Category Archives: football
Collaring Sean the Bounty Hunter: Sean Payton and Saints Hammered for Dreadful Practice
Sean the Bounty Hunter Payton (Getty Images) “Let me be clear. There is no place in the NFL for deliberately seeking to injure another player, let alone offering a reward for doing so. Any form of bounty is incompatible with our commitment … Continue reading
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Denver is the New Peyton Place and My “Tangy 10”
Peyton Manning is Denver Bound Well it looks like Peyton Manning has chosen the Denver Broncos as the next stop in his illustrious NFL career. He appears to be heading to the Denver Broncos who will be in the market … Continue reading
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Super Bowl XLVI: Commercials, Madonna and a Football Game
Well the Super Bowl is over, my predictions were right and amid the commercials and halftime show a football game was played. I didn’t have a dog in the fight this year so I was able to watch the game … Continue reading
Filed under celebrities, football
The Padre Steve’s Super Bowl Predictions
“It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” Lawrence Peter “Yogi” Berra Yes we are inexorably approaching another Super Bowl Sunday and it will be a a back to the future day with the New England Patriots playing the … Continue reading
Filed under football, Just for fun
The Death of a Tarnished Legend: Joe Paterno dead at 85
Legendary Penn State Football Coach Joe Paterno died this morning of complications of Lung Cancer in State College Pennsylvania. He was college football’s winningest coach and led his teams to 409 wins. In 46 years at Penn State he built … Continue reading
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Alabama wins the Boring Pseudo-National Championship Game…aka the BCS BS Championship Game
“LSU needs to find another way to fail because failing this way was not going to succeed.” ESPN Radio commentator at halftime (Photo Jeff Haynes Reuters) Yawn…. I just finished watching the Crimson Tide of Alabama kick the number one … Continue reading
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Wild Finish to a Wild Card Weekend: Steelers “Tebowed”
Tim Tebow passing to Demaryius Thomas (Photo Jeff Gross Getty Images) The Pittsburgh Steelers will play the New England Patriots in the AFC Division playoff game next Sunday…well that was what I heard all this week. The Steelers though hobbled … Continue reading
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A Weekend of Surprises and Not : Packers Lose, Colts Win and Kim Jong-Il Dies; Tebow finally Loses and Padre Steve keeps on Trucking…
Packed away Wow what a Sunday…. The Green Bay Packers who had not lost a game for a year lost to the lowly Kansas City Chiefs who had just fired their Head Coach on Monday. It is actually fascinating because … Continue reading
Filed under football, Foreign Policy, History
The Good the Bad and the Ugly: The Day in Sports
Well sports fans it has been a day hasn’t it? Now most of my day has been spent in transit getting Judy and Molly down to North Carolina so I can go back to work and give Judy a chance … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball, football, sports and life
