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The FanHouse - Villanova Basketball (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Sports of an Extreme Nature , NFL NFL Coaches Fight Club : the Tournament. Because we have nothing better to do than predict what might happen if head coaches started punching each other in the face. More Coverage: Fight Club Introduction, 1st Round Seeds Rex Ryan is the son of Buddy Ryan . That fact alone is enough to carry him a few...
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The FanHouse - Notre Dame Football (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL Brett Favre returns to Green Bay Sunday and FOX Sports will make sure you don't miss any of it. That's not hyperbole -- the network will have a camera trained on the 40-year-old quarterback for 60 minutes of football, and they'll stream it live on FOXSports.com and NFL.com. Because if it's one thing that we need more of, it's Brett Favre. The New...
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The FanHouse - Villanova Basketball (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL I'm beginning to think that Redskins owner Dan Snyder might be making things worse between the fans and the team. Throwing millions at over-the-hill players is one thing, but putting unreasonable in-stadium restrictions on the tens of thousands of supporters who battle beltway traffic to endure three hours of what now passes for football ... well,...
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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL Fans Sorting the Sunday Pile looks back at the NFL weekend that was. It's also an unofficial Cedric Benson blog . Follow Us on Twitter Friend Us on Facebook Sorting the Sunday Pile, Week 7: Brett Favre is Fallible originally appeared on NFL FanHouse on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:30:00 EST . Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink | Email this...
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The FanHouse - Navy Football (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: ESPN , MLB ESPN fired baseball analyst Steve Phillips Sunday after learning of his affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley (who was fired a day later ). Phillips, who had a history of infidelity dating back to his days as the Mets general manager in the late 1990s, has now entered sex addiction rehab treatment facility, according...
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The FanHouse - Los Angeles Clippers (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL , Twitter The Chiefs lost Sunday -- for the sixth time in seven games -- and mercurial running back Larry Johnson took to Twitter to vent his frustrations. His agent later claimed that Johnson was just trying to honor his father 140 characters at a time , but it was also clear that L.J. used it as an opportunity to take shots at first-year head...
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The FanHouse - USC Football (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: ESPN , Sports Media , MLB In less than a week, the news of the Steve Phillips - Brooke Hundley affair broke, ESPN issued a public statement on the matter, and today both Phillips and Hundley no longer work at the World Wide Leader. Via the Associated Press : "An ESPN spokesman says the production assistant whose affair with Steve Phillips led to...
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The FanHouse - Xavier Basketball (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: ESPN , Sports Media On Wednesday word broke that ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips had an affair with 22-year-old production assistant Brooke Hundley . ESPN addressed the allegations later that day, and Phillips took "an extended leave of absence." And Sunday night Phillips is out at the World Wide Leader. Via ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz's...
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The FanHouse - Wisconsin Basketball (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Blogs , ESPN , Sports Media Sean Salisbury might not be particularly adept at banging out e-mails on an iPhone , but through the misspelled missives and unhinged diatribes he kept his word. This week Salisbury filed a lawsuit against Deadspin for causing him to lose his ESPN job, and later a Dallas radio gig, and damaging his reputation in the process....
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The FanHouse - Baltimore Ravens (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: College Sports Goldy Gopher, the University of Minnesota mascot, has had time to reflect on his decision to mock Penn State defensive end Jerome Hayes as he prayed in the end zone prior to last week's game. And Goldy is very sorry for his behavior. Okay, he didn't really say that -- Goldy isn't real, like, say, Steely McBeam , just some dude dressed...
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The FanHouse - Indiana Football (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Sports Media , NFL Good news, Jim Zorn supporters: the head coach isn't the problem in Washington. It's the shoddily assembled roster, most of which is littered with players who either a) don't understand their roles, or b) can't physically execute the offense. That's the word according to ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski , who said as much during Friday's...
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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Colts , NFL Fans , NFL Video Some Titans fans weren't amused when coach Jeff Fisher wore a Peyton Manning jersey at a Nashville fundraiser, and he joked "I just wanted to feel like a winner today." Fisher seemed surprised anybody would be angry about this, even after his 0-6 team just got humilated by the Patriots 59-0 . He gave the "apology...
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The FanHouse - NFL (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL Fans Sorting the Sunday Pile looks back at the NFL weekend that was. It's also an unofficial John Riggins blog . We're six weeks into the 2009 season and Brad Childress looks like a bald, bearded genius. When Brett Favre chose to announce his annual unretirement plans (conveniently after training camp had started), Childress was the guy who picked...
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The FanHouse - Atlanta Hawks (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: Sports Media I watched part of the Titans-Patriots game Sunday, a lopsided affair that saw Tom Brady throw six touchdowns (five in the second quarter), and Tennessee lose by 59 points. CBS, as the network usually does for its marquee NFL matchups, had Jim Nantz and Phil Simms calling the action. And aside from the on-field beatdown taking place, nothing...
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The FanHouse - Nebraska Football (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
by Ryan Wilson Filed under: NFL Sorting the Sunday Pile looks back at the NFL weekend that was. It's also an unofficial John Riggins blog . We're six weeks into the 2009 season and Brad Childress looks like a bald, bearded genius. When Brett Favre chose to announce his annual unretirement plans (conveniently after training camp had started), Childress was the guy who picked him...
