Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
The 1958 NFL Championship between the New York Giants and Baltimore Colts is considered by most historians to be "the greatest game every played." Or at least the most important, as it helped make football the American sport of the television age.
Certainly, it set the stage for the creation of ...
Posted in New York Jets, NFL | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
For years, I have opined to my friends that Hank Williams, Jr. has the easiest job in the world: singing the Monday Night Football theme. Just slightly tweak the lyrics to reflect the teams playing that week, and voila, you have your paycheck. In order to lose a gig like ...
Posted in ESPN, NFL | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
I could not believe my ears Monday night as the new Kid Rock song "Born Free" played while ESPN's Monday Night Countdown segued into Monday Night Football. The same song was used incessantly during TBS' postseason baseball coverage, which was apparently the network's only way of making a game called ...
Posted in Hick Flick's ramblings | 23 Comments »
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
After Will Muschamp turned down the chance to be the head football coach at the University of Tennessee, the Volunteers have been left standing at the altar without a bride. Lane Kiffin's departure has caught Tennessee's athletic department completely surprised and unprepared for what to do with the future of ...
Posted in College Football, College Football Rumors, Rumors | 3 Comments »
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Were you aware that there are other divisions in the NFL besides the NFC East? I was recently apprised of this development and I'm still not sure what my proper reaction should be.
Or at least that would be the possible response of someone who gleaned most of their NFL knowledge ...
Posted in NFL | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009
Imagine, if you will, this post being presented with '40s newsreel music and '40s newsreel guy doing the reading. Only using modern phrases, because I'm too lazy to look up some hep '40s slang.Now presenting.... The News of the Day!"Anger in Buffalo"Just yesterday we told you about Buffalo's latest meltdown ...
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Tuesday, September 15th, 2009
Not even Shakespeare could have dreamed of a storyline as glorious as those displayed by Dick Jauron's Buffalo Bills every time they appear on Monday Night Football.
For the third time in as many years, the Bills have turned a near-certain victory into a mind-boggling defeat, cementing the heated argument that ...
Posted in Accursed Sports Towns, Buffalo | 1 Comment »
