worked out an arrangement. Since then, on two or three occasions per week, I've submitted items of varying length and quality, guided as to possible topics ...Published on: 11th August, 2010
Every year, every NFL player faces a certain degree of pressure. Every year, some face more than others. Ten players will begin the 2010 season with more pressure than the average guy who earns a living playing football. Here's the list: Titans running back Chris Johnson rushed for 2,006 ...Published on: 6th August, 2010
Saturday night, seven men will join the ranks of the immortals in Canton, complete with bronze busts and mustard-colored jackets. The annual exercise usually raises questions regarding men who aren't and should be in the Hall of Fame, and regarding men who are and shouldn't be. So let's raise a few ...Published on: 4th August, 2010
With NFL training camps in full swing, several high-profile campers aren't very happy with their contracts right now. So let's take a look at each situation, rendering a verdict as to whether the team or the player is on the right side of the dispute. Albert Haynesworth vs. the Redskins. It's ...Published on: 30th July, 2010
With training camps opening throughout the NFL, there are plenty of obvious story lines. So instead of breaking down the easy stuff like whether (or, more accurately, when) Brett Favre will return or who'll start during Ben Roethlisberger's suspension or whether Jay Cutler will take aim at ...Published on: 28th July, 2010
With the removal of the last big-name free agent from the shelf, thanks to Terrell Owens' signing with Cincinnati, let's look back at some of the most ill-advised free-agent signings in the uncapped year. Here are seven moves that probably shouldn't have happened. Antonio Bryant to the Bengals In light of their most ...Published on: 23rd July, 2010
When reports emerged in the days preceding that 2006 draft that would-be marketing agents had provided USC running back Reggie Bush's family with rent-free housing, no one could have imagined that the case eventually would threaten to revolutionize the manner in which we think about amateur athletes who earn millions ...Published on: 21st July, 2010
Every NFL season features quarterbacks getting benched and, ultimately, coaches getting fired. As training camp approaches and with every team in the valley of 0-0 and having a one-in-four chance (in theory) of winning the division and hosting a playoff game, optimism causes many fans to believe that their quarterback can ...Published on: 16th July, 2010
At a time when the NFL has done everything it can to create the impression that the player compensation system doesn't work -- and that the current formula for paying first-round picks represents the most broken aspect of the process -- how can the St. Louis Rams justify paying $50 ...Published on: 14th July, 2010
In the first episode of the second season of The T.O. Show, free-agent receiver Terrell Owens rounds out his single year in Buffalo by apparently throwing in the towel: "I don't really think I can do the whole new team, new city. This year's just not been up to ...