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Archive for October, 2011

DeMarco Murray Runs Into the Cowboys Record Books in His First Ever NFL Start

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Welcome to the NFL DeMarco Murray. Murray started at running back for the Cowboys for the first time in his young NFL career because of the injury to former first round pick Felix Jones. It was an opportunity for the rookie to shine and he delivered in record setting fashion. ...

Isiah Thomas: Players and Owners Need to Put the Game Ahead of Personal Interests

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Isiah Thomas has been a part of lockouts. He's also held numerous roles, both off the court and on, when it comes to the NBA. So the Florida International coach knows a bit about what he's talking about when he says the two sides in the NBA lockout need to ...

John Harbaugh on Joe Flacco not being an elite quarterback: “Anybody that knows football knows that is not the case.”

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Week 7 concludes with the Baltimore Ravens and Jacksonville Jaguars squaring off on Monday Night Football. The matchup pits two teams going in opposite directions -- the struggling Jaguars (1-5) are in a full on rebuild mode after giving rookie quarterback Blaine Gabbert the chance to play, while the Ravens (4-1) are leading the AFC North and ...

Raja Bell: “It’s not us on strike. It’s the owners telling us they won’t let us play. We really do want to play.”

Friday, October 21st, 2011

There will always be two sides to every story. After three days of mediation, labor talks between the NBA players and owners have reached yet again another impasse. Currently, there are no meeting schedule for further negotiations. It appears that David Stern's proclamation about the season being lost until at ...

Jamie Dixon: “Hopefully we can swing the balance of power over to the ACC once we get there.”

Friday, October 21st, 2011

When college basketball season rolls around and media days get underway usually the talk surrounds conference players of the year, what team is voted as the preseason favorite, and coaches are left to ask questions about the kind of team they are expected to have for the upcoming year. When ...

Tom Coughlin on Eli Manning: “He’s in my top five I will guarantee that”

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Before the season even started the New York Giants were devastated by injuries. The trend has continued all season long as the lineup continues to shuffle in New York. However, that hasn’t slowed down Big Blue. Fueled by a number of fourth quarter rallies the Giants are sitting at 4-2 ...

Dirk Nowitzki is Happy to Throw Out the First Pitch, But Really Would Not Have Cared Either Way

Friday, October 21st, 2011

With the World Series and the NBA lockout both a part of this week's big sports news, I guess it wasn't entirely a shock that Dirk Nowitzki could become a player in all of it. That said, I didn't really see him becoming one of the bigger stories of the ...

Christian Ponder Braces for First Career Start for the Minnesota Vikings

Friday, October 21st, 2011

At least when Tim Tebow starts for the Denver Broncos on Sunday he's already got a few starts under his belt -- though not this season -- and will be starting in a friendly environment in Florida. Christian Ponder has a homefield crowd on his side, but he'll be thrown ...

Charlie Whitehurst: “You go in there and beat the Giants in their place, it’s a confidence boost for the whole team.”

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Charlie Whitehurst came off the bench against the New York Giants in week five and threw for 149 yards, but his biggest throw of the game came when he hit Doug Baldwin with a 27-yard touchdown pass late in the 4th quarter. The Seattle Seahawks are pretty unpredictable every week. ...

Charles Barkley Calls Bryant Gumbel’s Comments “Stupid”

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

In the midst of an NBA lockout a number of different people have chimed in with their thoughts on what is going on between the players and the owners. Former players have voiced their opinion, current players have, and a number of TV and radio personalities have as well. Bryant ...