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August 03, 2009
Big thanks to the folks over at Wondershot Promotions who are letting us post this video here for our readers. They do amazing stuff and are just getting started. Check them out, bookmark them, visit them often. Their latest production, Ode to Favre, is a parody of the media’s coverage of Brett Favre. Even with [...]
Via Kissing Suzy Kolber
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August 03, 2009
Here’s a video showing the real victims of the final-until-two-weeks-from-now Brett Favre retirement: media whores. When you think about it, in any tragedy, it’s always the whores who suffer the most.
LenWhale’s key to shedding unwanted pounds: quit pounding tequila. And if you can’t, at least quit chasing it with bacon paste.
Someone’s stirring up the rubes [...]
Via The Jets Blog
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August 03, 2009
Even in retirement, it seems Brett Favre can still be responsible for the Jets tossing away picks…
Remember how the Jets got a 7th round pick in 2010 because Brett Favre retired at the end of his first year with the team, but then there was confusion over the impact of his potential unretirement? According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Jets simply gave the pick back...
Via With Leather
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August 03, 2009
No Brett Favre, no Michael Vick, and for now, we need no rival UFL to lean on for any sort of football news. All 32 NFL teams opened training camp this weekend, meaning that the notebooks of sportswriters everywhere will be filled with less speculative drivel and more injury reports, crybaby wideout tears, and coaching [...]
Via JSOnline.com
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August 02, 2009
The Packers' seventh-round pick in the 2010 draft was supposed to go the New York Jets when Brett Favre retired after one season with the team.
Via Five Tool Tool
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August 05, 2009
ESPN is set to launch a technology where a Denny's ad for its signature breakfast immediately pops up when a player is shown hitting a grand slam. Denny's, however, might have to wait until next baseball season to plug its Grand Slam pile of eggs and pancakes.ESPN is planning to debut the contextual advertising system next month within college football videos on ESPN.com...
Via SportsScribes.net
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August 06, 2009
Some people may wonder at how famous Brett Favre really is and the answer to that question lies in what he has achieved and how many people use his name to help endorse their products and to promote other things. For those who do not know, this guy is a 6 foot 2 inch football player who was born in Gulfport, Mississippi on the tenth of October in 1969. This Quarterback weighs 222...
Via Bleacher Report
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August 03, 2009
The Vikings drafted the explosive and dynamic Percy Harvin, courted future Hall of Famer, Brett Favre, and now are dealing with an MCL injury to Tarvaris Jackson.
While we may never be able to fully close the door on Favre, at least Minnesota can focus on their new, electrifying player, and finding out who their best quarterback is.
If they can get their focus back to simply playing...
Via Just Blog Baby
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August 05, 2009
Are you tired of fantasy leagues with horrible scoring systems?
Was the commissioner of your league more Bud Selig than Roger Goodell?
Do you wish that Sebastian Janikowski’s 57-yard bomb against the Jets would have counted for more points than Brett Favre’s two interception performance?
Fear not my Fantasy Football Friends!
Thanks to a partnership between CBS Sports and [...]
Via Bleacher Report
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August 03, 2009
Throughout the first few days of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp 2009, a lot of speculation and anticipation had dissipated with the absence of Brett Favre.
Tavaris Jackson was the center of controversy following the first-round playoff loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Filling in for an injured Gus Frerotte, Jackson threw a key interception which was returned for a touchdown...
Via Bleacher Report
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August 04, 2009
We’re a week into training camp, and the excitement about a fresh season tends to creep up on fans a little bit. No matter how bad you think your team is, there’s always some feeling of hope around this time of year, I heard Detroit Lions fans have even stopped crying long enough to notice that the Tigers are in first place.But somewhere, in the deep recesses of your...
Via Bleacher Report
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August 03, 2009
Any player on the Jets will admit the departure of super-intense head coach Eric Mangini has made the atmosphere at training camp much looser. Oddly enough, though, it seems the team is poised to show more fire on the field under its new leader, Rex Ryan.
New York watched its potentially special season go down the drain in the final five weeks of the 2008-09 campaign once...
Here's a skewering look at the media's involvement in the Favre retirement/unretirement story, one that basically blames the media for why we all pretty much hate Brett Favre now. You know like 80% of you do hate him now. Anyway, enjoy.
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