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Overreacting to Overtime: Why the New Overtime Rules are Bad for the NFL
Posted: 24th March 2010 by Mike A in NFL
On Tuesday, the NFL ended a 50-year tradition by changing the playoff overtime rule.
The old rule declared sudden-death overtime.
The new one gives each team a possession unless a touchdown is scored.
While many support this change—I don't.
I mean, sure, the coin toss may have decided who represented the NFC in the Super Bowl this year, but is there really anything better in all of sports than watching sudden death?
Sudden death is ...
2010 MLB Predictions:Team Previews, Standings, Awards, Playoffs and More
Posted: 20th March 2010 by Mike A in MLB
The greatest time of the year is upon us. As the weather warms up, so does that spot in our heart for baseball. Spring training is underway!
30 MLB teams now play their preseason games knowing that in under two weeks, it finally counts again.
So if your favorite team's dreams were crushed last season, you once again have reason to hope. Embrace this chance because, come October, you may just have to ...
There is a rare breed of players in sports. The players who can change a franchise, city, and the lives of those in it.
LeBron James is one of those players, and the Knicks players, fans, and management know it.
Every player who has played for the Knicks since 2008 knows very well that they were nothing but a piece to the LeBron James puzzle.
Jamal Crawford, Zach Randolph, Al Harrington, Tracy ...
King of the Hill: Why Brett Favre Is the Greatest QB Who Ever Lived
Posted: 13th March 2010 by Mike A in NFL
Talent is overrated.
Brett Favre is not the most talented quarterback in NFL history. In fact he's not even close.
However, talent can be improved upon with practice, excellence cannot.
That is really the only word that can describe Brett Favre's career: excellent.
Favre has been blessed with this excellence since the day he touched a pigskin, but nobody, including Favre himself, knew of it.
They say, "Every quarterback is limited to his playbook," but ...
2010 NFL Draft: Why the St. Louis Rams Would Be Crazy Not To Take Ndamukong Suh
Posted: 13th March 2010 by Mike A in NFL
Your grandmother could tell you that the most important player on a football team is the quarterback, and she would be right.
So if the St. Louis Rams are trying to build a legitimate contender in this league, they should draft a QB, right?
Not this year.
Whether they draft Sam Bradford, Ndamukong Suh, Jimmy Clausen, or Gerald McCoy, is there anybody who seriously thinks the Rams can contend next season?
Because I sure ...
Base Hit!: Is Ichiro Suzuki the Greatest Contact Hitter Who Ever Lived?
Posted: 12th March 2010 by Mike A in MLB
When Ichiro Suzuki entered the league back in '01 he was far from unknown, underappreciated, or underrated. In fact if anything for a guy who had never played a MLB game, there might have been a better argument he was overrated.
Since then Ichiro has slowly but steadily fallen out of the spotlight and has become virtually untalked about all around baseball.
My question is, why?
He has nine MLB seasons and has ...
Do you guys remember what baseball was like 40 years ago?
Before the average baseball fan knew what a pitch count was.
Before six innings was considered an outstanding start.
Before stadiums were named after buisnesses' rather than individuals who achieved outstanding success in our game.
Before steroids came about and numbers actually mattered.
Before players played for the love of the game and not the love of $100 million contracts.
Those were the days.
When you didn't ...
Roid Rage: Ranking the 10 Best Baseball Players Who Used Steroids
Posted: 10th March 2010 by Mike A in MLB
With steroid testing now implemented all around Major League Baseball and an era known best as "The Steroid Era" coming to a close it's just about time we got to ranking the players who juiced during the in the era.
Love them or hate them, most of the juicers went on to have great careers, and although the legitimacy of those careers is in doubt the numbers are still undeniable.
These ...
2010 Fantasy Baseball: Five Sleepers That Could Win You Your League
Posted: 9th March 2010 by Mike A in MLB
You hear about it every year: "Some good fantasy baseball sleepers for this year are..."
Sometimes they are wrong, while other times they are right. This year is no exception.
On draft day, fantasy baseball owners will grab who they believe to be the next great sleepers with the same thought in mind: There is nothing more exciting then grabbing an elite player in the later rounds.
So here are five players that could be ...
Say-Hey Kid: Why Willie Mays Is The Greatest Baseball Player Who Ever Lived
Posted: 8th March 2010 by Mike A in MLB
There are five tools to baseball:
Hitting for average, hitting for power, speed, arm strength, and fielding ability.
In the history of baseball there has only been one man to posses all five tools at an elite level.
His name was Willie Mays.
How many baseball players can you name with 12 gold gloves, 660 career home runs, a .303 career batting average, 338 steals, 3,283 career hits, and 24 All-Star selections?
If you can ...