Posts Tagged ‘Football’
The Ivy Leaguer that loved Football more than School
You guys heard about Patrick Witt? The Yale QB who turned down a Rhodes Scholarship interview to play in his rivalry game against Harvard. Checkout a great read on this story at the New York Times. Read more
6 Dopest Plays of Christmas Week
I think you know what the #1 play is…find out after the drop. Read more
Ohio State Urban Meyer vs. Florida Urban Meyer
by: Claude Clayborne Urban Meyer is the head football coach at The Ohio State University as of this week. I think that it is a great hire for Ohio State and the pairing will result in success on the field for the Buckeyes. Yet, I can’t help but to think that Meyer’s biggest competition... Read more
Football St. and Hip-Hop Blvd.
by Claude Clayborne The connection between football and hip-hop is simple they are one in the same. The goal is to be better than all your counterparts and win in style. Invariably, it seems the best rapper will be labeled as having a tremendous work ethic, just as the best athletes don’t shy... Read more
Three Strikes and Your Out
You watch an NFL game and you raise your hands in frustration when you see a flag thrown for an “illegal hit” that you deem perfectly legal. This was exactly what I was doing when Ryan Clark drilled Braylon Edwards this past Sunday. A flag was thrown and the replay showed that the hit... Read more
Football and Hip-Hop are one in the same
Is it not obvious the connection between football and hip hop? Youth is served in America on a few distinct platforms being sports, fashion, and music, regardless of race, creed or color. I just bought a Raiders fitted last week not because I give a damn about Al Davis, but because I still love the... Read more
What if there was a steroid era in football
Alex Rodriguez hit his historic 600th homerun yesterday. Or was it historic? The steroids era has tainted baseball and its monumental records. People are debating whether this “great” player or that “great” player deserve to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame etc. And it got me... Read more
Defensive Front Seven: 2009 NFL Combine
The NFL Combine is the proverbial meat market of the National Football League. While athletic prowess is not a sure fire indicator for success in the league it does provide an opportunity for overlooked players to raise their stock and overrated players to lose some of their status if not all of it... Read more
