Iomega, a company under the wing of local tech and storage giant EMC Corporation, announced Wednesday that they have released a New England Patriots-themed portable hard drive. The Iomega eGo Patriots edition is decked out with the team logo above a 2.5″ 250 GB hard drive. The tiny drive is a USB 2.0 product and [...]
Blitz: The League II
Nov. 11, 2008 Leave a Comment
Would you like football any better if it involved power bombs and nut shots, rather than penalties straight from the “No Fun League?”
Tecmo Bowl is back — trailers and screens inside
Sept. 18, 2008 Leave a Comment
There may have never been a better football game — sports game — than Tecmo Bowl.
Report: Favre is a Jet
Aug. 6, 2008 1 Comment
We don’t have much information right now, but Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com says that the deal is done, and that Brett Favre is a NY Jet. The Packers get an unknown conditional draft pick and the Jets will likely have to release a QB. According to Glazer, the most likely suspect will be Chad Pennington. [...]
EA Sports announces players for NCAA Football 09 cover
May 6, 2008 1 Comment
Due out July 15, EA Sports’ NCAA Football 09 will feature Cal’s DeSean Jackson and West Virginia’s Owen Schmitt on the covers. Jackson will appear on the PlayStation 2 version, while Schmitt will be featured on the cover of the PSP game. Jackson was drafted in the second round by the Philadelphia Eagles. Schmitt was [...]
Pryor picks Ohio State
March 19, 2008 Leave a Comment
Terrelle Pryor, the nation’s top high school football recruit, has decided to go with Ohio State. The 6’5″ All-American quarterback felt that Oregon was too far away and that Penn State was too rural. He liked Michigan, but in the end decided that Ohio State would give him a better opportunity to make it to [...]
This and that from the NFL
March 13, 2008 Leave a Comment
Here are some random notes and thoughts from the National Football League: According to a blog on the Orlando Sentinel’s website, there are quiet rumors within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization that Cadillac Williams’ career is over. Williams tore a patellar tendon last season on October 1st in a win over Carolina. The Bucs recently [...]
Fitzgerald – UPDATE
March 10, 2008 2 Comments
According to a source close to the situation – despite reports that Larry Fitzgerald is not available in trade – the Philadelphia Eagles are still going hard after him. I also heard that Lions WR Roy Williams is no longer on the radar for the Eagles. Stay tuned. UPDATE: Larry Fitzgerald has officially renegotiated with [...]
Remembering Myron Cope
Feb. 27, 2008 Leave a Comment
Myron Cope, the 35-year color commentary man for the Pittsburgh Steelers died Wednesday morning in a nursing home in Mt. Lebanon, Pa. Cope had been struggling with his health since leaving the broadcast booth after the 2004 season. Before joining the Steelers family, Cope was a widely read freelancer for Sports Illustrated reporting on such [...]
Source: McNabb wants to stay in Philly
Feb. 10, 2008 3 Comments
A source close to Eagles Quarterback Donovan McNabb recently told me that the embattled star “absolutely wants to stay” in the City of Brotherly Love. McNabb told ESPN in a recent interview that he thinks they should bring more star-caliber talent into the Eagles’ the roster. Many think that he is just saying all the [...]
Pats the next Rams?
Feb. 8, 2008 Leave a Comment
For the whole article, see our Off the Record blog with sports editor Micah Warren! Yes, it could happen. Remember the Super Bowl of the 2001 season? The underdog Patriots came in with no shot against The Greatest Show on Turf. They were lucky to be there and had no chance against the offensive superpower [...]
Pre-Super Bowl craziness — t-shirts, orangutans, cars
Feb. 2, 2008 1 Comment
The world looks to the Patriots and Giants as they do battle Sunday — will it be Michael Strahan or Junior Seau who takes home their first Super Bowl ring? But while the focus is on sports and Mexican journalists proposing to Tom Brady, I decided to look at what some people below the radar [...]
Super Bowl recipes from Jerome Bettis
Jan. 31, 2008 Leave a Comment
Super Bowl Sunday is coming and you are hosting a big party. You’ve got your HDTV all set up and your huge Houston Texans #1 foam finger ready to go (because you are a Texans fan and don’t really have a rooting interest in the game. Hey, we can’t all make it this far). But [...]
Randy Moss is in trouble
Jan. 16, 2008 2 Comments
Blast Magazine starts its brand new sports section and introduces its new sports editor, Micah Warren, with a story about reports of dating violence charge against Patriots star Randy Moss in Florida. Polish off your old Randy Moss Vikings jersey, because that guy is back. The Patriots star has been hit with a temporary injunction [...]
