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  The Camera Makes It Boring

  02.15.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  There are certain things that you just have to do yourself. Such is the motto I’ve lived by, and it’s provided me with some interesting experiences in my lifetime.
  But for those days when you’re cooped up inside, it’s nice to see other people having a good time with a little friendly (or sometimes not [...]

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  Saints’ Win is Good for the Game

  02.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  You’d be surprised to learn that I, as a sports journalist, did not get the chance to watch Super Bowl XLIV. Unbelievable, I know. I have, however, had a chance to watch nearly each and every play forty times or more, courtesy of ESPN, complete with narration from a myriad of expert analysts. There are [...]

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  The Superbowl Sad Face

  02.09.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  When Peyton Manning threw the fateful interception to seal the win for the New Orleans Saints, I saw his reaction and felt a little sorry for him. Manning was always known as a quarterback that never chokes under pressure. Manning’s ability to lead his team down the field when the game is on the line [...]

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  Foreverman: Will Brett be Back?

  02.01.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Well, the dream is over.
  Once again, a Brett Favre helmed team has come up just short of the Superbowl. That makes two overtime losses in three years.
  But the question that should be on everyone’s mind is this: Will he take another shot?
  It’s certainly possible. Brett enjoyed one of his better statistical seasons in 2009. He [...]

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  Don’t Play this Game: Space Football

  01.29.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Among all of the horrors unleashed upon the world in the 1990’s, there is one atrocity which is often forgotten. It was an evil just as dastardly as the conflict in Bosnia and just as toxic as the Gulf War oil spill.
  Yes, it was even more evil than “Titanic.”
  Triffix Entertainment, the company responsible for [...]

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  Bo Jackson’s Hit & Run: Best Sports Video Game Ever

  01.16.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Are you ready for my “old man” voice? Good, because here it comes.
  Back in my day, we didn’t have fancy polygonal 3D graphics in our sports games. Our favorite athletes were rendered in sprites, colorful (or not so colorful) two-dimensional images pasted on our standard-definition, bubble-screened TVs. New games for my Super Nintendo cost $60, [...]

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  Heads Are About to Roll: NFL Style

  01.05.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Well at the end of another NFL season, it’s officially become the firing period for Head Coaches…and it didn’t take too long for the first head to roll. Well for the 20 NFL teams that didn’t make the playoffs there is plenty of blame to go around. Usually the biggest change a team [...]

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  Cotton Bowl: A Historic Bowl Game

  12.23.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  The Cotton Bowl is know as one of the most historic bowl games in the history of college bowl games. The Cotton Bowl classic has been played for more than 70 years. Up until now this legendary bowl game has been played at the Cotton Bowl stadium. In 2008, the Cotton Bowl stadium was renovated [...]

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  Things I learned from Basic Cable

  12.17.09 | Permalink | Comments Off

  So, thanks to a a minor budgetary crunch a few months back, combined with the malicious lies of my cable provider, I was forced to downgrade my programing package to only internet and the basic, 14-channel TV. Have you ever gotten drunk while watching a spelling bee? I have. And it was epic.
  Anyway, my [...]

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  Everybody Loves a Comeback Story: The Resurrection of Vince Young

  12.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I guess its o.k. to start off by saying that just a few short years ago, 2005 to be exact, that a young quarterback from the University of Texas put on a show during the entire college football season, his name was Vince Young. His numbers at Texas that year were pretty amazing, he [...]

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