The Super Bowl isn’t a new idea anymore, though some of us remember when it was. We are becoming fewer. Of course. And those intimately involved with the game … to the point of being at all of them … well, only a handful remain. I knew most of the journalism side of this story. […]

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Many NFL fans consider this to be the biggest day of the season: The conference finals. Seeing who goes to the Super Bowl, as opposed to the Super Bowl itself. I might tend to agree with that. Two games with so much on the line … has to be better than one, right? As for […]

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Seattle Seahawks 41, New Orleans Saints 36. Like anyone else who didn’t see the game live (or doesn’t live in Seattle), there was a shock factor when I saw that score. But once the jolt of “what the …?” subsided, my next thought was one word: “Pete!”

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Going to try something here I’ve never done before — slap in a gmail “chat” I had with a fan of the Seattle Seahawks late tonight, his time. Seattle defeated the St. Louis Rams 16-6 to win the NFC West with a 7-9 record. It is the first time in NFL history in a non-strike […]

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I am excited about the idea of the San Francisco Giants winning the World Series. And they are one game away now, with three shots at securing their first championship since 1954 — or four years before they moved to San Francisco. Growing up in Los Angeles, as a Dodgers fan … I spent decades […]

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Professional football is a shockingly violent game. Unless you have been on the sidelines of an NFL game, yards away from the action, you cannot really grasp of the severity of the collisions. Which is why the NFL’s moves to limit blows to the head is an excellent idea. Otherwise we were destined to see […]

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I no longer recall what made me mull this topic. Maybe I was thinking of the new facilities in the Big Three sports in the U.S., and how many of them I have not seen. Which in a roundabout way led me to consider how many stadiums and arena I have been in that 1) […]

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Really. Don’t go away right off. It’s not about my team and how I lost by one yard to somebody. I don’t have a fantasy football team. Played one time, 10 years ago, didn’t really care for it, never been back. I’ve been watching it as a phenomena, however, and I have to give this […]

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Trying to think of the last time I saw an NFL game live. Must have been almost a year ago. Before leaving California for the UAE. From then on … not one NFL game live. Not available in the hotel where we lived for two months … and we have never bothered to hook up […]

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So, the news … the NFL has fined Chad Ochocinco $25,000 for tweeting on a game day during the time when social-networking is banned by the league. He is not the first professional athlete to get dunned for posting on his Twitter account. And I can understand why it’s generally not a good idea. But […]

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