By Mike Perry

As reported on ESPN, “ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013.”
This means the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, plus the BCS Championship Game, will be [...]

By Micah Warren

As I half-assed promised earlier in the week, here are my AFC mid-season report cards.

AFC East:

-New York Jets (5-3):
Say what you want about the Jets, they are still boring to watch. They added a slew of talent (what do Mangini and Tannenbaum care, if they don’t go all in, they are out of here anyway. [...]

By Blast Magazine Newsroom

Julio Rodriguez, a barber from Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an October 2004 he killed a man and wounded two others over a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game
The Associated Press reports that Rodriguez, 62, was sentenced to five years in prison and credited for the four he has already served since he [...]

By Micah Warren

There has been a lot of debate and speculation lately about where Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain belongs. Should he be in the starting rotation? Does he belong in the bullpen? Well, how about a jail cell?
Chamberlain was arrested early Saturday morning in Lincoln, Nebraska for allegedly driving under the influence, speeding and having [...]

By Micah Warren

While Super Bowl tickets have been selling for thousands of dollars a pop for years now, this year’s Super Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL will be the first to feature tickets with a $1,000 face value. This will ensure that, as always, the average fan is able to attend and enjoy the [...]

By Micah Warren

I don’t know what the actual record is for biggest good ol’ fashioned ass whooping in sports history, but this has to be close. I would have thought the biggest stomping may have been when the Washington Redskins were on the business end of a 73-0 loss to the Bears in the 1940 NFL Championship [...]

By Casey Ramsdell

I’m not a big fan of over the top introductions. The whole sit in a circle and act like you couldn’t be more excited to tell everyone your NAME and your MAJOR and your FAVORITE COLOR thing has always been my worse nightmare. So I’m gonna skip the big welcome and just say this…
Nothing [...]

By Micah Warren

It’s the latest evidence that in the NFL, what you can do on the field is more important than how you behave off of it. A source has informed ESPN.com’s James Walker that Chris Henry is headed back to Cincinnati to sign a contract.
“We don’t comment on speculated player moves,” Cincinnati team spokesman Jack [...]

By Micah Warren
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Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren admits he doesn’t know too much about fantasy football, but says that his daughter Calla does.
In fact, she was kicked out of a fantasy football league at some point for insider info.
“My daughter, who’s a doctor in Salt Lake City, she captained one of the fantasy teams and then [...]

By John Guilfoil
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Hugh Bachman, coach of the U.S. men’s Olympic volleyball team and his wife, Elisabeth Bachman McCutcheon, a former Olympic athlete, spoke out in an open letter about the death of Elisabeth’s father and injuries of her mother who were attacked Saturday at a tourist attraction in Beijing. [...]

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