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The evolution of high level football in Halifax |
OCTOBER 31, 2007 (POSTED BY: THE COMMON FAN)
Halifax has a strong and proud football past. The Atlantic University Sport (AUS) football conference has had many different names over the years. The Canadian-rules football leagues were the first, and they began in Halifax during the Second World War. There remain three Nova Scotia based teams in the AUS today (which has been named many things over the years), two of these teams are still based in Halifax. The most accomplished of these programs is of course the St. Mary’s Huskies who while coached by Blake Nill enjoyed four trips to the Vanier Cup between 1999 and 2003, winning the national crown in 2001 and 2002. In fact the 2001 Huskies were the second place finisher for The Sports ...
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Cowboy's Mascot Passes On |
 MARCH 19, 2007 (POSTED BY: MR. WIGGUMS)
As reported recently in the basketball blog, team mascots have been the target of some unfortunate news incidents lately, but this particular story is more somber than maddening.
Known as "Crazy Ray," the colorful mascot of the Dallas Cowboys passed away last weekend. He was 76 years old.
Ray was remembered fondly by his fans, as one documents in an online column courtesy of WithLeather:
"You would also see him at the State Fair doing tricks for tips. He got my stepsister once in around '72 when he told her to grab a hot dog in a brown paper bag and as soon as she reached for it, he started barking like a dog. She was about 10 at the time and it scared the bejeezus out of her."
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Jerramy Stevens Drunk Behind The Wheel |
 MARCH 14, 2007 (POSTED BY: WIZARDSLEEVE)
Tight-end Jerramy Stevens, of the Seattle Seahawks was pulled over Monday night, and arrested for DUI in Arizona.
According to an article on http://www.azcentral.com:
"A Seattle Seahawks player faces charges of driving under the influence and possession of marijuana after his Tuesday morning arrest in downtown Scottsdale.
Stevens was charged with drunk driving in Seattle in the Seattle area in 2003 after police found two half-empty champagne bottles on the floor of his vehicle during a traffic stop.
In 2001, while playing at the University of Washington, Stevens was charged with hit-and-run after he crashed his car into a Seattle retirement home.
In 2000, he was accused of drug...
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College Football All-Name Team |
MARCH 5, 2007
Recently, I came across a superbly hilarious list of College Football's most famous names at http://therealests.blogspot.com
And by "famous" I mean "inconceivably ridiculous."
I felt that as a devout football fan, I should help to pay homage to these outstanding soldiers.
Offense:
QB: Jim Bob Cooter (Tennessee) - It's obvious this guy's parents never envisioned their son growing up to be even remotely sucessful.
RB: Richie Rich (North Carolina) - Bears an ironic resemblance to Macaulay Culkin.
RB: Jimmy Johns (Alabama) - Should've been a Nascar driver.
WR: De'Cody Fagg (Florida State) - The teams alpha male.
WR: Darius Passmore (Marshall) - At least he's not a QB.
TE: Kyle Sa...
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Pacman Jones Is Friendly, Thoughtful |
 FEBRUARY 28, 2007
It's recently been reported that a Nashville drug dealer, who happens to be a friend of Titans cornerback Pacman Jones, was revealed to have been involved in wire-tapped phone conversations with friends where he expressed how worried he was about Pacman's increasingly unstable behaviour.
If you don't know by now, Pacman Jones has been suspected by police as being a key player in a recent fatal shooting incident at a strip club in Las Vegas.
The dealer was reported to have said:
"We gotta get him focused on football, man. He's focused on too much other s****... You know, I was talkin' to him the other day about smokin', and he was like ‘man, if I didn't smoke I couldn't take all the ...
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Cincinnati Jailbait |
 FEBRUARY 21, 2007
As any casual football fan probably remembers from this past season, the Cincinnati Bengals were arrested and jailed more often than Nelson Mandela. In all, nine Bengals players were arrested in a nine-month span. Words simply can't describe the awesomeness of that statement.
I admit that over the past year, I've become quite fond of the Bengals as both an entertaining, and at times frustrating football team and as raucous party animals with no respect for law. This morning, I felt the need to pay tribute to those nine special Bengals who just didn't know when to say when.
Jan. 28 – Police in Orlando, Fla., arrest wide receiver Chris Henry and charge him with possession of a concealed ...
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Another In A Series Of Slightly Pointless Super Bowl Predictions |
 JANUARY 31, 2007
There is a certain warmth in the air right now, can you feel it? Yes, I know what you're going to say, it's freezing, it's January. I'm not talking about that kind of warmth. I'm reffering to Super Bowl fever, and it has me burning up.
Personally, I feel it's finally going to happen for Peyton Manning and the Colts. The vindication they earned by getting past the Patriots says it all in my eyes. The fact that it went down to the wire, with the Colts erasing a 21-3 hafltime deficit to complete the comeback signals a new day for Indinapolis fans. If the Pats had gotten blown out, I'd still be skeptical. Peyton needed to show he could scrape and claw his way to a big playoff win.
Unfortu...
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