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Salon.com
March 19, 2001
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XFL makes history! Unfortunately, it's in the flop category.   |
Salon.com
February 1, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The XFL won't work Wrestling impresario Vince McMahon and NBC have teamed up for an ultrarough new football league. They're gonna get sacked... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
XFL, Week 2: Sacked! After a big debut, ratings for the "smashmouth" football league tank... |
Salon.com
May 11, 2001
King Kaufman |
It leave me The XFL belongs to the ages now, and we're left with only our memories, if we can remember any... |
Salon.com
February 12, 2001
King Kaufman |
Amateur hour The XFL can't seem to get beyond ineptitude and lame behind-the-scenes material... |
Salon.com
February 20, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Is the XFL taking the WWF down with it? As smashmouth football ratings continue to fall, some wonder whether Vince McMahon is endangering his wrestling empire... |
Sports Illustrated
February 5, 2001
Peter King |
A Night at the (Soap) Opera This is what I didn't like about the XFL opener Saturday night in the desert just east of here---and what I did like... |
AskMen.com
November 15, 2000
Mark Simmons |
XFL: As If Football Needed Any More Attitude On February 3rd, 2000, Vince McMahon, Chairman of publicly traded WWF Entertainment Inc., announced to investors that the venerable "sports entertainment" cash cow was going to start a football league, aptly named the XFL... |
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
February 28, 2008
Kevin Beane |
The Sports Announcer Column (Pt. 1) If you value a voice that provides good background music to the game, here are three of the best. |
Sports Central
April 10, 2008
Kevin Beane |
The Sports Announcer Column (Pt. 2) A look at solid sports announcers worthy of wider praise, even if they are not worthy of the Pantheon. |
Sports Illustrated
April 5, 2000 |
Understanding Wrestling-America ...We really seem to have three Americas now, don't we? There is the United States of America, Miami-America and Wrestling-America.... |
Salon.com
June 19, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Destiny's double dribble What happens when a television network tries to entertain an arena full of basketball fans with platinum pop groups? The fans bite back... |
Searcher
December 2010
Irene McDermott |
The Gridiron on the Web -- Football Online Am I doomed to be shut out from the world of football forever? No! The internet has arrived to save the day with zillions of sites to explain and celebrate American football. |
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? |
Sports Central
April 5, 2007
Scott Shepherd |
Baseball's Back, and Not a Second Too Late Here's a look at some of the things that make baseball great. |
Sports Illustrated
May 30, 2001
Paul Zimmerman |
Catching up is hard to do When I returned from three weeks abroad and I had gone through the mountain of newspapers in front of me, I was struck by one singular thing: Practically nothing had happened on the football landscape. Make that nothing unexpected... |
Sports Illustrated
September 24, 2002
Mark Beech |
In Need of a Fix Vince McMahon's once mighty wrestling empire is on the ropes -- for a reason that the fans of real sports can appreciate. |
Sports Central
February 11, 2006
Greg Wyshynski |
Hockey's Higher Calling Hockey is bigger than the NHL, and if the NHL should ever go down, it's not taking hockey with it. |
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. |
