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Pop Warner Changes Contact Practice Rules for 2012 Season
The oldest and largest youth football organization Pop Warner has decided to limit contact during practices. In an effort to make youth football safer the organization will only allow contact drills to one-third of practice time.
Ole Miss out spent MSU & USM in Football Recruiting for 2010 and 2011
Football recruiting is as competitive as the game played on the field. Recruiting has become bigger and bigger in the digital age with sports sites building pages to follow top prospects.
Legacies On the Line in Super Bowl XLVI
The word legacy is thrown around the sports world like the word love is thrown around for everything in everyday life. It seems that everyone has some sort of legacy to protect before they have even made a play at the professional level.
Super Bowl XLVI: Preview and Prediction Extravaganza
Last time the Giants and the Patriots met in the Super Bowl, the game was decided on two plays. First was the helmet catch by David Tyree off a scramble by Eli Manning, in which he was nearly sacked a couple of times, for a first down.
2012 NFL Wild Card Weekend Previews and Predictions
Seventeen weeks of the regular season has reduced the NFL down to 12 teams. Only two of those 12 will play in the Super Bowl.
New Orleans Saints Road to Super Bowl Begins Against Upstart Detroit Lions
The road to Indianapolis for the New Orleans Saints begins this weekend. New Orleans would love to get last year’s playoff loss out of their mouth.
Divisional Round of NFL Playoffs Features: Three Rematches and Tom Brady, Tim Tebow Match-up
NFL Wild Card Weekend proved just how big the NFL is in America. The ratings for last weekend were huge for the NFL and showed how much we love football in this country.
Former Division Rivals: Saints and 49ers Battle for a Spot in NFC Championship Game
Before the NFL shifted teams around in the 2002 realignment, the New Orleans Saints and San Francisco 49ers were in the same division. Many Saints fans remember the old NFC West that featured the Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams with Saints and 49ers.
AFC & NFC Championship Games: Preview and Predictions
The NFL Playoffs gave fans three out of four great games last weekend. Throw out New England’s blowout win over Denver and the other three games were close till the end or late into the fourth quarter.
Saints QB Drew Brees Discusses Bounties and His Contract on Two Radio Shows Today
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees is spending a lot of time in the media over the last week. Neither the Saints nor Brees have been able to stay out of the media this off-season. Brees found himself in a firestorm last week (Tuesday, June 19) after comparing the Saints …
College Football Gets a Playoff
The BCS Presidential Oversight Committee approved a four team playoff for college football. The deal will start in 2014 and will last for 12-years starting in 2014 and ending in 2025. Teams will be seed and the games will be rotated over six sites hosting. Those sites are the Sugar …
Jackson Showboats to Name Coach on Monday
I learned today that on Monday (July 2nd) the Jackson Showboats will formally announce the first head coach of the new franchise. The announcement will be made at Two Sisters Kitchen in Jackson at 11a.m. this Monday. I have been told that the new coach has ties not only to …
MSU's Arnett Moultrie Drafted by Heat and then Traded to 76ers
The Miami Heat stopped celebrating their NBA Championship to join the rest of the league in New Jersey for the NBA Draft. Miami used their 27th pick to draft Mississippi State forward Arnett Moultrie. Before the night was done, the Heat trade Moultrie to the Philadelphia 76ers for a second …
Jackson Showboats Name Wright Busching Coach
The Jackson Showboats have found their man and they didn't have to look very far to find him. Grant Worsley, Showboats General Manager, announced today at Two Sisters restaurant in Jackson that Wright Busching will be the first head coach in franchise history. Busching is a Jackson native who graduated …
Brees Wins Arbitration Over Franchise Tag
New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees gained leverage in his contract battle with the team by way of today's ruling by arbitrator Stephen Burbank. The ruling clarified vague language of the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) on the franchise tag. At the heart of the matter is the wording: Article 10, …
Former U.S. Sprinter Michael Johnson's Comments to Daily Mail: Fair or Foul
Michael Johnson might be best know for his golden shoes he wore during the Atlanta Olympic Games in 1996. He is the only male athlete to ever win the 200-meter and 400-meters in the same games. Johnson is currently working in England for the BBC as a commentator. He made …
The Times-Picayune Reporting Drew Brees Deal Should be Done within the Next Week
Times-Picayune reporter Mike Triplett reported this morning that the New Orleans Saints and quarterback Drew Brees should reach a deal by the July 16 deadline. Triplett is also reporting the deal will make Brees the highest paid player in NFL history. In his article, Triplett expects Brees to sign a …
Current USA Basketball Team Better Than 1992 Dream Team?
Kobe Bryant was asked this week if he thought this current USA Men's Basketball team was better than the 1992 Dream Team. Bryant gave his thoughts to the question: "Well, just from a basketball standpoint, they obviously have a lot more size than we do — you know, with [David] …
China Made Uniforms Create a Stir
There might be hope for the country after all. ABC reported yesterday (Wednesday, July 11) that uniforms that will be worn by team USA at the 2012 London Olympic Games were made in China. Both Democrats and Republicans denounced the U.S. Olympic Committees decision to dress team USA in uniforms …
ESPN's Chris Mortensen Reports Brees and Saints Reach Deal
The seemingly never ending story is over. ESPN's NFL reporter Chris Mortensen is reporting Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints have reached a deal before the July 16 3p.m. deadline. Mortensen reports the deal is five years worth $100 million. First year is worth $40 million and Brees will …
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