“It’s time. I’m 73 years old. My 50th wedding anniversary is this fall,” Madden said. “I have two great sons and their families and my five grandchildren are at an age now when they know when I’m home and, more importantly, when I’m not.”
Here is the CBS intro from one of the all-time great playoff games. I’m a Montana fan but this was a fantastic game despite Leonard Marshall ending his career as a 49er.
Yesterday, the NFL released its schedule for the 2009 season and as always it includes a bevy of intriguing games. Right off the bat, my biggest issue is the Dallas Cowboys. Despite missing the playoffs, releasing Terrell Owens and thus, losing a decent amount of sizzle in the […]
Yesterday was such a downer because of Harry Kalas’ death. At least today provides a brief glimpse of joy as the NFL releases it schedule tonight at 7pm on a variety of cable outlets. Today’s video homage is to the regular season game that sold me on the NFL. […]
When I attended elementary school in the mid 80s, the Phillies and the Sixers were the first two sports teams I became interested in. The Sixers won the title in ’83, which was one of my first sports memories and the Phillies were a few years removed from […]
HBO debuted a wonderful documentary about the third fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier in Manila on Saturday night. It jogged my boxing memory regarding another great doc on boxing, When We Were Kings, which covered the Ali-Foreman title fight in Zaire, one year prior to the […]
The NFL will release its schedule in prime-time for the first time ever coming up on Tuesday night at 7pm. Both ESPN and the NFL Network will run their own schedule release shows to coincide with this special day. To be honest, I’m equally excited about the schedule […]
Back in 1976, Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw had a run-in with Browns defensive lineman Joe “Turkey” Jones. If you watch the FOX pregame show during the season, you may have heard Bradshaw mention this play from time to time. Clearly, it’s not one of his favorites. In fact, […]
For the first time in league history, the NFL will announce its schedule for the 2009 season in primetime on the NFL Network on Tuesday night, April 17 at 7pm. The annual schedule release is truly one of the landmark days of the season for NFL fans. Hence, […]
Bills running back Marshawn Lynch has been suspended for the first three games of the 2009 season by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. The suspension stems a February incident in which Lynch was pulled over by Los Angeles police. In the process, they found a 9 mm semiautomatic handgun […]
