SAINTS AND COLTS REACH SUPER BOWL
The Vikings came, saw, but they could not pillage and conquer N’Orleans. Instead, they came, they fumbled and squandered a great chance to get to the Super Bowl for the 5th time in their history. For their part, the New Orleans Saints merely picked up the pieces left behind by Minnesota and found themselves in [...]
Alouettes Win Grey Cup In Dramatic Fashion
That was some ending to the 97th Grey Cup, eh? Heck, it was so crazy it even got a mention on ESPN’S Around the Horn. A record six million viewers on TSN/RDS clicked in to catch the game and they were treated to a great football battle.
The Montreal Alouettes, the best team in the CFL [...]
The Alouettes And Roughriders Meet In Grey Cup
The CFL has confirmed its final two guests for the 97th Grey Cup. The 16-3 Montreal Alouettes will take on the 11-7-1 Saskatchewan Roughriders at McMahon Stadium in Calgary (Hi Lina).
Both teams took advantage of the home field edge they earned as the Als reached the finals by crushing the cross over BC Lions 56-18. [...]
Did The Better Team Win?
By Beaker
We often hear the question in the title being asked by journalists, pundits and fans alike. It comes whenever a team dominates another but still loses.
On Monday night, the Miami Dolphins held ball possession for a stunning 45 minutes while the Indianapolis Colts had it for just about 15 minutes. Expressed in percentages, that’s [...]
Stats Corner: Forgotten Stampeders Were Perfect In 1948
A couple of years back, the New England Patriots came within whiskers of becoming the second team in NFL history to go undefeated after the ‘72 Miami Dolphins. The Pats from Boston had to settle for going 18-1 with their only loss coming where it counts and hurts most: In the Super Bowl against the [...]
Alouettes Great QB Sam Etcheverry Dies
Sam “The Rifle” Etcheverry, who wasn’t just a-very good quarterback but a great one with the Montreal Alouettes, died of cancer in late August at the age of 79.
Born in New Mexico and of Basque heritage, Etcheverry played for the Als from 1952 to 1960 and had a two-year stint in the NFL with the [...]
Quick Tidbits: CFL Says No To Pac Man; Heatley Still In Limbo; Alouettes Suck Out West
By Beaker
My how they fall.
You know you’ve hit rock bottom when the CFL - once home to Lawrence Phillips and Ricky Williams - decide you’re bad news enough to not be signed. That was the case when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, upon further character review, opted against bringing the violent head case with a criminal [...]
Brett You Know Who Act Wearing Thin
By Vince Mullins
When I saw Brett Favre’s latest cry for help, I just. couldn’t. take. any. more.
Peter King of SI, who has enjoyed excellent access to Favre for most of his football career, printed this today from his interview last week when he decided to retire (bolded by me):
Brett Favre sacked in 2007, now sacked [...]
Sports Tidbits: The Great Jimmy Johnson, Forrest, Hesjedal And Massa
- The ride continues of former athletes losing their lives through violent acts. Boxing in particular lost three within a month - Alexis Arguello, Arturo Gatti and now former welterweight and light middleweight championVernon Forrest who was murdered in Atlanta.Add New Post ‹ Intersportswire — WordPress
-Three cheers - or four. I don’t care - for [...]
Tiny Tidbits: Arguello, McNair, Wimbledon, Douches And The Confederations Cup
***Man, it has not been a good July for boxing and football. First, Nicaraguan boxing legend Alexis Arguello allegedly commits suicide and then former Tennessee Titans and Baltimore Ravens quarterback Steve McNair was violently slain in his home.
Nicknamed “The Explosive Thin Man,” Arguello, 57, was a former WBA Featherweight, WBC Super Featherweight and WBC Lightweight [...]
