After nearly advancing to the Super Bowl, the San Francisco 49ers have sky-high expectations in year two of the Jim Harbaugh era. Hot on their trail perhaps is the young Seattle Seahawks squad who are rolling the dice on rookie Russell Wilson. Then there’s the rebuilding Rams and Cardinals who …
Read More »AFC South Preview: Houston Texans Heavy Favorites to Repeat in Division
They may have just made the playoffs for the first time in franchise history, but the Houston Texans are the clear-cut favorite in an AFC South division that’s in transition. After the Texans, it’s anybody’s guess as to which one of the three young quarterbacks will lead his team to …
Read More »NFC East Preview: Defending Champion Giants Ready for Another Dogfight with Divisional Rivals
The NFC East is all set for what should be another tightly contested divisional race between four teams that don’t at all like each other. Can the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants get through the gauntlet in division and make another run at SB glory? Or will the …
Read More »AFC East Preview: New England Patriots Clear Front Runner Once Again
The 2012 NFL season is right around the corner, and once again, the New England Patriots are the undisputed favorite in the AFC East. Brad Wells and Matt Ufford of SB Nation rank their AFC East teams from top to bottom, with some analysis and humor thrown in to explain …
Read More »5 Questions for 2012 NFL Season; Bomani & Jones episode 43
While Bomani was kicking back on vacation, here are some things he was thinking on for the upcoming NFL season–from Tebow to Adrian Peterson to Randy Moss. He was also thinking you may have missed some of the early Bomani & Jones episodes….. Fresh, new episodes coming at you next …
Read More »2012 Supercopa: Real Madrid Wins Second Leg, 2-1, Wins Cup on Road Goals Tiebreaker
In one of the world’s greatest exhibition formats, Real Madrid took home the latest edition of the Supercopa. By defeating Barcelona, 2-1, in the second leg of the two-game friendly, Real Madrid leveled the aggregate score at 4-4, and took home the title by merit of their 3-2 advantage in …
Read More »College Football Week 1 Picks Against the Spread: Alabama vs Michigan Tops Slate
College Football is back! And Week 1 action is action packed. The marquee matchup is between defending champion Alabama and Michigan, who’s coming off a momentum-building season in 2011. Dan Rubenstein offers up his pick against the spread in that one, as well as for USC (-40) vs Hawaii, Clemson …
Read More »Alabama-Michigan & More: Shutdown Fullback Week 1
Alabama Vs. Michigan. Here we go! Week 1 of the 2012 College Football season is finally here!! Spencer and Jason now enter lean, mean game week mode, meaning you get a FIVE minute rubdown of everything you need to ‘knaw’ about this week’s games. New features! New haircuts! New FOOTBALL!! …
Read More »Real Madrid vs. Barcelona, 2012 Supercopa: Barca Takes One Goal Lead Over Rivals into Leg 2
Check out our coverage of the match over at SB Nation Soccer: http://sbn.to/SRsuK9 Barcelona defeated Real Madrid, 3-2, in leg one of the 2012 Supercopa, and looks to win its fourth straight exhibition series and its third straight over rival Real Madrid, when the two teams meet in leg two …
Read More »SHUTDOWN FULLBACK: THE SIZZLER REEL
SHUTDOWN FULLBACK: THE SIZZLER REEL Spencer Hall of EDSBS.com and Jason Kirk of SBNation team up with Adult Swim’s own Lear Bunda (Aqua Teen, & Squidbillies) and his motley crew to slice and dice the college football world to pizzas! From frothing coaches with their flies down to the merry …
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