Archive for 'NFL'

The Mystique of the Eagles Fan

August 31st, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Football,NFL

Philadelphia fans are widely regarded as the drunken louts of the NFL. Some of it is deserved. The Phillies Faithful will boo just about anyone. (I once heard them at a pre-season half-time show give it to a guy who made a bad throw to a Frisbee-catching dog). They have been known to cheer when [...]

NFL Preseason 2010

August 17th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Football,NFL

Every year when the NFL Preseason begins I have mixed emotions. On the one hand, the preseason signals that we are that much closer to the NFL season beginning for real. It is our first opportunity to see the professional athletes of the greatest sports league in the known universe take the field. After seven [...]

Brett Favre

August 10th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Football,NFL

So, Brett Favre retired again. Or did he? Can he really be pulling the same old nonsense again? I mean, I love me some Favre just as much as the next guy, but enough is enough. He flip flopped and stalled in Green Bay until management finally showed him the door so they could start [...]

Michael Vick Part 2

August 3rd, 2010 – 11:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Football,NFL

The question on the floor is what to think about Michael Vick. We all know what he did. But does what he did define who he is now? And does that even matter when it comes to playing football? My take is that Vick is a bad man. This isn’t some young kid who made [...]

Michael Vick Part 1

July 27th, 2010 – 10:00 am Posted by Ronald A. Rowe
Tagged as: Football,NFL

As a sports writer and a lifelong Eagles fan, I get asked one question a lot lately. There are many variations on the question, but they all boil down to this: “What do you think about Michael Vick?” For those of you who live under a rock, Michael Vick was a star NFL quarterback and [...]