Out of Bounds Show PodcastNFL Draft likely moving to May, but no vote to decide has been taken The NFL Draft will very likely move to May, according to league sources, but to this point there has been no vote. NFL clubs were told via conference call late last week that the date could be changing, and possibly the start…
Ranking NFL QBs: Rodgers, Brady, Peyton and Brees are elites Any time you rank a group of things, people get angry. And when you start ranking NFL quarterbacks and then (stupidly?) throwing labels on them, people get real angry. So be prepared to get mad at the following list of quarterbacks, from best to worst. Prepared…
All Wonderlic Scores Should Be Public Another year, another woeful performance on the Wonderlic test for bunches of college athletes who have somehow remained eligible at major universities despite testing borderline literate. The latest player scores to leak are all wide receivers: West Virginia’s Tavon Austin and Tennessee’s Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin Hunter. The trio…
For Brandon O’Brien, honor, service, sacrifice more vital than NFL In the whirlwind aftermath of the tragic bombings at the Boston Marathon this week, you may have heard the inspiring story of Brandon O’Brien, the longshot 30-year-old NFL hopeful and former Marine and Iraqi war veteran who felt moved enough by the terrorist act to…
Rapper Jay Z is expanding his business empire. His newest company Roc Nation Sports is teaming up with Hollywood’s leading talent and entertainment agency to provide sports management services. read & listen more: npr.org
Matt Barkley moved in the pocket. He moved his recuperated throwing shoulder with ease. He consistently moved the football into the right locations. But there was also something Wednesday that the former USC quarterback didn’t move much: The needle. Barkley, the main attraction at USC’s pro day, did what was expected of him. In a scripted…
The Forbes Fab 40 comprises the 10 most valuable sports brands in the world in four distinct categories: businesses, events, athletes and teams. What does it mean to be one of the 40 most valuable sports brands in the world? The brand commands a big monetary premium to comparable rivals due to a combination of…
Now that free agency is winding down, and teams are readying for the draft, it’s time for another batch of Power Rankings. Unlike like the last set, this set is done with more of a look ahead to 2013, rather than having the influence of 2012. So if you’re looking for the Baltimore Ravens atop the rankings,…
So, New York Jets quarterback (?) Tim Tebow had a speaking engagement at at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi on Wednesday to talk about Tim Tebow-type stuff: Religion, and, um, other stuff tangentially related to religion, I guess is how you could put it. Media were allowed to attend Tebow’s speech, but a sign was…
Considering he has not played in an actual football game since 2011, former LSU cornerback Tyrann Mathieu put together a pretty impressive showing at the NFL Combine last month. He ran a 4.50 in the 40-yard dash and reportedly held his own in drills, so his actual performance probably didn’t do much to affect his stock. As…
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