Published on: 21st June, 2010
You can almost imagine something akin to the scene from the first Rocky movie, when the aged Mick is praising Rocky, telling him how great he is, how much he reminds him of another Rocky, Rocky Marciano. Of course, Mick had found out that Rocky was about to fight for the heavyweight ...Published on: 7th June, 2010
So those Sherlock Holmes wannabes over at the BBC have unearthed the shocking news that our very own Boss Hogs in residence, the Glazers, have more than $1.5 billion in debt—so what? So what's new with that? What's so shocking about that? This just in: Why spend money when you can get ...Published on: 14th May, 2010
Ah, the boys are back in town. So are the men that they want to replace. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers begin their push towards training camp in July with the first of a series of those wonderful OTAs, that's NFL language for practice sessions, when the team gathers on Monday. The three-day sweat ...Published on: 6th May, 2010
The former USF Bull most likely to succeed in the National Football League from the 2010 draft? Could be Nate Allen, early second round pick by the Philadelphia Eagles. It is way too early to make predictions, still, NationalFootballPost.com has come out with what writer Wes Bunting foresees as the 2010 All-Rookie team. Bunting has Allen in ...Published on: 4th May, 2010
Hopefully they listened carefully. Hopefully. Hopefully, one day, one of them might become half the player he was. Hopefully, one day, one of them might become the man he is. The most important segment of last weekend's Tampa Bay Buccaneer rookie mini-camp was a brief encounter on Friday that included an address to these ...Published on: 3rd May, 2010
Can't believe it, can't believe it was there in black and white. Buccaneer quarterback Josh Freeman had to be kidding. He has to be "joshing" us. "I like what we had to begin with," he told Rick Stroud of the St. Petersburg Times as he spoke of the current crop of Buccaneer ...Published on: 29th April, 2010
These are uncertain times for the Big East conference. Very uncertain, and very disturbing times. The Big Ten is out there, plotting and whispering, behind closed doors and then in public, for all those who want to listen. The Big Ten is uttering the "E" word. The "expansion" word, and the Big East ...Published on: 29th April, 2010
Call it "Rookie-Mania" if you'd like and perhaps the Tampa Bay Buccaneers may catch a seasonal case of it this summer. The primary symptom is taking first-year players and throwing them into the starting lineup. That could be the case with the Bucs, and the primary suspects are the duo of newly-drafted ...Published on: 26th April, 2010
For Jason Pierre-Paul, it was a day to rejoice. Going to the New Yorks Giants with the overall 15th pick in the draft will do that. Break out the champagne, start the celebration. It was an incredible story, the rapid rise of Pierre-Paul from JuCo player, to USF backup at the ...Published on: 23rd April, 2010
Saw most of his games the past two years. As an East Carolina guy, was hoping the hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be savvy enough to pick this guy early in the second round. They didn't. The Giants did and Giant fans will be glad they did. Let me introduce the Beast from ...