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Peyton Manning Shows Class in Loss to Ravens

Scott Mills — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:11:52 +0000

Peyton Manning is, in my opinion, one of the classiest guys to ever play pro football. After Saturday’s loss to the Ravens, instead of moping around and feeling sorry for himself, he headed to the Ravens locker room to seek out Ray Lewis to congratulate him on the victory. Chad Steel, Ravens media director, posted [...]

Monday Night Football and Controversy with Replacement Refs [VIDEO/POLL]

Jeff Easterling — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:39:18 +0000

Monday night football ended in controversy with a botched call by the replacement refs on a last second Hail Mary pass to give Seattle the win over Green Bay. There has been a lot of controversial calls since the beginning of the season, but Facebook and Twitter went wild with some of the calls made [...]

Shannon Eastin NFL's First Woman Referee Ready to Officiate [POLL]

Mario Garcia — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:19:22 +0000

The NFL preseason is almost here and this Thursday’s Green Bay-San Diego exhibition will get some added attention. That’s because for the first time the NFL will have a woman officiating the game as a replacement ref for regular officials who are locked out by the NFL.Shannon Eastin is one of several replacement refs who [...]

Martina McBride Helps Launch National Breast Cancer Awareness Month [VIDEO]

Mario Garcia — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 20:21:44 +0000

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and there is hardly any place that you go or see that doesn’t bring awareness to this great cause. Country music artists have always been like a family that is always willing to help out with charitable organizations.Martina McBride is helping by launching a NFL Breast Cancer Awareness [...]

Peyton Manning is the Highest Paid Player in the NFL?

Jeff Easterling — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:35:14 +0000

Over at Forbes.com there is apparently a whole division of people that just make lists. Now they have put together a list of the Highest Paid Players in the NFL. Colts quarterback PEYTON MANNING tops it. He’ll pocket $23 MILLION before this year is out. Here are the highest-paid football players, along with their expected [...]

Michael Vick Talks About His Second Chance, Why He Chose the Eagles

Danny Groner — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:42:20 +0000

A lengthy piece in the upcoming issue of GQ highlights Michael Vick’s mindset past and present and the aftermath of the dogfighting scandal that sent him to prison for two years. How’d he handle the sentencing and subsequent backlash?

“For a while, it was all ‘Scold Mike Vick, scold Mike Vick, just talk bad about him, like he’s not a person,’” he said. “It’s almost as if everyone wanted to hate me. But what have I done to anybody? It was something that happened, and it was people trying to make some money.”

The Manning Brothers Are: Football Cops! [Video]

Scott Mills — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:00:02 +0000

Here's the trailer to Direct TV's "Football Cops" starring the gun slinging QB Manning brothers, Eli and Payton (Dad, Archie, is also in the trailer). All the trailer tells us is that it's "Coming This Fall" so, not sure if this is going to be a promo for their Sunday Ticket package or if this is their substitute for NFL games should the NFL season be canceled. Either way, it's pretty funny.

Dallas Cowboy Comes To Town [VIDEO]

Mario Garcia — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 18:31:45 +0000

There’s a lot of talk these days (literally) going on concerning the NFL lockout. Will there be an NFL season 2011 or will the time clock run out before anything is settled. Despite all that, here’s some good news if your a Dallas Cowboys fan.Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett will be making a special [...]

NFL Star Wins 'Dancing With The Stars'

Mario Garcia — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:00:42 +0000

In the season 12 finale of Dancing With the Stars, NFL football star Hines Ward. Chelsea Kane took third place despite her technical prowess, and Kirstie Alley who I thought would take home the mirror ball trophy came in second. Ward said, when it comes to convincing his fellow Pittsburgh Steelers teammates to participate on [...]

NFL Draft 2011 Remix [VIDEO]

Mario Garcia — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 18:01:05 +0000

Well the time has come the 2011 NFL Draft gets underway this evening from New York. It’s as they say ‘Put Up or Shut up’ time for top college players around the country. Over the past several months you’ve been subject to hear all the pros and cons about which players should be drafted in [...]