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LA Greenlights NFL Team

By | August 10, 2011 | Breaking News, Football, NFL, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Tuesday the LA City Council voted to give the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG) the go-ahead to build a stadium in the downtown Los Angeles location.

Los Angeles has been without a pro football team since 1994 when the Raiders moved back to Oakland and the Rams left for St. Louis. While an environmental impact report will still take about 8 months to complete, this is as far as any group has gotten on a new stadium deal in recent history. The Council said that it expects for the project to give a huge boost to the LA economy. AEG, the development group that will back the project, says it will not require any public funds. The stadium, and moving an existing portion of the Los Angeles Convention Center, is projected to cost 1.2 billion dollars.

Ed Roski and the Majestic Realty Company is still attempting to go forward with plans for a stadium in the City of Industry, a location east of the downtown area.

If approved the stadium in the downtown/convention center location is projected to be completed by the start of the 2016 season. Of course this raises the question of which team will move to LA? The top contenders seem to be:

  • The San Diego Chargers-While San Diego got behind the development of Petco Stadium, it seems to be dragging its feet on fixing up the football digs. Qualcomm Stadium is not in the best shape, the city is strapped for cash and seemingly unwilling to help out, or dump money into a sinking ship. The move to LA could retain fans, give them a new venue in the near future. Their current lease with the city and terms of ownership between current Chargers owners and AEG seem to be the only unknowns.
  • The Oakland Raiders-Having the Raiders back in LA would suck even though their current stadium lease looks to be less of a stumbling block than other teams. Less likely? Please, God, no.
  • The Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, Minnesota Vikings- These 3 teams, while their names keep coming up, seem to be unlikely because, again, the lease agreements with the stadiums/cities that they are in are difficult to get out of in the time frame that may be needed for the LA agreement.

While the NFL coming to Los Angeles is still a few years out, Tuesday’s agreement is getting the ball rolling in that direction, and that is good news for Angelenos who have been waiting, impatiently, for almost 20 years.

Kendra wants the Chargers to move to LA… only so she can go see her beloved Broncos a little more often.

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Who Will Bring the NFL back to Los Angeles?

By | December 15, 2010 | Football, NFL | 7 Comments

As a sports fan living in Los Angeles I find it disgraceful that there is no NFL team here. There are far smaller cities that support a team, and LA was #2 on Forbes Hottest Sports Cities in 2009 despite the lack of a gridiron team. The hype of a team coming to LA is reaching a feverish pitch, with all kinds of speculation, celebrity, and dreams involved.

Let’s examine some of the major players, shall we?

  1. Location? Check. In June of this year, the City of Industry approved plans for a major NFL stadium complex to be built. Only 15 miles from downtown LA, the location is ideal for job creation and accessibility to several major freeways which is key for any major-market team.
  2. Some sources have predicted that one of the other California teams that have previously been in LA will return: the San Diego Chargers or the Oakland Raiders.  With dwindling ticket sales in Oakland and San Diego this remains a possibility, although I see it as highly unlikely, especially as San Diego has had several successful seasons in recent years and Oakland was the most recent team here.
  3. Magic Johnson wants to move a team here. A powerhouse for the Lakers, Magic is now a businessman extraordinaire who tends to have the Midas touch when he puts his hands on a project. He has teamed up with sports powerhouse AEG (owner of the LA Kings, and partial interest in the LA Lakers,  among other professional sports teams) to move an existing franchise here. This team is also considering adding a retractable-roof stadium to the already established Staples Center complex in downtown LA. (Retractable roof? Really? It rarely gets below 50 degrees in this city, and as for the rain possibilities during football season? Even more rare. SoCal residents are apparently pussies who will melt with a little rain.)
  4. Speaking of existing franchises, some that have been mentioned as potential candidates for the move include the: Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, St. Louis Rams, San Fransisco 49ers, Detroit Lions, and the Minnesota Vikings, (in addition to the Raiders and Chargers as mentioned above.)
  5. With the collapse of the roof of the Metrodome this week, the talk of the Vikings coming to sunny southern California has stepped up. In 2009 the Vikings ownership group met with other SoCal team backers, which, Surprise!, included the AEG team. Incidentally, they’re also on the last year of their lease.

Are there other possibilities? Maybe. But the one thing that I do know is that the Angelenos are getting restless. Santa? Could you please send us an NFL franchise for Christmas this year?

As much as Kendra would like to have a franchise in LA, she’ll never stop loving her Broncos.

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Tuesday Morning Fantasy Football Quarterback: Week Six

By | October 19, 2010 | Fantasy Sports, Football, NFL | Comments Off

You know what happened in the NFL this week? The Rams won their third of the season after winning just three games in the two prior seasons combined. And in St Louis, it was a damn near riot in the streets. Because when you’re .500 six games into the season, you cut loose in the Gateway City. It ain’t no “Greatest Show on Turf”, but everyone needs to believe in something.

This Week’s Heroes

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  • Kevin Kolb (PHI, QB) Michael who? Kolb was 23 of 29 for 326 yards and three touchdowns as the Eagles beat the Falcons.  He’ll probably play again Sunday against the Titans, and the healing Vick might have to earn his spot back if Kolb has another game like this.
  • Ben Roethlisberger (PIT, QB) As much as I hate giving this dude any attention after his “misconduct” he did have a hell of a return game, throwing for 249 yards and three touchdowns as the Steelers beat the Browns. I can’t wait until he gets booed on the road.
  • Arian Foster (HOU, RB) Foster’s total yardage wasn’t spectacular (just under 100 total yards), but he did pull down two touchdowns as Houston beat Kansas City. He’s averaging 105 yards and a touchdown per game.

This Week’s Zeros

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  • Pretty much the entire San Diego offense The Chargers lost to the aforementioned Rams, an upset of note even outside of St Louis. Philip Rivers threw for 249 yards, but only one touchdown and an interception and was sacked seven times. Antonio Gates and Malcolm Floyd both left the game with injuries. Christ, even the kicker, Nate Kaeding slipped and injured his groin in a field goal attempt blocked by the Rams.
  • Michael Turner (ATL, RB) Sunday’s loss to the Eagles was the third game in a row  in which Turner hasn’t scored, and he’s only scored one touchdown all season. If you don’t drop him, you should at least move him to your bench.
  • Brett Favre (MIN, QB) Oh, Brett. This is why you can’t have penis-photo sexting scams during the season: you throw for just one touchdown and 118 yards. I don’t really have a lot to say; we all know he’s a douche. I just wanted to remind you. And reference Favre’s wiener.

This Week’s Surprises

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  • Dwayne Bowe (KC, WR) Bowe caught six passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns in his best game of the season in a Chiefs loss to Houston. After a mediocre start to the season, his performance was a welcome one for fantasy owners.
  • Denario Alexander (STL, WR) Alexander was called up from the Rams’ practice squad just last week, and in his NFL debut had four catches for 74 yards and one touchdown.  Take a chance on this dude if he’s available in your league; he should be fun to watch at home games since he’s a Mizzou alum.
  • Jeremy Maclin (PHI, WR) Speaking of former Tigers, Maclin had a career-high 159 receiving yards with two touchdowns, one for 83 yards, after DeSean Jackson got knocked the fuck out with a concussion. Jackson will miss next week’s game against the Titans, so keep Maclin active.

The White Russians were 1-1 this week, bringing my season records to 5-1 and 3-3, which as you know, in St Louis, is grounds for celebration.

Mad Money

By | August 3, 2010 | Football | 2 Comments

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Sam Bradford is a lucky man.

As if it wasn’t enough for him to be a young, baby-faced, number one overall draft pick, the former Oklahoma quarterback just signed a record contract with the St. Louis Rams for six years, and a guaranteed $50 million.

Fifty million dollars.  I can’t even afford to get rid of my 1997 Mercury so I can’t imagine what I would do with $50 million.  Probably, at least, get some new shoes.

I will be the first to say that football is the finest form of entertainment and that the players deserve to be paid exceptionally well, but I also don’t think it would be so wrong for the NFL to compensate some of the league’s former players who were paid next to nothing, didn’t have sophisticated padding, have little as far as retirement goes, are stuck with Medicare for insurance and many of whom are suffering with injuries decades later.

Decades.  Later.  Just sayin’.

I’m not complaining about high salaries, because if I was being beat up and tossed around like a rag doll for my day job, I would want big money too.

I just don’t think the men who helped the league become what it is today, (i.e. an organization that can afford $50 million guarantees), should be forgotten.

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The Only Thing That Could Make Me Hate the St. Louis Rams More

By | October 7, 2009 | Football | 4 Comments

I am a petty woman. I hold grudges.

For example. I still hate the St. Louis Rams because of the NFC Title Game in 1999.

I hate them for the Bert Emanuel rule.

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I realize at this point you think I am kidding, but I assure you I am not. I hate them and I hate all of their ass faces.

I still root against Kurt Warner every single week and he hasn’t played for the Rams in ages.

What could possibly make me hate them more?

Rush Limbaugh becoming a part owner of the St. Louis Rams, that is what.

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As much as it seems like a good fit, two wrongs still don’t make a right.

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