The Cleveland Browns almost shocked their fans and the entire free world this season by coming one game within a playoff spot in the extremely talented AFC. The high scoring offense had many bright points which will no doubt carry over into next year. One of these gems in …

Never in the long history of the National Football League has there been a player as flamboyant as Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver, Chad Johnson. Chad is the type of guy who don’t care if his team is losing by sixty points, if he scores a touchdown, he’ll moonwalk the …

After firing their head coach immediately after seasons end, the Baltimore Ravens began shopping for a coach who could offer some offensive production. In all his years there, Brian Billick, the so-called offensive genius, kept the Ravens near the bottom of the league in offensive yards gained, points scored …

The New York Jets didn’t have much to offer their unruley, impatient fans this year. Their record ended up too embarrassing to even put in print, and they’re not even sure if they have a quarterback for next season. But their on again off again relationship with wide receiver …

The New England Patriots finished this regular season winning all sixteen of their games. This has a great deal to do with the entire organization as a whole, but more specifically, their off season acquisition in wide receiver Randy Moss. For his years with the Minnesote Vikings, Randy Moss …

The Miami Dolphins, who finished this last season one and fifteen, don’t have many, if any, bright spots on their team. But they do have one player on offense who may carry over till next year and make some key plays for them, translating in some wins on the …

The first of two first round draft picks from the Buffalo Bills, Lee Evans turned out to be just what the team needed. A lack of speed and depth at the wide receiver position prompted the front office to go out and pick up some talent. For this, they …

Eddie Jordan, not to be confused with Michael Jordan, is the coach of the very young and very talented Washington Wizards. Eddie is a hands on coach whose duties extend to off-court management of players to ensure they get the best mentoring possible to make them better men after …

This man has been coaching the Utah Jazz since I was eight years old. I’m twenty-seven now, about to turn twenty-eight, and my entire life as a basketball fan has been spent seeing Jerry Sloan on the Jazz’s sidelines. It’s amazing how long he has been coaching the same …

The Toronto Raptors have much to be thankful for. They have a player in Chris Bosh who is changing the way the position of forward is played in the NBA, and they have a head coach in Sam Mitchell that is helping to mold that new style of play …

The Seattle SuperSonics really have fallen off the grid in these past few years. Losing their only two real super stars long, long ago has seemed to cost them some credibility with the fans and other teams alike. Head coach P.J. Carlesimo doesn’t seem to be bringing that back. …

Who doesn’t know the San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovice? He has the second longest tenure in the NBA and has won multiple championships since he was named the head coach in 1996. Pop’s, as the players like to call him, is getting a little over eager in …

Attention California, the green eyed bandit is back. The Sacramento Kings made a coaching change this off season bringing in Reggie Theus to lead up their team. The Kings, once a great team just a few years removed, seemed to be going nowhere with their last coach. I for …

The Portland Trail Blazers had a lot to look forward to this season. Coach Nate McMillan was poised to take the Ohio State sensation, Gren Oden, on a ride around the league to destroy any other big man who got in the way. Unfortunately, Oden was injured and the …

So close yet so far. That’s the story of the Phoenix Suns and their head coach, Mike D’Antoni. No matter how good they are, they always seem to lose before finally winning that illusive NBA championship. Their point guard, Steve Nash, who may go down as the greastest point …

After Larry Brown left the Philadelphia 76ers, nobody thought they would have a good team again for a while. And then Allen Iverson left and everyone in Philadelphia pretty much went back to liking football. Maurice Cheeks arrived after Allen had left the team and never got a chance …

I’m really happy to see that Stan Van Gundy got himself another coaching job after Pat Riley gave him the boot from on high three years ago. The Van Gundy family has two very talented, basketball minded coaches with Stan and older brother, Jeff. I was thinking that Stan …

This is what i call an embarrassment on the basketball court. New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas just fired Larry Brown, the pure basketball genius who turns everyone into a winner, two years ago to take over as head coach. Since then, all Thomas has done is lost seventy …

Another recent player turned coach is the New Orleans Hornets coach, Bryon Scott. With a heavy glare, he seems to look through officials to get calls to go his way. He is a very tough man who takes no garbage from anyone on his team. The Hornets themselves aren’t …

The New Jersey Nets are one of those teams who are standing at the edge of greatness yet they can’t seem to take that final step. Coach Lawrence Frank, who’s been there since early 2004, is no stranger to having a good team. But the responsibility falls on him …

As the new coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves, first year hopeful Randy Wittman certainly has his hands full. After Kevin Garnett finally got out of there, the Timberwolves don’t have another start to speak of. Trapped in the toughest conference in the history of basketball with teams like the …

The Milwaukee Bucks are another team who have a long history of losing basketball games. They have never really had enough talent to do anything other than lose and that is the sole fault of ownership. If you want to have a winning team, you must pay the price. …

Two years ago, Pat Riley sat up high in his ivory tower and dictated to the peasants that coach Stan Van Gunday wasn’t worth of leading the Miami Heat and their impressive roster to an NBA title. So, upon lopping his head off, (firing him) Pat Riley climbed down …

The Memphis Grizzlies have got them a new coach to lead the charge this season. Marc Iavaroni, who sounds more like a Sopranos character than a head coach, will be in charge of turning the dead-set on losing Grizzlies, into legitimate contenders, or you can bet your sweet track …

The zen master. The coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, is synonomous with winning basketball games. The inventor of the triangle offense won more titles with the Chicago Bulls than a dart throwing champion could win Stairway to Heaven posters at a carnival. And that trent continued …

Now this is a face only a mother can love. Mike Dunleavy Sr. reminds me of Kevin Spacey if he let himself go, got hit my a train, and started going bald. No, all kidding aside, Mike Dunleavy Sr. is an incredible coach in my opinion. Not that he …

When I think Indiana Pacers, I think Reggie Miller, The free flowing three point specialist that left his mark on the league and on Spike Lee when he threw his hands around his throat in a choking gesture at a game at Madison Square Garden in the playoffs. It …

There’s something special about the Houston Rockets. I’m not sure if I’m just feeling nostalgiac about Rudy Tomjanovich’s famous comment where he stated “never underestimate the heart of a champion” or if I’m just a huge Yao Ming fan. Regardless of why I think the Rockets are special, I …

Whoa Nelly! The former coach of the Dallas Mavericks who was let go admist a finacial dispute has moved on and had a great little run with the surprising Golden State Warriors. The team, headed up on the floor by superstar Baron Davis, literally shocked the entire world last …

The Detriot Pistons had everything they could have ever dreamed of a few short years ago. They had a NBA championship in which they beat the Lakers in a route to win and they had the best coach in the world in my opinion, Larry Brown. They traded all …

The Denver Nugget’s head coach, George Karl, is no stranger to life in the NBA. He may seem familiar to some of you Seattle Sonic fans out there and will certainly be remebembered as a no nonsense, take no prisoners type of coach. Just to look at him gets …

Former San Antonio Spurs guard, Avery Johnson isn’t much to watch play now a days. But in the past, he was as good as they come. I recently seen him shoot a jumper for giggles and I think he’s lost whatever it was that made him a good basketball …

The Cleveland Cavaliers have a lot to look forward to in their future. They have probably the best big-small man of all time in Lebron James. They have a young roster of player that are all willing to learn and take things one step at a time. And they …

The Chicago Bulls had a great team last year. They swept the defending champion Miami Heat in the first round of the playoffs and gave the Detroit Pistons, their bitter rivals, all they could handle in six games. Led by head coach Scott Skiles, the Bulls started off poorly …

The Charlotte Bobcats confuse me, where they the Charlotte Hornetts once? I don’t really know. I can’t keep up with the way basketball is moving. Now the Hornetts are the New Orleans Hornetts and Baron Davis plays for Golden State. The only thing I know for sure about the …

Doc Rivers is the former all star basketball player turned coach for the NBA’s Boston Celtics. This year they’re leading the league in wins. As I type this they have won 25 games and lost only 3. That’s impressive and reminds me of the great Chicago Bulls teams with …

The Atlanta Hawks have never been much of a threat in the NBA. And since 2005, they haven’t made much improvement on their push over status. The hiring of head coach Mike Woodson was supposed to signal the start of something different. But with his combined record of 69 …

I’m not sure how many people really know who Matt Hasselbeck is. The Seattle Seahawks aren’t the most popular football team around, and stuck in the great north=west, it’s hard to tell if they’ll ever get exposure. Though Matt Hasselbeck just led the Seahawks to a super bown two …

Over these past few years, San Francisco 49er quarterback, Alex Smith hasn’t seemed to work out. Coming out of college this kid had some high hopes attached and weighing down on his shoulders, and he hasn’t seemed to handle it well if at all. His first year in the …

Former San Francisco 49er, Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles quarterback, Jeff Garcia, has had a tough and long storied and bumpy road in his NFL career. PLaying with the outspoken Terrell Owens in San Fran and then almost starving to death from lack of talent in Cleveland, no one …

The New Orleans Saints have been through more in the last two years than most NFL franchises will have to go through in their entire existence. And still, some how, some way, they found a way to go to the NFC championship game last year. A lot of this …

The Carolina Panthers have always been a team that everyone knows about. Since they were expanded to be in the league in the early 90’s, they’ve been known to win a game or few. And with their quarterback, Jake Delhomme, it’s no wonder why. Jake is an amazing quarterback …

The Detriot Lions selected Joey “Heisman” Harrington out of Oregon U a few years ago with the promise of getting a franchise quarterback to replace the hype the team lost when Barry Sanders retired. Joey quickly proved he wasn’t worthy of the nickname everyone had given him. It turns …

The Minnesote Vikings and quarterback and two terms you rarely hear in the same sentence. Why? Because they don’t have a quarterback worth mentioning now, and never really did as far back as I can remember. Their quarterback of today, Brooks Bollinger, is a five year veteran out of …

After Kurt Warner started to be a spastic with the St. Louis Rams, they called on the services of Marc Bulger, an unproved kid who rode the bench. Coach at the time Mike Martz didn’t have a problem with this. After all, he found Kurt Warner playing in the …

In Arizona where losing is the norm, the Cardinals surprisingly had a chance to go to the playoffs this year. After their initial starter, Matt Leinart, was hurt, Kurt Warner took over at the helm and looked like he did when he played with St. Louis. While with the …

The Detroit Lions had a good chance of going to the playoffs this year. They started out the season six and two behind their quarterback, Jon Kitna. Kitna is a product of bench warmer blues. The talented quarterback has been forced to sit behind less talented started for most …

Never in the history of the NFL have I seen a more sporadic quarterback than the Chicago Bears quarterback, Rex Grossman. Sexy Rexy as he is so colorfully coined by his fans, tends to lean on the side of football sociopath, no feelings or empathy for what he does …

It was a tough year for the Washington Redskins. Deaths and injuries prevented them from playing to their full potential. Jason Campbell seemed to be a bright lining early on in the year. He was learning the system very well and playing Joe Gibbs’ brand of football to its …

For everything that the Philadelphia Eagles are, what they are not is a team without a quarterback. Regardless what you think about Donovan McNabb, he is a very gifted athlete and a tremendous quarterback in the national football league. His problem is, he loves football to a fault. He …