Following on from Part 1, which looked at the NFC East and South, this time we round out the NFC with the North and West, including two of the the NFL’s most successful franchises, the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers.
Week 3 of the NFL is upon us with four more live televised games for us to enjoy. We’re feeling pretty good about our 3-1 record last time (thanks for nothing Dallas) so let’s break down this week’s slate…
The 2010 NFL season is still in its infancy and if you haven’t yet got a team to follow, allow 3rd and Goal assist you by listing all 32 alongside their closest parallel in our world of football, or soccer if you like a little clarity when talking about the two footballs. First up, it’s the NFC East and the NFC South, home of the Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints… Continue reading
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It’s Week 2 of the NFL season and here’s the rundown of what to expect from the slate of games set to be broadcast in the UK and Ireland, including the second ever Manning Bowl.
Everybody hates Chris
Who is he?
Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan is the reigning National League rookie of the year, but has struggled to repeat his excellent first season in the majors this year.
What has he done?
Coghlan’s season could be over after he tore the meniscus in his knee giving team-mate Wes Helms a shaving-cream pie to the face. Yes, you read that correctly. Just two months after Los Angeles Angels first baseman Kendry Morales broke his ankle while celebrating a game-winning home run, ending his season in the process, Coghlan joined him in the Stupid Injury Hall of Fame, and on the sidelines. Helms’s 11th inning hit had just won the Marlins Sunday’s game against Atlanta and Coghlan was on hand to deliver the traditional congratulations, with disastrous consequences. He has been placed on the disabled list and will likely miss most, if not all, of the remaining two months of the season.
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I haven’t posted in a little bit, and while it’s been a fairly quiet couple of weeks Stateside, here are a couple of things that caught the eye, beginning with a couple of reactions to LeBron James’s decision to join the Miami Heat. James took a whole heap of flak from pretty much all quarters, not only for the decision itself but for the way he made it, announcing it on an ego-driven one-hour TV special.
Pick me... please?
Watching and listening to the American media reaction to the World Cup has been interesting to say the least. There appears to have been some sort of tipping point reached, where the desire not be seen to be missing out on the world’s most popular sporting event is beginning to outweigh the traditional scorn for soccer.
But for all the positives that come with the increased popularity of the game in the US, like a new girlfriend, it hasn’t taken long for Americans to decide they can change the sport for the better, with mild ideas like the widespread use of video replays right up to ridiculous proposals to introduce half-time shows or make the game 10 vs 10!
Yet listening to all these ‘helpful suggestions’ made me wonder if there actually was anything that football, and the Premier League in particular, could learn from American sports. With Major League Baseball preparing for its All-Star Festivities this weekend, the idea of a ‘Premier League All-Star Game’ is kind of intriguing.
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