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Bill Kitts’ 2010 Fantasy Football Sleepers
Bill Kitts is a sports fan from Syracuse, NY. Bill graduated from Utica College of Syracuse University with a bachelor’s degree in 2007. Don’t forget to follow Bill Kitts on Twitter. Every year there is the one guy that nobody sees coming that ends up beating you and ruining your fantasy football season. Examples in [...]
Cushing hCG
At the beginning of the month, Houston Texans linebacker (former USC Trojan) Brian Cushing was given a four game suspension for testing positive for hCG. hCG is a hormone that is commonly used during or after a steroid cycle in order to maintain and increase testosterone levels that are lowered by performance enhancing drugs. Manny [...]
My First Mailbag; Red Sox, Favre, Brady And More
This is my first ever SF4 mailbag. The turnout was better than I expected and I hope to continue with this. If you enjoy our mailbag and want to submit your own, you can send Sportsfan4 your questions at any time. Josh, With Youk on the DL does that put a fork in the 2010 [...]
The Wildcat Formation
The NFL is known as a copycat league for coaches taking what works for other teams and implementing it into their own gameplans for the following week. Last season the Miami Dolphins set up in the Wildcat formation against the New England Patriots and ran all over the Pats defense. The Wildcat was adopted from [...]
It’s My Favorite Time Of The Year
NFL-Favre Watch It’s been a slow off-season on the Brett Favre front, but ESPN has recently tried to make it news again. I don’t think this year is going to be as flashy and edgy as the past, he’s coming back, just not for training camp. Also, anyone that says Brett Favre doesn’t have the [...]
Get Your Popcorn, Do A Dance, Figure Something Out
Let’s start by putting to rest all the hypocrites about this subject. Only three years ago the masses were one tug away from letting go in their pants over the thoughts of Terrell Owens and Chad Johnson (yes, his name is Chad Johnson) playing on the same team. Anyone of those same people that want [...]
ROMO’s Life On The Edge
With so much spare time on my hands lately, I’ve been reading some great, awful and interesting books. I’ve just started to read Bill Simmons’ Book of Basketball (only 260-something pages into the monster of literature), but previously read former NFL linebacker, Bill Romanowski’s autobiography. ROMO : My Life On The Edge : Living Dreams [...]
You Gotta Make the Blood come through the Mouth
John Henderson’s pregame routine:
Raise your hand if you want Joe’s job.
Kardashian’s Win Championships
Kim and Khloe Kardashian first burst onto the scene in their family reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians, which the SportsFanGirl loves so much (obviously meaning I get stuck watching it between innings). Both sisters having no personal athletic background whatsoever, other than the fact that their biological father was one of OJ Simpson’s [...]
Steroids In Sports Making A Comeback
ESPN’s Mike Fish just released some great information today. As you may know, I am fully interested in all facets and aspects of any story that involves steroids or performance-enhancing drugs of any kind in sports. I have crammed my brain with both of Jose Canseco’s books, I am currently reading Bill Romanowski’s auto-biography (Adam [...]
Adam Schefter Retracts Tweet Courtesy Of Sportsfan4
So here’s the Tweet from ESPN’s NFL Analyst Adam Schefter that started me off on the wrong foot yesterday afternoon. Adam_Schefter Yet another reason to despise the NCAA RT @espn: USC juniors, seniors can transfer without sitting – http://tinyurl.com/24vslnn about 24 hours ago via UberTwitter After he tweeted, I then commented to him, resulting in [...]
It’s Not A Coincidence That Pete Carroll Left USC
Who could ever forget the 2004 undefeated USC Trojans. Coached by Pete Carroll, the Don of NCAA football during this generation, and led to a national championship by Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart and running back Reggie Bush. The 2004 USC Trojans football team had more potential All-Americans than most teams in the Pac-10 combined [...]
Bye Bye Adalius Thomas
Yesterday afternoon, the New England Patriots cut outside linebacker Adalius Thomas. Thomas signed a large contract with New England and did nothing short than stealing money from our pockets all while having a seat on the bench for the later half of the season. Adalius was a common conversation every weekend as to whether or [...]
New England Patriots Making No Moves
The NFL Draft is only a week away and I can’t wait. I don’t really like the idea of the three day stretch of it since I’ll be at work for rounds one through 3, but waiting to see what players end up where and who could be the next big things is always exciting. [...]
A new era begins in Buffalo..Maybe.
Mike Bovenzi, 25, Syracuse, NY. Graduate of Solvay HS, 2002. Mike is going back this fall to finish his associates degree at Onondaga Community College and hoping to transfer and begin pursuing journalism. A cool, laid back guy who doesn’t have it all, but has most of it. When Ralph Wilson opened his coffin to [...]
BREAKING NEWS : St. Louis Rams Trade First Overall Pick For Brett Favre, McNabb To Vikings
An old friend from college who is now a scout for the Philadelphia Eagles just informed me of this breaking news. The St. Louis Rams decided to address their quarterback issue before the draft as opposed to spending a boat load of money on Oklahoma’s Sam Bradford. In a three team deal, the Rams unloaded [...]
New England Patriots Sign Tight End Algie Crumpler
The New England Patriots made one of their few moves in the off-season free agent market this week by signing Tight End Algie Crumpler, formerly of the Atlanta Falcons and more recently, the Tennessee Titans. The very large veteran is one of the best in the league according to the New England Patriots: Crumpler, 6-2, [...]
NFL Changes Overtime Rules
Earlier this week, the NFL announced the new rules that were proposed for overtime play. The new playoff overtime rules were passed with a 28-4 vote with the only teams voting against the rules being the Bills, Ravens, Vikings and Bengals. For now the rule has only been passed for the playoffs, but could make [...]
Adalius Thomas; No Show For Voluntary Workouts
This week, the New England Patriots began their off-season voluntary workouts. Among some no shows such as veterans Tom Brady (family reasons) and Ty Warren (pursuing a bachelor’s degree), Adalius Thomas was also a no show for the workouts, claiming that he was “unaware that they had started”. If his lack of production on the [...]
New England Patriots Franchises Setting Up All Over The NFL
It all started after Bill Belichick, Charlie Weis and Romeo Crennel beat the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl XXXVI. After the Patriots first Super Bowl win in franchise history, Weis and Crennel both went on to be head coaches the following season. Weis took the prestigious head coaching job at the University of Notre Dame [...]
Poll Results : SportsFans Prefer The NFL Over College Football
With their many similarities and differences among the rankings and structure, the readers have made their choice. You have expressed your love for the NFL above that of college football. Of the 88 total voters, here are the results. The NFL Reigns Supreme With their strong structure and parody among the post season, the fans [...]
Tom Brady’s Big Pay Day
The time has come for the New England Patriots to make some decisions for the future of the organization. Tom Brady’s six year/$60 M contract from 2005 is coming into it’s final year for 2010. Brady will be making a strong, $3.5 M with a roster bonus of $3 M for the 2010 season. For [...]
Who Dat?!
I know, I know, I’m a few days late, but it doesn’t matter because I’ll be happy that Peyton Manning lost to the Saints in Super Bowl XLIV until September when it’s Patriots season again. Not only did the Saints beat the Colts, but Manning face threw a pick-6 to Tracy Porter to ice the [...]
Super Bowl 44 Predictions
After an exciting Pro Bowl (actually, was it, I didn’t watch it) we arrive at the last game of the season, the Super Bowl! I will say that it just feels right having the season truly end with the Super Bowl and I hope the NFL keeps this new schedule going forward. This is it, [...]
Poll : College Football Or The NFL
Something that I recently noticed was my lack of interest in college football and my weekly following of the NFL. It got me thinking of the four years that I was in college and followed not only college football, but also college basketball. In my four years at Utica, I watched college football every Saturday [...]
NFL Conference Championship Predictions 2010
We’re one round away from the Super Bowl! And who would have thought that the New York Jets would still be here, and better yet facing off in a rematch of the game that wasn’t a game against the Indianapolis Colts. I’m wondering if the Colts are having any reservations no about “playing it safe” [...]
Poll Results; College Football Should Use A Playoff System
With a fine end to the 2009 NCAAF season, Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide finished the season as National Champions. However, Boise State also finished the season undefeated with a 14-0 record and is ranked 4th in the nation, under #2 Texas (13-1) and #3 Florida (13-1). After asking you what your thoughts [...]
Brett Favre – Pants On The Ground
Work has been super busy and I haven’t given much over the past few weeks, so here’s a funny locker room clip of our boy, Brett Favre. Thanks to DavidErickson for the photo of Brett Favre.
NFL Divisional Predictions 2010
We’re back for Round 2 of the NFL playoffs. My New England Patriots got their butts whupped last week and so did all of us, as we each went 1-3 with out picks. Still, for now, there’s always next week, so without further ado, let’s get to the predictions. Jim Gaudet, the IT & SEO [...]
NFL Wild Card Predictions 2010
We love gathering up predictions here from more than just one person and for this year’s NFL playoffs we’ve decided to open up the predictions to some of the community. For this round, we’re featuring predictions from myself, Josh, and Jim Gaudet, an IT guy living in Costa Rica who also guest posts here every [...]
Wes Welker Out For Post Season
For those of you who didn’t watch the meaningless week 17 game against the Houston Texans when Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker went down with a knee injury, later to be determined the ACL and MCL in his left knee, here is the video: As upsetting as it was at the time, anyone who has [...]
NFL Week 17 Remix
In the NFL every game matters, even week 17. Ask Herm Edwards, you play to win the game. Thanks to scavells55 for the photo of Herm Edwards.
Urban Legend
Florida Gators head coach Urban Meyer changed his decision to retire from coaching to taking an indefinite leave of absence. Meyer initially stated that he would be stepping down as the head coach of the Florida Gators due to health reasons, later determined to be his heart. It was initially reported that Urban suffered a [...]
Tedy Bruschi says the Colts have No Guts
Tedy Bruschi sums up the difference between the Colts and Patriots quite eloquently: When you compare the ’09 Colts to the ’07 Patriots I’m gonna say something that a lot of people are thinking but won’t say it. At least the ’07 Patriots had the guts to go for it. That’s what they did, that’s [...]
Texas Tech Fires Coach Mike Leach
Texas Tech fired head coach Mike Leach after suspending him, pending an investigation for his mistreatment of wide receiver Adam James, who also happens to be the son of ESPN college football analyst Craig James. I’m not saying that Leach did or did not have malicious intent in his alleged treatment of this kid, but [...]
And The Best Part Of The Game
By far, the best part of the Patriots game against the Jaguars was after Randy Moss’ touchdown at the opposite end of the field. Moss and a young look-a-like fan in the stands got the crowd going and I was just praying during the game that I would be able to find this video for [...]
Top 3 Reasons the Colts are NOT the Team of the Decade
During the Patriots-Jaguars game, the CBS announcers started debating who the team of the decade is. The argument went that the Colts have 115 wins, which is the most wins by any team in any decade, while the Patriots only have 111 wins. The announcers went on to pump up the importance of Super Bowl [...]
Colts Lose to Jets to Prepare for Playoffs
A quick post to talk about the Colts sitting Manning in today’s Jets game. Not much time to give my thoughts so here’s my thoughts in quick jot format. Colts don’t learn from Giants: Losses Do Not Motivate/Prepare for Playoffs First, look at this post’s title. Read it out loud. Doesn’t that sound absolutely ludicrous? [...]
Enjoy The Patriots Game
I am over excited about going to the Pats game today. The Patriots are playing their final regular season home game against one of my boys, MJD, and also attempting to end the regular season with a perfect 8-0 home record that would also get them to clinch the AFC East. A Running Showcase Laurence [...]
Going For It On 4th Down
The New England Patriots and Bill Belichick have been chastised and questioned repeatedly about the call to go for it on 4th & 2 on their own 28 yard line against the Colts in week 14 and their continued offensive attack on 4th and short the following weeks. Although the first call against the Colts [...]
Patriots Playoff Picture
With a well fought win against the Buffalo Bills this weekend, the New England Patriots have increased their AFC East lead to two games with both the Jets and Dolphins losing their games this weekend. Owning first place in the AFC East with two games left against the Jaguars next weekend and the Houston Texans [...]
Five Most Popular Posts of All-Time
To celebrate the end of the year, our first year in existence, let’s take a look back at the five most popular posts of the year (and consequently of all-time) here at Sports Fan 4. POLL: Who Will Win The World Series Lots of people had an opinion on this poll, too bad the poll’s [...]
