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Starting with Jim Brown and the 1950s, here’s a list that should get your blood stirring and get some debates going as well.  Read More:

As the Texans wrapped up preparations Friday for their game Sunday against the Raiders, many of their fans were focused on Tailgate-gate, the name coined by a radio talk host to describe the plans that will limit access to Reliant Stadium’s parking lots. One Texans official said phone calls were running about 2-to-1 in favor […]

*Michael Vick sparked a rally against Green Bay, dismantled Detroit and picked apart Jacksonville. What does he have left to prove? Maybe nothing – until some guy named Donovan McNabb returns to Philadelphia next week. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=53577

Even though he now wears the burgundy and gold of the Washington Washington Football Team, quarterback Donovan McNabb was asked this week about his thoughts on the quarterback controversy in his old team, the Philadelphia Eagles. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/22268

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. – Rex Ryan was furious. For all the foolishness, the vows of winning the Super Bowl and the urge to forever snack, the New York Jets coach can bring the fury. And on Wednesday morning as he stood before his team, two of the players would later say he was as angry […]

New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards was arrested this morning for driving while intoxicated after officers pulled him over for excessive tinting on his SUV, police said. Edwards was pulled over on the west side of Manhattan around 5:15 a.m., and officers noticed a strong smell of alcohol, said chief NYPD spokesman Paul Browne. […]

*The Denver Broncos teams have suffered numerous tragedies over the last three years.  Darrent Williams, who was a cornerback for the team, was killed in a drive-by in 2007 and his assailant given a life sentence plus an additional 1,152 years, according to Fox News. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=52061

The Texans now have defeated the Indianapolis Colts in a game with consequences, an historic first for the nine-year-old franchise. That’s one item — it’s a big one, too — they can proudly check off their lengthy to-do list for the fall. Next objective? Beat an NFC East team away from Houston. The Texans’ first […]

*Former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe is taking a leave of absence from his NFL analyst gig at CBS amid allegations of sexual assault against him. “I have decided to step aside from the NFL Today show until this matter is resolved,” Sharpe said in a statement released today. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=50683

Randy Moss of the New England Patriots had just come off a big opening season win against the Cincinnati Bengals when he figured no better time than the present to talk about his “up in the air” contract during a press conference after the game.  He figures he’s being sabotaged and he wanted everyone to […]

*Former NFL player and now CBS-TV sports commentator Shannon Sharpe recently was ordered to stay away from Michele Bundy. Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta issued a temporary restraining order for “Family Violence.” http://www.eurweb.com/?p=49890

  Quarterback Jason Campbell’s debut could not prevent the Raiders from losing an eighth straight season opener. Did he enhance Sunday’s Music City Massacre? It’s easy to spread blame when a team gets whipped 38-13, as the Raiders were by the Tennessee Titans. But this was our first look at Campbell, and he did not […]