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Somalia Takes Issue with Michael Vick’s Ed Block Courage Award
Posted: 24th December 2009 by Jared Sherman in NFL
By voting for Michael Vick to win the team's Ed Block courage award, the Eagles as a team have let us all down. To honor a man who is trying to regain his once lofty standing in the NFL because he was in jail for killing dogs is a slap in the face to any player, front office executive, or fan who has truly endured a life-altering struggle.
And to add ...
Roy Halladay For Cliff Lee: It Could Happen, But Should Phillies Do It?
Posted: 12th December 2009 by Jared Sherman in MLB
With the winter meetings over and the Phillies' bench restocked, fans have turned their attention to Ruben Amaro Jr.'s non-attempts to trade for Toronto's Roy Halladay. What was once an exercise in prospect roulette may have taken a turn towards blockbuster.
FOXSport's Ken Rosenthal thinks there is a good possibility the Phils could dangle playoff and World Series stud Cliff Lee as part of a potential Halladay deal. The gist of ...
With the recent ESPN documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the now legendary United States Football League I did a little research into how the players from that league were distributed to NFL teams.
Some, like Jim Kelly above, were drafted by NFL teams in the regular NFL draft. Their rights were owned by the NFL team who originally drafted them. Others were drafted in 1984 during the NFL ...
Andy Reid ended Shawn Andrews' 2009 season today, placing him on injured reserve after his balky back just would not allow him back on the field. Reid's statement on the transaction was brief, but somehow conveys the frustration of a teacher who has finally given up on a wayward student:
"It's disappointing to lose any player for the entire season, but we have full confidence in the other linemen we have ...