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Randy Moss Wants to “Unretire”

By | February 14, 2012 | Athletes on Twitter, Crazy People, Football, NFL, Serial Retirers | Comments Off
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Being an NFL player must be the greatest job in the world. I mean, that’s how it seems to me. Why else would players subject themselves to severe physical injury in their 20s and early to mid 30s, retire, and then want to come back? Is it the camaraderie with teammates, the thrill of defeating the competition, the satisfaction of breaking records, the monetary compensation?

It’s probably the money.

Of course, I would say this, as I am not an NFL athlete. Still, it’s the only reason I can come up with for Randy Moss’s announcement, via a live Ustream chat, that he wants to play again in 2012. Moss, who turned 35 on February 13, said in the video, “I wanna play football. Your boy is going to come back here and play some football, so I’m really excited. I had some things I had to adjust in my life.”

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High School Football Player Backs Away from USC Commitment and I Laugh

By | October 19, 2011 | College Football, Football, NCAA | 1 Comment
"One day, all of this crap will be yours." "Gee, thanks."

USC just cannot catch a break. I love it.

Arik Armstead, considered to be the top offensive/defensive line prospect on the West Coast by sports folks who care about such things, originally committed to the University of Spoiled Children Trojans football program on June 19, 2010. For those playing along at home, that’s nine days after the NCAA smacked down the program for what they called “improper benefits” given to then-Heisman Trophy winner and current Miami Dolphins running back Reggie Bush.

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Why I Love…the Seattle Seahawks

By | October 12, 2011 | Football, NFL, Why I Love... | Comments Off
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I had just graduated from college and, while waiting for WNBC to offer me a radio disk jockey position as Howard Stern’s replacement, took a job in my home town of Lancaster, Pa., at a now-defunct sports bar called Rookies. Lacking any obvious Budweiser-pouring and hot wings-frying skills, Rookies’ management hired me on as one of two male servers. (The other guy was “the hot one.”)

Now, Rookies was a typical sports bar in most ways, except for a carefully crafted niche: they made sure to advertise the fact that, in the modern age of 1997, they had 4,731 televisions* and, therefore, could show every single NFL game playing on any given Sunday at the same time. You can probably guess that this excited a lot of people in my hometown in Pennsyltucky: “IGGLES. STILLERS. COWBOYS. WE CAN SEE ALL OF THE GAMES. Pack up the kids and let’s go.”

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Breaking: Raiders Owner Al Davis Dead

By | October 8, 2011 | Breaking News, Football, NFL, R.I.P. | 1 Comment

The Oakland Raiders announced today that longtime owner Al Davis has died. He was 82 years old.

Davis came to the Raiders in 1963, when at 33 he became the youngest person in the NFL to hold the dual positions of general manager and head coach.

A graduate of Syracuse University, Davis coached for Adelphi University, The Citadel, and the University of Southern California before moving onto professional football. He worked for the Baltimore Colts, was an assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers and a commissioner of the American Football League. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.

The Oakland Raiders organization say that a statement is forthcoming.

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Janikowski is Bizarre: Even for a Kicker

By | September 19, 2011 | Bad calls, Crazy People, Football, Unsportmanlike Conduct, WTF? | Comments Off

I’m reading through my sports feed when I see that Sebastian Janikowski has been charged with a crime. Again.

(No, it is not making this face.)

Well, there is a story I want to read.

First of all, I am a sucker for a good player arrest. Second of all, I like Sebasian Janikowski’s arrests because besides the DUI, he was once charged with bribery and felony possession of GHB. These aren’t your run of the mill NFL crimes. This is no concealed weapons charge. He almost got deported for the GHB thing.

Now he is accused of false imprisonment, an accusation that puts the bribery charge to shame!

He (allegedly) falsely imprisoned a woman. Who does that? That is a messed up crime, even for a kicker. Even for an Oakland Raider!

It is like he read a pamphlet on weird things to do wrong. Next Janikowski will be tying cows to parking meters or hunting whales without a permit.

The Raiders CEO says it is old news. I say to Amy Trask that doesn’t make it any less funny.

Mr. Janikowski has also been arrested for bar fights and underage possession of alcohol.

[photo: Doug Benc]

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