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After clearing the vomit from my mouth after the sociopathic narcissistic "press conference" ESPN held to promote LeBron James, I felt it important to throw the city of Cleveland some love. Not only because it is tiresome watching ESPN attempt to shove their anointed heroes down our throats in hope of cashing in on faux reverence, but because Cavalier fans need only look back to 1980 and owner Ted Stepien to ...

The Scariest Players in NFL History

Posted: 25th June 2010 by JW Nix in NFL
NFL history has a long line of men who were feared each time they stepped onto the field. Men that would make opponents sweat in hopes of surviving 60 minutes against them. This is a list of the very best players ever to strike fear in opponents. Though there are several more to add to the list, these are the men generally considered the scariest for various reasons. We start first with ...

Big Mouth! The Ten Best Trash Talkers In NBA History

Posted: 20th April 2010 by JW Nix in NBA
Talking trash is an art. To get inside your opponents heads and wreck their psyche is not easy, especially if they are a professional athlete who has been there and heard it all already. Yet it still is a big part of what happens on the court. Several games have been won or lost by a simple word, expression, or gesture. Here are some of the best to ever grace the NBA ...
The Oriole Way Peter Angelos, the Baltimore Orioles owner, has no idea what that means. It is a term every baseball fan in Charm City is well aware of, and a methodology that Angelos has seemed bent on destroying since he bought the ball club in 1993. The Oriole Way had been very successful before he bought the club. For over three decades, from ...
The Washington Redskins have fallen on hard times as a franchise. They are now the perennial cellar dwellers in the NFC East. A team so desperate in need of repair that owner Dan Snyder cleaned house by hiring a new general manager and head coach. Bruce Allen, the general manager, and Mike Shanahan, the head coach, have not gotten off to a roaring start just yet. They have hired two aging running backs, ...

A Call To Keep Jason Campbell a Washington Redskin

Posted: 13th April 2010 by JW Nix in NFL
When the Washington Redskins traded with the Philadelphia Eagles to acquire Donovan McNabb for a couple of draft picks, cynics pointed out the deal could basically end up being a one-year rental of the former Eagles quarterback. McNabb, whose contract expires at the end of the season, will most likely not sign any contact extensions until the players and owners resolve their differences on ...

Where Has the NBA Center Gone?

Posted: 4th April 2010 by JW Nix in NBA
No longer does the NBA have the likes of Bill Lanier, Wilt Chamberlain, Artis Gilmore or Willis Reed patrolling the lanes of their league. In their place are power forwards forced to play center named Tim Duncan, Dwight Howard, Nene Hilario, and Chuck Hayes play center for their teams. Some attribute the transition of the game as the reason why the modern center prefers to face the basket to beat the defender ...

The Brett Favre Hostage Crisis Continues

Posted: 2nd April 2010 by JW Nix in NFL
The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Minnesota Vikings organization has been on pins and needles the last month waiting on their 2009 starting quarterback, Brett Favre, to tell them if he intends to play the 2010 season. Favre followers are used to this approach. The excitement of anticipation on the return of their personal Jesus makes a Tiger Woods fan awaiting ...

The Five Greatest “Relief Pitchers” In NFL History

Posted: 23rd March 2010 by JW Nix in NFL
This entry is dedicated to the backup Quarterback. Some have fans chanting for their insertion into games. Some have fans begging for their non involvement. The life of the career backup is tenuous or tedious. It depends on the team they are on. Many backups rarely played behind guys like Ron Jaworski or Brett Favre, while quite a few played behind guys like Jim McMahon and Chris Chandler. Here are ...

Crazy Canton Cuts: Detroit Defensive Tackle Roger Brown

Posted: 22nd March 2010 by JW Nix in NFL
Roger Brown 6'5" 300 Defensive Tackle 1960 - 1969 Ten Seasons 138 Games Played 3 Safeties 6 Pro Bowls Roger Lee Brown was drafted in the fourth round of the 1960 NFL draft by the Detroit Lions, the 42nd player chosen overall. The Lions had obtained that draft pick in 1958 when they dealt Hall of Fame quarterback Bobby Layne to ...