Osi Umenyiora apparently isn’t ready to let his feud with LeSean McCoy die down. On Mother’s Day, the New York Giants defensive end tweeted, “Happy Mothers Day Lesean Mccoy! Enjoy your special day!!” “ Happy Mothers Day Lesean Mccoy! Enjoy your special day!! Last summer, Umenyiora referred to the Eagles running back as “Lady Gaga” [...]
Day 2 of NFL Draft Ends Well for Fleener, Randle
Posted on April 28, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Hanging around for an extra day at the NFL draft turned out well for Coby Fleener and Rueben Randle. Fleener was reunited with his Stanford teammate — a quarterback named Andrew Luck — when the Indianapolis Colts grabbed the tight end with the second pick of the second round Friday night. Less than two hours [...]
Danville’s David Wilson now a proud New York Giant
Posted on April 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
DANVILLE, Va.— It’s official: former Virginia Tech running back David Wilson is heading to the New York Giants.Even Wilson himself said he was surprised by the first round pick. “Since I got the call, that’s all I’ve been getting is calls and doing interviews so I haven’t really had much time for it to settle [...]
Maria Burns Ortiz: NFL Draft Lacks Latinos
Posted on April 26, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tune into Thursday night’s first-round coverage of the NFL draft and the ensuing six rounds over the next two days, and there are a few near certainties. Expect Andrew Luck to go No. 1. Expect Robert Griffin III to go No. 2. Expect to be inundated with analysis as experts go for days, breaking down [...]
Brian Dawkins retires – mcall.com
Posted on April 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Rams sign WR Steve Smith
Posted on March 27, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Smith, who led the NFL with a franchise-record 107 receptions for the New York Giants in 2009 and made the Pro Bowl, will be entering his sixth season. Last year he caught nine passes in 11 games for the Eagles before being sidelined by a knee injury. Smith was a second-round draft pick in 2007 [...]
Shockey strongly denies Sapp’s ‘snitch’ accusation
Posted on March 23, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Free agent tight end Jeremy Shockey vehemently denied the claim by former Buccaneers and Raiders All-Pro Warren Sapp that Shockey reported the New Orleans Saints‘ bounty program to the NFL. Wednesday on Twitter, Sapp tweeted that he “Just Heard Who The Snitch Was.” When one of his followers guessed Shockey, Sapp replied with “BINGO!” That [...]
Tim Tebow is Jets Response to Giants’ Championship: A Fan’s View
Posted on March 21, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If you thought Lin-sanity was entertaining for the few weeks it was relevant, wait until Tim Tebow steps off the plane. The Jets are schizophrenic, and that should be no surprise to the legions of genuinely long-suffering fans that follow them. In fact, there’s a good chance the phrase long-suffering, while applying perhaps more accurately [...]
The Bests and Worsts From the 2012 Grammys
Posted on February 13, 2012 by Leave a Comment
So yeah, Adele won everything, except for the stuff the Foo Fighters were nominated for. She was obviously the big winner of last night’s Grammys, with anyone who dared step in her path coming up the big loser, but there were plenty of other winners and losers to go around. Lyrical slips, bold fashion statements, [...]
