Posts by Chris Ryan

  • Larry Johnson

    Larry Johnson Looks For One More Chance

    Have you ever played in the NFL? Then why are you reading this blog, son!? If you have two working legs, decent eyesight, put up some solid stats sometime since the first four years of George W. Bush’s presidency and have a lawyer/agent, then you should definitely be on some team’s preseason squad. Ask Larry […]

  • Roy Williams

    The Huddle: It’s Time to Catch Something, Roy Williams

    Here’s your Tuesday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed.

  • Michael Vick

    Fly Eagles Fl- … Uh-Oh

    Avid Philadelphia Eagles watchers may have seen Thursday night’s 24-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers coming. There were ominous signs: a skipped practice before the game would naturally lead to some rusty displays. Then there was the depleted receiver corps coping with the continued absence of wide receiver Jeremy Maclin and the only recent arrival of […]

  • Tom Brady

    The Huddle: A Bunch Of Brady

    Here’s your Friday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed. Despite head coach Bill Belichick opting not to play his starters in the New England Patriots’ first preseason game, last week, Tom Brady and the rest of the first team looked to be in […]

  • Sidney Rice

    NFL Players Just Want To Be Wanted, OK?

    What do NFL players want? Is it the guaranteed money? The performance-related bonuses? The chance to win a ring? Or do they just want someone to come to their emotional rescue?

  • Chad Henne

    Blues For Chad Henne

    “This is the saddest story I have ever heard.” That’s the first line from Ford Madox Ford’s novel, The Good Soldier. It’s about a disintegrating marriages in early 20th Century Europe. I am going to write a new version of that novel, using the same first line. It’s going to be about Chad Henne and […]

  • Sergio Aguero

    The Reducer: Premier League Preview

    Introducing our weekly soccer column.

  • The Huddle: Tom Brady Kills Them With Kindness

    Here’s your Monday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed.

  • Aaron Rodgers

    Does Your Favorite Team’s Offense Suck? (Probably.)

    During the NFL lockout, there was no shortage of stories about player-organized workouts, with team leaders like Michael Vick and Mark Sanchez running unofficial practices for their squads. So why are we getting the distinct impression that those player-organized practices were maybe just dudes playing ping pong, pranking one another, and watching Flipping Out reruns? […]

  • Brek Shea

    The Klinsmann Variations

    The U.S. men’s national soccer team drew with its rival, Mexico, 1-1 in an international friendly on Wednesday night at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. The game might have ended in a tie, but in the hands of new USMNT coach Jurgen Klinsmann, a manager whose communication skills make up for whatever deficiencies he might have […]

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