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AskMen.com Steve Seepersaud |
The Business Of Officiating Athletes aren't the only people who dream of making it to the big leagues. In fact, some people aspire to take to the fields of the MLB and the NFL in a different type of uniform. |
Sports Illustrated August 26, 2001 Peter King |
Officially speaking Tagliabue could -- and should -- save the day by getting involved on the front lines of the NFL's dispute with its game officials now... |
Salon.com January 17, 2003 Allen Barra |
Penalties, Part 2 The NFL's dreadful officiating can't be ignored anymore. One solution: Give one ref a TV. |
Sports Central December 7, 2007 Bob Ekstrom |
NFL's Paler Shade of White The game of football has grown harder to objectively officiate. |
AskMen.com January 22, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Sports Officiating: Is It For You? True, many call the shots for the love of the game, but the ones that make it to the professional levels have more than love to show for their efforts. |
Sports Central January 16, 2006 Dave Golokhov |
I Hate Mondays: Challenging Instant Replay A challenge to the NFL's system of reviewing plays. |
Sports Illustrated January 22, 2002 Kostya Kennedy |
Falsely accused NFL's replay rule, not Brady, dropped the ball... |
Sports Central September 8, 2004 Gary Geffen |
NFL to Defenses: Hands Off! When it comes to pass interference, the rules haven't really changed; they are just going to be enforced. Unfortunately, the league may be headed down the same boring predictable path that the NBA has taken. |
Sports Central April 4, 2004 Gary Geffen |
Keep the NFL Playoffs the Same At the annual NFL league meetings, there was talk of expanding the playoff field from 12 to 14 teams. Finally, the idea was tabled for another year's agenda. |
Sports Illustrated August 30, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Making up for lost dime NFL Referees Association's demands based on past, present and future... |
Sports Central January 27, 2015 Brad Oremland |
NFL State of the Union The state of the NFL is strong, of course. It's the most popular sports league in North America, and it will remain so for the foreseeable future. But even a strong league has areas for improvement. |
Sports Illustrated November 28, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
The hurry-up ump When time matters, Jim Quirk is on your side. Jim Quirk is my hero. Who is Jim Quirk? He's the umpire attached to Tom White's officiating crew. And what's so special about that crew? It's faaast. It's the fastest in football... |
Sports Illustrated February 4, 2000 Peter King |
We should listen to Rev. Jackson NFL mailbag |
Salon.com January 10, 2003 King Kaufman |
The joy of failure To err is human, which explains why the drones who run the NFL can't understand the beauty of an honest mistake. |
Sports Illustrated February 29, 2000 Kostya Kennedy |
Inside the NHL Here are three ways to take the heat off the beleaguered referees |
Sports Central August 2, 2005 Jeff Moore |
Membership Has its Privileges There are a a number of factors that show the NFL is a club that "likes its own" and resists outsiders -- from colleges, to coaches to commentators. |
Sports Central September 27, 2003 Jeff Moore |
What Were They Thinking? One mistake at the wrong time can turn a win into a loss. In this young NFL season, there have been plenty of mistakes that have started heads shaking in stadiums across the league. |
Sports Central June 29, 2009 Jonathan Hamelin |
NFL Recruiting North of the Border Recently, the NFL has turned to another source when it comes to recruiting players: the Canadian Football League. |
Inc. October 2003 Patrick J. Sauer |
Are You Ready for Some Football Cliches? Sure, too many coaches write books that try to apply the lessons of football to the world of business. But there really are some management lessons that can be learned on the gridiron. |
Sports Central September 14, 2009 Scott Shepherd |
The NBA's Real Officiating Problem For months now, the dirty little secret around the NBA is that the league is preparing for what could be a lengthy lockout of the NBA's referees. |
AskMen.com November 13, 2002 Mark Simmons |
Should Johnnie Cochran Sue The NFL? Why have there only been five black coaches in the past 16 years? In my opinion, this has more to do with upbringing, sociology and demographics. |
Sports Central September 20, 2010 Justin Shagrin |
London Calling Is the NFL selling out because of its international game in London? |
BusinessWeek January 12, 2004 |
Paul Tagliabue In 15 years as the NFL's caretaker, he has helped turn it into a $5 billion-a-year business. |
Sports Central September 28, 2006 Adam Russell |
Oh, For the Simpler Days... Technology and the appetite of the TV-watching football fan for analysis and replay angles have brought us to the point of no return, but if we can't go back to five cameras, two announcers, and the band at half-time, we can at least make it so it's fair for everyone. |
BusinessWeek January 27, 2011 |
The Average NFL Player Don't let Brett Favre fool you. Most NFL careers are much shorter and a lot less sweet. |
Sports Illustrated January 9, 2001 Ivan Maisel |
Pick Your Poison Sports' toughest job has to be coaching an NFL team... |
Salon.com January 10, 2003 Allen Barra |
Penalties! The visionary interference call that gave Ohio State the championship was an outrage. The noncall that ended the hopes of the N.Y. Giants wasn't. |
AskMen.com February 5, 2003 Mark Simmons |
Why The NFL Is So Fantastic As the NFL powers into the 21st century, it is head and shoulders above all other professional sports circuits. It is firing on all cylinders; both in terms of financial metrics and public relations goodwill. |
Sports Illustrated October 7, 2002 Phil Taylor |
Go, Johnnie, go Johnnie Cochran's plan to aid minority hiring in the NFL is overdue. |
Sports Illustrated October 16, 2002 Frank Deford |
The right call All sports should use available technology to review plays |
Sports Central December 8, 2007 Greg Wyshynski |
Did David Stern Just Ruin Basketball? David Stern's logic for dismissing the Maverick's protest brings the value of officiating in earlier quarters to question. |
Sports Illustrated October 31, 2001 Paul Zimmerman |
Taking on the oxymorons The 'legal foul' in the NFL has been out of hand for 20 years... |
Sports Central May 3, 2011 Brad Oremland |
Boycotting the NFL Draft For now, the league is locking out the players with one hand and promoting its annual draft with the other. It's hypocrisy. It's not football, and it's not fun. Call me in September, Commissioner Goodell. |
Popular Mechanics January 25, 2005 Allen St. John |
Winning The Cyber Bowl When it's third and long, NFL coaches call in the geeks. |
Sports Illustrated October 8, 2002 |
Ten Years After First, grocery stocker Kurt Warner becomes the NFL MVP. And now Tommy Maddox, who was selling insurance three years ago, is starting for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Is this a great league or what? |
AskMen.com October 29, 2003 John Clarkson |
The NFL Network: Set To Invade Your TV Leave it to the NFL to take the time necessary to launch a new network the proper way. The first 24-hour, seven-day-a-week cable and satellite television network on the NFL will hit the tube as the playoff races heat up. |
Sports Central December 16, 2008 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings Survey of the latest from the football world |
Sports Central May 29, 2013 Matt Thomas |
It's Official, NBA Playoffs Are a Mess Throughout these playoffs, stars-in-the-making have emerged and established superstars have wilted under pressure with similar frequency. Big-name players have fallen to major injury. |
Sports Central March 24, 2011 Kevin Beane |
NFL Rule Changes on the Horizon Believe it or not, there were some NFL happenings this week that did not involve the labor dispute, as the NFL head honchos agreed to some amendments in their annual roundup of rule changes. |
Sports Central June 21, 2011 Ryan Day |
Pittsburgh Steelers Rule Was Needed The NFL has a problem with hard hits and until the league makes a hard hit of their own, no one's going to pay attention. |
Sports Central April 2, 2007 Mark Janzen |
Goodell Should Be Pacman's Ghost The NFL is making the correct steps to try to erase the "bad boy" behavior from the league. |
Sports Central October 21, 2010 Kevin Beane |
The NFL's Over-Commercialization Some predictions about adding more advertisements to NFL broadcasts. |
Salon.com June 30, 2000 Allen Barra |
Any given Monday night Dennis Miller won't pull the NFL out of its TV doldrums. Here are seven ideas that will. |
Sports Central December 4, 2013 Bob Ekstrom |
A Homecoming Gone Wrong We've entered the eye of the NFL storm that inevitably forms once the postseason pecking order has taken shape. The problem is, it came early this year. |
Sports Illustrated October 30, 2000 Peter King |
Only the good die young I was tempted to write this Monday morning about the Bucs rising slowly in the NFC Central, or about the sudden crises facing the formerly unbeatable Rams. But the top of this football column is not a football column. I ask you to read it anyway... |
Sports Central December 16, 2003 Brad Oremland |
NFL Week 15 Power Rankings The Eagles and their AFC counterparts in New England may be due for a letdown in the next two weeks, but I wouldn't read much into it. Both teams will be just fine -- especially if they can secure homefield advantage throughout the playoffs. |
Salon.com February 19, 2002 Eric Boehlert |
A Super snow Bowl? Football's big game has never been played outside in the cold North. But Giants Stadium needs some new luxury boxes... |
Sports Central September 2, 2005 Kevin Ferra |
It's Just American Football, or is it? The NFL is the top American sports leagues and is looking to expand into many international markets, including Europe, Canada, China and Mexico. |
BusinessWeek November 24, 2010 Patrick Cain |
The NFL: A Pro Football League of Its Own The history of rivals to the National Football League is one of short-lived ambitions |
Sports Central October 31, 2004 Jon Gonzales |
Ten Radical Rule Changes For the NFL It's not like football needs rule changes like other sports need them. Still, a sport, in the fans' interests, should continuously evolve; therefore keeping it from flat-lining as tennis or even baseball has at times. |