Most sports gamers rejoiced at the recent news, heralding the return of the long-dormant EA Sports ‘NCAA Football’ franchise, now known as ‘EA Sports College Football’. Despite the fact that the sport’s governing body (the NCAA) is not appearing in the game, EA still managed to partner with the Collegiate Licensing Company to attain the […]
I started a new series last week for ‘Throwback Thursday’, simulating the upcoming Green Bay Packers game in this year’s updated ‘Tecmo Super Bowl’ game. The game failed to accurately predict the correct outcome, as ‘Tecmo’ picked the Packers to defeat the Detroit Lions, 28-23. In reality, the Lions defeated Green Bay, 19-7. Well, why […]
It’s been several months since my last post, and football season is now in full swing. However, the bulk of the news that’s surrounded the National Football League in it’s opening weeks has dealt with the legal issues of players and whether or not commissioner Rodger Goodell should be fired. With this in mind, I […]
EA Sports, the developer of ‘Madden’ games for the past 25 years, is famous for it’s catchy, straightforward company catchphrase: If It’s In The Game, It’s In The Game. Seems like, with the ‘Madden NFL’ series, that’s not even close to being the case. While it’s no surprise that the NFL is very protective of […]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers just released their new helmet to the world on NFL Network. Compared to the old helmet, the new one’s logo is bigger and the facemask appears to be chrome instead of black. I’m a bit disappointed that it’s not more of a throwback to the Orange Creamsicle unis of the franchise’s […]
In a stunning development today, the NCAA announced that they will not be renewing their licensing contract with video game maker EA Sports, developer of the “NCAA Football” series. In the NCAA’s press release, the college sports governing body states: “The NCAA has made the decision not to enter a new contract for the license […]
February 3, 2001, a dubious date in sports history. It was the opening night of the XFL, the football brain child of pro wrestling dignitary Vince McMahon and the suits at NBC, a network desperate to host pigskin action after they lost TV the rights to show NFL games. The story of the league is well-documented: […]
If you enjoy never-ending loops of Clint Eastwood approving you favorite NFL team’s draft pick, this site is for you. http://www.draftcountdown.com/forum/showthread.php?t=52641 All in all, 95 picks from this year’s NFL Draft are evaluated by animated images. This is one of the best things I have ever seen. My favorite critique belongs to that of Cleveland’s […]
While attending the Brewers/Dodgers game at Miller Park with my work team today, the discussion arose about the worst chants in sports. After thinking about the subject for a while, I realized that there are plenty of them to choose from. So to make things nice and easy, here is a sample of the worst […]
In just under 10 minutes, NBC’s Super Bowl XLVI coverage will commence. Every talking head on that network and many others will throw out predictions of who will win the big game. So I guess I will take a crack at it, too. I am not a fan of either team (in fact, I wish […]
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