Commish Outdoes Himself: Payton’s Suspension Excessive; Where Was Belichick’s?
At least today is a day where I do not feel alone. I am joined now by tens, even hundreds of thousands of loyal Saints fans in my abhorrence…
Six Things I Miss About the Paul Tagliabue-run NFL
If you’ve read enough on here throughout the years, you know Roger Goodell is one of my least-favorite people on the planet. Paul Tagliabue is a saint, if only by comparison. Ever since Goodell’s reign…
New York Giants: The St. Louis Cardinals of football
I saw a Facebook post yesterday that had a picture of Eli Manning paying homage to the well-known Dos Equis ad for The Most Interesting Man in the World. As the commercial’s star says “I…
Super Bowl XLVI: History Repeats Itself
Line: Patriots by 2½ This isn’t a movie I wanted to watch again, but it’s the Super Bowl, so we give it our due diligence as American citizens. The Patriots and Giants…
Writing has been on the wall all year for Patriots; destiny begs in Indy
Even from the moment you realized the Super Bowl was being played in Indianapolis, you had to know that the Patriots would be in the mix. Then, the lockout…
Stunning similarities between 2007, 2011 Giants
If it feels like you are watching NFL reruns this January, you are not alone. The Patriots and Giants are meeting in the Super Bowl (stop me if you’ve…
Bug Selig briefs on baseball at WCBF
I was fortunate enough to get a couple minutes in a mini-scrum — actually, just me and an LA Times writer — with Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig at the World Children’s Baseball Fair…
Championship Game picks; A Harbaugh Bowl looming?
We’ve reached the Final Four and perhaps more refreshingly, two of the league’s three offensive sideshows have been put to rest. The Saints and Packers and their circus-like attack will be home watching three teams…
Did 49ers’ turnaround actually start at the end of last season?
For all those marveling in the transformation of the San Francisco 49ers this season under Jim Harbaugh, there is a very real possibility that evidence of such surfaced at the…
You can usually count on one roadie on Championship Sunday — Usually
When you have made it this far in the season, you are less concerned with homefield advantage and more concerned with momentum and capitalizing on the opportunity at hand. …