Posts Tagged ‘Jason Garrett’
Ride Or Die With Tony Romo
The First Person Jerry Jones Should Fire Is Himself
QOTD: What Is Your Favorite Arcade Game Of All Time?
In the 1990s, it was clockwork. My Aunt Monica loves shopping. She will go to any length to purchase things to her heart’s content. It could be in a shopping catalog, it could be on QVC or it could be a mom-and-pop shop. If they had nice things, she was in there to check it [...]
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Game Seven: Where Legends Are Born And Others Are Solidified
By K. Masenda
I hate Game Seven. Anyone who has ever talked sports with me knows this. The Godfather of the TSFJ, Dr. Jeffery Allen Glenn, does not agree with my take on Game Seven and neither does the Reverend Paul Revere. Let them tell it, Game Seven is the most action-packed, suspense-filled and greatest scenario in sports: [...]
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Hyun-Jin Ryu, Racial Identity And Being True To Oneself
By P. Barnett
Between the eight and ninth inning in an otherwise meaningless baseball game, Hyun-Jin Ryu stepped back onto the field and walked toward the mound with South Korean pop sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” blaring through the speakers at Chavez Ravine. The Dodgers and the Angels, who are collectively paying over $350 million in salaries this season, [...]
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It’s Not Easy Being Danny Green
As you may have heard, San Antonio Spurs forward Danny Green has been going bonkers from beyond the arc during this postseason and especially in the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat. So much so that his name is being tossed around as a potential Finals MVP should the Spurs take home title number five [...]
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Mike Greenberg, Dwyane Wade And The Clothes That Make Men
By Syreeta H.
NBA Fashion Fever moved to the media world? No bueno! By now we’ve all seen Dwyane Wade’s notorious “European style” suits he’s been wearing to the arenas (which, by the way, is still NOT cool by us Americans), but now it’s become infectious. Mike and Mike’s Mike Greenberg said this week on his show that his wife [...]
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The Juice & The Deacon Share A Moment
By J. Tinsley
Photo: TGADeacon Jones passed away this week at the age of 74. Appropriately nicknamed the “Secretary of Defense,” the 1980 inductee into Canton is seen here photographed alongside O.J. Simpson. The two represent this unique generational bridge in the game of football. Jones’ induction occurred six years before I was born and the O.J. I [...]
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One Man’s Beef With Advanced Basketball Stats And The Bloggers Who Misuse Them
By B. Crawford
via Bryan Crawford / @BryanCraw4D I always laugh when people label me as “the guy who hates basketball stats and is always mad.” Whenever I hear that, it makes me realize the person making that comment has a real lack of understanding about me as an individual and this game that’s been a part of [...]
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If We Long For Greatness, Why Do We Root Against It?
By M. Trible
Last week, I wrote an ad for a freelance sportswriter that included two simple questions. In order to write about sports, you must have a passion for them. The passion must go beyond average interest. If not, you will bore and tire of the job. You will become a slug or a hack – or [...]
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Harrison Barnes Is Finally Becoming The Player We Thought He Would Be
By Joe Simmons
There were times at the University of North Carolina that Harrison Barnes would step up and look like he might be an NBA star. The tail end of his freshman campaign was littered with exciting play and exemplary ability that had us wanting more from the man referred to as the Black Falcon. Barnes didn’t [...]
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Podcast: The Angry Corner Presents – You Don’t Know Sh*t About Basketball
By The Fam
On the recent edition of The UC Show, the three amigos tackle the news that Jason Kidd is the new head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The three were…well…shocked, to say the least. Sure, there are other names with vast coaching experience, but the Nets decide to roll with The Kidd. Will he be able [...]
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The Heat, The Spurs And Changing Perceptions
Four games into the NBA Finals between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs, and the predictable reactions still permeate the discussion. They’re essentially crafted around the image we have of both teams. The Big Three versus The Big Team, The Heatles against The Quiet Men, and big market style versus small market substance. No [...]
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The NBA Finals, The Anti-Hero And The Generational War
Watching the NBA Finals annually now is as much an exercise in seeing the highest caliber basketball possible as it is watching a sociology experiment gone haywire. Since the Miami Heat have taken to their annual appearance in the Finals, the talk has been about the idea of LeBron James and friends not winning far [...]
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Stanley Cup Finals: Dominant Bruins, Sluggish Ice Take Game 3
It was Socrates who said, “A wise man admits he knows nothing.” In accordance with the philosopher, the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final made a lot of wise men out of hockey fans. Hit posts, missed chances, sudden shifts in momentum and timely goals left the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks [...]
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Unemployment, The Rooney Rule And Making The Net Work
This is a tantalizing look at the employment struggle of black men, whether it be a law graduate or a head coach looking for work in the NFL. If potential racism, white favoritism and the acknowledgment of unfairness make you uncomfortable … just keep reading. A little discomfort never hurt anybody. Let’s go. How This [...]
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A Basketball Visit To North Korea
Last Friday’s Vice on HBO episode was the much talked about visit by Dennis Rodman and three members of the Harlem Globetrotters to North Korea for an exhibition game of basketball in front of 10,000 fans and the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un. North Korea as a country has been, well, hard to choose just one [...]
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4 Things Boxing Can Learn From The UFC
By Paul Navarro
This is not a story about the death of boxing. Those reports are woefully exaggerated and usually the result of poor context. Even still, when it comes to marketing, presentation and having the pulse of sports fans, the UFC has a lot it can teach the sweet science. Why? There’s a lot of reasons. First, I [...]
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