• It’s time to be worried about Bears RB Forte

    Updated: 2009-10-19 22:51:46
    It's time for fantasy owners to be worried about Bears RB Matt Forte.

  • Panthers’ Wesley suspended one game without pay

    Updated: 2009-10-19 22:47:02
    The NFL suspended Panthers DB Dante Wesley for one game without pay because of a flagrant violation of player safety rules during Sunday's game against the Buccaneers.

  • Checkdowns: NFL Standings… eBay-Style?

    Updated: 2009-10-19 22:25:29
    That's right, fans, forget about those silly wins and losses... They're so passe compared to what's being tracked in these "standings" sent to us by PFR reader Aidan Henry. Aidan explains: "I'm a huge stat junkie. This is why I got my company to make an NFL team merchandise scoreboard. It's based on the last 30 [...]

  • Jets will place Jenkins on injured reserve

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:50:03
    New York Jets coach Rex Ryan announced Monday that NT Kris Jenkins will be placed on injured reserve with a torn ACL in his left knee, ending his season.

  • Bengals place DE Odom on injured reserve

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:18:27
    The Bengals announced Monday that they have placed DE Antwan Odom on season-ending injured reserve after he torn his right Achilles' tendon in the previous day's game against the Texans.

  • Jets NT Jenkins out for season with torn ACL

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:18:13
    NFL Network insider Michael Lombardi reports that Jets NT Kris Jenkins will miss the rest of the season with a left knee injury.

  • Vikings coach Childress not ruling out CB Winfield

    Updated: 2009-10-19 21:16:36
    Vikings coach Brad Childress updated CB Antoine Winfield's status during his weekly Monday news conference, saying he won't rule out the Pro Bowler this week because of the sprained foot he sustained during Sunday's victory over the Ravens.

  • Eagles LT Peters expected to return after knee injury

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:49:56
    The knee injury that sidelined Eagles LT Jason Peters during the first quarter of Sunday's loss to the Raiders likely won't keep him out of next Monday's game against the Redskins.

  • Sold on the Saints, not as much on the Vikings

    Updated: 2009-10-19 19:44:12
    The sixth Sunday of NFL play shed some light on how the teams stack up. Here's how I see it ...

  • Roundup: Saints picture perfect in vanquishing Giants

    Updated: 2009-10-19 18:38:20
    The Saints and Cardinals look super. LB Brian Cushing looked amazing. The Rams continue to lose. And oh yeah, Tom Brady wasn't too bad, either. It's all in Around the Web.

  • Angelo: Buccaneers’ loss is Bears’ Gaines

    Updated: 2009-10-19 03:06:25
    Bears GM Jerry Angelo isn’t worried or unforgiving about trading away all of his 2010 first-day draft picks (and a third-rounder) for Jay Cutler, and, as of Friday, defensive end Gaines Adams.

  • Redskins strip Zorn of offensive play-calling duties

    Updated: 2009-10-19 02:04:26
    Jim Zorn met with Redskins executive vice president of football operations Vinny Cerrato following Sunday's 14-6 loss to the Chiefs, and management decided that the coach would no longer handle offensive play-calling duties, according to a team source.

  • Big Ben helping Steelers pass the test

    Updated: 2009-10-19 00:09:26
    The Steelers entered the season in search of a new identity. After Sunday's 27-14 victory over the Browns -- the Steelers' 12th in a row over their AFC North rivals -- the path has been clearly defined.

  • What’s wrong with Brady? Apparently nothing

    Updated: 2009-10-18 23:34:35
    Patriots QB Tom Brady has led countless fantasy owners to a win this week. Can you say six touchdown passes?

  • Week 6 injury report: Edwards out with concussion

    Updated: 2009-10-18 23:24:16
    Bills QB Trent Edwards, Seahawks LB Lofa Tatupu and Eagles LT Jason Peters were among the players who suffered injuries in Week 6.

  • Brady throws five second-quarter TD passes

    Updated: 2009-10-18 23:13:31
    Patriots quarterback Tom Brady threw five second-quarter touchdown passes against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. It was one short of the number he had totaled in his team's first five games and the most by any quarterback in one quarter since 1950.

  • Is there a slaughter rule in fantasy football?

    Updated: 2009-10-18 23:02:50
    Patriots QB Tom Brady is making mincemeat of the Tennessee Titans.

  • Bills’ Edwards out with concussion

    Updated: 2009-10-18 22:55:33
    Buffalo Bills QB Trent Edwards suffered a concussion in Sunday's game against the New York Jets and will not return.

  • Jets’ Jenkins hurt against Bills

    Updated: 2009-10-18 22:51:19
    The centerpiece of the New York Jets defense, NT Kris Jenkins, left Sunday's game against the Buffalo Bills with an apparent leg injury.

  • More carries for Titans RB Johnson

    Updated: 2009-10-18 22:32:26
    With Titans RB LenDale White injured, Chris Johnson should see much of the work in New England.

  • Panthers’ backfield wakes up in Tampa Bay

    Updated: 2009-10-18 22:00:30
    Carolina's backfield finally woke up in Week 6. But is now the time to trade DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart?

  • Patriots RB Maroney could have added value

    Updated: 2009-10-18 21:49:14
    Patriots RB Laurence Maroney could be in line for more carries, and more fantasy value.

  • Eagles’ Peters doubtful to return after knee injury

    Updated: 2009-10-18 21:45:13
    Eagles LT Jason Peters has left Sunday's game against the Raiders during the first quarter with an undisclosed injury.

  • Patriots’ Morris helped off field

    Updated: 2009-10-18 21:37:26
    The Patriots lost RB Sammy Morris to an apparent knee injury on the team's first drive of the game against the Titans.

  • Packers LT Clifton leaves game with injury

    Updated: 2009-10-18 20:44:30
    Green Bay Packers LT Chad Clifton, who returned Sunday after missing the last two games with a right ankle injury, left the game during the third quarter with what appeared to be another leg injury.

  • Steelers win sloppy vs Browns

    Updated: 2009-10-18 20:39:30

  • McKenzie out, Jacobs back in for Giants

    Updated: 2009-10-18 20:24:34
    Giants starting RT Kareem McKenzie has yet to return to Sunday's game against the Saints after he was carted off the field late during the second quarter with an injury.

  • Redskins RB Portis returns, breaks big run

    Updated: 2009-10-18 20:02:31
    Redskins RB Clinton Portis has returned from an injured ankle.

  • Jets WRs Cotchery, Smith inactive vs. Bills

    Updated: 2009-10-18 19:53:38
    Jets WR Jerricho Cotchery is inactive for today's game against the Titans because of a hamstring injury. Cotchery has been battling the injury in recent weeks, and did not start against the Dolphins last week, playing only sparingly.

  • Call me confused when it comes to Saints backfield

    Updated: 2009-10-18 19:47:29
    The Saints backfield is confusing the heck out of me today!

  • Redskins QB situation becoming a nightmare

    Updated: 2009-10-18 19:39:49
    Redskins QB Todd Collins could be worth a look off the waiver wire next week.

  • Campbell benched by Redskins; Portis injured

    Updated: 2009-10-18 19:38:59
    When the Redskins opened the second half Sunday against the Chiefs, it was veteran QB Todd Collins under center instead of starter Jason Campbell.

  • Steelers prepared to run

    Updated: 2009-10-18 13:34:13

  • Checkdowns: Name the ‘09 QB Alma Maters

    Updated: 2009-10-18 07:48:55
    Sporcle time again, as we they ask: Can you name the alma maters for all of the 2009 opening day NFL starting quarterbacks?

  • Tecmo Super Bowl Game of the Week: Giants at Saints

    Updated: 2009-10-17 07:47:44
    Courtesy of Matt Knobbe and the Tecmo Super Bowl Repository, here's your Tecmo Super Bowl Game of the Week for Week 6, featuring the New York Giants and the New Orleans Saints. The highlights: (How did we do this? Matt and the other dedicated folks at the Knobbe.org message board have spent a lot of time [...]

  • SEC Suicide Lines…Week the 7th.

    Updated: 2009-10-16 14:58:58
    SEC Suicide Lines…Week the 7th. Yeah. I would like to apologize in regards to last week. 2-5 is unacceptable. I know you don’t care about the inexplicable confluence of events that conspired to screw me over. So onward and leftward, eh? 26-18 is still over .500.  For entertainment purposes only. Georgia -8 at Vanderbilt After they lost to Army? [...]

  • Inside Word

    Updated: 2009-10-16 13:41:07
    Grandstand's Matt Clinch previews the Caulfield Cup in the Inside Word.

  • Steelers' D wilting in 4th quarter

    Updated: 2009-10-16 11:31:38

  • Bite Size Fantasy Football Start Em Sit Em and Sleepers Week 6

    Updated: 2009-10-15 18:25:42
    As the title implies, I am shortening this installment up a bit this week due to my lack of time (A wedding and a performance this weekend to prepare for. My head is wanting to spin). But, these are some super quality picks that I am super confident in. Check them out. Start em if you [...]

  • Honduras Celebrates Jonathan Bornstein Day

    Updated: 2009-10-15 15:54:55
    These were the scenes on the streets of La Ceiba last night after Honduras beat El Salvador 1-0 and the USA got a last-second equalizer from Jonathan Bornstein to earn a 2-2 draw against Costa Rica. Those two results gave Honduras an automatic berth in the 2010 FIFA World Cup and forced Costa Rica, who [...]

  • Polamalu expected to play vs Browns

    Updated: 2009-10-15 13:11:58

  • DE Smith out for year

    Updated: 2009-10-15 13:10:58

  • Cahill does it again

    Updated: 2009-10-14 12:03:06
    Tim Cahill's done what he does best, popping up like a thief in the night to nick a goal and all three points for the Socceroos in their Asian Cup qualifier against Oman in Melbourne.

  • Aaron Smith might be out for the season

    Updated: 2009-10-14 11:29:58

  • The NFL Needs a Player Loan Policy

    Updated: 2009-10-13 15:30:55
    It’s a shame that NFL teams can’t loan players out to other teams. In soccer, clubs loan players to other clubs all the time, usually because those players are young prospects on the end of the bench that need some experience. So big club A and small club B have a chat, and small club B [...]

  • Steelers win but continue to struggle late in games

    Updated: 2009-10-11 22:26:15

  • TE Miller on pace for 96 catches

    Updated: 2009-10-11 12:31:13

  • Half-baked

    Updated: 2009-10-11 08:59:52
    Karmichael Hunt's reported six-month sojourn to play rugby union in France is in jeopardy because he doesn't have a Cook Island passport.

  • UFL Web Site Makes Some Quick Fixes

    Updated: 2009-10-10 16:38:11
    Since I wrote this post yesterday, the UFL web site has added a PDF box score and a 99-second highlight reel, which was taken directly from the Versus broadcast. Plus, this popped up on the UFL’s Twitter feed: Y’know, it’s almost as if someone other than Different Dave and Jeff actually reads this blog. Interesting. Perhaps I [...]

  • Polamalu awaits Tomlin's decision

    Updated: 2009-10-10 12:22:22

  • What the UFL Web Site Got Right (and Wrong)

    Updated: 2009-10-09 21:37:05
    With the DirecTV-Versus feud still in full swing, I figured I wouldn’t get a shot to watch the first United Football League game last night… Imagine my surprise, then, when I went to the UFL web site and discovered they were showing the Versus feed online for free. That page is still up, too, with an [...]

  • Memo to Fox Soccer Online

    Updated: 2009-10-09 20:10:53
    If you’re going to create these slick-looking highlight reel web sites on Hulu for the  Premier League and the UEFA Champions League, try to do a better job of keeping them updated. Matchday 1 of the Champions League is still missing, and there haven’t been any new EPL highlights since the Manchester Derby, which was [...]

  • Rugby Sevens Becomes Olympic Sport

    Updated: 2009-10-09 18:24:45
    While it might be hidden underneath the news that the Olympics found an excuse to give Tiger Woods a gold medal if he wants one — and really, what else can you get the man who has everything? — the addition of rugby sevens to the 2016 and 2020 Olympics has to be viewed as [...]

  • Why Not? They Auto-Tune Everyone Else…

    Updated: 2009-10-09 16:25:13
    Well, there’s one thing I can do better than Cristiano Ronaldo. Hell, even Eli Manning is looking at this thinking,

  • Parker still no.1 back

    Updated: 2009-10-09 11:15:44

  • Florida vs LSU, Prediction Pick, 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-09 06:47:43
    Florida vs LSU, Prediction Pick, 2009 By: McD, Rumors and Rants Is this, in fact, the biggest game of 2009? According to the rankings it is, as these are the two highest-ranked teams to play this year. Yet this game has no real implications in the SEC races, since (4) LSU and (1) Florida are in different divisions. [...]

  • Alabama vs Ole Miss, Prediction Pick, 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-09 06:16:57
    Alabama vs Ole Miss, Prediction Pick, 2009. This weekend we will see one of the most anticipated SEC games this season. The Crimson Tide will be traveling to Oxford to take on the Ole Miss Rebels. The Rebels are going to be fighting to regain the respect they lost after their devastating loss to South [...]

  • Gut Check Fantasy Football Start em Sit em and Sleepers Week 5

    Updated: 2009-10-08 03:50:13
    So did you my heed my advice and bench Stephen Jackson last week? How about my call on not giving up on Steve Slaton? Hopefully you did and are now savoring the sweet fruit of success. If not, well, there’s always this week. Take a look at what I have for you for week 5. Start [...]

  • Ron cursed

    Updated: 2009-10-08 02:55:53
    Looks like one for Mulder and Scully.

  • SEC Lines: The Sixth Week, Power Week

    Updated: 2009-10-07 21:23:53
    SEC Lines: The Sixth Week, Power WeekThis is it. The best week of SEC based football that you will see this year. We have three spectacular games. Two you know about, and one that’s big for the Malzahn family. And after last week? With a five and one record to jumpstart me back up to [...]

  • UFL Fever: More Curable Than Swine Flu

    Updated: 2009-10-07 16:04:32
    So, who’s got UFL fever? Anyone? Anyone? Yeah, me neither. I tried to get myself excited about the new United Football League, telling myself that this might be the only football league operating in 2011 — and this could still happen, given the current state of NFL labor negotiations — and that they have some decent [...]

  • Eric Berry for Heisman? Dope Beats Will Not Save this Campaign

    Updated: 2009-10-07 06:02:31
    Apparently, Eric Berry autotunes his coverage as well… H/T: Rocky Top Talk

  • USL Situation Gets Uglier

    Updated: 2009-10-05 16:59:45
    Remember the 2008 SuperLiga Final, when the New England Revolution beat the Houston Dynamo on penalties, then swapped shirts with Dynamo players as a show of solidarity over Major League Soccer not giving them a worthwhile cut of the “$1 Million SuperLiga Prize”? Steve Ralston, wearing a Dynamo jersey, walked up to MLS commissioner Don [...]

  • Not Even Bono Can Escape the Shadow of the Marmalard…

    Updated: 2009-10-04 18:01:56
    YA BETTA ASK SOMEBODAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!! (Flickr photo from tomrichnc. If you have no clue what I’m talking about, look here.)

  • Grand final a-Twitter

    Updated: 2009-10-04 05:29:12
    ABC Grandstand and The Sports Desk offer comprehensive live coverage of this evening's NRL grand final between Melbourne and Parramatta at Sydney's Olympic stadium.

  • SEC Lines Week the 1-2-3-4-Fif

    Updated: 2009-10-02 20:52:03
    SEC Lines Week the 1-2-3-4-Fif Hi. I’m Andrew. Remember what I said in regards to last week? I was just a tick worse this week. If you consider my 19-12 record overall? It’s been somewhat of a degeneration. 7-1 to 6-2 to 4-4 to 3-5. I’m doing well, right? Right. Anyway. Let’s see if this is [...]

  • The Message of The Pink Shoes

    Updated: 2009-10-02 18:07:27
    The chill bros at Shutdown Corner reminded us earlier this week that this was the week the NFL was promoting the fight against breast cancer, and to do that, our pal Eeyore will be wearing these pink shoes on Sunday. We’ll also see pink gloves and towels, coaches in pink shirts, and probably some pink [...]

  • Ole Miss vs Vanderbilt, Prediction Pick, 2008

    Updated: 2009-10-02 16:12:31
    Ole Miss vs Vandy, Prediction Pick, 2008 by Bunkie Perkins (www.friendsoftheprogram.net) Fresh off a nice little bit of embarrassment in front of a national television audience, the Ole Miss Rebels try to get right in nashville before their showdown with Alabama in Oxford next weekend. Vanderbilt has been plagued with defensive injuries and academic issues which, under normal circumstances, might [...]

  • LSU vs Georgia, Prediction Pick, 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-02 16:08:43
    LSU vs Georgia, Prediction Pick, 2009 By McD Rumors and Rants Is No. 4 LSU the worst top ten team at the moment? It certainly seems that they’re the most vulnerable. The Tigers haven’t played a complete offensive and defensive game yet in 2009. They’ve had spots, but every one of their flaws has come to light, [...]

  • What We Think We Want 0-1 What We Really Want

    Updated: 2009-10-01 19:00:32
    Brian Phillips on Manchester United v. Wolfsburg: Somewhat more interestingly, then, I think the lack of interest in this game is a minor, local reflection of the fact that what we think is good in soccer and what we actually want to watch aren’t always the same thing. To leap to another example, almost everyone is [...]

  • Auburn vs. Tennessee, Prediction Pick 2009

    Updated: 2009-10-01 18:54:11
    Auburn vs. Tennessee, Prediction Pick 2009 Now this is one interesting match-up. On the one side? You have a classic confrontation. On the other side? You have the Cromptoning meeting a defense that is marshmellow soft. So. Who wins?  That’s why I’m here. The good match-up: Malzahn-mania has swept through Alabama. It has redeemed Chris Todd from irrelevant joke [...]

  • Where’s the Netflix for Sports?

    Updated: 2009-09-30 22:30:01
    Let’s talk a little bit about the future of watching football. Most of here are primarily spectators, and we often go to great lengths to follow our favorite clubs. That often means shelling out big bucks for cable or satellite sports packages. Being a soccer fan means giving DirecTV an extra $28 a month for [...]

  • Your Fantasy Football Start em Sit em and Sleepers Week 4

    Updated: 2009-09-30 15:40:59
    Well its week four and by know you and I are starting to get a pretty good feel for who’s reliable and who’s not so reliable. But there are still a few players that have yet to live up to their billing. This week, I have one of them for you. Also this week, I am [...]

  • Geelong Vindicated in Ugly Instant Classic

    Updated: 2009-09-26 18:07:07
    It wasn’t nearly as pretty or as high-scoring as the Round 14 clash between Geelong and St. Kilda. A downpour in Melbourne coated the turf and made the ball slick, and the high stakes made it seem even slicker and made the hits seem harder. The Cats and Saints wrestled and struggled through the ugly [...]

  • Who’s Going to Jay Cutler’s Birthday Party in Austin?

    Updated: 2009-09-25 16:36:25
    So does anyone else look at this: And see this? Anyone? Just me? Okay, just checking.

  • Quick Fantasy Football Start’em Sit’em Sleepers For Week 3

    Updated: 2009-09-24 22:59:21
    Holy freakin crap what a busy week. How’s yours? Hopefully you are a little more relaxed than yours truly. Anyway, I don’t have time for my usual full slate of picks this week but I will throw a few out there for you. Check them out. Start em if you got em… Jerricho Cotchery WR (NYJ) - [...]

  • American Football Association Selects Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame . . . “CLASS OF 2009”

    Updated: 2009-09-23 12:58:00
    : American Football Association The American Football Association is a 501(c 3 non-profit tax-exempt corporation who monitors the action of more than 750 senior amateur football teams from coast-to-coast each year . We are dedicated to the advancement of semi-pro minor league football throughout the United States and serve as the National Organization for non-professional leagues and teams from coast-to-coast . You can reach us toll free at 877-624-4485 or e-mail us at amerfoot . aol.com Wednesday , September 23, 2009 American Football Association Selects Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame CLASS OF 2009” American Football Association Selects Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame CLASS OF 2009 Media contact AFA National Office 877 624-4485 e-mail amerfoot aol.com website http : www.americanfootballassn.com Recently the AFA Hall of Fame selection committee completed its annual task of reviewing personal profiles of qualified individuals nominated for induction into the Semi-Pro Football Hall of Fame as the . Class of 2009 Information submitted by HOF alumni and subsequent review by the selection committee resulted in the selection of 23 people for enshrinement this year . The American Football

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