NHL Needs Gary Thorne Back
In the spirit of the United States being swept up in the fantastic performance by the men’s Olympic team, I’d like to point out one major hole that currently plagues the NHL. The giant, gaping, hole I’m referring to is that Gary Thorne is not calling games.
Some staff members at TheDailyContributor.com have an odd obsession [...]
Top 10 Coolest Action Sports Athletes
Listen, Ryan Sheckler, just because you have a kagillion followers on Twitter and ride around in a Ferarri doesn’t make you cool enough to make this list. So, any teeny-boppers out there should just not read ahead because Sheckler isn’t on this list.
To make it on this list you have to be gnarly in your [...]
The Greatest Charles Barkley TNT Inside The NBA Moments
Inside the NBA is one of the best sports shows on the air. I can’t say enough about Ernie Johnson and Kenny Smith - they are perfect compliments to Barkley. Barkley is real. If Barkley thinks you stink (or “terrrabull”), he will look you in the eye and tell you. More accurately, [...]
Championship NFL Teams Don’t Kick The Challenge Flag
It would be incredibly misguided to place all the blame on Nate Keading. The Chargers shocking defeat to the New York Jets was a total team effort. To make it worse (if it’s possible) for San Diegans, the current rainy and windy conditions existing in San Diego today have stripped them of any bragging rights [...]
2009 NFL Regular Season Review - NFC East
The NFC East is usually one of the toughest divisions in the National Football League. At the start of the 2009 NFL regular season the NFC East was certainly being hyped not as one of the toughest divisions, but the toughest division. Everyone was eagerly anticipating the brand new Dallas Cowboys stadium, the vaunted New [...]
2009 NFL Regular Season Review - AFC East
At the beginning of the 2009 NFL regular season, the AFC East had very high hopes and much was buzzing in this division. The Buffalo Bills picked up Terrell Owens, the Miami Dolphins were coming off a successful campaign, the New York Jets drafted the Mark “The Sanchize” Sanchez and the New England Patriots were [...]
Brett Favre Makes Us Eat Our Own Words
On September 4th, 2009, TheDailyContributor.com wrote a satirical post titled, “NFL Bans Brett Favre From Wearing Rose-Colored Glasses During 2010 Season” When the post was written it was in the middle of the Brett Favre day-time soap opera drama where Brett was coming in and out of retirement constantly. Naturally, this infuriated many sports fans [...]
Philadelphia Eagles Fans Stink Up San Diego During Road Trip
Thank God the weekend is over and Thank God all the Philadelphia Eagles fans have left San Diego. Now, for you Philadelphia Eagles fans out there you’re probably thinking, “Oh Yeah! We really made an impression! We are HARD CORE fans!” Well, the reality of the situation is you lived up to your repugnant reputation [...]
Top 25 Professional Athletes To Follow On Twitter
It seems Twitter is a more reliable source of news these days than the paper. With Twitter you can spread information across incredible distances with incredible speed. Luckily for sports fans, Twitter is also easy enough for professional athletes to use and we revel for an opportunity to get a sneak peak into a players [...]
Top 5 Most Popular Sports Teams In Southern California
5) San Diego Chargers
Historically speaking the Chargers are rancid. However, recent memory depicts them as a talented team who’s always in the AFC mix. I hope they don’t go down as the Phoenix Suns of the NFL but it’s starting to seem that way after each season ends in heartbreak - or bone break.
It’s hard [...]
Roger Federer Is The Man With The Golden Racquet
Roger Federer had one of the more amazing winners of all time yesterday during the U.S. Open in his semi-final match against Novak Djokovic. In the words of Terrell Owens get your popcorn ready:
Hollywood Ending: Barkley’s Drive To The Pantheons
Where does the game-winning drive orchestrated by USC Trojans Football’s true freshman quarterback, Matt Barkley, rank all-time in USC Trojans Football history? Before you start making accusations take a deep breath and really think about it. All the pieces were in place where you have to consider this as one of the greatest drives in [...]
NFL Bans Brett Favre From Wearing Rose-Colored Glasses During 2010 Season
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced today that Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Brett Favre would not be allowed to wear rose-colored glasses during games throughout the 2009-2010 NFL season. This comes as a blow to Favre who’s used to wearing the shades all the time.
Favre’s uncanny selfishness and arrogance was previously unbeknownst to him and shielded by [...]
QB Eagles on Hand for Vick’s Eagles debut
PHILADELPHIA– Tecmo Super Bowl legend QB Eagles was on hand Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field to support Michael Vick’s debut as a Philadelphia Eagle. “Mike [Vick] did OK tonight. To be honest with you, I was looking for him to scramble in a zig-zag pattern a little more - that always makes the defense [...]
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