The New England Patriots have elected to franchise Pro Bowl Guard Logan Mankins for the 2011 season for $10.1 million. his does at least give them the chance to negotiate a more permanent deal for their 2005 1st round draft pick, however they risk losing him if the current players and owners negotiations break down […] Continue reading → Quarter Back Cam Newton looked every bit an early first round draft pick during his public workouts this week. He has been working out in San Diego under the guidance of private QB coach George Whitfield Jr, and is apparently being mentored by Hall of Famer Warren Moon. The Heisman trophy winner apparently looked particularly […] Continue reading → NFL executive Eric Grubman summed up the fan situation surrounding Super Bowl 45 as “Awful” following the farcical treatment of several hundred fans who never got the seats they paid for. His comments could have been aimed at much of the event with the National Anthem fiasco and the disapointing half time show not really […] Continue reading → The risk of not having a 2011 NFL season just got a little higher when the franchise owners walked away from the negotiating table after the unions appeared to want a 50-50 revenue split. The full details are still unclear, however all the future planned negotiating meetings have been canceled leaving the nightmare prospect of […] Continue reading → With 100m people viewing one can just about excuse pop star Christine Aguilera’s minor faux pax at Super Bowl 45 on Sunday. She had been given the honour of singing the Star Spangled Banner before the kick-off of the Super Bowl but quickly drew the ire of the crowd for committing the cardinal sin of […] Continue reading → Not the classic we had hoped for but in what was still an entertaining Super Bowl the Green Bay Packers just edged out the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 to take the Vince Lombardi Trophy back to its spiritual home for the first time since Super Bowl 31 way back in 1996. We expected defenses to figure […] Continue reading → Only a few hours to kick off and the excitement is building for the clash of two of the NFL’s All Time Greats The Green Bay Packers Inagural Super Bowl Winners against The Pittsburgh Steelers who hold the record for the most wins with 6 from their 7 previous appearances. This is a hard game […] Continue reading → Below is a transcript of Roger Goodell’s Pre Super Bowl Press Conference, interesting reading although it no clearer from this if we will have a lock out in 2011 or not. I doubt that either side really wants to throw away Billions of $ in revenue so hopefully common sense will prevail Opening Statement: […] Continue reading → Pittsburgh Steelers rookie centre Maurkice Pouncey missed practice again on Thursday throwing up the possibility that he will miss the big one on Sunday due to his sprained ankle. If he doesn’t make it then Pittsburgh will give Doug Legursky his first start at Center. Pouncey will be a big miss for the Steelers who […] Continue reading → The following video clip features Super Bowl winning Quarter Back Kurt Warner who followed up his early career success with the St Louis Rams with an impressive stint at the Arizona Cardinals where he took the perennial losing franchise to the Superbowl where they narrowly lost to the Pittsburgh Steelers in one of the better […] Continue reading →