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My favorite football player of all time is NFL legend Barry Sanders. His entertaining running style made the Detroit Lions a fun team to watch on TV even when the rest of the team wasn’t very good. He ran for over 1000 yards, made the Pro Bowl, and was named to the NFL All-Pro First or Second Team every season of his 10 year career. He finished his career in second place on the all time rushing yardage list and remains in third place on that list today.

Football has a special place in the hearts of most American sports fans, and I really believe that a big part of the reason why is because of NFL Sunday football and its impact on the sports culture of the United States.

For decades now, it has been a time-honored tradition for fathers, sons and families as a whole, really, to gather together and watch NFL Sunday football while enjoying a nice meal together and visiting and talking with each other.

I remember growing up, Sundays during the fall were always special for two reasons. First, it was the day that we went to church as a family, but second, when we got home, my mother would make breakfast and then we would put on the NFL pre-game show and get ready for the first of two games.

We are big Dallas Cowboys fans in our family, and I remember my father talking about all of the old Cowboy greats that he saw play when he was younger. Even when Dallas was not part of the NFL Sunday football lineup because they were playing on Monday night, it was okay, because we were all together and we were all watching football.

It was almost as if family time and NFL Sunday football became synonymous with each other during the fall, and while my mother and sister would not always watch the games with my father, brother and I, they would always be in the living room with us doing something.

The reality in my community growing up is that nearly every family was that way. NFL Sunday football was on in most households every weekend throughout the fall, and everyone loved the sport. I know that a lot of times after the game was over, all of the kids would go out into the street and play football until it got dark.

One of the greatest things for me has been passing the love of football on to my son. We usually watch NFL Sunday football together, and he asks me about different players and teams, and my wife and daughter are in there with us as well. Just like my mom and sister, they are not always glued to the TV, but we all enjoy being together on that day each fall and spending time together as a family.

I sometimes bring my son over to my parents’ house on Sundays as well, and we watch the game with my father. I love to watch the interaction between my son and father while they’re watching NFL Sunday football, because it reminds me of my childhood but also makes me aware of how great it is to be a father, too.

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I have worked as a sports writer for many, many years, and while all professional athletes are looked up to, I don’t think that any are as respected as NFL football players.

I remember doing a feature on a young man a few months ago who was a tennis player. He was one of the top-ranked high school players in our area, and had been playing since the age of six. He had also received several scholarship offers in the sport.

I asked him to name his favorite athlete, and he said Peyton Manning. I was kind of taken aback, expecting to hear the name of a tennis player. I guess he could tell that I was not expecting his answer, and he said I had probably expected him to say Pete Sampras or Roger Federer. I told him that one of those guys would have made a lot more sense to me, and he told me that when he’s not playing tennis, he’s watching football.

A few weeks later, I was interviewing a golfer who had just been offered a full scholarship as well, and when I asked her which athlete she most admired, she said it was Tony Romo. I really was not expecting to hear a football player from her, but she said that Romo is also a great golfer, and she thought that he was cute, too.

I started wondering why so many people were selecting NFL football players as their favorite athletes and I figured that it had to be the popularity of the sport. The fact of the matter is that, while baseball is considered the national pastime, and basketball is the sport with the most participation in the United Stated, football is far and away the most popular.

I even find myself holding NFL football players in higher esteem than other athletes. While I will always talk about the great Brooks Robinson in baseball or Brett Hull in hockey, I have a Bob Lily-autographed football as the centerpiece on my living room coffee table, and a Dick Butkus-autographed football on a mantel in my office.

The NFL holds a special place in the hearts of most American sports fans, and NFL football players are revered as some of the greatest athletes in the world. As a sports enthusiast myself, I look forward to the start of every season, but there is just something extra special about the start of football season.

NFL football players have always been the most respected athletes in the country and likely always will be, and when you look at what they put their bodies through and the joy they bring to millions of fans, I think that it is deservedly so.

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This is a great time of year to be shopping for football equipment. You can find almost any piece of gear you need — apparel, footwear, helmets, protective pads, training equipment or game supplies — now at a lower price than it was just before the season began.

The best football equipment stores stock gear for all ages, from pee-wee age players through youth age and into college level. Some of the better shops will carry only football products, they won’t have any other sports gear, but most stores will find that it makes sense to carry quality sporting goods from other ball and team sports as well.

I think it’s hard to buy size-specific clothing and shoes online, especially for boys (and girls) who are still growing rapidly. Perhaps items such as cleats and pants should be shopped for at your local sporting goods store. But some of the better online sports stores are where you are going to find the big deals right now on all kinds of football gear. Thanks for reading.

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If you’re a football fan then it doesn’t get anymore exciting than this time of the year… With the start of training camp and everyone believing that their favorite team has a chance to win a championship….

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Warren Moon (Houston Oilers), Troy Aikman (Dallas Cowboys), Steve Young (San Francisco 49ers) are just some of the Hall of Famers Leigh Steinberg is proud of. Steinberg has represented the Number 1 pick overall in the NFL draft a record eight times, a milestone unrivaled within the sports industry. Added to that, he has represented over 50 first round NFL draft picks and in one noteworthy weekend had 14 starting quarterbacks as clients.

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What’s your favorite football activity (NCAA or NFL)? Personally, I like them both. Each sport has a different type of excitement. I get a real kick out of watching NCAA football games because of all the school spirit that exists at each game. NFL football is all about money and not the individual contributions of each player. However, I enjoy a well matched competitive NFL game as much as the next person. Deep down I enjoy the top ranked NCAA football games a tad better.

When I say Americas Team what do you think of? If you are a football fan you probably think Dallas Cowboys, and you would be right. Earned from their five Super Bowl wins and impressive amount of playoff appearances the Dallas Cowboys earned that nickname and an enormous legion of fans! With that said it makes sense that Dallas Cowboys merchandise is some of the most popular and visible merchandise worn today.

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The Relentless Peyton Manning leads the Colts

By beating Jacksonville 26-18 on Sunday, the Colts clinched their division and the top seed throughout the AFC playoffs. Now the discussion can begin: Rest the starters or go for the record?

If you ask the players it is clear that they want to keep playing. Stars like Peyton Manning, Edgerrin James and Marvin Harrison want to keep playing, “Rest? I’ll rest when I am through playing football,â€? James said on Sunday. (more…)

This years NFL season has been more like an episode of a crappy soap opera than grown men participating in battle on the football field. Let’s review the distractions that some of these overpaid primadonnas have caused this year.

Starting with the obvious, yup, like it or not, T.O. is in the news every day. I wish this thing would go away but not much chance of that anytime soon. On second thought, maybe I don’t want it to go away – makes for good fodder!

The latest is that apparently arbitrator Richard Bloch is expected to reduce the suspension of four games that the Eagles handed out to T.O. recently. Last Friday’s hearing lasted 14 hours. It has to make me wonder – is Bloch getting paid by the hour? The NFL player association was seeking to have the suspension reduced and wants the Eagles to cut Owens if they are not interested in playing him again this season. The apparent decision from Bloch involves cutting T.O. instead of deactivating him, which was the original plan of the Eagles top brass. If he is cut, then Owens could go through the NFL’s waiver system with the worst team getting the first shot of claiming him.

Worst team eh? – Guess that means he is headed to Texas or back to San Francisco – so in other words, Texans here he comes. There is no way that the 49ers would take him back. On ESPN recently that had an interesting analysis of who would most likely take T.O. (everything else being equal) and they came up with the Broncos who certainly could use his talents to take that next step towards the Super Bowl.

Now, the Vikings. Just a brief synopsis here, time and decency prevent a full “undressing� of this guy’s season.

Under the category of convenient segues, the funniest thing that some of the - seemingly lobotomized – individuals on this team have done was the infamous ‘love boat’ trip. Here is how the conversation might have gone:
Teammate 1 – “Hey dude, lets rent a couple boats, get a bunch of booze and women and have a sex fest�
Teammate 2 – “Great idea, what could possibly go wrong, its not like the media keeps and eye on NFL player activities�
Teammate 3 – “Exactly, we will just go have a quiet weekend of sex, drugs and booze and no one will be the wiser�
Teammate 4 – “Don’t invite Culpepper though, that guy is a square�

But the Vikings travails started much earlier in the season:
1. They traded Randy Moss to the Raiders, giving up their best, albeit controversial player.
2. Mike Tice was fined $100,000 for scalping Super Bowl tickets (he needed the money),
3. Their best running back was suspended for the entire season for substance abuse. (I bet he was on the boat though).

Now, Culpepper is out and even Tice got a knee injury just from standing on the sidelines.

Synopsis: The Eagles and Vikings won’t be appearing in the Super Bowl.

Who will be appearing in the Super Bowl? A tougher question but it can be easily narrowed down to a short list.

Colts, Broncos or Patriots from the AFC.

Seattle, Chicago (dark horse), or Atlanta from the NFC.

Once again, the AFC will win regardless of who makes it. More reasons why the above teams will be in the hunt later, but right now I have to go on EBAY and find a Terrell Owens bobble head doll…….

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Let the discussion begin….watch out 1972 Dolphins, here come the 8-0 Colts. Fresh off their convincing 40-21 victory of the previously unbeatable New England Patriots, Peyton Manning and the Colts are flying high as they head into their next game against the hapless Texans.

This of course sets up as potential for a huge upset next week, all the classic ingredients are there. A bad team with not much to play for against a team with pressure of remaining undefeated. The ever stalwart Tony Dungy was of course assaulted with questions about the super bowl, the 1972 Dolphins etc…after Monday nights big win. True to form, he responded, “We have to do what we did last week and that is to focus on the opponent you’re playing and that game,” he said. “What’s happened in the past, what could happen in the future, we have to block all that stuff out. I think we have some guys on this team that will help us do that”

As a football fan, I would love to see it come down to the last couple weeks with the Colts still undefeated. Do I think it will happen….NO. They have a tough schedule ahead, with games against the suprising Bengals, followed by a Monday night game against Pittsburgh.

If they have any chance at all, it will not be up to Peyton Manning. We already know that the offense can’t be stopped. No, the key is the defense, a defense that is much improved over last year and has to keep playing well. Yes, as odd as it sounds, Peyton Manning will not be the reason the Colts go undefeated (if they do). It will be Dwight Freeney and the rest of the defensive unit - the single biggest change over last year.

Hey 72 Dolphins…don’t put that champagne on ice quite yet - these guys do have a (slim) chance……..

T.O. tries to appear contrite as he “apologizes” to the media and his team on Tuesday

I am not buying it!

Shall I just start by summarizing this guy’s behavior? And, I will be nice and keep it to the last few months only otherwise I would be writing a proverbial novel.

Beginning of the season – Terrell whines because he only makes 7 some odd million a year and he needs more money to “properly support his family�. Are you kidding me with this? That was the start of the true spoiled little insecure brat offending people everywhere. Hey Terrell, guess what, there are millions of people supporting families on 20, 30, 40 thousand dollars a year. I don’t care if someone makes more than you and don’t give me this supply and demand BS. You signed a contract, be a man and live up to it – period. And by the way, those same people supporting their families are the ones paying to come watch you play.

And now, we come to the last couple of weeks. First, he scores his 100th touchdown to make him only the sixth person in NFL history to do so. Ok, this is a great achievement and the guy can play, there is no doubt about that. Ah, but that wasn’t enough for TO, he had to complain because he wasn’t publicly recognized for his feat. This is what he had to say, “That right there just shows you the type of class and integrity that they claim not to be, and they claim to be first class and the best organization. It’s an embarrassment. It just shows a lack of class they have. My publicist talked to the head PR guy, and they made an excuse they didn’t recognize that was coming up. But that was a blatant lie. Had it been somebody else, they probably would have popped fireworks around the stadium.”

No, TO, you are the embarrassment.

But wait, it gets worse. He also goes on that rant about Donavan McNabb and Brett Favre. Then he says on his radio show that he would prefer to play with Peyton Manning or any other quarterback besides McNabb. On and on it goes….

But there is some justice!! Now the Eagles have suspended Terrell Owens for “conduct detrimental to the team� Uhh, really? Detrimental? How about poison?

Remember Keyshawn Johnson and his situation in Tampa Bay? Terrell’s attitude is like Johnson’s on steroids.

He has officially only been suspended for the Sunday night game in Washington. Both teams are 4-3 and this is an important game for both clubs, so I give Andy Reid and the Eagles organization high praise for taking this action. As I said earlier, the guy can play, and not having him in the line-up should be harmful to their chances of winning. UPDATE: Well, they lost this game and shortly afterwards the Eagles suspended him for the rest of the season. Chances are that he will not play for the Eagles again - period.

This whole thing makes me think of Barry Sanders, Cal Ripken, Joe Montana, or Steve Young. These guys played the game the way it was supposed to be played (and yes, I know Cal Ripken played baseball). Remember when Barry Sanders scored a touchdown? Just a little flip of the ball to the referee, and back to the sideline. Didn’t matter whether it was his 5th or 500th touchdown, he had class and respect. Terrell Owens is a great player but he could learn a thing or two from great players who had respect for the game and the fans that were paying to see them play.

Do you still fear Terrell Owens?

I mean, hey, he is or was “the most feared wide receiver in the game” at least according to his book promo.

And geez… he did scare half of America when he appeared with Nicolette Sheridan in that infamous PG-13 Rated towell drop commercial/promo for Desperate Housewives.

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Do you favor or disfavor Terrell Owen’s “penchant for unique self-expression”???

“… spiking the ball on the midfield Texas lone star in front of a hostile Dallas Cowboy crowd, pulling a Sharpie from his sock to sign a game ball after a touchdown, and dancing with a cheerleader’s pom-poms after another TD. Never politically correct and always controversial and colorful on and off the field, Terrell Owens has transformed himself into ‘TO,’ the outrageous gridiron personality who has rocked the entire NFL and the sports landscape. (more…)