The Golden Toe

Love hate relationships correlate with NFL Placekickers. Make or miss, they never know if they are going to be kissed or killed. In the Oakland Raiders case, they decided to form a marriage with kicker Sebastian Janikowski. Instead of an extravagant ring Janikowski received a hefty four-year, $16 million contract with $9 million guaranteed making [...]

Best Super Bowl Ever? Maybe? Or not. Now It’s Time to Worry

First off, lets give both teams their just due for getting there amidst tough competition. That out of the way, It doesn’t matter weather the better team won or not, and my contemporaries in “big” media should stop blaming everyone and everything else but Peyton Manning for the interception with just over 3 minutes to [...]

A Boxer’s Quest

It was finally time for Jose Torres  fight.  I’d been observing him preparing all evening at Nomads Adventure Quest in South Windsor, Connecticut where the Western New England Golden Gloves were being held.  The owners of the Untouchables boxing gym in Springfield, Mass had asked me to come up and take pictures of their fighter.  [...]

Aints No More!

This year’s annual Mardi Gras celebration isn’t set to begin until Tuesday of next week, but New Orleans’ beloved Saints have already touched off an early Bourbon Street bash which might last until then. With a stunning 31-17 upset victory over the Indianapolis Colts (16-3) in Super Bowl XLIV, at Sun Life Stadium in Miami [...]

Saints Win First NFL Title With 31-17 Win in Super Bowl XLIV

Heading into South Florida and Super Bowl XLIV, many folks would have guessed that one of the quarterbacks would have melted down the stretch and not come through when it counted. That’s part of the game, right? But how many of them would have said that Peyton Manning – the 2009 NFL MVP – would [...]

Super Bowl or Stupor Bowl: Kick off can’t happen soon enough

It’s been a great pleasure of mine to have been able to watch this game in many places in the past. In my home, out at parties with others, at sports bars, and live in person as both a fan and a member of the credentialed media.  As someone who has seen every super bowl [...]

A Different Kind of Super Bowl Preview

I have been listening for two weeks how the Colts have this one wrapped up by about 25 points. Even though I’m picking Indy to win, not so fast on the blow out people. This is going to be closer then any one imagines, at least for the first three quarters.
Both teams are powerhouse offenses, [...]

The Morning Huddle – Super Bowl Edition

Despite the roller-coaster ride of the 2009 season we should not be surprised to find what were arguably the two best teams in the NFL this past season. Both the Saints and Colts started out on a record setting pace with each team winning their first 13 games this season (the Colts won their first [...]

Super Bowl Prediction: Colts in a Rout

From die-hard football fans to the ones who only watch to see if their pool numbers come out, we have all been spoiled with the last two Super Bowls. Close, exciting games that have gone down to the wire. First, the Giants do the unthinkable and take out the undefeated Patriots with a late touchdown, [...]

Where there’s smoke…Why DC United could be sold–and moved

Where there is smoke…? A recent report about D.C. United seeking new “investment partners” did not set off alarm bells among Major League Soccer fans in the nation’s capital. But it probably should have, as an ASN column argues.

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