May 20, 2013

Rant Mode On: The “Elite” Debate

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The word “elite” gets thrown around more than necessary in the world of NFL quarterbacks. Just who is at the top of the mountain when it comes to the most important (and highest paid) position in the most popular game in our country? There’s really not a definitive answer to that. Not because there’s no [...]

Audibly Offensive Radio (1/28/2013)

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Despite the fact that the world of college hoops is either facing great levels of parity, apathy or predictability (depending on who you listen to on this show), we manage to break down the Super Bowl this weekend in our usual way.
… and Swafford…

NFL: Roger Goodell, Sean Payton talk moving up NFL reinstatement

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in the midst of preliminary conversations with suspended New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton about moving up the date of his reinstatement to be effective at the end of the regular season rather than sticking with the originally stated date of after the Super Bowl, according [...]

NFL: Panthers GM Hurney fired after team’s 1-5 start

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Marty Hurney was fired Monday as general manager of the Carolina Panthers one day after star quarterback Cam Newton expressed his frustration with a 1-5 start. The Panthers have the worst record in the NFC in a season that began with big expectations. The dismissal came hours after Sunday’s 19-14 loss to [...]

AP source: Burress working out for Patriots

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NFL player Plaxico Burress watches a game between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics at American Airlines Arena on April 10, 2012 in Miami, Florida. (April 9, 2012 – Source: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images North America) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Veteran receiver Plaxico Burress is in New England for a workout with the Patriots. A [...]

NFL: Former Saints fullback Mike Karney calls organization ‘evil’

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By Tim Heitman, US PRESSWIRE (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — It’s not clear whether former Saints fullback Mike Karney was a target of a Saints bounty or not. He was featured in a power point slide that was part of bounty evidence revealed by the NFL, but the content seems to denigrate his contributions rather [...]

NFL Pro Bowl set for next year in Honolulu

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Aloha Stadium will be the site of next year’s NFL Pro Bowl. (Marco Garcia/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / CBC Sports) — After a promise from players that the game will be more competitive, the NFL will hold the Pro Bowl in Honolulu next Jan. 27, a week before the Super Bowl. Commissioner Roger Goodell had made [...]

LT’s Super Bowl ring sells for $230K, not to Umenyiora

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — Osi Umenyiora didn’t get 500,00 Twitter additional followers and now Lawrence Taylor apparently won’t get his Super Bowl XXV ring back. The ring was sold in an online auction Sunday for $230,401 to an unidentified buyer through SPC auctions. Umenyiora, the Giants defensive lineman, had said he would buy the [...]

NFL: Patriots re-sign former Super Bowl MVP Branch

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(Reuters) – The New England Patriots have re-signed wide receiver and former Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Deion Branch and added two free agent fullbacks, the National Football League team said on Friday. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Branch, 32, started 15 games and caught 51 passes for 702 yards and five [...]

Aikman says concussions, saturation could be NFL’s downfall

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(By Joel Auerbach, US PRESSWIRE) (PhatzRadio / USA Today) — To most people it would seem the NFL sits safely atop the American sports pyramid, but former quarterback Troy Aikman says the league could be in for a fall. Aikman, who is in the college football and Pro Football Halls of Fame and is now [...]