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Smallthoughts:Trivia Thursday


Welcome back, how did you do with this week’s question? If you answered Marvin Gaye , you are correct. Gaye bulked up nearly 30 pounds and trained with future Hall of Fame tight end Charlie Sanders while preparing for his tryout. He didn’t make the cut but remained close to several players who sang background vocalsContinue reading “Smallthoughts:Trivia Thursday”

Smallthoughts: NFL Coaching Carousel Spins with No Rhyme and No Reason


The final regular season game of the NFL season is met with two emotions …Joy because your team is going to the post season and dread because you didn’t make the post season and most likely your coach is going to be fired.The last game is followed by Black Monday when head coaches and theirContinue reading “Smallthoughts: NFL Coaching Carousel Spins with No Rhyme and No Reason”

Smallthoughts: Rants and Raves


Rants: Detroit Lions …are there a more dysfunctional team in the NFL than the Lions? Bad off season moves doomed this team from the start and now the people making the decisions were made to pay… fired was team president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew on Thursday and promised to bring in newContinue reading “Smallthoughts: Rants and Raves”

Ndamukong Suh to Dolphins


The AFC East just got beasty!  Some body better hire some bodyguards for AFC quarterback in New England because Ndamukong Suh is coming to the AFC East and will be playing against the Patriots twice a year. Suh will sign Tuesday for about $114 million with $60 million guaranteed, ESPN’s Chris Mortensen said. That’s inContinue reading “Ndamukong Suh to Dolphins”

Wild Card Sunday …Detroit Lions vs the Dallas Cowboys …including the call- non call


Be honest you were hoping the Cowboys would have imploded by now. Yet here they are still hanging around in the playoffs. But not with out controversy. Was it pass interference or not? What do you think? Take a look at the play and then decide. Then check out the full game highlights.

Old School Tuesday: Barry Sanders the elusive running back


It’s not everyday that a running back like barry sanders came along. And like Jim Brown he stopped playing at the stop of his game. There was no slippage or remembering how good he once was, or hanging around to get that super bowl ring. Barry Sanders had the misfortune of playing on the DetriotContinue reading “Old School Tuesday: Barry Sanders the elusive running back”