Strong safety Troy Polamalu said football “just loses so much of its essence when it becomes like a pansy game.” He added that the NFL is trying to protect players from injuries because it is in the league’s best interests to do so.
“It has more to do with money and not really with our safety,” [...]
American Anaesthetics
by Jonathan Holden
In the Shreve High football stadium,
I think of Polacks nursing long beers in Tiltonsville,
And gray faces of Negroes in the blast furnace at Benwood,
And the ruptured night watchman of Wheeling Steel,
Dreaming of heroes.
All the proud fathers are ashamed to go home.
Their women cluck like starved pullets,
Dying for love.
Therefore,
Their sons grow suicidally beautiful
At [...]
Pittsburgh looked pretty good in their first pre-season game against Philadelphia. The Eagles played without Westbrook though. These two teams meet again in week 3 of the regular season so neither team showed much of their playbooks. Santonio Holmes and Ben Roethlisberger hooked up for the Steelers touchdown on a nineteen yard [...]
The Extra Points article from FootballOutsiders.com and an excerpt of the comments posted:
PIT wins toss, elects to Receive, and IND elects to defend the East goal.
2nd and 10 at PIT 16 (14:53) B.Roethlisberger pass to H.Miller to IND 48 for 36 yards (M.Doss, B.Sanders)
‘Good start Let’s see what you can do with it.!’
2nd and 8 at IND 46 (13:33) B.Roethlisberger pass to H.Miller to IND 28 for [...]
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