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*During Sunday’s Super Bowl XLVII, Sandra Bullock and her son Louis Bardo showed their support for Baltimore Ravens‘ offensive tackle Michael Oher — whose journey was chronicled in her film “The Blind Side.” Bullock — who nabbed an Oscar for her role as Oher’s no-nonsense adoptive mom Leigh Anne Tuohy — and her preschooler joined [...]
*(Via ESPN) – A power outage at the Super Bowl put the nation’s biggest sporting event on hold for more than a half-hour Sunday, interrupting an otherwise electric, back-and-forth game that ended with Joe Flacco and the Baltimore Ravens as NFL champions thanks to a 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers. Flacco, voted the [...]
*Amid the fallout of anti-gay remarks made by San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver, two more players on the team have just stepped into the backlash by denying ever participating in an “It Gets Better” PSA that supports the LGBT community, when clearly they did. [Scroll down to watch.] Linebacker Ahmad Brooks and nose tackle [...]
*San Francisco 49ers cornerback Chris Culliver apologized Wednesday night for anti-gay remarks he made during a Super Bowl media day interview. The apology came one day after Culliver told a radio host that he would not welcome a gay teammate, particularly in the locker room. “The derogatory comments I made yesterday were a reflection of [...]
*Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis dismissed a report on Tuesday that claimed he used a product containing a banned substance to speed his recovery from a torn triceps in October. Holding court on a podium during Media Day for Sunday’s Super Bowl against the San Francisco 49ers, the soon-to-be retired Lewis was asked about a [...]
*San Francisco 49ers player Randy Moss had no time for modesty today when asked about his place in football history, declaring himself the greatest receiver to play the game, reports ESPN. “Now that I’m older, I do think I’m the greatest receiver to ever do it,” Moss said at Super Bowl media day in New [...]
*Unlike several players at the Super Bowl, Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed agrees with President Obama that football needs to be made safer, reports ESPN.com. Reed wants to be part of the solution, too. The 11-year veteran and one of the most respected players in the NFL said Monday at the Super Bowl that Obama’s [...]
*The contenders in this year’s Super Bowl are set. It will be the San Francisco 49ers Vs. the Baltimore Ravens. It will also be a historic match up of brother against brother as John Harbough coaches the Ravens and Jim Harbough coaches the 49ers In the NFC Championship game, Colin Kaepernick and Frank Gore led [...]
*After retiring from the NFL a year ago, receiver Randy Moss, 35, is coming back to the league with a fresh new one-year contract with the San Francisco 49ers. He signed with the squad on Monday, only hours after he worked out for the team and with former NFL quarterback and current coach Jim Harbaugh, [...]
*The NFL season has been stressful since the beginning, for everyone involved, especially the fans. And after the SF 49ers gave it all up to the New York Giants Sunday in the NFC championship game, some people couldn’t deal with the heartache and pointed the blame on one fatal mistake made by Kyle Williams. The [...]
*50 Cent won a $500,000 bet that the New York Giants would win the NFC Championship on Sunday, and now he is rubbing it in the faces of his Twitter followers. The rapper posted a picture of himself with stacks of the cash resting on each shoulder. [See above.] He explained “Sometimes I hear voices [...]
*As a Cleveland Browns rookie in 2005, Braylon Edwards announced he’d give $10,000 in scholarships to 100 area eighth-graders if they could graduate high school with at least a 2.5 grade-point average and 15 hours’ community service. Six years later, 79 met the criteria and have begun their first year of college in campuses all [...]
*Freshly-booted San Francisco 49ers coach Mike Singletary told ESPN 1000 today that he is joining the Minnesota Vikings staff, where he will be reunited with former Chicago Bears teammate Leslie Frazier. “I will be in Minnesota with Les,” Singletary told “The Waddle & Silvy Show.” “I will be a linebackers coach/assistant head coach.” Singletary was [...]
*(Via The Root) Former San Francisco 49ers head coach Mike Singletary’s skills with the X’s and O’s — the nuts and bolts of coaching football teams — were suspect enough. But even if he was deemed adequate in that regard, his persona made his suitability as coach of the 49ers questionable. Society has not reached [...]
*In the end Mike Singletary talked a good game, but couldn’t coach one. Singletary made a name for himself as a coach with that bold “I want winners!” declaration more than two years ago. Ultimately, he didn’t produce enough victories to save his job. The Hall of Fame linebacker was fired by the San Francisco [...]
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