Apparently Peyton Manning can only be a sports gentlemen when he’s winning and being adored. When he throws an interception that loses a championship game, he stomps off the field like a three-year old at daycare. That’s what he did after the Super Bowl on Sunday. He threw an interception. His team lost, and instead of staying until the end of the game and shaking hands to congratulate the winners, he ran to the locker room and didn’t talk to anyone. In a news conference after the game, he still had a hard time congratulating the Saints. Fox Sports reports that when he was was “asked what New Orleans did to disrupt Indianapolis’ offensive rhythm, Manning said, “I think I’d have a hard time saying that …... [Read more]

No, he didn’t say he was going to retire (and unretire, and retire…), instead he threw a key interception in the last moments of a championship game. Unlike Brett Favre, though, Manning had not kept the score close enough to even attempt a comeback. The Saints played their hearts out, and they deserved to win. I’ve never seen a team make such a gutsy move as that second half onside kick. No team has ever done an onside kick in the Super Bowl except in the fourth quarter. The Saints made history by doing that, and it turned the entire game around for them. Now, Reggie Bush can finally get a ring! (Can a ring of a different kind be far behind? Now that he’s won the Super Bowl, you know Kim Kardashian will be looking... [Read more]

When you think of hockey, you usually think of fights. In fact, that’s how most of the players get injured. But a very sad story out of Sweden reveals that a ref has died after being hit with a puck. He was just 62. Fox Sports says Roland Hedberg was hit in the “hit in the back of the head by a puck during a junior game.” He was hit and then fell to the ice. Within ten seconds, he was attended to by someone who happened to be an off-duty ambulance driver, but to no avail. Stories like this make you have a real appreciation for how dangerous sports really are. Image: sxc.hu [Read more]

I’ve waited a very long time to make my Super Bowl prediction. I needed a little time to let the hoopla of the regular season die down so I could really think about the dominant team. The obvious choice is the Colts. But the more I’ve chewed this around, the more I lean toward the Saints. Here’s why. Saints Emotions The Saints have had the emotional edge this entire season. People want them to win. They want the city of New Orleans, who has received such a bad deal the last few years, so have something to smile about. They want a team who has never been to the Super Bowl to go and take home the trophy. Compare that with the (yawn) lackluster thought of the Colts and Peyton Manning winning another Super Bowl. Listen,... [Read more]

There’s an interesting phenomenon I’ve noticed in the last couple years when it comes to Brett Favre. It is simply this: Favre playing in a game makes sports casters lazy. Allow me to explain. Like the rest of the sports world, there seems to be a polarizing effect with Favre. You like him or hate him. He’s the greatest thing since sliced bread or he’s overrated. I expect fans to be of this mindset, but for sportscasters it’s their job to call all the details of a game. Either, the sportscaster will go on (and on) about the abilities of Favre, how he can pull a magical pass out of his bucket, or come up with an amazing play. They will focus on him to the point of losing what else happens in a game. ... [Read more]