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Did the Cubs' Jim Hendry Deserve to be Fired?
News It’s about time. All indications are that Hendry is one of the great guys in baseball. Honest. Hard-working. Compassionate. But realistically, signing Alfonso Soriano and Aramis Ramirez t...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: News, Chicago Cubs, MLB GM firings

Kansas City Chiefs 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Somehow, the Chiefs did it. After three miserable seasons, it all came together in 2010 for a remarkable season in which the team went 10–6 and won the AFC West. Quarterback Matt Cassel was s...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Derrick Johnson, Dwayne Bowe, Jamaal Charles, Kansas City Chiefs, Matt Cassel

Denver Broncos 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL If the Broncos aren’t rebuilding, someone forgot to tell the man in charge. That would be John Elway, still the face of the franchise after all these years. Elway, now the Broncos’ executive vi...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Champ Bailey, Denver Broncos, Elvis Dumervil, Kyle Orton, Tim Tebow

St. Louis Rams 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Rams haven’t had a winning season since 2003, and haven’t made the playoffs since 2004, when they squeaked in as an 8–8 wild card. Is this the year the team finally gets over the hump? In...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Donnie Avery, Josh McDaniels, Sam Bradford, St. Louis Rams, Steve Spagnuolo, Steven Jackson

Red Zone Tip: The Punisher Club
Golf Take the club you are chipping with, then take another club out of your bag and turn it over and hold the two clubs so the upside down club sticks out beside your left hip. When you chip the ball t...
1 year ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Indianapolis Colts 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The sun rises and sets in Indianapolis on the shoulders of four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning, so this season’s Colts outlook includes an obvious proviso: If Manning recovers from a second neck sur...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Dallas Clark, Dwight Freeney, Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning, Reggie Wayne

Tennessee Titans 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Music City melodrama between Jeff Fisher and Vince Young is finally over. The either-or ultimatum resulted in both high-profile personalities leaving town with varying degrees of regret, disapp...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Chris Johnson, Jake Locker, Kenny Britt, Matt Hasselbeck, Michael Griffin, Tennessee Titans

Jacksonville Jaguars 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Last season was termed as a make-or-break year for both Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio and quarterback David Garrard. It wasn’t. The Jaguars were in contention for the AFC South title all the way int...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Blaine Gabbert, David Garrard, Jacksonville Jaguars, Maurice Jones-Drew, Rashean Mathis

Why Tim Tebow Will Never Be A Good NFL Quarterback
NFL Tim Tebow, the heralded Florida Gator quarterback who walked on swampwater, is now in a quarterback controversy with Kyle Orton in Denver. And his millions of followers can't believe it. But th...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Tim Tebow, Denver Broncos, Tim Tebow

Matt Hasselbeck Has Some Great New Hair
Overtime With hair like this, it's hard to see how the Seattle Seahawks could trade away a player like Matt Hasselbeck. It's also hard to see how he could get his head inside a helmet. I wonder is he's...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Matt Hasselbeck, Tennessee Titans

Texas Rangers Mt. Rushmore
MLB MLB Mt. Rushmores by Charlie Miller The question was posed earlier this season whether Derek Jeter should be considered as part of the Yankees’ Mt. Rushmore. That certainly piqued my inte...
1 year ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB, American League, Charlie Hough, Frank Howard, Ivan Rodriguez, Jeff Burroughs, Juan Gonzalez, Michael Young, Nolan Ryan, Rafael Palmeiro, Texas Rangers, Gold Gloves, Mt. Rushmore, MVP awards

Houston Texans 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Gary Kubiak is in select company. It is very rare that a head coach who has only one winning season and no playoff appearances on his résumé is asked to return for a sixth season. In fact, Bart S...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Andre Johnson, Arian Foster, Brian Cushing, Houston Texans, Mario Williams

Carolina Panthers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Panthers dropped off a cliff in 2010, falling to an NFL-worst 2–14 mark and setting numerous team records for offensive futility. As you would expect when a team performs that poorly, much is...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Cam Newton, Carolina Panthers, Charles Johnson, DeAngelo Williams, Jimmy Clausen, John Fox, Jonathan Stewart, NFC South

Predicting College Football's Breakout Players: Big Ten
College Football by Steven Lassan (@AthlonSteven on Twitter) What is a breakout player? Defining that term isn’t exactly easy. Although Big East fans are likely already familiar with the names on this li...
1 year ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

New Orleans Saints NFL Team Preview
NFL One year removed from a Super Bowl title, the Saints are poised for a rebound and are ready to battle the Green Bay Packers for supremacy in the NFC, although there is a palpable sense of urgency. ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Drew Brees, Jimmy Graham, Lance Moore, Mark Ingram, Marques Colston, New Orleans Saints, NFC South, Reggie Bush, Sean Payton

Atlanta Falcons 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Saints and Packers rode the explosive offense and opportunistic defense formula to the past two Super Bowl titles. The Falcons appear to be following a similar plan. Few teams can match the...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Atlanta Falcons, Julio Jones, Matt Ryan, Michael Turner, NFC South, Roddy White, Tony Gonzalez

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Considering their young franchise quarterback, the brash head coach who speaks in salsa sound bites and a shrewd general manager, you would expect the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to jump at an invitation ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Josh Freeman, Mike Williams, NFC South, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The Big Ten's 2011 Top 10 Games to Watch
College Football The start of the 2011 college football season is two weeks away. With kickoff right around the corner, Athlon takes a look at the top 10 must-see games in the Big Ten for 2011. 1. Nebraska vs....
1 year ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big Ten, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin

New England Patriots 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL A potent offense and a young defense that grew a great deal as the season went along propelled the Patriots to yet another AFC East title in 2010, but for the second straight year the team was one-...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Bill Belichick, New England Patriots, Tom Brady, Vince Wilfork

New York Jets 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Coming off two consecutive AFC Championship Game losses, the Jets feature the necessary blend of young talent and veteran leadership to make a legitimate Super Bowl run. Rex Ryan’s team should be...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Darrelle Revis, Mark Sanchez, New York Jets, Rex Ryan

Miami Dolphins 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Lately, the Dolphins have been more exciting off the field than on it. That trend continued following the dispiriting 2010 season, during which the offensively anemic team lost seven of eight home ...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Cameron Wake, Chad Henne, Jake Long, Miami Dolphins, Vontae Davis

Buffalo Bills 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL After going winless the first two months of the season, the Bills played .500 football for first-year coach Chan Gailey. Unfortunately, any signs of progress were wiped out by losing the last two g...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Buffalo Bills, C.J. Spiller, Marcel Dareus, Ryan Fitzpatrick

Washington Redskins 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL Coach Mike Shanahan enters the second year of his building project with a foundation in place but some significant lingering questions. Overshadowing the team’s two-win improvement in 2010 is the...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Dan Snyder, John Beck, NFC East, Rex Grossman, Ryan Torain, Tim Hightower, Washington Redskins

NFL Player's Favorite Swear Words (Video)
Overtime You know a lot of salty language is used on the football field during an NFL game. So, knowing that, this video asks players like Mark Sanchez, Jared Allen, Josh Cribbs, Shaun Alexander, Shawn...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Eli Manning, Jared Allen, Josh Cribbs, Mark Sanchez, Shaun Alexander, Shawne Merriman Percy Harvin, Video

New York Giants 2011 NFL Team Preview
NFL The Giants were the class of the NFC East and a Super Bowl contender last season as late as the fourth quarter of their Week 15 game when they held a 31–10 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles. They...
1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, NFC, Ahmad Bradshaw, Eli Manning, Hakeem Nicks, New York Giants, NFC East, Tom Coughlin

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