Have you ever thought about how playing sports as a kid/young adult can mess you up for life? I am not necessarily talking about injuries (which can plague a person down the road); I am talking more about personal etiquette and lifestyles. And let me be clear, I am not talking about former athletes who [...]
Filed under: Hodgepodge | Tagged: High School Jocks, Office Bathroom Etiquette | 6 Comments »
The Raw Bone: This past Saturday night featured the first-ever live MMA event to be held in the state of Maryland. The live event, hosted at the First Mariner Arena and named “The Shogun Fights”, was made possible by the efforts of Baltimore’s own John Rallo and his Ground Control academy. The fight-card featured 11 [...]
Filed under: MMA | Tagged: Baltimore, Machida, MMA, Rua, UFC | 1 Comment »
Instead of going on a long winded diatribe and putting our great fan base to sleep with a number of stats and meticulous match-up breakdowns that will be available on a number of other websites, I want to facilitate discussion on the site and get input from you, the reader and knowledgeable sports fan. We [...]
Filed under: Baseball | Tagged: a-rod, AJ Burnett, Brad Lidge, CC Sabathia, Cliff Lee, Derrick Jeter, Mariano Rivera, Mark Teixeira, MLB World Series, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Ryan Howard | 18 Comments »
What a difference a week makes in the National Football League. This time last week, the Giants looked invincible at times, the Patriots offense looked to be out of sync and the Denver Broncos were still more of a feel good story to most people as opposed to being viewed as an actual contender. 3 [...]
Filed under: NFL | Tagged: Denver Broncos, Minnesota Vikings, New England Patriots, NFL Power Rankings, Pittsburgh Steelers | 8 Comments »
I haven’t contributed anything to the site for a few weeks and wanted to weigh in on some of my recent thoughts relating to the current sports landscape. U.S. Men’s National Team forward Charlie Davies was seriously injured in a car accident the night before the World Cup qualifying game against Costa Rica. Davies will [...]
Filed under: College Football, Football, Hockey, MMA, Moto GP, NFL, Soccer, Terps | Tagged: a-rod, charlie davies, goldie hawn, motogp, NFL, sec football, terp hoops | 6 Comments »
Should we be getting use to this? It’s the third consecutive week the Ravens saw their chances for victory slip away in the final minutes of the fourth quarter. It’s also the third straight week that the Ravens lost the time of possession battle by nearly ten minutes and failed to rush the ball more [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, Football, NFL, Ravens | Tagged: Brett Favre, Dwayne Bowe, Joe Flacco, Minnesota Vikings, Ray Rice | 7 Comments »
The NFL has always been a league of parity which is one of the main reasons it has become the unequivacle leader in American sports. This year has been a little bit different though. While there is still the traditional parity at the top of the league, the bottom may be as bad as I’ve [...]
Filed under: Football, NFL | Tagged: New York Giants, NFL Power Rankings, Pittsburgh Steelers, Super Bowl predictions | 9 Comments »
Hey! Can you believe it? The UFL season is underway! With all the fanfare and media hype, I am sure you haven’t missed a snap. Truth is though; this opening month has been a complete cluster. My question to the UFL is: what are you doing? The little press that this league has gotten has [...]
Filed under: Football | Tagged: California Redwoods, Florida Tuskers, Las Vegas Loco's, New York Sentinels, NFL, Power Rankings, United Football League | 3 Comments »
I’m writing this blog as a deflated man. I saw this game as an opportunity for the Ravens to lay their marker down. The Ravens had an opportunity to claim sole possession of first place in the AFC North and in doing so prove to the league that they are legitimate Super Bowl contenders. Instead [...]
Filed under: Baltimore, NFL | Tagged: AFC North, Cincinnati Bengals, John Harbaugh, Marvin Lewis | 9 Comments »
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