GRIDIRON..Friday night the Denver Broncos had quarterback Kyle Orton play three series against the San Francisco 49ers. Orton threw an interception to end every sequence. The Broncos had the 29th ranked defence in football last season; it appears the offense may be on the verge of sinking to similar levels…the most interesting thing about the [...]
GRIDIRON..Donovan McNabb has consistently displayed an alarming tendency to struggle at critical junctures of post season games (according to Terrell Owens, this included vomiting from stress while trying to call plays in the huddle). What a terrific move by the Philadelphia Eagles grabbing Michael Vick for use if and when McNabb gets the proverbial heaves. [...]
GRIDIRON..behold a rarity, an NFL preseason game fraught with genuine drama. Tom Brady will quarterback the New England Patriots tonight and every move he makes will be scrutinized and analyzed. If Brady is healthy, the Pats will rank as Superbowl favourites, at around 4-1, when the season commences in September. If Brady looks gun shy or [...]
GRID IRON..love the retort to complaints Baltimore Raven QB Joe Flacco is struggling at camp thus far; GM Ozzie Newsome pointed out he’s playing against the Raven’s formidable defence everyday and being asked to execute difficult midfield passes. After training camp, and daily love from Ray Lewis, it’s all downhill for the second year starter…Eric [...]
ICE..Patrick Kane deserves a fair hearing. The story, as currently recounted, just does not make sense. I don’t want to call Kane a hooligan or a ridiculous cheapskate until the full facts have been aired. Why? Well, in my travels it has become apparent that some of the dudes driving hack are seriously troubled, anti-social [...]
I was just desperate to see football last night. After a l o n g off season the NFL preseason was kicked off by the Hall of Fame game. It was a fairly interesting affair, highlighted by the contradictory performances of Terrell Owens and Vince Young. Owens was bang on, catching two lasers thrown his [...]
Chris Neil, Ottawa Senator forward, sounded a bit ominous in discussing the possibility of Dany Heatley remaining with the squad. The bruiser explained that Heatley would be expected to explain to his teammates why he asked to be traded. There is serious subtext here, with Neil and others simply not buying the excuse that the [...]
Here are the playoff stats accrued by Leaf goalie Jonas Gustavsson as he lead Farjestads to the 2009 Swedish Elite League title; 13 games, Goals Against Average 1.03, Save Percentage .961. I’ve encountered serious puckheads who are salivating at the potential of the 24 year old. They are claiming the 2009-10 Toronto Maple Leaf campaign will quickly [...]
The last two seasons Nikolai Zherdev put up 61 (26 g) and 58 (23 g) points. Last year, as a New York Ranger, Zherdev tied Scott Gomez for the team scoring lead. The six foot, 200 lb winger is only 24 years old and is physcially sound. His playoff stats for the Rangers last year were a [...]
Has it come to this? Kansas City quarterback Matt Cassels discovered that after a restaurant meal with his wife, a blogging waiter posted both the food they ate and the topics of their conversation…the Cincinnati Bengals have already suffered a sickening loss with Reggie Kelley’s season ending Achilles heel injury. The hard hitting tight end [...]
