The Back and Forth: Best Sports Day Of The Year?
Ted Bauer and Eric AngevineWhat is "The Back and Forth?" Seems a pretty simple discussion: what's the best sports day of the year? Is it today, 1.1 of the Madness, or is it som...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 19, 2009Behind the Story: Matt Birk and The Hometown Discount
David FlemingLast night, longtime Minnesota center Matt Birk inked a deal with the Baltimore Ravens. It's a fascinating deal to us, because we know firsthand how much Birk agonized over...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 27, 2009Condensing the NFL Combine
Chris SprowINDIANAPOLIS — The NFL Combine is a little like the Miss America contest after they ruined it by demanding that competitors have a) a personalit...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 24, 2009ESPN Insider: The Baltimore Ravens should keep their LB trio
Mike Tanier of Football Outsiders, via ESPN Insider...become an ESPN Insider. Point of this new ESPN Insider piece is fairly straightforward and simple: the Ravens should keep together their All-World (if aged) LB trio, even with coordinator Rex Ryan flying the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | February 12, 2009Super Freaky Fans: The Conference Title Game Losers
Lindsay Berra, Molly Knight and Ted BauerFrom the cliché department: "You win some, you lose some." Eagles and Ravens fans had to experience the latter half of that this past Sunday. We happened to be rolling...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 23, 2009The Morning According to Us
Chris Sprow...routinely embrace that route. Over the weekend, the Jets waited barely an hour after Rex Ryan's Ravens defense had given up 23 points in a loss to Pittsburgh to offer him the head job...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2009Stage-Setting: NFL Predictions
Rick Paulas...go with the former in this case. Eagles 27, Cardinals 17 Pittsburgh Steelers (Pittsburgh, PA) VS. Baltimore Ravens (Baltimore, MD) Pittsburgh • For a city founded on the grueling manual labor of the country...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009In This Issue: 3-2-1 Meltdown
Seth WickershamWe're picking a winner for our "You Be The Coach" quiz LATER TODAY (Jan. 21), so go take it now! Here's the deal: being a head coach in the NFL is qu...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 20093-2-1 ... Meltdown
Seth WickershamQuick: your team's down five, ball in the red zone, 28 seconds left, no timeouts. What do you do? If you don't have a clue, don't feel bad. Neither do many NFL head coaches.
Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009Right Leg, Don't Fail Me Now
David FlemingFrom 2002 to 2007, 12 playoff games were decided by late field goals. Want to know what to look for in these situations?
Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009Just Crazy Enough To Work
Eddie MatzWhen the game's on the line, there are certain skills you need. Here's how people pull 'em off.
Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009ESPNTheMag.Com Presents: All-World Power Rankings
Ted BauerFOR BEST AFC/NFC TITLE GAME EVER, WE'RE GOING PATRIOTS VS. COLTS FROM THE 2006 SEASON [Ed's note: Not sure what All-World Power Rankings is? Please ...
Blog Entry | Conversation | January 16, 2009In Defense Of The Prevent
David FlemingJohn Madden threw it under the bus. We defend it.
Story | Conversation | January 16, 2009In playoffs, home field isn't a clear advantage
Peter Keating, ESPN The MagazineTeams have struggled on their home turf, but that doesn't mean the principles of home field advantage are entirely absent.
Story | Conversation | January 15, 2009
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