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2001 NFL Draft Revisited

College Football By Jake Veyhl Scan the list of the 2001 NFL Draft first-round selections below and you’ll probably recognize quite a few of the biggest names from college football. There are future Hall of F...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, NFL, Big 12, Big Ten, MWC, Pac 12, SEC, WAC, Chad Johnson, Drew Brees, Gerard Warren, Justin Smith, LaDainian Tomlinson, Leonard Davis, Michael Vick, Reggie Wayne, Richard Seymour, Santana Moss, Steve Smith, Todd Heap, Arizona State, Clemson, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Miami, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, NC State, Ohio State, TCU, Texas, UCLA, Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, NFL Draft

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Running Backs

NFL Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

A Great Reason To Miss The New York City Earthquake

News I was IMing with a friend of mine who works in Manhattan when I heard about the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit New York City, Virginia and Washington DC. This was his response when I asked him i...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: News, New York City Earthquake

10 Soap Operas Sure To Play Out During the NFL Season

NFL Every NFL season has its share of drama. Unfortunately, with the Twitterverse and 24/7 media world, most of that drama happens off the field, as opposed to on. In the spirit of preseason prediction...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Chicago Bears, James Harrison, Kyle Orton, Michael Vick, New York Jets, NFL Drama, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittburgh Steelers, Plaxico Burress, Tim Tebow

6 Athletes Who Have Way Too Much Experience with the Criminal Justice System

Overtime Sports is one of the few professions that have their own dedicated branch of psychology, probably because they seem to have a steady stream of its employees on the wrong side of the criminal justic...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Darryl Strawberry, Michael Vick, Mike Tyson, OJ Simpson, Tonya Harding

Is Peyton Manning Overrated?

NFL In the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, they’re probably already constructing a Peyton Manning Wing, its many shelves built to support the enormous weight of Manning’s collection of persona...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Indianapolis Colts, Peyton Manning

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Quarterbacks

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy, Ben Roethlisberger, Blaine Gabbert, Cam Newton, Colt McCoy, Jason Campbell, Jay Cutler, Jon Kitna, Josh Freeman, Kevin Kolb, Matt Cassel, Matt Ryan, Matt Schaub, Matthew Stafford, Michael Vick, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Sam Bradford, Shaun Hill

Athlon Archive: The Totally True Tales of Tim Tebow

College Football In his left hand, the little guy on stage wearing the white T-shirt and the two-sizes-too-big University of Florida football helmet holds a red plastic cup — the kind you’d find at any decent k...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: College Football, Tim Tebow, Florida Gators, Athlon Archive

The 5 Best and Worst Offseason NFL Moves

NFL By RALPH VACCHIANO If you read the headlines only, the Philadelphia Eagles have owned them during the NFL’s abbreviated offseason. But the truth is they weren’t the only ones making moves. ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Best Offseason Moves, RALPH VACCHIANO

San Francisco 49ers Cheerleaders

Cheerleaders Enjoy this photo gallery of our favorite 49ers cheerleaders. ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Overtime, Cheerleaders, Cheerleaders, San Francisco 49ers

Interoffice Memo from 1995 Explains This New-Fangled "Internet"

Overtime We found this interoffice memo from 1995 about this amazing new thing called the Internet on an editor's cork board yesterday and thought we should share it. (Yes, it's been sitting there for ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, Funny

Terrelle Pryor Drafted By Raiders, Al Davis' Reign of Stupid Continues

NFL NFL News: Well, he did it again. Raiders owner and walking zombie Al Davis proved that he doesn't listen to his detractors by drafting OSU's Terrelle Pryor in the third round of the NFL's supplemen...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, News, Terrelle Pryor, AFC West, Al Davis, Oakland Raiders, Supplemental draft, Terrelle Pryor

Fantasy Football Sleepers & Busts: Tight Ends

Fantasy Athlon Sports looks at the sleepers and busts at the quarterback, running back, wide receiver and tight end positions this week. These are the players we think you can wait on and still get solid p...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, busts, Fantasy Football, sleepers

Fantasy Football: Sleepers, Deep Sleepers and Overvalues

Fantasy Athlon Sports gives its Best Bets — sleepers, deep sleepers, overvalues, top rookies, bounce-back and top IDPs from the each of the 32 NFL teams — for fantasy football in 2011. For more on each...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy

Five NFL Teams That Improved and Five That Got Worse

NFL By RALPH VACCHIANO No one has ever won an NFL championship in the spring and summer, and no one has ever lost one either. That’s not for lack of trying, of course. Just ask the “Dream...

Fantasy Football: Team-By-Team Breakdown

NFL Fantasy football season is here. In order to help you better prepare for your drafts, Athlon Sports breaks down all 32 NFL teams. What you will find on each team page: NFL insiders answer key...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Fantasy

College Football Coaching Alignment Chart

Overtime Alignment charts have been a popular staple on the Internet for a while. (Who doesn't like to break anything down to a nice chart?) So we thought we'd take a look to how some of the biggest coachin...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, alignment chart, College Football Coaches, Jim Tressel, Joe Paterno, Mack Brown

Fantasy Football: Beware of Michael Vick

Fantasy Athlon Sports’ 2011 Fantasy Football magazine has Philadelphia quarterback Michael Vick ranked No. 6 at his position and No. 26 overall because we don’t trust him. Will Mike Vick beco...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Michael Vick, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, Peyton Manning, Philadelphia Eagles, Philip Rivers, San Diego Chargers, Tom Brady

Fantasy Football: Who's Number 1?

Fantasy Athlon Sports has made Houston Texans running back Arian Foster our No. 1 overall player. But it did not come without a healthy debate. Below the case is made for Foster being the consensus No. 1. ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Adrian Peterson, Arian Foster, Chris Johnson, Jamaal Charles, Ray Rice

Fantasy Football: Players To Avoid

Fantasy If you are in a keeper or dynasty league, we believe the following players will begin their descent down the rankings after this season. Steven Jackson, RB – STL Athlon Top 280 Rank: 14 Jac...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Anquan Boldin, Brian Urlacher, Cedric Benson, Charles Woodson, London Fletcher, Michael Turner, Ray Lewis, Reggie Wayne, Steve Smith, Steven Jackson, Tony Gonzalez

Fantasy Football: Overrated Players

Fantasy These are the fantasy players or positions from each of the 32 NFL teams that we are going to either avoid altogether, or for the most part, make them a late, late pick in our drafts. Arizona ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Overrated Players

Miami Hurricanes' Hottest Fan: Danielle

Overtime We found the Hurricanes hottest fan. And no, she's not Nevin Shapiro. ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: Overtime, ACC, Miami Hurricanes, Hottest Fans

Are The Eagles The Best Team in the NFL?

NFL By RALPH VACCHIANO The Philadelphia Eagles made a big free-agency splash over the last two weeks. All that was missing from the first few days of the NFL’s wildest free-agent frenzy was Andy...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Andy Reid, Michael Vick, Nnamdi Asomugha, Philadelphia Eagles, RALPH VACCHIANO, Ronnie Brown

Oakland Raiders 2011 NFL Team Preview

NFL The Raiders snapped their string of seven straight seasons with 11 or more losses last year and finished 8–8, sweeping the AFC West and avoiding a losing record for the first time since reaching ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Al Davis, Darren McFadden, Oakland Raiders, Rolando McClain, Sebastian Janikowski

San Diego Chargers 2011 NFL Team Preview

NFL Chargers fans, so accustomed to hearing and reading about how their team has one of the most talented rosters in the NFL, have to be thinking that 2011 can’t be any worse than 2010. The Chargers ...

1 year ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Bob Sanders, Marcus McNeill, Philip Rivers, Ryan Mathews, San Diego Chargers

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