“If me and King Kong went into an alley, only one of us would come out, and it wouldn’t be the f*cking monkey.” –Lyle Alzado, NFL lineman, circa 1980s Steve Courson strode into the Pittsburgh neighborhood drugstore, looking huge and menacing in gym shorts and tank top. Other customers gawked[…]
Read More »Super Bowl XLV is here! The Green Bay Packers will be facing the Pittsburgh Steelers in a good, old-fashioned, blue-collar battle. The Packers are the early 2 ½ point favorites, but the Steelers have all the Super Bowl experience. Let’s just get this out of the way; the Super Bowl[…]
Read More »Couch Potato Blitz: Week 15 Fantasy Edition I hope that everyone had a great opening weekend to their fantasy football playoffs. Rodgers would get knocked out and Schaub wouldn’t wake up until the 4th quarter? This week I am going to change the fantasy focus a bit. Instead of putting[…]
Read More »Couch Potato Blitz: Week 15 Predictions As NFL fans we find ourselves asking, “Is it week 15 already”? The best thing about the NFL this season is there are still so many possibilities with only three weeks left to play. The AFC South and the NFC East each have a[…]
Read More »Couch Potato Blitz: Week 14 Fantasy Edition Week 14 of fantasy football marks the start of the playoffs for most of us – no need to panic; you’ve come to the right place. Although I will be advising you on who to start this weekend, the best advice I can[…]
Read More »Coach Potato Blitz: Week 14 Predictions Week 14 marks the final quarter of the NFL season. Mathematically, all of the divisions are still subject to change depending on the final four weeks, so I’m titling this week, “The Road Win Frenzy.” I have selected 11 road teams to be victorious[…]
Read More »On Monday the Denver Broncos confirmed rumors that Josh McDaniels has been fired. McDaniels became the Broncos head coach last season and got off to a 6-0 start. Since that time the Broncos have lost 17 of their last 20 games. Last week, Broncos owner, Pat Bowlen announced that McDaniels[…]
Read More »Couch Potato Blitz: Week 13 Fantasy Edition Week 13 of fantasy football! Some of us are down to our final week of the regular season and some of us have one more week to clinch that final playoff spot. Either way, all of the time we have spent researching, watching,[…]
Read More »Tuesday night, on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Magic Johnson announced that he would be joining former Timberwolves owner Tim Leiweke and AEG in an effort to bring an NFL franchise to Los Angeles. According to Minnesota Vikings vice president of public affairs, Lester Bagley, the Midwest NFL franchise has been targeted[…]
Read More »The San Francisco 49ers lost RB Frank Gore for the season to a broken hip. Gore was hurt on the Niners first series, but returned to the game briefly before he was forced out by pain. He had 5 carries for 52-yards in the 27-6 win over the Arizona Cardinals.[…]
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