Most college football coaches fail in the NFL
Football Coach Urban MeyerAdam Glanzman on Wikimedia Commons. Urban Meyer's abrupt termination as head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars was unique in its cause. Meyer was fired for personal conduct as opposed to wins and losses. While the team's performance was undeniably abysmal under Meyer, new coaches are customarily given a time window measured in years to turn around a losing program.
Read full storyDolphins streaky season trending for playoffs under Flores
The Miami Dolphins are in position for a record setting new year in their third season under Head Coach Brian Flores. If they get into the postseason, they will be the first team in NFL history to do so after a 1 - 7 start. Their reemergence in the playoff picture comes on the heels of a seven game winning streak.
Read full storyBills QB Josh Allen rewrites the record books
As the Buffalo Bills climb back into first place in the AFC East after last week's signature victory in New England, Bills fans have been given even more reasons to celebrate. In a Covid-19 ravaged season, fans might be forgiven for being satisfied by the fielding of a complete team. While NFL games have been rescheduled, none have been canceled as with the NHL and NBA.
Read full storyQB Nick Foles returns to the field
As we enter week 16 of the 2021 NFL season, a familiar face has been named starting QB for his team. With rookie Justin Fields and veteran Andy Dalton both being sidelined with injuries, the Chicago Bears named Nick Foles starter for Sunday's game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Read full storyZZ Top monetizes back catalog
On the heels of the passing of bassist Dusty Hill in July, the remaining members of Texas based ZZ Top have sold their back catalog. The deal between the band and both record label BMG and investment firm KKR is worth $50 million dollars. The package comprises publishing rights and royalties from both recorded and performed music.
Read full storySaints' DE Cameron Jordan joins sack century club
New Orleans Saints Defensive End Cameron JordanWikimedia Commons. In a game that was short on highlights but long on milestones, the New Orleans Saints' 9 - 0 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers did much more than keep the Saints' playoff hopes alive. By shutting out Tom Brady, the Saints preserved the NFL quarterback record of consecutive games without a shut out loss held by retired Saint QB Drew Brees. Brees' mark of 304 remains safe.
Read full storyBarren roster points to Seahawks rebuild
Seahawks QB Russell WilsonAll-Pro Reels on Wikimedia Commons. While only the Detroit Lions, NY Jets, Jacksonville Jaguars and Houston Texans have been eliminated from post season play thus far, Seahawks fans haven't thrown in the towel just yet. The Seahawks have missed the playoffs only once with Russell Wilson at QB. That was in 2017 when the team went 9 - 7.
Read full storyWill Omicron be the grinch that stole border towns' Christmas?
The US land border has been open to fully vaccinated Canadian travelers since November 8. Our northern neighbors are embracing their wanderlust and planning for testing and documentation requirements needed to make a cross border trip.
Read full storyRaiders season of turmoil points to organizational overhaul
Jon GrudenTravis AFB on Flickr - Creative Commons License. The ill-advised decision to dance on the Chiefs home field logo only to end in a 48 - 9 thrashing last Sunday symbolizes the Raiders 2021 season. Fans are being punished seven fold for the team's many karmic offenses. It wasn't enough to have a trifecta of off-field disasters, they had to add to it with the pre-game stupidity at Arrowhead.
Read full storyLatin Americans say ¡no, gracias! to Latinx
Among the hallmarks of Wokism is the assumption of moral righteousness on the part of its adherents. Another is the lumping of all newcomers to the west into victim categories without consulting with those so named. This dynamic serves to fire the culture wars in the name of creating a more tolerant society.
Read full storyWith pending release of RG3 book, Snyder watch begins in earnest
Washington Football Team Owner Dan SnyderKeith Allison on Wikimedia Commons. With the upcoming release of an exposé about his tenure in Washington by currently unemployed NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III, there is a sense of impending doom around the ownership of Dan Snyder. It is not as if this is the first or only scandal enveloping the team since his assuming controlling interest in 1999.
Read full storyHow artists get out of recording contracts
Rock and roll history is strewn with examples of artists whose careers were put in limbo by trying to get out of recording contracts. Sometimes these circumstances have little or nothing to do with the record company in question. Band member relations can disintegrate personally and artistically.
Read full storyCanadian police harassment of prominent black citizens
On May 14, 2021, Vancouver police questioned, detained and handcuffed eighty one year old, retired Provincial Supreme Court Judge, Selwyn Romilly. Trinidadian born Romilly was walking on the Seawall in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. Police were monitoring the park when reports came in of a brown complexioned man punching, kicking and spitting at people on the Seawall. The correct suspect was eventually arrested and was roughly half Romilly’s age. Romilly was released shortly after by Vancouver Police.
Read full storyCanada's unknown musical treasures
Serious music fans appreciate Canada’s rich contribution to popular music. With a sparse population and world class recording artists in every genre, our northern neighbor has produced a bounty of great music enjoyed by audiences on every continent.
Read full storyExtolling the musical genius of Marshall Crenshaw
Every music lover has an artist they feel is unjustly denied their due in fame and recognition. One they feel a strident sense of injustice about. The great unsung artist must be an outsider to pop culture who could walk down the street unrecognized.
Read full storyThe iconic photo that shows us the way forward
children playing in Mount Clemens, MichiganJoe Crachiola/Courtesy of The Macomb Daily. Joseph Crachiola was a staff photographer for the Macomb Daily in the 1970s. One day in 1973 while out on assignment in Mount Clemens, Michigan, he happened upon a group of children playing in a downtown alley. Lucky for us, he captured a spontaneous moment of friendship that has resonated powerfully across generations and went viral online.
Read full storyAaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson go NBA on the NFL
Green Bay QB Aaron Rodgers' very public dispute with the Packers front office predates the release of his Covid-19 vaccination status. Green Bay has been an almost annual factor in the NFC playoff picture since Rodgers' became starter. That a Hall of Fame QB of his calibre has just one Superbowl appearance invites skepticism for the team's personnel decisions.
Read full story84 Charing Cross Road and the lost art of letter writing
The age of advanced communication technology has given us much. In doing so, it has made staying in touch easier, cheaper and faster. But as with every such change, some of our culture is incrementally lost. Convenience has costs, some of which are incalculable. The quality of our cursive writing being one.
Read full storyBad luck comes in threes for the Las Vegas Raiders
Three has always been considered a number with mystical power. Depending on perspective, you can say third time's the charm or bad luck comes in threes. Christendom has the Holy Trinity. Buddhism has the Three Pagodas. Hinduism has the third eye.
Read full storyWith his return to Carolina, Cam Newton joins exclusive QB club
With the NFL's addition of a seventeenth regular season game this year, you would think that this might tip teams to the notion that quarterback depth is crucial. Thursday night and overseas games are putting more pressure on players to play in less than optimum health. We are entering an era where it is all but assured that your starting QB won't play every game on the regular season schedule.
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