Giants' Receiver Burress Shoots Leg in Gun Accident New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg with his own gun at a New York City club Friday night. The injury required hospitalization but is not life-threatening, a source told Newsday. Burress had a concealed weapon permit in Florida that might be active, but New York does not recognize the permit so he could face charges.
November 27, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week 13 2008 NFL picks that wonder if anyone really ever wants the neck. read more
November 25, 2008
NFL Will Broadcast Raiders/Chargers in 3D The Thursday night game on Dec. 4 between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders will be broadcast live in 3-D to theaters in three cities: Los Angeles, New York and Boston. "We want to demonstrate this and let people get excited about it and see what the future holds," said NFL veep Howard Katz.
November 23, 2008
Calgary Stamps Als for Grey Cup win That huge smile on Henry Burris' face may never go away. For Burris, there was a little shake, a little rattle, a little roll, and a whole lot of thanks to his defence, on the way to his first Grey Cup championship as a starting quarterback, his statement in a 22-14 victory over the Montreal Alouettes tonight in front of the second largest crowd, 66,308, in the 96-year-history of the game. The Stamps outscored Montreal 12-1 in the second half. When was the last time a CFL team, any CFL team, held an opponent to one point in a half?
November 21, 2008
Old Baltimore Stallion fans never die Call it the U.S. branch of Canadian football's fan club.
More than a decade after their Baltimore Stallions left town, a band of pigskin diehards from Maryland have made the trek to Montreal to watch Sunday's Grey Cup. Gregg Dieghorn said their presence at Grey Cup events across Canada has made them celebrities. "When you come to watch Canadian football from the States, people are just amazed.
" He said his wife joined him on a Grey Cup trip a few years ago and she described it as "a combination frat party, college reunion and oh, yeah, there's a football game at the end."
November 20, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week Twelve 2008 NFL picks that really miss Sarah Palin. Seriously. It was that whole Tina Fey "hot in glasses" thing.
November 19, 2008
Official nears final whistle after 30 years Jake Ireland had barely cracked the lid on his coffee.
"I heard a new line from a fan this year," he said, smiling.
It was in Hamilton, and Ireland, a long-time referee, has always loved working
C.F.L. games in Hamilton. The stands at Ivor Wynne Stadium are snug against the field, which fosters the growth of a certain rapport between officials and the paying customers, like the one who yelled at Ireland this season.
"Jake," the man yelled. "I found your cell phone."
There was a pause.
"I know it's yours," he continued, "because there's six missed calls on it."
November 17, 2008
NFL overtime rules? Don't ask McNabb "No, I didn't know that," Donovan McNabb said at his postgame press conference, saying he was not aware that one overtime is all you get in the NFL in the regular season. Then McNabb compounded his error by not knowing the postseason overtime rule. Those games do play to a conclusion for obvious reasons, but McNabb said, "I hate to see what happens in the Super Bowl or I hate to see what happens in the playoffs. You have to settle with a tie." A real student of the game.
November 11, 2008
49ers Let Cardinals Off the Hook Tony Kornheiser was right -- the 49ers snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory must have been scripted -- or that's just what bad teams always do. The 49ers coaching staff and players totally mismanaged the end of the game. With no timeouts and less than 20 seconds, you keeping throwing -- or spiking -- the ball until the last play ... then maybe you run. read more
November 07, 2008
Smell The Glove Brandon Marshall had a half-black, half-white glove stashed as part of a TD celebration / commemoration that recalled Tommie Smith and celebrated Barack Obama. Brandon Stokely ran over to him and made him put it away, fearing a 15-yard unsportsmanlike at the end of a close game. On the one hand, Brandon Marshall is no Tommie Smith. On the other hand, I can't shake off the nagging feeling (which owes more to Smith than Marshall) that it would have been a pretty cool gesture.
November 06, 2008
Warrick Dunn faces his mother’s killer Warrick Dunn faces his mother's killer, an excerpt from Dunn's memoir "Running for My Life".
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week Ten 2008 NFL picks that use the ancient Chinese arts to reveal all -- no, not fortune cookies.
November 05, 2008
The Next Tennessee Football Coach Some fervent and deep thoughts on who will succeed Coach Fulmer at Tennessee. Posted Sept. 23, well before Fulmer's ouster (keep that in mind while reading). This SEC blog is zealous and energetic, but also quite rational, civil, and insightful. Complete with decent responses. The discussion drifts off into another zone after a while, but the first half or so is a welcome break from the crazed stuff you run into elsewhere. Recommended reading for Chuck Neinas.
October 31, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, 2008 Week Nine NFL picks that are already gearing up for Week 10's all-haiku edition.
October 25, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week Eight 2008 NFL picks that miss a good Waffle House smothered 'n' covered breakfast now and again.
October 23, 2008
Memo to the NFL: London doesn’t care! For the second year in a row the NFL is taking it's act to London, but lo and behold, no one seems to care! read more
October 21, 2008
Best High School Football Stadiums Check out the photo gallery of the stadiums described, including, of course, Stadium Bowl, the cool stadium in Tacoma, Washington, which was seen in the Heath Ledger movie, "10 Things I Hate About You." Also look at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans, flooded by Hurricane Katrina.
October 20, 2008
Favre Accused of Helping Packers Opponent Brett Favre phoned officials of the Detroit Lions prior to their game with the Green Bay Packers and gave an hour-long tutorial on the Packers offense, Fox Sports' Jay Glazer claimed today. If true, it didn't help -- the Pack won 45-28.
October 19, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week Seven 2008 NFL picks that are too busy to even fake being funny this week.
October 18, 2008
Gimme a High Four! On the football field, a place where Trevor Wikre says "time slows down", he felt something like "wet popcorn" in his right lineman's glove. read more
October 14, 2008
Cowboys Acquire Roy Williams in Trade with Lions The Dallas Cowboys traded next year's first-, third- and sixth-round draft picks to the Detroit Lions for wide receiver Roy Williams. The trade deadline move adds a receiver who has a career 262 catches for 3,884 yards and 29 touchdowns.
October 13, 2008
Clemson Fires Tommy Bowden In a season where some Clemson fans saw their "sky-high expectations" vanish in a 3-3 start the school fired Head Coach Tommy Bowden after 10 years. Just last December, Bowden got a $500,000 raise to a yearly salary of $1.8 million. He has a $4 million buyout. "It's what he deserved," senior quarterback Cullen Harper told ESPN.
October 11, 2008
The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week Six 2008 NFL picks that would let Sarah Palin make them a moosemeat sammich any day.
October 10, 2008
Defy the Odds "Playing with Cody, you don't see it everyday," says teammate Zach Appner. "It's sort of like a dream, you get to work with Cody and it gives you a lot of hope, you don't want to give up."
October 08, 2008
NFL Union Screwing Players? The folks over at ArsTechnica have focused on an interesting story: claims that the NFLPA and Players Inc. unilaterally made a decision to take $8 million dollars of the gross licensing revenue that should have been shared with retired players and reallocate it to the administration of the NFLPA and Players Inc.", while negotiating ridiculous royalities for older players. read more