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Playoffs? You Want To Talk About Playoffs?: Baltimore’s Postseason Chances
Posted: 22nd December 2009 by Dominick Pansini in NFL
The Baltimore Ravens began the 2009 season with high expectations, expectations of making it past the AFC Championship to the Super Bowl. áBut after their 3-0 start the train has derailed and rebounded and there is no telling where it will head next.
After losing to the Green Bay Packers, it seemed the Ravens had forfeited the chance to control their own playoff destiny. áNow as the mayhem of the NFL ...
Approaching Monday Night Football, Baltimore still finds itself in the playoff hunt. áRealistically, the chance at winning the division is near impossible with Cincinnati two games ahead.á It would require a lot of help from the Bengals opponents, but a wild-card birth is still plausible.
Even though the Packers are without Al Harris and Aaron Kampman for the rest of the year, it is never an easy task winning in Green ...
The Associated Press has reported that over 20,000 Oakland Raider fans have signed a petition asking owner Al Davis to step down as the team's general manager, and have even bought a billboard reading "Mr. Davis, Do The Right Thing, Hire A GM."
Normally owners should not listen to fans on how to run their teams, but these fans speak the truth.
Since losing Super XXXVII to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the ...
Practice? “The Answer” Will No Longer Have to Answer to Practice
Posted: 26th November 2009 by Dominick Pansini in NBA
One of the most prolific scorers in NBA history has decided to hang up the shoes. It has been reported that Allen Iverson, "The Answer" has retired from professional basketball.
The former No. 1 pick from Georgetown in 1996 is in the top six in nearly every offensive category. Right from the start, Iverson showed how dangerous he was winning rookie of the year, and soon went on to win ...
The Baltimore Ravens started the year 3-0 and reached as high as No. 2 in the NFL.com and ESPN.com Power Rankings. á
But since then, Baltimore has been in a roller coaster of confusion. á
Losing three straight games to New England, Cincinnati, and Minnesota, the Ravens seemed to have lost the defensive swagger it had maintained for so long. á
Instead it had replaced the defensive mentality with an offense that showed ...
Well, Thanksgiving is here again, is so is the annual home game for the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys. áBut does anyone else seem to be getting tired of these same teams?
The Detroit Lions
The Lions without question have been one of the worst teams of the decade are an eye sore to watch. áRecently, Detroit has been dominated in most of its Thanksgiving matchups and has not won on Thanksgiving ...
Joe Mauer, 2009 AL MVP and…Future New York Yankee?
Posted: 24th November 2009 by Dominick Pansini in MLB
Joe Mauer is an unbelievable athlete.á A man who could have had a career in football turned down a scholarship to play for Florida State and instead entered the MLB Draft, which has turned out to be a good choice.á
When you think of a catcher, you don't usually think of eye popping offensive numbers, but that is what Mauer gives you, as well as a great defender of the plate.á ...
Detroit Lions Fans, You Have Something To Look Forward To
Posted: 24th November 2009 by Dominick Pansini in NFL
When the 1-8 Cleveland Brown rolled into Detroit to face the 1-8 Lions, not much was expected from a game that was locally blacked out.á Wow, how we all wish we had players like Brady Quinn and Matthew Stafford on our fantasy teams after this one.
In a match up that consisted of two of the worst teams in the NFL for the past decade, it was dubbed a game ...