If not for the courage of the fearless crew, the notes column would be lost. …
As the Broncos have shown us in recent seasons, it’s one thing to make plays between the 20s. The trick is to make them near the goal line. When you think about Denver’s never-ending red-zone issues, it makes you appreciate Eli Manning‘s game-winning touchdown pass even more. Said Gerard Warren, after Sunday’s gut-wrenching loss: “He’s maturing. I’ll give him credit for that. That’s a big-time play he made at the end of the game.” …
A few prayers, please, for Giants owner Wellington Mara, battling cancer at age 89. Mara is, on a bad day, the second-most influential figure in NFL history. It was Mara who, in the early 1960s, was approached by new commissioner Pete Rozelle with a radical concept: sharing network TV revenue equally among all teams, giving Green Bay the same chance to win as New York. His response? Whatever is good for the league. …
Not that the Packers are toast, but I hope that ballroom-dancing course Matt Leinart is taking includes some classes in polka. …
Talk about your blowouts. The Redskins gave 13 points to the 49ers on Sunday. As things turned out, they could have given 13 field goals and almost covered the spread. …
True story. Nine years ago, the Astros decided they couldn’t go wrong using a throwaway 23rd-round draft choice on a raw-boned, 150-pound pitcher from rural Mississippi. Kid’s name? Roy Oswalt. …
Hey, stuff happens when you haven’t won since the War to End All Wars. … According to the Chicago Tribune, one fan offered a kidney for World Series tickets. Then there was the woman who offered “naughty pics,” but, surprise surprise, found no takers among the Internet generation. …
So Nuggets center Marcus Camby thinks the league should provide the players a clothing stipend. Is it just me, or have you never received a stipend, either? The way I figure it, maybe I’ll get a funeral stipend when I die. It wouldn’t do me any good, but my wife and her new boyfriend could have a ball at the bingo parlor. …
Want to know the real reason Allen Iverson is so steamed about the dress code? Turns out he just bought a bunch of blue jeans from George Wendt‘s rummage sale. …
Three weeks into the season and the Penguins, at last look, hadn’t won a game. Good thing. Sidney Crosby isn’t old enough to drink champagne, anyway. …
According to USA Today, 71,000 Americans are more than 100 years old – 71,001 if you count Vikings coach Mike Tice, who has aged 60 years since training camp. …
Not much movement among the Associated Press top 25. The big story of the week is the Houston Texans moving up to “others receiving votes.” …
LaDainian Tomlinson averaged 0.4 yards per carry against the Eagles. Zero-point-four? Flounder did better than that as a Faber College freshman. …
As if the Saints didn’t have enough to contend with, center LeCharles Bentley was slugged in the family jewelry store Sunday by Rams defensive tackle Damione Lewis. Said Bentley: “Maybe that’s how he was raised. He’s a Miami guy, so what do you expect?” …
Sure didn’t take 16-year-old Freddy Adu long to figure out the drill. He was suspended for D.C. United’s playoff game the other day for complaining about his playing time. Next up on his list of career goals: getting his first coach fired. …
The Washington Post, on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice‘s trip to Tuscaloosa, Ala., where her beloved Crimson Tide managed to score all of six points against Tennessee: “Rice, though, said she was confident that further offensive weapons would be discovered.”
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