NFL Weekly Predictions

Sports Central | Jeffrey Boswell ( Sports Central | Thursday, November 8th, 2007 )
Atlanta @ Carolina (-4 1/2)
The Panthers are a team at a crossroads. They can either go forward or backwards, but with quarterback David Carr at the helm, they’re stalled on the tracks. It’s the railroad tracks, and Carr can’t [...]

In Praise of the Quarterback

Sports Central | Kevin Beane ( Sports Central | Thursday, November 8th, 2007 )
Longtime readers of this column know that I am a fan of the Montreal Alouettes. They have an interesting play in their arsenal.
Every time they have less than a yard to go for a first down, they bring in [...]

World Cup England Expects

Sports Central | Will Tidey ( Sports Central | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 )
Hooray. The English Football Association is to bid for the 2018 World Cup and it’s almost certain England will not only win that, but the whole tournament, too. After all, that’s what happened in 1966. Omens don’t come any [...]

D-III’s a Charm

Sports Central | Eric Poole ( Sports Central | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 )
Two Saturdays ago, Trinity University and Millsaps College figured out exactly how a pair of Division III football teams could get on “SportsCenter.”
Simple. Just have a 15-lateral, 45-second, rugby-style kickoff return for the game-winning play as time expires [...]

The Top Five Overrated

Sports Central | Piet Van Leer ( Sports Central | Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 )
The Patriots and Colts, along with Adrian Peterson, dominated the Sunday NFL coverage, and I really don’t know what I could add that hasn’t already been written. But now that every team has played at least eight games, I [...]