Two of the only days in the year where no major professional sport is played in the United States (MLB/NBA/NFL/NHL/MLS) are occurring now: the day before and the day after the MLB All-Star Game. So since you’ll have nothing else to do to get your sports fix, why not learn a ...
This did, however, get me thinking of why and how sports teams got the names they have. Maybe I have too much free time on my hands to worry about such things. I really don't know, but that's the kind of trivia junky I am. So I compiled some facts, tidbits, and nuggets I hop...
Jimmy “the Greek” Snyder made a name for himself as a betting analyst and a commentator on The NFL Today in the 1980s. Snyder started betting almost 40 years prior when he bet $10,000 on the 1948 presidential election. Snyder claims to have bet on Truman, who had 17-1 odds, all ...
We have a long way to go, but the two names to know for the 2025 NFL draft are, clearly, Abdul Carter and Travis Hunter. With three months until draft day, the Penn State edge rusher and Colorado two-way anomaly have emerged as the prospects in pole position, with teams heading into...
who would be making his first NFL start that week in place of the injured Kirk Cousins. They did not plan to play Dobbs against the Atlanta Falcons, despite his experience in assimilating offenses in six other NFL stops. But they did need him to have at least some grip o...
NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, one of several American sports teams that copy Native American imagery and traditions, will take the field for Super Bowl LIV. How did the team, which was founded in 1959, come to have such a loaded name? And why does the pract
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and that means we're entering the stretch run in the NFL. A dozen weeks into the season, and some teams are starting to separate themselves from the pack. Like the Detroit Lions, who week after week keep bullying their opponents, and the Kansas Ci...
If NFL teams allow their players to join the Olympic effort, a star-studded lineup would no doubt see another financial boom for the sport. But, even if they don’t, one thing is for sure: flag football is not going back to the dirt field any time soon. ...
NFL: I am somebody The NFL released several Super Bowl commercials, but this one sends an affirming message to kids while highlighting some of its work -- and its teams' work -- in local communities. Mission: Impossible 8 Tom Cruise is back in action in a big game ad for the upcoming...
There are levels to theNFLhierarchy. There are trueSuper Bowlcontenders and then there are pretenders. And then there's theDallas Cowboys. It was a litmus test week for some of the league's top teams, and while some proved themselves to be a worthy competitor, others, like the aforementi...