Hey everyone, the NHL lockout is over. Professional hockey is finally back. Although the Winter Classic and the All-Star game were cancelled, the league was able to salvage a 48-game season. We can finally stop following “virtual hockey.” Fans everywhere can celebrate that their favorite sport is…who am I kidding? How many of you actually…
Read MoreLive From AREA 49...by Walt J.
Well that didn’t take long; if only all unemployment situations worked that fast. In less than a week former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid has once again become a coach in the NFL. Around noon Friday, Reid was hired as the new head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs. They’re still working out the…
Read MoreAnd so it begins, the NFL’s end-of-year firing squad known as “Black Monday” has commenced. If you’re a regular follower of mine, you know that I released my annual “Coachey” awards a few weeks ago. From what I can see so far today, I wasn’t that far off. Although I must admit, I find it…
Read MoreI’m so disgusted I couldn’t even come up with a better title. Another promising fantasy football season dashed by a fluke occurrence. Trailing by 34 going into the Monday night Texans/Patriots game I had Matt Schaub, Andre Johnson, and Arian Foster and my opponent was finished. We have a bit of a history as well…
Read MoreAs many of you may have already heard, once again tragedy has struck one of our nation’s most innocent symbols. The school shooting that took place at Sandy Hook elementary in Connecticut yesterday is becoming a far too common trend. My condolences go out to all of the families affected by this horrible incident. When…
Read MoreWith Week 14 getting under way, most fantasy football players’ attention will now move to the playoffs. If you’re new to the fantasy postseason, congratulations. If you’re someone like me who was COMPLETELY SCREWED OVER last year, you probably are looking to make amends. Either way, here are some tips to help you get through…
Read MoreAttending sporting events are a time-honored tradition in our culture, or in most cultures for that matter. Some people spend their entire lives as fans of a sport and never attend a game in person. I’ve been a football fan since I was eight and didn’t attend my first game until I was 22. It’s…
Read MoreNormally, I would ignore articles like this because even the headline sounded completely ridiculous. However, a reader reached out to me to address this garbage. Some “writer” (used loosely) whose name will not be given needed to fulfill his quota for the week and wrote some ridiculous tripe about Colin Kaepernick negatively portraying the quarterback…
Read MoreIt’s always sad when a young person in the prime of their life is taken away so soon. It’s even more sad when the person feels they have no other solutions and takes their own. In case you had not heard, Kansas City Chiefs LB Jovan Belcher shot and killed his girlfriend early Saturday before driving…
Read MoreDruckenmiller (“Druck” for you XFL fans), Rattay, O’Sullivan are just a few of the names from the last 15 years to call themselves the potential heir to the throne that is the Quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers. As we know, all three of these players were colossal failures. Now enter 2nd-year player from the University of Nevada…
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