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  • Skip Bayless: Tom Brady Passes Michael Jordan As the Greatest Clutch Athlete of All Time

    02/06/2017 1:26:47 PM PST · by drewh · 36 replies
    Fox Sports ^ | Feb 6, 2017 at 10:41a ET | Nick Schwartz  @nick_schwartz
    Tom Brady brought the Patriots back from the dead Sunday night against the Atlanta Falcons, executing the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history to erase a 25-point deficit and win a thriller in overtime. On Monday's episode of "Undisputed," Skip Bayless said that Brady's performance didn't just cement his legacy as the greatest quarterback to ever live - it placed him ahead of Michael Jordan as the best clutch athlete ever. "Just for perspective - the first Super Bowl I ever covered was January 18th of 1976. It was Super Bowl 10, the first Dallas-Pittsburgh Super Bowl. All these games...
  • Media runs picture of Brady's little daughter picking nose after Super Bowl

    02/06/2017 1:01:05 PM PST · by ifinnegan · 54 replies
    NY Post ^ | 2/6/17 | Na
    This is how petty and childish the media are. They don't like Brady so they choose to publish the photo where his young daughter is picking her nose. They have plenty others of the same general shot to choose from and they chose this one.
  • Texas Rangers Called In To Find Tom Brady’s Stolen Jersey From Super Bowl LI (worth 500K)

    02/06/2017 1:00:52 PM PST · by drewh · 55 replies
    New York Post ^ | February 6, 2017 | 12:57pm
    First it was Deflategate and now Tom Brady is enmeshed in Jerseygate — and a Texas official has the state’s storied Rangers hot on the trail. The football jersey Tom Brady wore while leading his New England Patriots to a historic Super Bowl win was still missing on Monday — and perhaps stolen right out of his locker, the quarterback said. Brady told reporters he last saw his game-used threads in the New England dressing room Sunday night in Houston, following the Patriots’ stunning 34-28 overtime win. “The jersey, I put it in my bag and I came out and...
  • Robert Kraft and crowd mercilessly stick it to Roger Goodell

    02/06/2017 10:40:07 AM PST · by ColdOne · 18 replies
    nypost.com ^ | 2/5/17 | Post Sports Desk
    Goodell tried to congratulate Kraft. The Houston crowd so drowned out his words with boos, Kraft was perhaps the only person who could hear him clearly. Roger Goodell getting booed and hating life. pic.twitter.com/mGjiUVn1Mo — Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) February 6, 2017 Then Kraft took the mic and was not subtle in saying this Super Bowl, following the drama around Brady allegedly commanding footballs to be deflated, was extra special. “Two years ago, we won our fourth Super Bowl in Arizona and I told our fans that was the sweetest one of all,” Kraft said. “But, a lot has transpired during...
  • Trump Almost Perfectly Predicts Super Bowl Score

    02/06/2017 9:50:57 AM PST · by ChessExpert · 11 replies
    Grabien News ^ | February 6th, 2017 | Grabien
    President Trump almost perfectly predicted the Super Bowl outcome. During his pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News's Bill O'Reilly, Trump predicted the New England Patriots would win. "By how many points?" O'Reilly asked. "By eight points," Trump replied. The final outcome -- which for the first Super Bowl was decided in a sudden death overtime -- was Patriots 34, the Falcons 28. 
  • These Tweets About The Super Bowl Really Didn't Age Well

    02/06/2017 9:40:08 AM PST · by ChessExpert · 21 replies
    Townhall ^ | February 6th, 2017 | Christine Rousselle
    Last night, the New England Patriots launched a stunning comeback and defeated the Atlanta Falcons in overtime to win their fifth Super Bowl. The game seemed all but over, and some people got a bit smug during halftime gloating over the Patriots' imminent demise. Many people took the opportunity to blame Donald Trump for the Patriots' uncharacteristically horrible play during the first half.
  • Vanity - NFL Head,, Roger (Obama.Clinton) Goodell rejected by Americans by the thousands!!!

    02/06/2017 6:18:46 AM PST · by JLAGRAYFOX · 40 replies
    Short & sweet....did ya hear all them non-stop "boos" against "Roger (Obama, Clinton, Liberals, Democrats" Goodell"? Did hear the massive cheers for ex-POTUS, Bush & his wife Barbara? Did ya see & hear the massive cheers for the New England Patriots? Folks...that tells the entire story! Nothing more needs to be said!!! Go POTUS, Donald J. Trump....95% of Americans are with you, 100%!!!
  • Cricket: Angry Batsman Hurls Stump, Kills Bangladesh Teen

    02/05/2017 11:48:56 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 19 replies
    Gulf News ^ | February 6, 2017
    <>4-year-old cricketer dies after he was hit by a stump thrown by an angry batsman during a friendly game A 14-year-old cricketer has died in Bangladesh after he was hit by a stump thrown by an angry batsman during a friendly game between neighbourhood teams, police said Monday. Faisal Hossain was fielding in the southeastern port city of Chittagong when the batsman was given out, assistant police commissioner Jahangir Alam told AFP. "The batsman was furious when he saw that he was stumped or bowled out. He grabbed a stump and threw it in the air. The stump hit part...
  • ‘Tiger Woods Has the Cancer of Golf, the Yips’, Claims Golf Legend Gary Player

    02/05/2017 11:45:49 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 29 replies
    Gulf News ^ | February 4, 2017 | Euan Reedie
    South African doubts whether struggling American, who withdrew from Dubai event with back spasm, can add to his 14-major haulAiling Tiger Woods is suffering from an affliction far more destructive than the back spasm that led to him withdrawing from the Dubai Desert Classic on Friday, golfing great Gary Player has claimed. In an exclusive telephone interview with Gulf News, Player said he believes Woods is being plagued by “the cancer of golf, the yips” and thus doubts whether he will add to his 14-major haul. The yips are involuntary wrist spasms known to interfere with putting, the cause and...
  • Robert Kraft hopes President Trump can get his Super Bowl ring back from Putin

    02/05/2017 11:29:15 PM PST · by Daffynition · 57 replies
    FoxSports ^ | Feb 5, 2017 | Barry Werner
    New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft told FOX News on Sunday that he is hopeful his friend, new president Donald Trump, can assist him in getting back a Super Bowl ring that wound up on the hands of Russian president Vladimir Putin. “I do have an emotional attachment to that ring,” Kraft said Sunday of the $25,000 piece of jewelry the owner allowed to Putin to try on after he admired it during a 2005 meeting.
  • Superbowl Lessons for Politics

    02/05/2017 8:04:03 PM PST · by GoldenState_Rose · 16 replies
    Vanity
    Yes natural talent, divine luck all come into play but the lessons we learn on the field can apply to the greater "games" at work in life and the world. What are some political takeaways from tonight's game? For starters: "It's not over till it's over." "The defense was tired."
  • Win or lose, will Atlanta burn tonight?

    02/05/2017 8:16:09 AM PST · by Kevin in California · 79 replies
    02-05-2017 | Me
    I don't see this happening in Foxboro should the Pats win but I do see the potential in Atlanta...win or lose. If I had a shoe store in downtown Atlanta, I'd already have a UHAUL backed in loading up all my inventory and moving it to a safe sight. Wait, what about flat screen TV stores? LOL
  • NFL Stadium Sealed Off, Guarded. Fans w/o Legal Tickets Kept Out #NotMySuperBowl

    02/05/2017 11:01:37 AM PST · by SoFloFreeper · 53 replies
    2/5/17 | sff
    I cannot participate in watching the game today. I know the two teams have supporters and this is an American tradition of 50+ years...but I just heard from a friend that there is a very secure WALL around the playing field, and heavy security is there. Security is not allowing people who don't have a ticket to go inside! These people YEARN to watch the game... to spectate inside the walls... but the BIGOTS in the NFL are refusing. #NotMySuperBowl.
  • Rooting for Tom Brady used to be easy. Until Donald Trump came along.

    02/05/2017 9:08:06 AM PST · by Trump20162020 · 28 replies
    The Chicago Tribune ^ | February 3, 2017 | Luke O'Neil
    My father and I have a predictable routine when we speak on the phone, a not uncommon one around here in Massachusetts, it's safe to assume. After cataloging the well-being of various family members, the conversation inevitably turns to the latest on-the-field exploits of one Thomas Edward Patrick Brady Jr. So talented. So handsome. My mother and I have a similar, albeit inverted routine of our own. There's one person we never talk about, if only to maintain a fragile semblance of civility: President Donald Trump. Brady can relate to that right now. If there's one thing that can reliably...
  • Former Cowboys WR Terrell Owens does not get Hall of Fame nod

    02/04/2017 5:00:55 PM PST · by OddLane · 41 replies
    Dallas Morning News ^ | February 4, 2017 | Sports Day
    On a night where many members of the Dallas Cowboys organization are sure to shine, a former member of the team was again denied his chance. Wide receiver Terrell Owens did not receive enough support to earn him a spot in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. A candidate must receive 80 percent positive votes from the selectors on hand, which apparently Owens did not...
  • NFL Needs to Rename this game: SUPER CELEBS & ADS

    02/03/2017 3:49:00 PM PST · by Howie66 · 20 replies
    2-3-2017 | Self
    After this 2016 season which the NFL became even more about celebrity and overpaid players bound and determined to express their opinions about everything that has nothing at all to do with football or the human competition involved, I have decided to "take a knee", myself. Roger Goodell seems to be on a mission to turn the NFL to a sissified version of it's former self. Or, into the American version of soccer. Either way, the owners may be making a ton of money, the the heart and soul of the game is being trashed faster and more completely than...
  • 84 Lumber Suits Up for Super Bowl With Controversial Ad Buy

    02/03/2017 2:52:36 PM PST · by Timpanagos1 · 98 replies
    LBM Journal ^ | 2/3/17 | James Anderson
    Keep an eye on your TV just before halftime of Sunday’s Super Bowl matchup between the Falcons and Patriots. That’s when 84 Lumber will air the following ad: This isn’t the original version of the ad. For that, you’ll have to see 84 Lumber’s website during halftime of the big game. When 84 Lumber and their agency partner, Brunner, submitted the ad to Fox for airing during the Super Bowl it was deemed too controversial. 84 Lumber’s president and owner Maggie Hardy Magerko talked to the New York Times about the situation. “I still can’t even understand why it was...
  • Christopher Monfort, killer of Seattle cop dies in prison

    02/03/2017 1:09:26 PM PST · by Uncle Sam 911 · 11 replies
    Seattle Times ^ | 1/18/17 | Sara Jean Green
    Christopher Monfort, convicted of killing Seattle police Officer Timothy Brenton in 2009, was found dead in his cell Wednesday morning at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, according to a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections. Monfort, 48, who was convicted in June 2015 of aggravated first-degree murder for the ambush killing of Brenton and for wounding his partner on Halloween night 2009, was serving a life sentence. Paralyzed below the waist by a gunshot he suffered during his arrest six days later in Tukwila, Monfort was in deteriorating health by the time of his trial in King...
  • Hockey Loves the USA/Vanity

    02/03/2017 12:14:22 PM PST · by CGASMIA68 · 14 replies
    https://twitter.com/i/videos/tweet/789970623871279104
  • Reasons to Boycott the Super Bowl

    02/02/2017 8:40:12 PM PST · by Wallace T. · 86 replies
    Reasons to boycott Super Bowl LI | 2/2/17 | Wallace T.
    Four reasons to boycott Super Bowl LI: * The cast of Hamilton (the Broadway play where one of the actors insulted then Vice President-elect Pence before a theater audience) will sing "America the Beautiful" in the pregame ceremonies. * "Lady" Gaga will perform the halftime show. A long time supporter of perverts, she appeared at a Hillary Clinton rally before the election. http://www.naturalnews.com/055936_Lady_Gaga_Nazi_uniform_Hillary_Clinton.html* Foreign owned Budweiser will run a commercial praising immigration to this country, specifically by the founder. Never mind he arrived legally, unlike many of today's immigrants. * Audi, another foreign owned corporation, will air a commercial plugging...