Shogun Rua Sports Science - I'm a sucker for ESPN's Sports Science web shorts. Nothing mind boggling here but still a decent way to blow three minutes.
Worst Fans In Sports By GQ - Not that GQ is any kind of sports news source. But I had to link it because they put Phillies and Eagles fans in a tie for first place... Right where they should be.
Former NFL Officiating Head Mike Pereira On The Proposed Competition Committee Rule Changes - Another post that was technically from yesterday but it was updated at 11:54 P.M. so sue me. Pereira breaks down what he thinks about the rule changes and the lack of a fix in the Calvin Johnson catch. Even under the new proposal... The Megatron catch from week 1 won't be considered a catch. I still think that is just ridiculous to anyone who watched the play. He had won the game for his team and put the ball on the ground as he went to stand up. He shouldn't have to stand up after the catch for it to count.
Late Edit Additions
Michael Wilbon on the Hill Rose issue - (Warning: Link leads to column that contains use of the n word) Wilbon brings it on the issue of what does in our society constitute "blackness" as opposed to what should. I'm not someone qualified enough to get in on the society-wide discussion that Rose and Hill have provoked but Wilbon knows what he is talking about and does a great job of it as always.
San Diego Linebacker Kevin Burnett Whines About Goodell - Burnett whines that Goodell has fined players and "change[d] a game that [he's] never played." Newsflash Kevin - THATS HIS JOB! Just because he's never played the game doesn't make him unqualified. Burnett says that Tagliabue was better, without mentioning that he's never played the game either. Burnett also whines about drug suspensions and lack of a drug program but doesn't know what he's talking about there either. He claims 1st offense is a six game ban, but its not. It's a 4 game ban for a first offense with performance enhancing drugs. If you test positive for something like Marijuana you don't receiver a ban for your first offense. In fact, they don't even tell anyone that you were caught, they put you in their drug program. You can see the entirety of the NFL drug policy here
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