Big Al | August 3, 2010
ESPN tweeted this morning that Brett Favre told his Viking teammates that he’s retiring. My first response was, “How many times have we heard this story?” Then I got to thinking that we’d never heard it this late in the year, and he’d all ready said that if his ankle didn’t respond well after surgery [...]
Big Al | July 31, 2010
I love football, but while I’m not quite ready for the cold weather that comes along with it, I am ready for some Madden NFL. I’ve been playing Madden for a while now. I don’t get too serious with it, and most of the time I play on the easy mode because I don’t feel [...]
Big Al | January 4, 2010
With the NFL season basically being over for me, I went in search of something to lift my spirits. The Giants finished their season a mirror image of what they started. After starting 5-0, they finished 3-8 to end the season 8-8 and completely missing the playoffs. They totally flopped in the last few weeks [...]
Big Al | November 8, 2009
The Bengals’ wide receiver Chad Johnson (no, I won’t call him the “O” name – ever!) is up to his tricks again. This time playfully trying to “bribe” an official to get a replay call to go his way. Personally, I think this is funny. Most of the stuff he does is asinine and childish, [...]
Big Al | October 21, 2009
In the Raiders vs. Eagles game Sunday, the Raiders got some extra help from an unusual source during the opening kick-off. Most of the time, when a team has 12 men on the field, they get a penalty. I guess it doesn’t count if the 12th “man” is a pigeon. I know the Raiders have [...]
