A few weeks ago I wrote about how football wasn’t good for me and I was trying to quit. Since my rant I’ve managed to avoid a lot of football; I’ve missed my favorite player, Lesean McCoy, getting severely concussed in garbage time of a meaningless game, I have no idea how Peyton Manning is doing in Denver, and I only have a vague understanding of what’s happening under center in San Francisco. Last week I back-slid a bit when I watched three quarters of the Eagles’ Monday night game against the Carolina Panthers; I justified this lapse by telling myself that it was okay because at this point Eagles’ games bear almost no resemblance to actual professional football.Sadly, this weekend there was a terrible and all too serious reminder of why I’m cutting football out of my life for the time being.I’m not going to focus on what happened in Kansas City beyond saying that if you cannot see this weekend’s awful events fitting into a larger pattern of football associated tragedies (Chris Henry and Junior Seau came to mind very quickly) then you are being willfully blind.Continue Reading… … Read More
Emmanuel Sanders Fumbles Untouched In Steelers Win Over Ravens (GIF)
Once again, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens were embroiled in a tense, neck-and-neck game in Week 13. With 37-year-old Charlie Batch at the wheel, the Steelers would emerge with a narrow three-point win. Of course, the game between AFC North rivals might not have been that close had Steelers receiver Emmanuel Sanders not lost his grip on the football without getting touched during the third quarter. With the score tied at 13, Batch connected with Sanders on a deep pass down the middle on 3rd and 11. Sanders caught the pass in stride and looked like he had plenty of room to run for a long touchdown. But just before he crossed midfield — with the closest Baltimore defender about five yards away — the ball suddenly popped out of his hands. Having lost his grip, Sanders bobbled the ball and tapped it forward, allowing Ed Reed (of course) to jump on it at Baltimore’s 37-yard line. Read More…
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Potato Bowl 2012: Utah State, Toledo To Play On Dec. 15
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Utah State and Toledo have accepted invitations to play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
For the No. 18 Aggies (10-2), it’s a shot at redemption after losing a last-second thriller 24-23 to Ohio in last year’s game, while the Rockets (9-3) are headed for their third straight bowl appearance.
“We are excited to prepare for a quality Toledo team that had an outstanding season,” said fourth-year Utah State coach Gary Andersen. “Our staff has great respect for Toledo head coach Matt Campbell and the Rockets team. They are very well coached and obviously very talented as they are playing in their third straight bowl game.”
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Sugar Bowl 2013: Florida, Louisville Set For
NEW ORLEANS — No. 4 Florida will meet No. 22 Louisville in the Sugar Bowl.Despite finishing behind Georgia in the Southeastern Conference East Division, Florida (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference) was a likely candidate for the Sugar Bowl because the winner of Saturday’s SEC title game, Alabama, is headed to the BCS championship, while Georgia, which beat Florida and won the SEC East, was left with two losses and a lower BCS ranking than the one-loss Gators.Read More…
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Kentucky Basketball: Baylor Upsets No. 8 Wildcats, 64-55
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Baylor’s comfort with the zone defense on Saturday created uneasiness for No. 8 Kentucky.It left the Wildcats with a 64-55 loss to the Bears, a two-game losing streak and the end of their 54-game run at Rupp Arena.Read More…
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Atari celebrates 40 years of Pong with iOS game, Xbox 360 mod
Pong, the famed table-tennis arcade game whose mainstream success spawned a burgeoning video game industry celebrated its 40th anniversary yesterday. To commemorate the occasion, Atari released Pong World for iOS, and is offering a chance for its Facebook fans to win a pretty neat Atari 2600-skinned Xbox 360 (pictured right),… … Read More
Brat brawl: Russian youth hockey game ends in massive melee (VIDEO)
Still from YouTube video/nktvcom(28.3Mb)embed videoA video of mass brawl between two Russian junior ice hockey teams has become a blockbuster in the Russian part of YouTube.A game between two junior teams, Moscow’s White Bears and Metallurg Novokuznetsk, was supposed to be the jewel of the Yamaha Cup being held in the Moscow region. Both squads, made up of players born in 2002, were unbeaten going into the game, but it turned into a non-stop brawl and was suspended long before the final whistle.At the time it was stopped the Muscovites were leading 3-0. The run of play had annoyed their rivals; however, instead of trying to change the situation for the better they embarked on a less estimable way of settling scores. When 30 players from each side found themselves in the penalty box the referee had no other option but to stop the game.No surprise, the video of the brawl-packed action got around 100,000 hits in just a few days.As the American sports website deadspin.com put it, Russian players don’t have the best reputation as fighters in the NHL, but the next generation of Russian hockey stars seems set at changing that. … Read More
