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In last Sunday's NFC playoff game between the Cowboys and Vikings, Brett Favre dropped back to pass late in the first quarter. As the Minnesota quarterback let the ball go, the Fox telecast switched to a shot of receiver Sidney Rice running up the right sideline. The ball dropped perfectly into Rice's hands as Dallas safety Gerald Sensabaugh was beaten in tight coverage. Touchdown, Vikings. On the replay, analyst Troy Aikman singled out Cowboys cornerback Terence Newman for not jamming Rice at the line. But Aikman was wrong—Newman didn't blow his assignment. This isn't a case, though, of the color analyst making a simple mistake. The bigger issue is that it's difficult for...
First up this morning: A history lesson. We'll never see two months like we've just seen in any offseason. Ever. To recap: March 2 -- The NFL says the Saints ran a sophisticated bounty program with defensive coordinator Gregg... more »
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When Derek Jeter arrived in the major leagues in 1995, the soon-to-be superstar displayed an innate modesty and reverence for the sport. That season Jeter had the good fortune of playing alongside pinstriped legend Don... more »
Before we allow this very important debate about the importance of player safety in pro football to disintegrate into a silly exercise of infantile name-calling (oops, too late for that), I was actually hoping that some... more »
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