Thinking about the 44-6 drubbing the Eagles put on the Cowboys to end Romo and friends season reminded me of the “Bounty Bowl”. Sports writer Ray Didinger recounts the “Bounty Bowl” and a certain Cowboys kicker who had a star turn with the Eagles: It was Thanksgiving Day in Dallas, but Luis Zendejas wasn’t...
Read more →I cannot stand the Cowboys. Giants, hate em. Skins…disgust. I am an Eagles fan, its part of the fun! This story, no fun involved: Twenty-eight-year-old Damian Alexander of Cordova was acquitted Wednesday of attempted murder but was convicted of first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment. Authorities say Alexander fired between two and five...
Read more →10 years of his defenses filled my father’s, my brothers’, fellow fans and me’s fall Sundays. You end up spending a lot of time watching the work of a coach of your favorite team. Andy Reid discusses the passing of his defensive coordinator.
Read more →Steve McNair was the latest, and quite possible the last for a while, in a long line of black pro-football stars who played college ball at predominately black schools. He put up gaudy numbers at Alcorn State where he was nicknamed Air McNair and like so many black QBs before went to Alcorn State...
Read more →Joe Sheehan at BaseballProspectus.com wrote an article I am glad to see. He defends MLB Players Association head Donald Fehr as he retires. … Fehr became a reviled figure, first for not caving in to MLB’s demands in 1994 and leading the players into a strike that lasted through the World Series, then for...
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