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Your Next NFL Dynasty: The Houston Texans. Yes, Really.
Posted: 4th November 2009 by Kenny Stein in NFL
Back in the late 1990's, the NFL was on the brink of returning to Los Angeles.á On March 16, 1999 the 31 NFL owners voted to grant a team to LA, contingent on them getting together an ownership team and stadium deal.
However, the city of LA would not allow tax dollars to go to a stadium.á The group that was to be the owners of the LA team offered to ...
Phillies Must Stay Focused On One Goal: Winning Tonight
Posted: 4th November 2009 by Kenny Stein in MLB
There's been much talk of who might start a possible game seven for Philadelphia should we get to that point.
But before that can ever happen, they must first focus on getting a win tonight to stay alive in the World Series.á If theyácan do that, then the first six games will be meaningless and it'll be mano y mano for the title of World Champions.
The goal in any series is ...
What’s That Smell? It’s 1/4 of The NFL Absolutely Stinking
Posted: 2nd November 2009 by Kenny Stein in NFL
It used to be that the league's bottom-feeders were just that; at the bottom.á
But this season, those "bottom-feeders" appear to have crept up and now make up at least a quarter of the league.á Last season five teams finished with 12 or more losses.á This year, as many as eight or nine teams have a realistic shot of losing at least that many games.á
What's more alarming is that most of ...
New York Yankee Haters Unite: We’re Three Wins Away from a Victory for Baseball
Posted: 29th October 2009 by Kenny Stein in MLB
The year was 1995. I was 12-years old. And I fell in love for the first time.
Hard.
And anybody who was living in Seattle in the time can tell you who I fell for, because 1995 is perhaps the fondest year remembered in the modern Seattle era.
The Seattle Mariners were going to the playoffs for the first time and it wasn't easy. They came back from a 13-game, mid-August deficit (many ...
From The Yucks To The Bucs and Back Again: How Tampa Bay Lost Its Way
Posted: 28th October 2009 by Kenny Stein in NFL
If defense wins championships, then there was no team that could have ever stopped the 2002 Buccaneers.
The team featured five pro bowlers on that side of the ball, and that's not including Ronde Barber, Brian Kelly, Anthony McFarland, Dexter Jackson, and Dwight Smith.
The Steel Curtain, Da Bears, The Bucs. They'll easily go down amongst the best of all-time, with a handful of Hall of Famers.
However, seven years later and they ...
There’s No Defense for the Rams Offense: Why St. Louis Has Fallen on Hard Times
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Kenny Stein in NFL
When the New England Patriots beat the Tennessee Titans 59-0 in week six, it was a sight to behold. You knew you were watching a highly talented offense firing in perfect harmony on all cylinders.
They were working so well together that they had put up 45 points by halftime and the full 59 by the end of the third quarter.á
There were a lot of amazing topics of discussion to come ...