Barring injury, Deshaun Watson will be the sure-fire first pick in next year’s NFL draft. Barring a minor miracle, it looks like the Cleveland Browns will have that pick. The Browns have proved to be a graveyard for quarterbacks, littered with the forgettable headstones of Tim Couch, Spurgeon Wynn, and Jeff Garcia, to name a few. Desperate […]
A couple of years ago Kevin Sumlin’s name was popping up in the conversation for NFL coaching positions. This year it looks like he’ll be fighting for his job with Texas A&M. After an 11-2 start with Johnny Football at the helm, Sumlin has posted three consecutive four-loss seasons and lost multiple 5 star quarterback recruits in embarrassing […]
Bill Belichick press conferences are notoriously unproductive for the unfortunate reporters tasked with prying information out of the Patriots coach. He would prefer waterboarding to giving reporters anything useful to print. in 2014, following an early season loss to Belichick famously responded to every question by reporters with the instantly viral, and equally useless, “We’re on to Cincinnati”. […]
Michael Jordan’s stand on social issues or politics before today was limited to his famous quote about why he stayed out of the arena, “Republicans buy sneakers, too.” Jordan’s history of inaction made today’s news that he was donating $2 million dollars – $1 million to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund and $1 million to the Institute […]
If anyone questions the popularity of Giants superstar wide receiver Odell Beckham, all they need to do is walk outside their front door and watch two kids throw a football around. They’ll see them routinely practicing one handed catches, in attempts to mimic the ridiculous one hand grab Beckham made against the Cowboys that catapulted him into the national sports spotlight overnight. In honor of […]
The Rooney Rule was was put in place by the NFL in 2003 to require NFL teams to interview minority coaching candidate for vacant head coaching positions. The tangible results of the rule, however, don’t match up with the 13 year long, self congratulatory pat on the back the NFL has given itself for taking steps to ensure minority candidates are […]
