ROBERT DE RUMORS & GOSSIP

I stumbled across a posting this afternoon from the first week of May from a financial advice site, getrichslowly.com. The article struck a chord with me as the author, Robert Brokamp, is obviously a Tampa Bay Buccaneers fan, or at least grew up watching the Buccaneers in the same era as I did. Mr. Brokamp is a Certified Financial Planner and penned an article on whether or not professional...

Ballertainment When I think of Ben Wilson, Langston Hughes’ poem, A Dream Deferred comes to mind. What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore– And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over– like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? When Ben Wilson,...

Make no mistake, the single biggest reason for the SEC's dominance in college football is its member's home-but thegrown talent. There are other factors to be sure. In fact, some of those other factors may be responsible for the existence of that talent within the region, but the talent is here and it's not going anywhere. Take a gander at the ESPN150 for the Class...

Win a custom commissioned sports athlete portrait – valued at $300! Top Stories So yesterday was about the most fun I’ve had as a writer in quite some time. Obviously BroncoTalk pretended to be a Raider blog all day, much to the chagrin of Raider fans.  Even some Broncos fans were annoyed, but in the end we enjoyed making fun of the biggest joke(land) of a franchise in...

Free agency is wrapping up and Pro Days are beginning to wind down, so now's the time where everyone is focused on rankings, scouting reports, and of course, the interest-driving Mock Drafts. While myself and the 100 or so other NFL draft focused websites will post far too many mock drafts that may become a blur after a while, Matthew Elder of BuffaloBillsDraft.com and I decided...

In a hard-fought game ending in a tie after regulation and overtime, The San Diego Boca FC pulled out a 4-2 win in penalty kicks against Phoenix Monsoon, in a first round match in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup competition. The match saw Phoenix jump out to an early 2-0 lead when they cashed in on opportunities. Lead by The Monsoon’s Pat Perkins with his two historic franchise goals...

A day that began at 6:30 AM for myself, Matt Elder, and the rest of the BSN staff, we worked straight up until 8:00 PM with Combine testing, individual workouts, and 7 on 7s. Unfortunately, some prospects pulled out last second due to injury while others were injured through drills, but all in all, there was some surprisingly impressive showings here at the BSN Collegiate Showcase...

There are going to be some major changes coming for the Indianapolis Colts in 2012, and one of those changes could include DE Dwight Freeney moving on through free agency or a trade. Yesterday, the Colts gave fellow DE Robert Mathis a new four-year deal, with $17 million of that deal coming this year alone. Now, the Indianapolis Colts need to decide how much rebuilding they want...

Detroit Lions GM Martin Mayhew spoke to the media at the NFL combine about his soon to be a free agent (if he's not given the franchise tag) defensive end, Cliff Avril. Mayhew said all the right things. Dave Brikett quote Mayhew in the Freep: “It certainly is not our desire to franchise Cliff,” Mayhew said during breakfast with beat reporters at the NFL combine. “We...

The Dallas Cowboys need help at defensive end. That’s no secret and it’s the root of a problem that affects the Cowboys’ entire defense in 2011. The first step in fixing this chain reaction of problems is signing free agent defensive end Robert Mathis from the Indianapolis Colts. Dallas’ defensive ends didn’t get any pressure on opposing quarterbacks last season, thus allowing...