Brett Favre has officially signed a two year- 25 million dollar contract with the Minnesota Vikings. He will start their next preseason game on Saturday.
I dont understand how he will hold up unless the Vikings sit him in the fourth quarter when the they are up by 10-14 points. Maybe they can lower his snap count by giving Tavaris Jackson some snaps in a gimmick play, or give Bernard Berrian and Chester Taylor some direct snaps in the wild cat
NFL Preseason Power Rankings
1. New England Patriots
It was a typical Bill Belichek early preseason-he signs a bunch of wily veterans for dirt cheap prices to surround his two stars-Tom Brady and Randy Moss. Tom Brady looked sensational in his first game back in almost a year.
2. Pittsburgh Steelers
The returning Super Bowl champions have to now deal with having the bulls eye on their backs everytime they play someone. As you remember, the last time this team won a Super Bowl, they went 8-8
Fantasy Help
RB-Adrian Peterson may seem like the easy pick for the number one overall pick. But, last year, both DeAngelo Williams and Michael Turner put up more fantasy points. I was sold on the Panthers running back DeAngelo Williams as my first pick wherever I landed, and got him as a steal as the ninth pick.
QB- DO NOT DRAFT PEYTON MANNING IN THE FIRST ROUND. You may think he is the best quarterback for his intangibles, but intangibles dont get fantasy points. Stats do. Last year, in his
Sports Roundup
Brady looked great in his first game back. 10-15, 100 yards and 2 TD and 1 INT. Now I really wish I drafted him instead of Drew Brees as my quarterback.
Redskins offensive line looked great. Sure they lost 0-23 but they played without their three top players- Alber Haynesworth, Clinton Portis, and Santana Moss. Jason Campbell looked bad...what a surprise?
Ravens looked great. Who said Joe Flacco was going to hit a sophomore slump?
Betts: Ladell Betts jersey name was changed to
So Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated. The conditions, set up by Almighty Ruler Roger Goodell state that Vick can be signed by a team, practice, go to training camp, and play in the last two preseason games. As the regular season starts, Goodell will assess how Vick has tried to become a better person, with the help of Vick's mentor, Tony Dungy.
This makes sense by a business standpoint, but doesnt it seem that Vick has gone through enough? He spent 23 months in federal prison, lost
I just watched a game of Canadian football and I guess it was OK. I dont have much to choose from in terms of football, so its a good replacement until the NFL preseason starts in early August. Either the CFL isnt that great or the teams I was watching werent great because I would harken the level to a bad division I-A college team in the states.
And plus they only have three downs...whats up with that?
....Im really miffed how Tim Tebow not win Best Moment for that epic speech...a good moment is watching something live, and I bet many more people watched the Florida, Ole Miss game over late night swimming...
...not relating to the ESPYS, but Im also miffed that Graham Harrell had to go to the CFL to find a job. If backup quarterbacks get drafted, why doesnt the college football career touchdown leader and fourth place in the Heisman not get drafted?
...it may seem that from my Brett Favre ce
I shall be out of town for a week or so, and I wont be able to update the blog. If you want to hear my opinion on something that happens in that time post it here or on the CN blog.
(ski beat me to the U19 thing, congrats to them and Jamie Dixon)
Tour de France: Lance Armstrong is in third, seconds behind the leader.
Lesnar: Brock Lesnar wins, then makes a mockery of himself by flicking off the crowd and dissing the sponsors.
Summer League: After seeing Sam Young of Pitt play, he looks like
Xavier sophomore Jordan Crawford has no respect for royalty. During a pickup game at the Lebron James Skills Academy, Crawford put down a thunderous dunk over the taller, stronger, older, and overall better Lebron James. According to laughing NBA Scouts, Crawford "posterized Lebron really well"
Wanna see the embaressing tapes of Lebron on Youtube? Well to bad for you, because Nike officials forcibly removed the tapes from all media camcorders. Of course Nike doesnt want to see Lebron get poster
Magic Repeat Sure the Magic got Vince Carter, which looks good on paper. But when you realize 3 out of 5 of their starters are not on the team anymore, what chance do they have of making the finals again.
Desperate in Cleveland Lebron James reportedly got down on his knees and begged free agent Trevor Ariza to come to Cleveland, also saying he will play for the team past next season....thats strange, last I checked Trevor and Lebron both play the same position.
Michael Jackson The moment someo
NBA Draft: Griffin is taken Number 1, Thabeet going 2. My pick for the rookie of the year is neither, I believe that Stephen Curry will have the greatest impact as a rookie, because the kid has range. When he was hit with a double team, he would just calmy step 6 feet from the line and drill a three. The only downside of Curry is his defense.
Team US Soccer Nice going guys. Im very proud, both of the team and because I watched a soccer game for the first time on TV. It seems the Europeans on th
US Open: Glover wins it. I would like to take this time to say that when the experts have their equation that says who will win an event, it is ALWAYS wrong. The equation said Geoff Ogilvy would win, he ends up getting pummelled. Oh and I will say this: Tiger Woods is WAAAAY out of it. The only reason he isnt Number 2 in the world is because Phil Mickelson keeps giving away majors.
United States U16 Basketball: Hampton Roads, Virginia's own, James McAdoo puts up 20 points and gets 13 rebounds t
Man athletes need to get over themselves and just stick to what they are good at. Lebron James thinks just because he was a high school receiver he would be the number one pick in the NFL draft? Kobe Bryant thinks just because he is 6 foot 6 he can play at the NFL level, despite the fact that he never played football and grew up in Italy.
Just because both are amazing at their sport, doesnt mean they can be good at another threw sheer athleticism.
And now to the point....
Shaq challenges the
'roids: Sammy Sosa tests positive for Performance Enhancing Drugs
Golf: US Open begins tomorrow
Basketball Free Agency: Pistons reportedly offer free agent shooting guard Ben Gordan a base salary of $11 million to join the team
Shaq Deal: Still in the works
Lakers Parade: The Lakers celebrate their 15th franchise NBA title with a parade today
Breaking News: After pleading guilty to DUI manslaughter, Cleveland Browns wideout Donte Stallworth receives 30 days in jail.
ARE YOU FRIGGIN KIDDING ME? Stallworth kills a man while driving under the influence of alcohol and he receives 30 days!
Commisioner Roger Goodell is considering a suspension.
Am I missing something? Michael Vick lets his cousins run a dogfighting enterprise at his house and people dont even want Vick to ever return to the game and when Donte Stallworth KILLS A MAN, h
The Diesel teaming up with the King?
Preliminary talks are starting between the Cavs and the Suns, which if agreed upon, would send Shaq to the Cavs for Ben Wallace and Sasha Pavlovic.
Do you realize how great this is? If we thought that Kobe VS Lebron would be awesome, how great would it be if Kobe met his archenemy (Shaq) and his greatest rival (LBJ) in the Finals!!!
Epic.
Shaq did average 17 points and 8 rebounds and was an All Star last year. One of the major reasons they want him is so
The Finals
LA wins the NBA Championship in 5 games. I picked them in 7 games, which the series easily couldve gone seeing as Orlando choked away two games.
Im glad to see all the guys who got ripped last year (Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Luke Walton) came back and played stellar this year.
Trevor Ariza and Lamar Odom are going to be a free agents next year. If the Lakers want to repeat, they HAVE to resign both of these guys, which isnt going to be cheap.
Take Kobe: Kobe finally won one without S
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Ok readers of Goofy Goober's Sports Blog (located here, and now on CN forums) it is time for some March Madness. This is for the guy who wouldnt know Devin Devindorf if he was shouting expletives at you on top of a scorers table. Its also for the dudes who want to gain an edge on making brackets and betting on games. This is part one of a two part guide
Number One Seeds
1. University of Louiseville
Conference: Big East
Record: 28-5
Achievements: Big Ea
