Posts by Chris Ryan
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The Huddle: News And Notes From The NFL
Here’s your Wednesday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed.
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Anthony Gonzalez Has Something To Say About HGH And Limitless
Over the past two seasons, Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Anthony Gonzalez has spent a lot more time in the trainers room than on the football field. And whom does he blames for this? Bradley Cooper.
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The Neverending Story OR How Brett Almost Got His Groove Back
I feel like it is Christmas in July (except it’s August). Right when the NFL headline factory seemed to be simmering down to don’t-bother-stopping-the-presses stories like “the 49ers email the entire league to try and find a home for Taylor Mays”, Brett Favre rises from the dead, with rumors swirling that he may join the […]
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The Peyton Whisperer
If you’ve ever sat through a press conference with Bill Belichick or Andy Reid doing their “these are not the droids you’re looking for” riff, or watched Kansas City Chiefs coach Todd Haley call a game like a guy who had been lost for two days and refused to ask for directions, you’d be forgiven […]
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Carolina Panthers Fix Themselves
Aside from drafting and signing Cam Newton, this offseason the Carolina Panthers have focused on bringing back the nucleus of the team that was so bad they were able to draft Newton in the first place.
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Jay Cutler is on the Rebound
Here’s a quick refresher on how Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler ended last season. He got knocked out of a playoff game against the Green Bay Packers with a seemingly minor knee injury. It was hard to say what was worse: the fact that he was held out of a game because of what appeared […]
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Trash Talk: The Ryan Family Business
Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Rob Ryan has a lot in common with his brother, New York Jets coach Rex Ryan. They’re twins, so he looks a lot like him … at least he would if Rex grew his hair out, crushed some KFC “sadness bowls” (© Patton Oswalt), got into a time machine and went […]
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The Kyle Orton Problem
There have already been a few whispers of quarterback controversies in Seattle (Tarvaris Jackson vs. Charlie Whitehurst), Minnesota (Christian Ponder vs. Donovan McNabb, at least according to Ponder), and Miami (Chad Henne vs. whomever the Dolphins are trying to acquire on any given day). But the most mystifying is the one taking place in the […]
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A New Boss for U.S. Soccer
After years of courtship, the United States men’s national team finally got its man. On Monday, U.S. Soccer presented Jurgen Klinsmann as the new head coach. Klinsmann, who is signed through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, replaces Bob Bradley, who was fired a few weeks after the USMNT’s Gold Cup final spanking at the […]
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Flocking to the Eagles
Last week, the Philadelphia Eagles pulled off the NFL free-agency equivalent of buying out the bar. They signed defensive end Jason Babin, defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins, quarterback Vince Young, and free agency’s crown jewel, cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. This was front office bottle-popping that would have earned a slack-jawed round of applause from a ’94-era Diddy.