Brady and Belacheck should be removed from the Big Gane and Football altogether.

 

Football is ruining itself. Or should I say the Patriots are ruining football and the commissioner is doing nothing about it.

... Hear me out. 

The Patriots have a track record with cheating.  I'm not saying that other teams don't cheat.  They probably do, the Patriots just keep getting caught.

Now they are in the big game and the NFL is doing nothing about it.  At the very least they should be removing Tom Brady and Bill Belacheck from the game, and football altogether.

If the NFL does nothing .... they need to get rid of the commissioner.

Belacheck states that everything that happens on the New England Patriots goes through him..except anything having to do with the game balls. Give me a break Bill. You are a liar and a cheat and should have been thrown out of the game back during Spygate.

Tom Brady.  Really you didn't feel a two pound difference? Have the balls been under inflated all season??? Otherwise you would have felt the difference right away.

Tillman Time Of Year

Tillman Time Of Year

By Darren Urban

Posted Apr 1, 2011

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Draft time brings up memories of former Card who joined military

Safety Pat Tillman during his playing days with the Cardinals.

All I remember is that it was early enough in the morning that my wife – a high school teacher – hadn’t left for work yet.

The phone call came from a sports producer for one of the local TV stations. “Have you confirmed Pat Tillman was killed?” The TV wasn’t on. I hadn’t even heard, and at that point, details were just starting to trickle out.

It was April. A Friday. The day before the draft in which the Cardinals, holding the third overall pick, took wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Because of that – and because the annual Pat’s Run event is held in mid-April every year – it’s hard not to think about Tillman right about now.

(Even free agency tends to make me think a little bit about Tillman, since the offseason when he shockingly signed up for the Army Rangers, there was so much speculation about why Tillman – a free agent at the time – still hadn’t signed when the Cards long had an offer on the table.)

So much has been written and said about Tillman over the past years. Delving into the whys of his death is better suited for others. I just remember Tillman as a football player, the guy who meant so much as a teammate and leader the Cards definitely wanted back for a good salary even though he was about to be surpassed by a young Adrian Wilson on the depth chart.

You think of the time he stood in the Jacksonville visiting locker room near the end of the lousy 2000 season after a particularly uninspired blowout loss, in a year where Vince Tobin was fired as coach midway through. “In this league, you have to overcome injuries, problems, coaches getting fired,” Tillman angrily said. “Nobody cares (about excuses). Don’t tell me about the pain, show me the baby. We’re not showing the baby right now, we’re just (complaining) about the pain.”

You think of the time he stood shivering in the Washington visiting locker room, after a painful loss to the Redskins in the freezing rain in what turned out to be his last NFL game. Lips blue from the cold and shaking, Tillman still fumed at a loss. “It’s a joke, dude. I don’t know what the hell happened.”

Tillman wanted what he was doing to make a difference on the field. He wanted to make a difference, period.

I came in to the Cards’ facility on Sept. 11, 2001. It was a Tuesday – the players’ off day – but Tillman was there too. And at one point, with the World Trade Center burning but not yet collapsed, Tillman sat next to me in one of the overstuffed, ugly orange-yellow chairs there at the time and lamented the situation. I was a reporter. I knew I’d need to do the “How-the-attack-affected-the-Cards/NFL” story.

“The importance of football ranks zero compared to what happened,” Tillman said.

Did I know that day he’d eventually give up football for what he thought was a greater purpose? Of course not. Maybe Tillman did, and maybe he didn’t. He never talked about it, having then-coach Dave McGinnis break the joining-the-Army news to a trio of reporters, including me.

It was an amazing sacrifice, and that’s even before his tragic end. Yet I don’t see Tillman as a mythical figure. He’s more like a real-life version of The Most Interesting Man In The World, a guy who decided to take on a triathlon on NFL offseason and explaining it “I just want to say that I've done it. And that's that.”

There is something important about that attitude, one of the reasons I have continued to put together an Arizona Cardinals Pat’s Run team the last few years (after former Pro Bowler Sean Morey started the idea). I like the idea of honoring the concept of “doing.”

That’s what I think about Tillman now, and in some ways, what I was thinking about that April morning when I heard Tillman was killed.

“You know, that’s something tragic that happened to him, but I said it (before), at the same time it really speaks volumes to the type of man he was,” Wilson said Super Bowl week in 2009. “He felt like he didn’t do enough in his life to warrant the type of credit he’s been getting, so to make a life decision like that and to make a change like that, I think it really speaks volumes of his character.”

A few months before his heartbreaking death, Tillman – who didn’t have to go back to fight in the Middle East after his initial tour, but instead chose to return – was based near Seattle. He quietly stayed the night at the Cards’ team hotel during the team’s December road trip and then went in the locker room after the game. He quietly talked to some teammates and, before the media got in the room, he had slipped out a side door.

A few months later, I got the phone call. Pete Kendall was left to talk about his fallen ex-teammate, and new coach Dennis Green wandered around the scene, seemingly unsure what to do – he hadn’t known Tillman like so many around the complex had.

That was eight Aprils ago.

This time of year, as much as the talk about 40 times and Mel Kiper, those are the memories that flood my mind.

Bryzgalov Sets Franchise Mark for Victories

Bryzgalov Sets Franchise Mark for Victories
Saturday, 04.09.2011 / 12:35 AM / News
Phoenix Coyotes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Friday, April 8, 2011

GLENDALE, ARIZONA --- Phoenix Coyotes goaltender Ilya Bryzgalov recorded his 130th victory as a member of the Coyotes on Friday night stopping 24 shots en route to defeating the San Jose Sharks 4-3. In the process, he broke the all-time franchise wins record held by Bob Essensa (129).

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Bryzgalov has posted a record of 36-19-10 in 67 games this season. He won his 30th game of the season on Sunday, March 13 at Anaheim to become the first Coyotes goaltender to post consecutive 30-win seasons since Nikolai Khabibulin (1996-99). Bryzgalov also tied Khabibulin (21) on the all-time franchise shutout list with his seventh shutout of the season on Thursday, March 24 versus Columbus. He won eight consecutive games from February 5–22, new career-high and posted back-to-back shutouts on February 5 versus Minnesota and February 7 versus Colorado for the first time during the regular season in his career. Bryzgalov has started 37 of the last 39 games for the Coyotes.

Individual game tickets for the Coyotes home games during the first round of the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs are now on sale. Fans can purchase individual game tickets starting at just $25. For more information, please call 480-563-PUCK or visit PhoenixCoyotes.com.

NHL 2011 Playoff Schedule

2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals Schedule
Sunday, 04.10.2011 / 10:08 PM / News
By NHL Press Release
The matchups have been determined, and the combatants will ratchet up their quest for the Stanley Cup, with the NHL's postseason beginning on Wednesday, April 13.

Here is the schedule for the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoffs Quarterfinals.

2011 EASTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES A
#1 vs. #8
Network
Wednesday, April 13 at Washington, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Friday, April 15 at Washington, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Sunday, April 17 at New York, 3:00 p.m. TBA
Wednesday, April 20 at New York, 7:00 p.m. TBA
*Saturday, April 23 at Washington, 3:00 p.m. TBA
*Monday, April 25 at New York, TBD TBA
*Wednesday, April 27 at Washington, TBD TBA

SERIES B
#2 vs. #7
Network
Thursday, April 14 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Saturday, April 16 at Philadelphia, 5:00 p.m. TBA
Monday, April 18 at Buffalo, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Wednesday, April 20 at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. TBA
*Friday, April 22 at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. TBA
*Sunday, April 24 at Buffalo, 3:00 p.m. TBA
*Tuesday, April 26 at Philadelphia, TBD TBA

SERIES C
#3 vs. #6
Network
Thursday, April 14 at Boston, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Saturday, April 16 at Boston, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Monday, April 18 at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Thursday, April 21 at Montreal, 7:00 p.m. TBA
*Saturday, April 23 at Boston, 7:00 p.m. TBA
*Tuesday, April 26 at Montreal, TBD TBA
*Wednesday, April 27 at Boston, TBD TBA

SERIES D
#4 vs. #5
Network
Wednesday, April 13 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Friday, April 15 at Pittsburgh, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Monday, April 18 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. TBA
Wednesday, April 20 at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. TBA
*Saturday, April 23 at Pittsburgh, TBD TBA
*Monday, April 25 at Tampa Bay, TBD TBA
*Wednesday, April 27 at Pittsburgh, TBD TBA

2011 WESTERN CONFERENCE QUARTERFINALS
SERIES E
#1 vs. #8
Network
Wednesday, April 13 at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m. TBA
Friday, April 15 at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m. TBA
Sunday, April 17 at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. TBA
Tuesday, April 19 at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. TBA
*Thursday, April 21 at Vancouver, 10:00 p.m. TBA
*Sunday, April 24 at Chicago, 8:00 p.m. TBA
*Tuesday, April 26 at Vancouver, TBD TBA

SERIES F
#2 vs. #7
Network
Thursday, April 14 at San Jose, 10:00 p.m. TBA
Saturday, April 16 at San Jose, 10:00 p.m. TBA
Tuesday, April 19 at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. TBA
Thursday, April 21 at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. TBA
*Saturday, April 23 at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. TBA
*Monday, April 25 at Los Angeles, TBD TBA
*Wednesday, April 27 at San Jose, TBD TBA

SERIES G
#3 vs. #6
Network
Wednesday, April 13 at Detroit, 7:00 p.m. TBA
Saturday, April 16 at Detroit, 1:00 p.m. TBA
Monday, April 18 at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. TBA
Wednesday, April 20 at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m. TBA
*Friday, April 22 at Detroit, 7:00 p.m. TBA
*Sunday, April 24 at Phoenix, TBD TBA
*Wednesday, April 27 at Detroit, TBD TBA

SERIES H
#4 vs. #5
Network
Wednesday, April 13 at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. TBA
Friday, April 15 at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m. TBA
Sunday, April 17 at Nashville, TBD TBA
Wednesday, April 20 at Nashville, TBD TBA
*Friday, April 22 at Anaheim, 10:00 p.m. TBA
*Sunday, April 24 at Nashville, TBD TBA
*Tuesday, April 26 at Anaheim, TBD TBA

Tribute to a true HERO!!!

Stoudemire and Diaw allegedly suspended 1 game.

It is being reported on www.myfoxphoenix.com that Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw have been suspended for 1 game by the NBA.

I feel that this is outrageous. Stoudemire was checking in during transition after a foul. It seams that the NBA wants to promote a meaner and more injury prone game as evidenced by the actions of the Spurs and Pistons. It is almost like watching a hockey game break out. If the NBA is deciding not to pass out flagrant fouls, then I think that the Suns and the Bulls need to send out their bench players to play a more physical game.

NBA Flagrant Foul Rules

I. Rules
A. Flagrant "1" – unnecessary contact committed by a player against an opponent. The opposing team is awarded two free throws and possession.
B. Flagrant "2" – unnecessary and excessive contact committed by a player against an opponent. The opposing team is awarded two free throws and possession and the player committing the foul is automatically ejected.
C. Any player who commits two Flagrant "1" fouls in the same game will be automatically ejected.

II. Review Process
A. The League Office will review all flagrant fouls ("1" and "2") and will have the right, following review, to reclassify a flagrant foul or to classify as flagrant a foul not called flagrant during a game.
B. In addition, the League Office maintains the right to impose a fine and/or suspension upon any player who commits a flagrant foul at any time during the Regular Season (regardless of whether the point levels described above are reached) or during an Exhibition or Playoff Game.
C. The League Office will consider the following factors (as well as any other relevant facts and circumstances) in determining whether to classify a foul as Flagrant "1" or Flagrant "2", to reclassify a flagrant foul, or to impose a fine and/or suspension on the player involved: how hard the foul was; the outcome of the foul (e.g., whether it led to an altercation); and the level of the injury sustained by the player who was fouled.

III. Discipline
A. Playoff Flagrant Foul Guidelines – A player will receive one point for Flagrant 1 fouls and two points for Flagrant 2 fouls. If the player’s point total exceeds 3 points, he will receive an automatic suspension following the game in which his point total exceeds 3 points and for each additional flagrant foul committed during the Playoffs, as follows:
• Player at 2 points commits a Flagrant 2 foul: automatic 1 game suspension
• Player at 3 or 4 points commits a Flagrant 1 foul: automatic 1 game suspension
• Player at 3 or 4 points commits a Flagrant 2 foul: automatic 2 game suspension
• Player at 5 points or more commits a Flagrant foul (1 or 2): automatic 2 game suspension


By the NBA's own rules ... Half of the Utah Jazz team should be suspended for at least one game.