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Matt Venuto
The King Lives: A Battle Cry for Wounded Trojans
The 2009 season (yes, it didn’t stretch into the usual 2010) was a dark year for Trojans used to basking in the golden splendor of success. They were physically dominated and embarrassed on the football field. The team lacked leadership and responsibility, both in uniform and in its coaching staff. To top all of that [...]
Ducks Punchless…Until After The Game
What is this world coming to? When you can’t count on a guy named LaGarrett to be your character leader, what hope do you have left? I say hats off to Mr. Blount for punching Boise State’s Byron Hout after the final whistle of Oregon’s 19-8 loss. Hell, that’s as exciting as the Ducks looked [...]
NFL Preview Week 6 – NFC North
I know what you are thinking? How did I plan this so perfectly? Strategically placing a bye week in the middle of my NFL previews, all to guarantee that the NFC North wasn’t covered until number 4 put on that purple. Ok, I’ll be honest. It was dumb luck, but I’ll take it. So we [...]
NFL Preview Week 5 – NFC East
We switch conferences this week, but stay in the east. After dubbing the AFC East the “TMZ” division, I anoint the NFC East as the “syndicated” division. Syndicated as in “Seinfeld”, “Friends”, “Sex in the City”, and “Family Guy.” You can’t turn on your damn TV without these shows being on somewhere. The NFC East [...]
NFL Preview Week 4 – AFC East
This week we transition from the hard nosed, blue collar, AFC North to the pampered, over-hyped, and glamorous AFC East, which could very well be called the TMZ division–as the players make as much news off the field as they do on it. The division golden boy, Tom Brady, is perhaps the best example. He [...]
NFL Preview-Week 3 AFC North
This week we move north to the division of contenders and pretenders, boasts the Super Bowl champions and two conference finalists. Then again it also has the Bungals and the Browns. Well, even supermodels get zits. Pittsburgh has proven that it is the “alpha wolf” of the division, despite yearly predictions of being overthrown by [...]
NFL Preview-Week 2 AFC South
We transition this week to the division that is perennially the strongest, the AFC South. The South has sent 13 teams to the playoffs since its inception in 2002. However, only Indianapolis and Tennessee have won the division. The Colts have taken the crown five times, while the Titans have bookend titles in 2002 and [...]
NFL Preview: Week 1-AFC West
Tick Tock, Tick Tock, can you hear it? Football season is getting closer by the second. Being your loyal servant and resident football promoter/maniac (depending on how you look at it) it is my duty to provide you all with a weekly bridge to the promise land. Over the next eight Fridays, I will preview [...]
LBJ Goes KGB At Nike Camp
For LeBron James and Nike appearing to be the best player in the world is more important than actually being the best player in the world. Monday, when Xavier’s Jordan Crawford dunked on Prince James at his skills camp, James ordered his Nike goons to confiscate the video evidence from a photographer that had filmed [...]
We Celebrate Our Mannypendence Day!
It’s independence day! No, not that independence day, that ho hum holiday is tomorrow, but the fireworks start tonight. Now I know you Angels fans are thinking, “there’s fireworks every Friday night, that’s why I go to the games!” As much as I love fireworks after an 11-2 loss to Kansas City, that is not [...]
