Romo’s Ribs Hold Up As Cowboys Kick Their Way to Monday Nighter Win.

Posted on September 27, 2011 by cslee

A week after sustaining some broken ribs, Tony Romo lead the Dallas Cowboys to an 18-16 win over the Washington Redskins. The Cowboys would do all their scoring on 6 Dan Bailey field goals.

Meanwhile Romo showed no ill affects of that rib injury finishing the game 22-36 throwing for 255 yards while adding 0 touchdown throws and he threw for 1 interception. The stats although not terrific are pretty good for a quarterback who has had 1 week to recover from broken ribs.

The win moved both Dallas and Washington to matching 2-1 records. Next week Washington travels to St. Louis to take on the Rams while the Cowboys host Matthew Stafford and the unbeaten Detroit Lions.

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Brady Sets Patriots Passing Record

Posted on September 13, 2011 by cslee

Last night during the New England Patriot’s 38-24 win over the Miami Dolphins, Pats QB Tom Brady set the record for most pass yards ever among New England Patriots quarterbacks.

During last nights game it wasn’t all good for Brady however as he threw his first interception in 358 passes spanning over the past 11 months since his last interception.

The patriots amassed 622 yards which was also a Patriots record.

With the successful start of the reigning AFC East champions look out for many more wins for Brady and the Patriots.

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Packers Open Title Defence With Win Over Saints

Posted on September 9, 2011 by cslee

The Green Bay Packers opened their title defence with a win over the New Orleans Saints with 2 goal line stands that includes a last minute stand to preserve a 42-34 win.

Aaron Rodgers picked up where he left off last season completing 14 of 15 first quarter passes having only 1 incomplete pass which was a throw away.

The game also featured 2 kick return touchdowns one by Packers receiver Randall Cobb who returned a 108 yard kick return for a touchdown, while Saints running back Darren Sproles returned a 72 yard punt return.

With that the NFL season is BACK!

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UFC Drops Diaz From UFC Title Fight

Posted on September 8, 2011 by cslee

UFC president Dana White has announced that they have dropped star Nick Diaz from the UFC 137 main event, a welterweight title fight against champ Georges St-Pierre.

The UFC president announced Diaz has been removed from the title fight after Diaz missed a second consecutive press conference.

With Diaz having been removed from the fight it left a hole in the main event fight at UFC 137. The UFC has filled that hole with Carlos Condit.

After having an opponent change, how will St-Pierre handle a different opponent and how will Condit be able to step in in Diaz’s place?

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43 Dead As Russian Plane Crashes

Posted on September 8, 2011 by cslee

Yesterday tragedy struck the hockey world again as a Russian plane leaving to head for Minsk Belarus crashed. The plane crashed right after take off killing 34 and seriously wounding 2 others.

Among the 2 injured are a crew member and a member of the hockey team Lokomotiv Yaroslavl.

Among the most notable dead were former NHLers Pavol Demitra, Josef Vasicek, Karel Rachunek and Jan Marek. Other dead include team coach and Canadian Brad McCrimmon and Alexander Karpotsev.

The KHL has released a statement citing that the KHL teams will give up 3 players and Lokomotiv will have the opportunity to select their team based on these players to create a new Lokomotiv team which will compete in this seasons KHL season. Lokomotiv lost 27 of their 28 players and the lone survivor is critically wounded.

With the KHL set to begin it will be interesting to see how Lokomotiv deals with the loss and how they are able to rebuild their team.

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