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The falling confetti provided the perfect mascara. The coronation of Eli Manning as the game's "money" quarterback du jour diverted attention from what should've been one of the NFL's great embarrassments.
On this grandest of stages, in this contrived super battle of modern-day warriors, a team voluntarily surrendered defensively. In the closing minute Sunday, New England gave New York Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw an uncontested path to the end zone for the go-ahead touchdown.
Why?
The NFL's offensively slanted rules make it easier to drive 80 yards with a single time-out than to prevent a chip-shot field goal.
While meeting with the media Thursday, new Jets offensive coordinator Tony Sparano naturally was asked about his new quarterback, Tim Tebow. Quite naturally, the idea coach Rex Ryan presented in March that Tebow could get into a... more »
The mystery surrounding the death of Junior Seau, the man, may never be solved. The mystery that was Junior Seau, the football player, wasn’t solved, either. Junior couldn’t be figured out on the field. His game was an... more »
Some have attached a high degree of significance to the possibility that Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs suffered a torn (full or partial) Achilles tendon while playing basketball. Technically, it doesn’t matter. If a... more »
So again the sporting world is confronted by tragedy, and we are left to debate and contemplate. A gunshot. Disbelief. A haunting refrain, the Beatles singing, "I read the news today, oh, boy, about a lucky man who made the... more »
Football players are killing each other. The death sentence isn't immediate, but it's there -- and we all know it. Whether they die from dementia or Alzheimer's or their own hand, NFL players are dying too ... more »
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