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Posted on April 1, 2008
Jay Cutler has had enough of Brandon Marshall's behavior. The breakout star of the Denver Broncos, Marshall has had a Pacman Jones-like experience off the field, with a DUI charge pending from last October, and a freak accident that...
Posted on March 24, 2008
Ok, so we've all seen some pretty bizarre injuries when it comes to sports athletes. I've heard of baseball players that have strained rib cages sneezing, basketball players that have slipped and fell waxing their cars, and now I...
Posted on February 25, 2008
The weeks and months prior to the NFL draft, player's "stock" usually fluctuates from several different factors: the Combine, psychological testing, contractual rumors, character issues, and the biggest and most potentially damaging one--injuries. In Glenn Dorsey's case, the last...
Posted on January 24, 2008
Can you hear the mystery music playing? Dun-dun-duhhhhhhhhh.....Is Tom Brady hurt? Is he not? Is it just a ploy? Will he not practice? WHAT IS GOING ON? And thus the Super Bowl hype begins... Brady, who was photographed earlier...
Posted on December 14, 2007
"Big Ben" Roethlisberger is still listed as questionable for the game this week versus Jacksonville. Although he practiced yesterday, don't insert him quite yet into your lineup--his shoulder is still relatively sore and facing a good Jaguar defense may not...
Posted on December 13, 2007
While some fantasy owners are possibly gearing up for Billy Volek to play, Ladanian Tomlinson and Norv Turner have said otherwise about Philip Rivers: “Philip will play,” LT said. “The way I always look at things is if someone finished...
Posted on December 10, 2007
Amidst all of the discussion of the Heisman Trophy and Tim Tebow, there has also been discussion about Reggie Bush and the rumor that he could have his Heisman taken away from him because of allegation of several improprieties while...
Posted on November 21, 2007
Donovan McNabb, who has basically been more famous the last couple of seasons for his commentaries off the field rather than his play on the field, is suffering from a swollen thumb and swollen ankle. While the ankle seems to...
Posted on November 20, 2007
If there's one thing that has been proven this year, it is that fantasy handcuffs have either made or broken teams. There's not been really no one as dominant as Tom Brady, even the great Peyton Manning looking more like...
Posted on November 20, 2007
Although the team's trainer has speculated that RB Adrian Peterson could in fact, make it back for the week 12 game, Coach Brad Childress has noted that a week 13 game for the Lions would be a better timetable. Coupled...
Posted on November 9, 2007
Shaun Alexander, once a boon to fantasy football owners, is done, folks. He is DONE. I can't say that enough. A guy who hasn't done jack for almost 2 years is having another MRI and hasn't practiced shouldn't be someone...
Posted on November 8, 2007
Steve Smith--this is basically a very risky situation, but my gut tells you to play him with vigor. Even though he sat out on Wednesday with a sore hip, with QB Vinny Testaverde more than likely getting to play, he...
Posted on November 6, 2007
Larry Johnson has had to be the biggest disappointment of the season. He came into this year with gaudy numbers from 2006 and was looking to build upon those statistics. But then Trent Green got traded and suddenly LJ became...
Posted on October 23, 2007
The Dolphins just can't catch a break. Poor coach Cam Cameron...First Trent Green gets way-laid with a concussion that knocks him silly and out for the year, the team then trades away Chris Chambers, and now the only shining star...
Posted on October 21, 2007
While many fantasy owners squirm and have heart palpitations over the NFL injury report, nothing is worse than hearing the words "game-time decision". While many rosters are locked prior to the beginning of the games on Sunday or even before,...
Posted on October 8, 2007
Most had thought that Trent Green made a mistake when he left Kansas City for Miami. For one, the Dolphins had not been known for anything offense-wise since Ricky Williams decided that pot was more important than anything else. Likewise,...
Posted on September 19, 2007
They had all the momentum they needed to face the world champions--a come from behind win against a quality team, a QB who many thought would be decimated after two games shining, and of course--their all-world receiver Andre Johnson performing...
Posted on June 16, 2007
That's right LaRon, make sure to cover up. We writers often use hyperbole to make a point about the greatness of something that goes on in the world of sports. The terms "greatest of all time," and, "best ever,"...
Posted on September 21, 2006
Steve Smith is indeed alive, and rumor has it he even set foot on a grassy field today and did what some people are actually reporting as 'running'. It's been so long since Smith has been seen outdoors, we were...
Posted on October 16, 2004
NFL Injury Disclosure: An Ailing System Newsflash: the NFL doesn't always mean what it says. Or less politely, they're full of shit. Before the season began, Paul Tags announced a new mandate to crackdown on injury disclosure and force teams...
Posted on September 21, 2004
Infirmary Report: Week 2 - A Sprain In The Ass Stud players are getting injured with a higher frequency so far this season than I have seen in recent memory. I swear I don't say this every year. I swear....
Posted on September 14, 2004
Week 1 Massacre Pain is a relatively objective, physical phenomenon; suffering is our psychological resistance to what happens. Events may create physical pain, but they do not in themselves create suffering. Resistance creates suffering. Stress happens when your mind resists...
Posted on September 14, 2004
Infirmary Report: NFL Week 1 Just a brief rundown of the key injuries from Week 1; Steve Smith, WR - Carolina Panthers: Oh No! And we thought the Madden Cover Curse was bad. We declare the guy our Favorite Receiver...
Posted on July 16, 2004
Marshall Faulk: Are Knees Faulk'd Up? Reader Mail:Whoa, think this is a hot topic right now? Received an inordinate number of emails this week asking about Marshall Faulk. Here is one of them:My draft is coming up and I have...
Posted on June 23, 2004
New Duck City A peak into the mind of a man who has a lot to prove:Q: So how does Kurt Warner handle it if Eli Manning is named the starter and starts the season opener? A: First and foremost,...
