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Minnesota Vikings Find a New Home Right in Their Own Backyard

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Minnesota Vikings spent the last few years increasingly worried about whether or not their team would pick up and move. Who could blame them? Minnesota folks already saw the departure of the Lakers and North Stars and for a while it appeared the Vikings would be next. Instead, owner Zygi ...

Mike Rizzo is Proud of Bryce Harper, But is Done Talking About Cole Hamels

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Mike Rizzo certainly wasn't quiet after Cole Hamels hit budding young star Bryce Harper with a pitch this past week. Hamels admitted throwing at the Nationals' teenager and Rizzo, the Nationals' general manager, fired back calling the move classless and gutless and labeling the Philadelphia pitcher "fake tough." Rizzo isn't backing ...

Jabar Gaffney Appears To Be Out in Washington Following a Goofy Twitter Situation

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

A week ago, interesting messages began showing up on the Twitter account of Washington Redskins wide receiver Jabar Gaffney. They included the calling out of free agent defensive back Lito Sheppard -- a guy Gaffney calls a friend in the following interview -- and disparaging remarks about a soon-to-be ex-wife. Gaffney ...

Jimmy Graham Urges New Orleans to Sign Drew Brees Long-Term as Soon as Possible

Tuesday, April 17th, 2012

At this time last year, there was plenty of hoopla around what NFL teams were going to be doing since they couldn't be working out at NFL facilities or with coaches due to the lockout. Some teams weren't getting together at all. Some teams had voluntary groups of players getting ...

New Orleans Saints Cornerback Jabari Greer: “We Are Men of Honor, of Integrity”

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Jabari Greer doesn't like the way he and his New Orleans Saints teammates are being portrayed. The stiff penalties handed down by the league against the team on Wednesday almost certainly won't help him change any minds, but that doesn't mean he's not going to try. Greer never denies or defends ...

Style Points Or Not, Bo Ryan Has Wisconsin Back in the Sweet Sixteen

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan grew up in Chester, Penn., southwest of Philadelphia. He saw his fair share of pick-up basketball games growing up and he can't help but feel like he's sometimes watching them again. No, not the pick-up games like those you saw on the And 1 tour, but ...

Colorado Buffaloes Surprise Everyone By Winning the Pac-12 and an NCAA Tournament Berth

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Colorado is about as unlikely a tournament team as just about anyone in the NCAA field. The Buffaloes closed out their season by losing three of their last four games, tying for fifth place in a rather weak Pac-12 Conference and earning the six seed in the tournament. That didn't ...

Bill Romanowski Believes the Media is Blowing the NFL Bounty Situation Out of Proportion

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Picture this: A young Bill Romanowski is in the San Francisco 49ers locker room with Hall of Famer Ronnie Lott, the latter of which says he'll pay $500 to anyone who comes up with a sack on Sunday. It's a story that certainly comes to mind for Romanowski with all ...

Philip Rivers Loses One Of His Top Protectors As Kris Dielman Retires Due To Concussions

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

When Philip Rivers showed up in San Diego, it was Kris Dielman, the Chargers' standout left guard, that first went up to Rivers and told him to lead the team. It became the routine pre-game message between the two of them over the last few years, and it's pretty interesting ...

Boston Red Sox David Ortiz: Between His Potential Dropoff and Boston’s Locker Room Issues, the Media Blows Things Out of Proportion

Monday, February 27th, 2012

The Boston Red Sox collapse at the end of last season has been thoroughly hashed out by this point, including the whole story including beer and chicken in the locker room. The question now in 2012 is how the team will look back on that whole saga and what it ...