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Five Reasons To Watch the New York Mets in 2009
If you are a Mets fan, nothing can be worse than the last two seasons. I mean, after blowing the N.L. East two seasons in a row, you have to feel pretty good about it not happening a third time...
Written by John Fennelly about about 20 hours ago 7 comments -
J-E-T-S...Just Another Four-Letter Word
Forty Years Of Futility Comes To A Head I'm going to open this piece by stating that for the past forty years I have been a New York Giants fan. That, however, does preclude me from also being an expert on the other team in town—the New York Jets
Written by John Fennelly about 1 day ago 2 comments -
NFL Divisional Playoffs: Bet the Dogs
Odds-makers Showing Visitors No Love The Wild-Card round went pretty much as expected, with the exception of San Diego's victory over the Colts. This week, the four visiting teams once again enter their games riding high crests of momentum...
Written by John Fennelly about 2 days ago 2 comments -
NFL Wild Card Weekend Betting Guide
Vegas Predicting Another Season of Road Warriors In two of the last three seasons, a wild card team ran the table on the road and went on to win the Super Bowl. Las Vegas has not forgotten. The NFL is not the NBA (thank God)...
Written by John Fennelly about 8 days ago 3 comments -
NFL Playoffs: Here Come The Chargers
After years of postseason disappointments, the San Diego Chargers finally have what they need to go to the Super Bowl: teamwork and momentum...
Written by John Fennelly about 11 days ago 5 comments -
Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning: Manning Wins
Since 1984, only two quarterbacks have thrown for more than 48 touchdowns in a single season: Peyton Manning and Tom Brady...
Written by John Fennelly about 13 days ago 16 comments -
Super Bowl XLIII: A Media Watershed
No matter who makes the Super Bowl this coming February, it is almost guaranteed that the media will have plenty of angles to deal from...
Written by John Fennelly about 18 days ago 0 comments -
Fantasy Football: Have Some Fun
I have been playing Fantasy Football for 21 seasons now. I go back before there were magazines dedicated to it, before there were websites and 'gurus.' Before the rules (some of which I'm sure were borrowed from me) were even established...
Written by John Fennelly about 21 days ago 0 comments -
NFC Showdown: Experts Picking the Giants to Beat Panthers
posted from giantsfootballblog.com The Giants are coming into Sunday’s NFC Showdown against the Carolina Panthers sporting a two-game losing streak...
Written by John Fennelly about 22 days ago 3 comments -
NFC Playoffs: It's Gut Check Time
When it gets near the holidays, that means one thing for NFC teams: all hell is about to break loose. This is the time of year where the men are separated from the boys; the Eagles win out and the Cowboys begin to swoon...
Written by John Fennelly about 25 days ago 4 comments -
The NY Giants' Road To Repeating Keeps Getting Rockier
The Giants have shown amazing resilience over the past two seasons. Tell them they can't do something, they go right out and do it. Take away a weapon, or a player, they find a replacement...
Written by John Fennelly about 27 days ago 5 comments -
San Diego Charger Fans Are Missing In Action
As soon as the going got tough, those San Diego Charger fans—who were so brazen, so bold, so arrogant the past two seasons—vacated Bleacher Report. I'm not referring to comments, either...
Written by John Fennelly about 27 days ago 13 comments -
Want The Truth About the NFL? Ask a Gambler
The past few days I've been trading emails with an old friend over the upcoming Dallas-NY Giants game. He is a well-off soul (thanks to the generosity of pre-sub prime crisis Wall Street) and ...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 1 comments -
Plaxico Hangover: Eagles Trip Up Giants
The defending champions of professional football—The New York Giants—are human after all. This afternoon here at the blustery, quasi-sedate Meadowlands all the questions regarding ...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 0 comments -
Justice Catches Up to O.J. Simpson
It was 35 years ago this month that I sat in the freezing confines of Shea Stadium and watched as O.J. Simpson became the toast of professional sports...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 2 comments -
NY Giants: No Plaxico, No Problem
Embattled WR Will Be Left At The Curb By Champs I know that Giant players are saying that their hearts, thoughts and prayers go out to their beleaguered teammate, Plaxico Burress, during his time of need...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 3 comments -
Who's Left to Sponsor MLB and the NFL?
Recession Eliminating, Reducing The Usual Sponsors American sports telecasts have traditionally been sponsored by breweries, retailers, and automakers...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 0 comments -
NFL: How The Giants Shaped Today's NFL
A Look Back On the QB Roulette of 2004In April of 2004, the New York Giants decided to make Eli Manning their quarterback of the future...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 6 comments -
The Best NFL Defensive Players (That I've Seen...)
The other day I met an old friend I used to go to Giant games with and we chatted about—what else—football. Over drinks we began to list some of the great defensive players we have witnessed in person...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 6 comments -
NY Giants: Good Luck Trying To Stop This Stampede of Blue
The Baltimore Ravens came into the Meadowlands Sunday sporting the best run defense in the NFL. They left with the full understanding that there is no defense for what they had gone up against...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 19 comments -
How the Credit Crunch Will Affect Sports
In the past several months, we have seen what we thought to be impossible actually begin to happen. Century-old institutions such as banks, brokers, automakers, and retailers crumbled and fell at a rate that matched the Great Depression...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 4 comments -
NFL Midseason: The Top Five Disappointments
The NFL is the epitome of parity. Pete Rozelle, the late, great commissioner of this league designed it to be as such. Every team is afforded every opportunity to become or stay competitive...
Written by John Fennelly about about 1 month ago 31 comments -
Eagles Minus Three Over Giants. Really?
Lines makers must hate their money. I know the Eagles are hot, so stop right there. But what about the Giants? They are 11-1 in their last 12 games. I guess that dosen't mean anything to odds makers...
Written by John Fennelly about 2 months ago 7 comments -
Atlanta Falcons: Prospering in Postbellum
What a Difference a Year Makes The Falcons have done like the old song says and put their troubles behind them. 2007 was perhaps the most tumultuous season in Atlanta's 40-some-odd year history, ...
Written by John Fennelly about 2 months ago 2 comments -
Crisis In Oakland: The Madness Of King Al
I'm not sure I understand what is going on in Oakland. As a 21st Century man, I find it hard to believe that a billion-dollar corporation could still be run like a fiefdom or a 'mom-and-pop' outfit...
Written by John Fennelly about 2 months ago 3 comments
