A day for revenge and redemption: Benson, A-Rod and Brooking get theirs October 26, 2009
Posted by Fernando Gallo in General News, MLB.Tags: ALCS, alex smith, atlanta falcons, baseball, bill callahan, cedric benson, chicago bears, cincinnati bengals, dallas cowboys, football, keith brooking, MLB, new york yankees, NFL, niners, rex ryan, rob ryan, san francisco 49ers, shaun hill, world series
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Sunday is supposed to be the day for rest, but it was a day of two very big other R-words for some athletes and coaches: revenge and redemption. From New York City to Oak-Town, there were chips on shoulders all over the country. A rundown of who was looking to even the score Sunday.
Cedric Benson vs. the Chicago Bears: If you paid any attention to football at all Sunday, you heard this one about a billion times. Running back Benson was the No. 4 overall pick for the Bears in 2005, and to call his time there tumultuous would be an understatement. Coach Lovie Smith never seemed willing to make him the featured back, and after some alcohol-related arrests Benson was released in 2008. (more…)
Richard Seymour proves the Raiders’ team facility has become an asylum October 22, 2009
Posted by Fernando Gallo in General News, NFL.Tags: al davis, football, NFL, oakland raiders, philadelphia eagles, playoffs, richard seymour
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Al Davis has been crazy for years, and the overhead-projector-aided rambling press conference about Lane Kiffin only solidified that the owner is lucid enough to still be nuts. Then JaMarcus Russell proved he’s delusional by saying he was fine with his awful passing performance this year.
Well there must be something in the water, because now Richard Seymour has lost his damn mind, too.
The defensive end was on a Cincinnati radio show Wednesday (who the hell knows why he’s on a show in Cincinnati when the Raiders play New York this week), and he boldly proclaimed that the Raiders will make the playoffs. Not in 2015, or even next year – he expects to playing in January this season. (more…)