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Ranking all 47 Super Bowls, Part 5, The ten best ever played

This Given Sunday's list of the ten best Super Bowls. Remember, this series ranked the best games, not the best teams, players or plays. These games were the best finishing touches for your Super Bowl party.  No. 10: First World Championship, 1967 (Super Bowl 1) ‒ Highly watchable Packers 35, Chiefs 10 – This game […]

Ranking all 47 Super Bowls, Nos. 20 to 11, Games worth remembering

No. 20: Super Bowl 1976 (X) ‒ Highly watchable Steelers 21, Cowboys 17 ‒ This game lived up to its billing. Roger Staubach had the ball with under two-minutes to go in the Cowboys' last chance to win. Staubach fell short against the better team. The Steelers and Cowboys played a better game in SB […]

Ranking all 47 Super Bowls, Part 1, the bottom seven

If you read blogs, you were probably born during the middle third of the Super Bowl era. I've seen every one. Now I'm ranking every game for fan enjoyment using the following measures that appeal to 21st-Century football fans. v  Celebrity quarterbacks v  Stars that perform like stars v  Passing duels v  Fourth quarter winning […]

Biz Blitz: The NFL is too smug with hiring two black coaches in 2014

The NFL gives itself an "atta-boy" for its head coach diversity hires in 2014 after shooting blanks the year before.  I have not been impressed. The optics are still under-whelming.  Teams filled two of seven head coach vacancies with African-Americans, Tampa Bay signed Lovie Smith and Detroit picked Jim Caldwell to take them over the […]

Biz Blitz: Judge’s ruling suggests the NFL snookered the players again

Well, I wondered. When the NFL announced the surprise settlement of the concussion lawsuits last fall summer, most outsiders sensed that the $765 million was somehow not enough to cover 18,000 former players. U.S, District Judge Anita F. Brody seems to agree. Judge Brody withheld the Court's final approval and wants more financial analysis from […]

Time for the Giants to replace Eli Manning?

"—te" is the new spelling for elite because ELI is missing. Eli Manning, first-round Draft pick and two-time Super Bowl winner, is suffering through his worst season since his rookie year in 2004. His Giants team has lost three of their last four games and their last loss was a skunk by the Seahawks. Eli's […]

Biz Blitz: New NFL salary cap could disappoint 2014 free agents

Sep 15, 2013; East Rutherford, NJ, USA; NFL commissioner Roger Goodell stands on the field prior to the game between the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium. Credit: Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports NFL owners met for a half day in Dallas today. Sportsbusinessdaily.com posted the three-item agenda as: bullying; the league's […]

Business Blitz: The BCS could crush NFL Thursday Night Football

If the NFL had a better crystal ball, they would not have scheduled the 3-5 Redskins vs. the 1-7 Vikings for its Thursday Night Football showcase. This "who cares" game is up against two compelling NCAA contests with BCS implications. The 7-1 Oklahoma Sooners visit the 7-0 Baylor Bears at 7:30 PM ET on Fox […]

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