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Back Porch Photo of the Day: Mike Ditka Wears UGGs ... Seriously
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsWe provide the picture, you provide the 1,000 words. It's the Back Porch Photo of the Day. I knew the day was coming, I just didn't know it would be so soon. So a couple weeks ago, we learned that Tom Brady would be the hawking UGGs apparel. Sorta weird since UGGs have historically been targeted towards women, but, hey, this is Tom Brady we're talking about. He's the unofficial metrosexual spokesperson. And now, Mike Ditka (!) has been spotted wearing UGGs. And it's not like it required a hidden camera. Ditka appears happy to show them off. This is the world in which we now live. via ...
Mark Dantonio, Coaches Dancing With Sudden Death in Real Life
By Terence Moore - AOL NewsYou just know it's going to happen. Sooner rather than later, one of these Mark Dantonios or Urban Meyers or Bob Hugginses or Terry Franconas won't have it so lucky. Instead of speeding to a hospital after suffering chest pains, they'll be heading to a morgue. Worse, you just know a manager or a coach is within a tense moment of succumbing -- OK, dying -- on the field. You just know it. "Yeah, it could happen. Yeah, yeah," said Bobby Cremins, 63, over the phone from Charleston, S.C., and he's somebody who should know. Cremins was among the kings of stress. In fact, while in the midst of ...
Helmet-Tossing Kyle Turley Goes Country to Settle Scores
By Clay Travis - AOL NewsNASHVILLE, Tenn. -- On a late-spring night, Kyle Turley, the mammoth 6-foot-7 offensive tackle who once threw a football helmet across the field and garnered a suspension, is standing on a stage in front of his self-named band, Turley. Wearing blue jeans, a long chain dangling out of the left pocket, gray T-shirt, and a baseball cap that says, "Make Biscuits Not War," Turley holds a microphone in his hand. His brown boot clad foot makes time with the music as he sings along to the second track, Flyin' Helmets, on his debut CD. The lyrics to that song are as raw and unvarnished as Turley ...
Mike Ditka Is Angry, Pantsless
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsNot news: Mike Ditka can be an ornery cuss. News: he also has feelings other than anger and frustration. The video proof is below. To set the scene: Oct. 9, 1988, the Bears had just defeated the Vikings to go to 5-1 and Ditka, apparently tired of doing postgame sit-downs with one of the local affiliates, went bonkers on host Johnny Morris just before going on air. To his credit, Morris matched Ditka f-bomb for f-bomb, and at one point you got the sense that Ditka actually felt bad for his weekly pre-show meltdowns. That lasted about five seconds before he returned to ranting about his ...
Devin Hester Defends Jay Cutler
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsAfter Jay Cutler was traded to the Bears because he wouldn't cooperate with the Broncos, some in the NFL community -- notably former Bears head coach Mike Ditka -- suggested that Cutler's attitude in Denver showed he wasn't a good leader.But one of Cutler's new receivers, Devin Hester, begs to differ. Fred Mitchell of the Chicago Tribune reports: "If you haven't been around a person like Cutler, how could you say something like that? ... "Can't judge a book by its cover," Hester said. "If you haven't sat down and talked to him, how could you say something like that? He's calm in the huddle. ...
Biggest NFL Busts by Team: Who's Your Team's Worst Draft Pick Ever?
By Will Brinson - AOL NewsEveryone makes mistakes. But when those mistakes are magnified by intense scrutiny of the NFL draft, well, they become much more embarrassing than, say, my typical Friday morning, mustard-stain-on-khakis incident. Which is why the NFL FanHouse braintrust got together to determine who is the biggest bust for each NFL team. They're not listed in terms of stupidity -- they're all stupid relative to a team's total draft performance. Meaning, of course, some teams "bust" is much different than another organization's; we did it this way to avoid just linking you to DetroitLions.com. Share ...
NFL Old-Timers Hate 'Brady Rule' Too
By Ryan Wilson - AOL NewsLast week, the NFL clarified an existing rule to protect quarterbacks from the kind of hits that sidelined Tom Brady for virtually the entire 2008 season. The clarification "specifically prohibits a defender on the ground who hasn't been blocked or fouled directly into the quarterback from lunging or diving at the quarterback's lower legs."Shorter version: All players are equal, but some players are more equal than others. And while I get the idea, I just don't know how this already-on-the-books-but-just-now-being-enforced rule can be uniformly called. I mean, dancing is one thing, but once we ...
Larry Fitzgerald Made Insane Catches for Pittsburgh Fans Every Week
By Adam Gretz - AOL NewsOver the past two weeks we've heard all about the numerous connections between Pittsburgh and the Arizona Cardinals, and there are plenty. So many, in fact, that the Cardinals are jokingly referred to as "Pittsburgh west" by Steelers fans. The story's of Ken Whisenhunt and Russ Grimm are well documented. Clark Haggans, Brian St. Pierre, Jerame Tuman and Sean Morey are all former Steelers, while Steve Breaston and Reggie Wells were actually born in Pittsburgh.As it turns out, there's one more connection between the NFC Champions and the steel city, and it involves, perhaps, the best player ...
Gridiron Greats a Sober Reminder of Pro Football's Toll
By Michael David Smith - AOL NewsTAMPA, Fla. -- A harsh dose of reality was injected into the festive atmosphere of the Super Bowl this morning when about three dozen retired players met with the media to promote the Gridiron Greats, an organization that provides financial assistance to retired NFL players who left the game with serious injuries.Everyone who follows football knows that players often leave the game with permanent disabilities, and that even the lucky ones can usually point to a knee, hip, elbow or shoulder that bears surgical scars and still causes them pain. But seeing all these former players gathered in one ...
FanHouse in the Stands: Da Bears Superfans, Texans Cheerleaders and More
By Stephanie Stradley - AOL NewsThis season, FanHouse writers take their cameras to NFL stadiums to document what happens when you stop being polite and start getting real. Or something. We've cleverly titled it "FanHouse in the Stands." The Bears didn't get into the playoffs after their road loss to the Texans, but their fans deserve to be. Bears fans traveled to Reliant Stadium in visiting team numbers not seen since the Steelers came to town in 2005. They were very loud.Da Bears Super FansBefore the game, I got to chat with Da Bears Superfans who made their funny yet wrong predictions about the game:Hmmm, maybe their ...
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