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Blogging the Bloggers: T.O., Tonya Harding and more

John Paulsen — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 21:59:43 +0000

- FIVE TOOL TOOL lists 10 teams that are possible landing spots for Terrell Owens.

- EPIC CARNIVAL has video of Tonya Harding bitching about Barack Obama referencing her in a campaign speech. (In case you were wondering, she still has hillbilly hair.)

- Via SPORTSBYBROOKS, Tony Mandarich describes how he cheated on his steroid piss tests. To think, the Packers drafted this guy ahead of Barry Sanders. Brilliant!

- I completely agree with DEADSPIN’s assessment of a Wisconsin high school cracking down on “negative cheering.” Life is tough and kids need to be ready for it. (Besides, I am nothing without my “On you, on you, douche bag!” cheer when someone commits a foul.)

Blogging the Bloggers: Best MJ commercials, Barry Sanders and coaches who steal

Anthony Stalter — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:45:39 +0000

- Uncoached.com compiled 10 awesome Michael Jordan commercials that are, well, awesome.

- The Love of Sports plays the “What If?” game and wonders what if Barry Sanders didn’t call it quits in 1998.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com has the story of the community college basketball coach who stole money from the school and also submitted fraudulent admission applications for his out-of-state students. Well done, coach.

- Midwest Sports Fans.com ranks the top five MLB players to root for in 2009.

- Tonyblogs.net takes a few swings at Boomer Esiason’s radio partner Craig Carton, who took a few swings at Newsday’s Neil Best.

- SPORTSbyBROOKS.com fills us in on the story of how Erin Andrews is suing websites over a sex-tape rumors.

Barry Sanders Jr.’s amazing touchdown run

Anthony Stalter — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:16:19 +0000

Apparently Barry Sanders’ running moves rubbed off on his son, Barry Sanders Jr., who plays for a high school to in Oklahoma.

Check out this run:

Did he leap over a defender on the sidelines? My God…

Best all-time franchise players for all 32 NFL teams

Anthony Stalter — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:39:33 +0000

ESPN.com did a cool feature recently when they asked SportsNation to select an all-time player for each NFL team. Some players were obvious choices for teams, including Brett Favre for the Packers and Barry Sanders for the Lions, but there were some question picks, as well.

The site added links to video of each player, as well as a chance to debate each choice.

Here were some of the more obvious selections:

49ers: Joe Montana, QB
Packers: Brett Favre, QB
Lions: Barry Sanders, RB
Browns: Jim Brown, RB
Dolphins: Dan Marino, QB
Patriots: Tom Brady, QB
Broncos: John Elway, QB
Chargers: LaDainian Tomlinson, RB
Colts: Peyton Manning, QB

And some of the more questionable choices:

Ravens: Matt Stover, K
Saints: Bobby Hebert, QB

As a colleague pointed out, it’s hard to argue with any of these picks because they were chosen by fans. But Matt Stover over Ray Lewis? Bobby Hebert over Archie Manning?

Lewis has been the face of Baltimore’s franchise for almost a decade and Stover is a kicker (albeit a very good kicker) for Jonathan Ogden’s sake. And I know Hebert was a fan favorite that led the team to the playoffs in 1988, but if Manning had a better team around him, he might have led the Saints to their first ever Super Bowl. I thought Pat Swilling would have gotten more love, too. (Swilling only got 2.4% of votes.)

Cool feature, though.