NFC title game preview: NYG @SF
While the Giants pulled off the divisional upset against the host Packers to advance to the conference championship, the 49ers, who moved on after beating visiting New Orleans in an instant playoff classic, avoided a trip to top-seeded Green Bay to host the semifinal with New York. This will mark the second time the two...
Fun with numbers: NFL divisional playoff preview
All of the division-winners won at home during last week’s wild-card round to advance to the second-round divisional playoffs this week. The top two seeds in each conference, the New England Patriots and the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC and the Green Bay Packers and San Francisco 49ers in the NFC, will each make their...
2011-12 playoff preview
The 12-teams qualified for the playoffs are set, with seeds No. 3-6 in each conference set to play this weekend. 2011-12 NFL playoffs: Wild-card round playoff previews AFC First-round byes: No. 1 New England (13-3) will host lowest remaining seed in the division round; No. 2 Baltimore (12-4) will host highest remaining seed No. 6...
Happy Har-bowl
The media has been all over the upcoming Thanksgiving day Har-bowl. Besides the enticing match-up between two top-tier NFL teams — first-year head coach Jim Harbaugh’s San Francsico 49ers (9-1) playing at John Harbaugh’s Baltimore Ravens (6-3) — it is also the first ever brother vs. brother head coaching match-up in the league’s history that...
Two drivers/manufacturers, one race
For those anti-Jimmy Johnson fans out there, you can finally breath easy. You will not be calling the defending five-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion, aka “Five-Time,” “Six-Time” next year. (no promises for 2013 though) You Ford fans, however, will have to do the usual and give it up to, the now 35-time manufacturers title winners,...
NFL quarter-season catch-up
Top 5 early-season surprises Arrow up 1. Buffalo Bills (3-1): Coming off an upset victory over New England, the Bills just missed out on a 4-0 start with its loss to Cincinnati last week. If a solid group of starters can remain healthy, the Bills might join the AFC East rival Pats (3-1) in the...
NFL (preseason) excitement
The first week of the NFL preseason is usually a time for frustrated and deprived football fans to sample a quarter, or two, of what the meaningful games might look like in a month. With this offseason’s lockout all but eliminating organized team activities, fans have added intrigue to witness a whirlwind preseason bring their...
NFL unlocked?
The last week of news regarding the state of the NFL lockout has been quite positive, and it appears as if both sides are committed to starting the season without missing any preseason games. While ESPN and NFL Network reporters have done a great job in providing all of the basic details, breaking news regarding...
Just Don’t It
It has now been four years since the shocking news of Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring was released. Along with a 21-month prison sentence, Vick lost all of his endorsement deals, including his then six-year partnership with Nike. Apparently Nike feels that Vick’s past is forgotten enough by the public (or at least their targeted consumers)...
NFL’s Top 100
If you watch (or even have) the NFL Network, you have probably caught a few episodes of their popular new series; The NFL’s Top 100 Players of 2011. It’s just the latest of many lists that the network has provided in its eight-year history, but the entertainment value extends beyond the program itself. Following each...
So long Shaq
While listening to sports radio on my way to work today, it finally hit me that we might actually have seen the last of Shaquille O’Neal. Even though he has hinted at leaving with his last four teams (Miami, Phoenix, Cleveland and Boston), it is doubtful the 7-foot, 1-inch basketball icon has enough left to...
Rosy’s 2011 NFL Draft predictions — 4.0 final
Since the NFL combine in late February, this year’s top prospects have been analyzed to see where they could possibly land in tomorrow’s draft. While Oregon State defensive tack Stephen Paea is the only player from the either of the local universities likely to see his name called in the first day, a handful of...
