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NFL Free Agent Feeding Frenzy, Part 5 – Team Needs (AFC East and AFC North)
Free agency is literally just around the corner - word is that the feeding frenzy will officially kick off at 10:00 EST Tuesday. Having run down the biggest needs for each team in the NFC, let’s turn our gaze towards the AFC. As before, I’ll lay out my thoughts on the top three needs for each...
Handicapping the 2012 Super Bowl Prop Bets
Ah yes! For me, there's no better time for gambling than the Super Bowl. The mecca of ridiculous bets. This week I'll take an early look, but next Friday I'll post my actual picks, which is when they start mixing in the NBA and golf tournaments, for example: What will there be more of: Andray...
Today in Sports History: January 26th
(The Bears crowd Tony Eason in Super Bowl XX. Photo by John Iacono, SI) 1/26/1986 - Bears finish one-loss season In Super Bowl XX, the Chicago Bears defeated the New England Patriots the same way they beat every other team that year: decimating them. The Bears crushed the AFC-Champion Patriots...
Today in Sports History: September 9th
9/09/1960 - Broncos win inaugural AFL game The Denver Broncos defeat the Boston Patriots, 13-10, in the first ever game played in the American Football League. The Broncos had lost all five of their exhibition games and wouldn't experience a winning season until 1973 -- after they had already...
Today in Sports History: November 4th
(Peterson runs against the Chargers. Photo by Doug Pensinger, Getty Images) 11/04/1994 - The Water Cannon Incident There are good ways to begin a year... and there are bad ones. The way the San Antonio Spurs began the 1994-95 season definitely fits in the second category. During the introduction...
Today in Sports History: December 12th
12/12/1982 - The Snowplow Game A December duel between the Miami Dolphins and New England Patriots was scoreless thanks to the snowy, freezing weather at Schaefer Stadium. With conditions getting worse, New England was looking at a 33-yard field on what was likely their last chance to score in...
Today in Sports History: April 29th
(Randy Moss. Photo by Rusty Jarrett, Getty Images) 4/29/1970 - Jerry West sinks 60-footer With just three seconds left in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, a jump shot by Dave DeBusschere gave the New York Knicks a 102-100 lead. The Los Angeles Lakers were out of timeouts and were 94 feet away from the...
Throwback Uniforms: Boston Patriots (1963)
In a 2009 AFL legacy game, the New England Patriots came out in their old uniforms from back when they played in Boston -- and not in Foxborough as they do now. The Pats looked pretty out of place against the Buffalo Bills, and it wasn't just the red jerseys; Buffalo actually had them on the ropes...
2/01/2004 - The Wardrobe Malfunction
(Janet and Justin. Photo by David Phillip, Associated Press) Super Bowl XXXVIII was one of the best editions of the Sunday classic I had ever seen. It had high scoring, two dueling quarterbacks, clutch fourth quarter plays, and a game-winning field goal from Adam Vinatieri. The Patriots beat the...
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