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Manning to Broncos! Tim Tebow Era Over? Are Broncos making the right decision?
SCOTT JACOBS
After a week and a half long saga which nearly stopped free agency (or so it felt) Peyton Manning has made his decision: He’s taking his surgically repaired neck and recovering arm strength to the Mile High City. The Broncos are putting all their eggs in Manning’s 35 , soon to [...]
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Randy Moss is back! Signs 1 year deal with 49ers. Does Moss have anything left?
SCOTT JACOBS
Randy Moss at his peak was a herculian type NFL wide receiver. The freakish deep threat out of Marshall ravaged the league’s defenders silly over a wildly successful and strange 13 year NFL career. But Moss is no young pup anymore, and at 35, and coming off of a [...]
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Peyton Manning: All the Places He Could Go
MIKE KAYE
Rumors continue to swirl about the patriarch of Lucas Oil Stadium, Peyton Manning, possibly packing his bags and taking his talents and injury risk to another town. Manning has been the Indianapolis Colts for the past decade and half, reaching two Super Bowl and winning one, four MVP awards, and is literally the reason [...]
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Kyle Williams’ fall from potential hero to zero — and the irrational overreaction of fans sending him death threats
SCOTT JACOBS
Sunday morning, little known 49ers backup kick returner and 4th string WR Kyle Williams woke up to the exciting news that he would be fielding kicks, with all-world special teams guy, Tedd Ginn Jr. out with an injury. The kid had to be ecstatic.
Just a second year WR out of Arizona State, the 5′10, [...]
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This feels familiar: Giants-Pats set to square off in another Super Bowl showdown
SCOTT JACOBS
What’s old is new again.
Coming from nearly identical paths back to the Big Game, the New York Giants and New England Patriots will square off once more for the Lombardi trophy. I’ll write a story when I can make sense of all the madness that we witnessed on Sunday throughout the day: the botched [...]
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Take it to the Bank: Conference Championships
MIKE KAYE
Last Week: 4-0 / Season: 158-84 (65%) / Playoffs: 7-1
We are down to the “Final Four” of the NFL Playoffs. While some fans may have tuned out to the league with their teams out of loop, those who have still hung on have had the joy of some breathtaking contests. The two match-ups for [...]
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The Rise of the San Francisco 49ers and the Resurrection of QB Alex Smith
SCOTT JACOBS
After years of disappointment and failed coaches, the San Francisco 49ers have done more than just put themselves back on the football map in 2011 — they’ve put together the type of team that could (key word, could) contend for a Super Bowl title. After a work-man-like 20-3 drubbing of [...]
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Baseball needs to give away awards much sooner
Indians go back to back with Lee’s CY Young
SCOTT JACOBS
Yesterday it was Tim Lincecum. Today it was Cliff Lee.
And you know what the two had in common?
Few even noticed. Look, winning the CY Young is a great accomplishment, but two things take the luster off of their achievement. First off, their teams stinked. The Indians [...]
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