SB XLIII: QBs, Roman Numeral Numbness, and a Prediction

Some random wild and crazy thoughts while wondering what’s the line that the Boss will play Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) at the Super Bowl.
Kurt Warner, whose Cardinals face the Steelers in Super Bowl XLIII, joins Craig Morton as the only quarterbacks to lead two different teams to the Super Bowl.
Morton was terrible in both his [...]

Free Football: Here’s Hoping the Super Bowl Works Overtime

Who are you rooting for Sunday, Cardinals or Steelers?
I’m rooting for overtime.
Actually, I’m rooting for a good Super Bowl game with historic ramifications. Overtime would practically guarantee both.
I have little rooting interest in either the Cardinals or the Steelers. Oh sure, the  Cardinals would be a Cinderella story. It’s like having the St. Louis Browns… [...]

Once Upon a Time, Cards and Steelers Were the Same Team

Once upon a time, the Cardinals and the Steelers were the same team. Now they’re Super Bowl combatants.
In 1944, the Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers were forced to merge because of a shortage of players during World War II.
The team was known as Card-Pitt and they were terrible, finishing 0-10, tying the Brooklyn Tigers for [...]

John Updike Now Rests with Rabbit and Ted Williams

John Updike, one of the great American men of letters, has died at age 76.
Updike wrote 61 books in all, perhaps none better than his quartet of  books about Harry "Rabbitt" Angstrom. Updike traces Rabbit’s American middle-class life from his days as a  high school basketball star through a loveless marriage until his final [...]

In Knick of Time: LeBron Is Made for New York

LeBron James would be a perfect fit with the New York Knicks.
Dear LeBron,
You don’t know me, but you should read what I have to say. Or better yet, what New York basketball fans have to say.
Please come to New York. Come to the Knicks.
Oh, you could be comfortable and stick with Cleveland, a nice [...]

The Rock Should Be A Lock for Baseball’s Hall of Fame

Now that Rickey Henderson is in the Hall of Fame, voters should focus their attention on another great leadoff hitter and base thief, Tim Raines.
Other than Henderson, the greatest leadoff hitter ever, “Rock” Raines is the best leadoff man in the past quarter century and more.
Another great leadoff hitter, Lou Brock retired in 1979 — [...]

Obama Inaugural: Remember Those Who Made It Possible

Today, of all days, we are reminded of all those who made Barack Obama’s Presidency possible.
We think of our Founding Fathers, who created this great nation rooted to the belief that “All men are created equal.”
We remember Abraham Lincoln and his Emancipation Proclamation, which abolished slavery and saved the Union.
We think of Rosa Parks, whose [...]

A Sad Sunday

It’s a sad Sunday. In many ways, today’s NFL Conference Championship games mark the end of the NFL season.
Of course, there won’t be any games next Sunday, as we go through the interminable, two-week wait for the Super Bowl where no story angles are left unturned.
And Super Sunday is much different than a regular NFL [...]

NFL Playoff Factoids That May Interest Only Me

Impress your friends, win bets, make money with these 10 NFL tidbits:
The Giants, coming off the best Super Bowl ever, are the only team in the NFL to have beaten the Steelers, Ravens, Eagles and Cardinals this year.
The Cardinals are one of six teams never to have played in a Super Bowl. The Lions, [...]

Losing Is in The Cards: 89 Years, 2 Championships

The Arizona Cardinals are the oldest professional football club in the USA, but they’ve never won a Super Bowl. In fact, they’ve never even been to a Super Bowl.
To put this in context, the Cardinals going to the Super Bowl is kinda like the Tampa Bay Rays going to the World Series or the Los [...]