After a brief time atop the hill as Super Bowl favorites halfway through the 2012 NFL season, the Houston Texans return to their usual perch just on the outskirts heading int0 2013 according to Vegas. A team that finished as the AFC’s No. 3 seed last season is now receiving the third-highest Super Bowl odds [...]
Ten years to the date since he announced his retirement, Patrick Roy was back in the same restaurant at the Pepsi Center in Denver to be introduced as the newest head coach of the Colorado Avalanche. Spirits were high, and Avalanche fans are no doubt hopeful that things are well on their way to turning [...]
It was the same situations, different day for the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. The only change, a rather significant one, was that this time the Rockies finished the game on top of the Houston Astros. Struggling recently with the ability to capitalize on opportunities from the plate, Colorado came through when it mattered most on [...]
Although the Memphis Grizzlies were surprisingly swept by the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, the series wasn’t a total loss. Memphis discovered that reserve small forward Quincy Pondexter can potentially be a steady source of perimeter scoring, and for this reason he should be a larger part of their game plan for [...]
Well, did he or didn’t he? This has been the question that has been taking up most of the time in the college football world for the majority of the day. Today, during the SEC meetings, Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban was discussing the lately enormously-hot topic of a possible nine-game conference schedule. [...]
The Oklahoma State Cowboys and Kansas Jayhawks will enter the 2013-14 college basketball season as the favorites in the Big 12 Conference. For what it is worth, these two teams split the season series this past season. Oddly enough, the Cowboys won on the road and the Jayhawks won on the road. Although Kansas will [...]
How does the “Man of Steel” shave? In this hotly debated topic, Gillette helps cut through the clutter with HowDoesHeShave.com, a website dedicated to uncovering the truth behind Superman’s grooming routine. Director Kevin Smith; TV hosts Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman; scientist and comedian Bill Nye; and Mayim Bialik, actress and real-life neuroscientist, share their [...]
At first, when the NBA decided to make the act of flopping illegal, the reaction was that it would eliminate players from manipulating the officials. However, players across the league continue to flail at times when their is hardly a foul. Perhaps the most annoying part of a game, referees are forced to make a [...]
The most exciting aspect of fantasy baseball is obviously home runs. There is nothing better than hearing the crack of the bat and seeing a ball go sailing over the fence. However, seeing a speedy player dash the 90 feet from first to second in an attempt to steal the base has to be the [...]
After leading Dutch Eredivisie team AZ Alkmaar in scoring and to their first Dutch Cup Championship since 1982, transfer rumors have surrounded U.S. Men’s National Team forward Jozy Altidore. For a player that scored 26 goals in 26 games for Alkmaar in all competitions, there will be clubs all over the world that are scrambling to sign [...]
With one month to go in the season, the New York Jets are 4-7 and pretty much heading toward missing the playoffs for the second straight year barring a miracle. After reaching the AFC Championship game two years in a row, the Jets have gone down hill fast. Their owner Woody Johnson mentioned a few weeks [...]
The New York Jets had a home game Thanksgiving Night against their hated rival the New England Patriots. Unfortunately the Jets players and coaches didn’t bother to check their schedules because they were a no shows Thursday night. The Jets might have been there physically, but mentally they must have had Thanksgiving dinner on their minds. [...]
The New England Patriots aren’t the dominant team they used to be. At least not this year, but the Patriots are still the Patriots and can’t be taken lightly. The Patriots have lost games this year by blowing 4th quarter leads and losing close games by not making plays at crunch time. That is something [...]
In any division rivalry game, the second game is always the most intriguing. The reason being because both teams know one another and know what the other team is going to do. It all comes down to what adjustments both coaches make for the second game. This could be the key to the second game [...]
The New York Jets got a huge break for Thursday Nights game against the New England Patriots. The Patriots will be without their star tight end Rob Gronkowski. It’s a huge blow for the Patriots who are trying to make another playoffs run, but the loss of Gronkowski will be huge because quarterback Tom Brady [...]
After a week of turmoil surrounding the New York Jets, the Jets put all the distractions aside for as big road win over the St. Louis Rams in St. Louis. They played a good game on both sides of the ball and this was probably one of their better wins as team this season. The [...]
When you play the New York Jets, the one area the Jets have always had an advantage was their special teams. With their kick coverage teams and their return game. The Jets return game is still very good, but this season their kick coverage teams and protection has been bad for the Jets. It started a month ago against [...]
After a week of the New York Jets bashing quarterback Tim Tebow and coach Rex Ryan claiming his team is united, the question is can the Jets put the drama behind them to play a good game? The Jets are on the road against the St.Louis Rams for a critical game to try to save [...]
You had to figure sooner or later at some point this season players on the New York Jets would speak out about Tim Tebow. Let’s face it since the Jets traded for Tebow last April, he has gotten a lot of headlines and got a lot of the questions in training camp about how he [...]
The New York Jets are never short on back page headlines. The team is struggling at 3-6 and now this week you have anonymous Jets players talking about quarterback Tim Tebow and how he is a joke. Now you have Jets coach Rex Ryan the next d ay after hearing about the players talking bad about [...]
