Recreation Sports

The Heisman Trophy Award

It’s college football’s most prestigious individual achievement award. It’s highly publicized, ceremoniously presented, and football fans everywhere anticipate it, sometimes debate the outcome, always revere it’s tradition. But, what do we actually know about it? First bestowed in 1935 by the Downtown Athletic Club of New York City, the trophy wasn’t given it’s name until the following year in memory…

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Watching The Nfl Versus The Mlb

Imagine placing two flat screen plasma TV’s side by side in your living room smack dab in front of your couch. You’ve got beer, snacks a-plenty and fresh batteries in your clicker. One TV has an NFL game on and the other has a Major League Baseball game and they both start at the same time. Besides this being many…

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Pro Football S Nfl The Largest American Pro Football League Has Significant Rivalries

The National Football League or the NFL is the biggest professional football league in the United States. The NFL has thirty-two teams that are based in a variety of cities across the country. Originally known as the American Professional Football Association when it was formed in 1920, the Association assumed the name “National Football League” in 1922. At first, the…

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Shaun Alexander 2000 Draft Day Picks

Shaun Alexander was born on August 30, 1977 in Florence, Kentucky. Ever since he first started to play the game of football it was obvious that he was going to be a great player. Not only does Alexander have all the physical skills needed to be a great running back in the NFL, but his will to win is not…

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Ben Roethlisberger

The Pittsburgh Steelers found a real gem when they drafted AFL quarterback, Ben Roethlisberger. Nicknamed “Big Ben,” this Ohio native led the Steelers to the Super Bowl during his second year in the league. An interest in sports during his high school years perhaps led to Roethlisberger’s success. As captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams, this star in…

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Larry Johnson Kansas City Chiefs Running Back

A native of La Plata, Maryland, Larry Alphonso Johnson Jr. was born on November 19, 1979. Currently playing in the position of running back for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, Johnson is the son of a defensive line coach at Penn State University. He was selected during the 2003 NFL Draft and is simply known as ‘LJ’ by teammates and…

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College Football Tournament Betting

College football has been called a pure game. The players are out there on the field playing for glory and school pride. They don’t get paid and many of them are hoping to get a shot at the NFL. College football has no salary cap and there’s nothing stopping a school from signing many top recruits in the country. In…

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College Football Betting Cues

A number of dicey factors, including the disparity between the nation’s finest teams and those that still have struggling programs, the massive turnover of personnel each year, and the absurdly large number of teams involved, conspire to make college football betting far more difficult than its NFL counterpart. With the college gridiron campaign currently in full swing, bettors would be…

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Emmitt Smith 1990 Draft Day Pick

Emmitt Smith was born on May 15, 1969 in Pensacola, Florida. Although Smith was never the biggest player on the football field he always had the heart of a lion. When it came down to winning time Smith was always there to pick up the slack. This will to win was in addition to a high level of physical and…

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Dallas Cowboys

The Dallas Cowboys have often been referred to as “America’s Team” and it’s pretty easy to see why. They clearly have the most number of fans among all NFL teams, thanks to their storied history and their phalanx of great players. The Cowboys, who currently play in the suburb of Irving in Dallas, Texas, have the most Super Bowl appearances…

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