PHILADELPHIA — Irv Cross, the former NFL defensive back who became the first Black man to work full-time as a sports analyst on national television, died Sunday. He was 81. from CBSPhilly.com: The Philadelphia Eagles, the team Cross spent his six of his nine NFL seasons with, said Cross’ son, Matthew, confirmed his father died near his home in Roseville, Minnesota. The cause of death was not provided. “All of us at CBS Sports are saddened by the news of Irv Cross’ passing,” CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said in a statement. “Irv was a pioneer who made significant contributions…
Washington Football Team will have new name after 2021 season from www.yardbarker.com, by way of Rory Parks, with Pro Football Rumors…. The Washington Football Team will operate under the same bromidic moniker in 2021, but it is expected to have a new name by 2022. On Tuesday, the team launched a website called WashingtonJourney.com (h/t Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk), wherein fans can submit their ideas for a new team name, their reasons for choosing that name and their proposed logo/uniform. As of the time of this writing, some of the “featured submissions” include the Washington Rhinos, the Washington Justice and…
Schedule coming in tonight/Thursday from www.wxii12.com: (Schedule posted as it showed up on Twitter.) CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers released their 2020 regular season schedule and will begin and end at home for the second year in a row. The following is the schedule for the Panthers: Sept. 13 @ 1 p.m. – Home – Las Vegas Raiders Sept. 20 @ 1 p.m. – Away – Tampa Bay Buccaneers Sept. 27 @ 4:05 p.m. – Away – San Diego Chargers Oct. 4 @ 1 p.m. – Home – St. Louis Cardinals Oct. 11 @ 1. pm – Away –…
**********Here’s an interesting post sent to us today on the upcoming NFL Draft, coming into us today per The Action Network…..********** (Sort of makes you wonder if it is time for some of these NFL prospects to start thinking about ‘Dodging the Draft’…That might get a little dicey, since they need to get in the league by way of the Draft to reach their full potential, but maybe the players will have to find a way to start “Dogging the Draft”.) And now here is that feature post, from The Action Network: If an NFL draft prospect is drinking out…
from www.wrestlinginc.com and coming in from this website, since they cover Vince McMahon and his wrestling exploits, and Vince McMahaon and his football exploits too….www.wrestlinginc.com **********It has been announced that the XFL will cease all operations immediately. Per a news conference with COO Jeffery Pollock, the league will not be returning for the 2021 season.********** Daniel Yanofsky reporting for WrestlingInc.com….. When the XFL was reborn following Super Bowl LIV, it was unknown how long it would last. Nobody expected a global pandemic to force it to end, however. It was announced that the XFL will cease all operations immediately. Per…
Back in the House at KickBack Jack’s on Battleground Avenue tonight for more of our ‘Football in Focus Show’ with Joe Sirera from the News and Record ready to get us going at 6pm, then Dennis White will be in from around 6:30 until 6:45 and then it is on to our players at KickBack Jack’s for this week and that would be the young men from Northern Guilford High School….Nighthawks in the house tonight…. We will have WR Ford Moser, LT Myles Edringston and LB/TE CJ Foxx……Looking forward to seeing the Nighthawks tonight at Kickback Jack’s on Battleground Avenue,…
Former Grimsley Whirlie and Clemson Tiger defensive lineman D.J. Reader is hoping for good results when the NFL Draft hits on the last weekend in April…. Reader has been flying around all over the place lately and I spoke with one of his good friends from Grimsley Charlie Jones last night and Charlie told me David Reader Jr. is really hoping to go somewhere in the top five rounds of the 2016 NFL Draft… D.J. has been training down in Florida(Orlando) since he graduated from Clemson back in December and that too after his NCAA Title Game commitments which included…
from www.charlotteobserver.com: Cam Newton has been fined $10,000 by the NFL for wearing Under Armour visor clips on his helmet. The infraction, a violation of the league’s equipment policy, was discovered earlier this week when a Forbes.com article pointed out Newton has been wearing the clips for much, if not all, of his three-year NFL career with the Carolina Panthers. Read it all when you CLICK HERE from the Charlotte Observer….
Just a few final notes from last night’s game…. Was there holding on that last offensive play that the 49ers ran with just about 2 minutes left in the game? Sure looked like it…. Did the delay kill any of the interest in the game? There must have been about a 30-45 minute delay going on there and it didn’t seem to hurt San Francisco, they seemed to come back and get their game going after the LONG pause….*****In the end, the delay may have helped the game, again, it sure did something for San Fran….The power surge/delay will end…
What do you say is it yea or nay, is he going to play college or pro football next season???(Fall of 2013) Back to N.C. State, or on to the National Football League for David Amerson, former DB for the Dudley Panthers and possibly soon-to-be former DB, for the N.C. State Wolfpack??? From what we have been hearing and from what we have been seeing(News and Record, WRALSportsFan.com and other sources), the consensus is saying that DA, will soon be a DB, in the NFL…. What do you say, Yea or Nay, will he stay and play in Raleigh or…