Art by Peau Porotesano Ladies and gentlemen, we've made it. Four weeks of underwhelming preseason later, the NFL's 50th season in the Super Bowl Era is finally under way. Although the first weekend of professional football brought hope and joy to most fans, these positive feelings from the start of the NFL season weren't spread to everyone. Somebody — rather, 16 somebodies — … [Read more...] about NFL Reality Check: Trudging Through the Turmoils of Pro Football’s First Weekend
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Rookies Taming the Top-Two Trend
Photo by Peau PorotesanoThe current NFL world is focused on losses. Dozens of key players have suffered injuries in meaningless preseason games, and players and fans are clamoring to cut the preseason in half. It’s easy to see why the majority of NFL fans want the preseason to end. The regular season has more opportunities to be optimistic about football. Strangely … [Read more...] about Rookies Taming the Top-Two Trend
Super Bowl Smack Talk
Seahawk Success: (Stasia Demick)Both teams boast a 14-4 record going into Sunday. It is the same Goliath and the Giant story as the Seahawks match up against the Patriots legend Tom Brady and the all-time winningest post-season coach, Bill Belichick. But hey, at least we don’t deflate our balls.The Hawks return to the Bowl as the less-experienced underdog, which is a good … [Read more...] about Super Bowl Smack Talk
Students and Faculty React to Ray Rice Scandal
Photo by Allison Hubbard Ray Rice, former NFL running back for the Baltimore Ravens, was suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video surfaced of him assaulting his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in February. Rice and his now-wife, Janay Rice, got into a physical altercation in an elevator in Atlantic City. During the altercation, Rice punched his wife, whose head then … [Read more...] about Students and Faculty React to Ray Rice Scandal
Michael Sam unlocks media frenzy behind NFL doors
Photo by Marisa Padilla “Winning isn’t everything, it’s the only thing,” said football legend Vince Lombardi. The football player-turned-coach-turned-executive had many accolades to his name, including five NFL Championships with the Green Bay Packers as well as having the Super Bowl trophy named after him. Michael Sam’s “coming out” on ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” on Feb. 9 … [Read more...] about Michael Sam unlocks media frenzy behind NFL doors
