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A Virginia Tech Tribute -1 Year Ago

Today marks the one year anniversary of the tragic events that led up to the deadliest shooting spree in U.S. History. On April 16, 2007 the nation was brought to its knees by what we all now know to be as the Virginia Tech Massacre. 32 innocent people consisting of students and faculty tragically lost [...]

7 April 2008 at 12:16 - Comments

The Pro Football Hall of Fame Will Debate “The Stolen 1925 Championship”

Sit back and get ready, because now its on…I mean really on! On April 18th, 2008, Joe Horrigan, Vice President of the Pro Football Hall of Fame will come to Pottsville, Pennsylvania (home of Yuengling) to debate the much anticipated return of “The Stolen NFL 1925 Championship” with ESPN senior writer and Maroons supporter David [...]

3 March 2008 at 10:55 - Comments
Dave Silcox at 23:38 on 18 March 2008
I was the person who was misled into staging a post office event to honor the 75th anniversary of the ...
pottsville1968 at 21:13 on 25 March 2008
Please note the debate is April 18th, 2008....not 2007. It would be nice to turn back the clock as easy ...

The NFL has Re-designed Their Logo For 2008

The NFL wanted to come up with a more cleaner and meaner looking design for the future and 2008. “The league is creating a leaner, meaner version of the iconic logo that will debut at the NFL draft in April, 2008. “The redesign marks the first changes to the shield since 1980″. Drum roll please………….And This is what you [...]

4 December 2007 at 13:17 - Comments
digga at 13:29 on 4 December 2007
wow, i wonder how many millions of dollars it took the R&D dept. to figure that shit out. www.takingoverthe.net
Mr. Fumbles at 13:59 on 4 December 2007
it is rediculous, I would have changed that for them for a couple bucks

An NFL Team Called the Triangles?…That played at Triangle Park?

The Dayton Triangles were an original franchise of the American Professional Football Association (now the National Football League) in 1920. The Triangles were based in Dayton, Ohio, and took their nickname from their home field, Triangle Park (capacity 5,000), which was located at the confluence of the Great Miami and Stillwater Rivers in north Dayton.  An [...]

2 December 2007 at 23:47 - Comments
JC at 09:05 on 25 May 2008
I love the history here in Dayton. The City erected a plaque at the site. check it out at http://www.daytontriangles.com Have ...

Startlogic! Startlogic! Web hosting that is not so logic!

In 2006, I was approached to begin building websites by friends and local businesses. Before I knew it I was working for an Internet Marketing Agency that came into the area. However, I was never aware of the headaches associated with hosting a website. It doesn’t seem like a hard concept. I chose a company [...]

27 November 2007 at 19:17 - Comments

Hawaii Trainers Know Nothing About Head Injuries

HONOLULU — After sitting out two days of practice following a concussion, Colt Brennan returned to the field Wednesday to take a few snaps, with Hawaii coach June Jones saying the quarterback has been cleared to play Friday at Nevada.  Doctors and trainers have determined Brennan is fine following the injury Saturday in a 37-30 victory [...]

16 November 2007 at 17:34 - Comments

Colts Using Fake Crowd Noise?

You be the judge. On this page is an audio stream from the game on 11/4/2007 where the crowd noise skips. Audio Update: November 5th, 2007 3:38pm Newsday has learned that the NFL’s investigation into complaints from the Patriots that the Colts had illegally piped in crowd noise is over. It didn’t take the league long to find [...]

5 November 2007 at 16:27 - Comments

A 12 Year Old Girl That Resembles Reggie Bush

I stumbled upon a video today that I could not believe. This girl no older than 12 years old can shake and bake! And I don’t mean with her lightbulb oven. She tears it up during a flag football game. Check this video out. It is located on collegehumor.com. I so want to call this video fake, but [...]

5 November 2007 at 15:22 - Comments

Look What The NFL Did To Pottsville (Pottsville Maroons)

The Pottsville Maroons played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1925 to 1928. The team was owned by Dr. J.G. Streigel and played at Minersville Park, now home to the King’s Village shopping plaza. The location of the King’s Village shopping plaza is 2 miles west of Pottsville, PA., across the street from where [...]

24 October 2007 at 14:59 - Comments
Jim Gillespie at 12:24 on 14 November 2007
My grandfather was Eddie Gillespie as seen in the team photograph on the extreme left.
Bob at 16:19 on 2 December 2007
Another local Pottsville blog that mentions the maroons: http://bbtrout.blogspot.com/search/label/maroons

University of Memphis football player killed on campus

Police said defensive lineman Taylor Bradford, 21, apparently was shot around 9:45 p.m. (10:45 ET) Sunday and drove a short distance in his car before crashing. Bradford was taken to Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Campus police said the preliminary investigation indicated that Bradford was targeted and not the victim of a [...]

1 October 2007 at 12:50 - Comments

Parents: Video Game Madden 2008 Causes Real Brain Injuries

Come on, the year is 2007 and you need to just give it up. People are complaining about Madden 2008 being to violent for kids to play. Apparently, when you pull a Reggie Bush and Sheldon Brown type of hit, the words “Big Hit” are displayed on the screen. Apparently, those words are unacceptable to [...]

27 August 2007 at 14:24 - Comments
Michael at 15:52 on 28 August 2008
What's the worst that could happen. So what the words "Big hit" Show up. The worst that could happen is ...

Michael Vick Is Gambling His Fate With The System

“I’m sorry Mike but it honestly doesnt look like the NFL or the NAACP is going to bail you out if that’s what you are hoping.” Even though Vick has pleaded guilty, he still is not admitting to killing dogs or gambling. So what is a guilty plea when you do not admit to being guitly? [...]

24 August 2007 at 10:49 - Comments

NFL Record: Who Ran The Fastest 40 Yard Dash?

You won’t believed it at 4.29 seconds however some have reported even faster speeds. One individual went on record as saying he witnessed 1 year pro Texan’s wide out Jerome Mathis run the 40 in 4.26 seconds, but it was not officially documented as it was hand timed. Anyone have anything that can beat [...]

22 August 2007 at 21:36 - Comments
Jose at 00:29 on 25 November 2007
Fastest yard Dash
tom at 17:38 on 30 November 2007
BO JACKSON RAN A 4.18 40 YARD DASH...

Could Five Yards Destroy College Football?

By the way people are acting on the issue; you would think the kickoff tee has been moved into the bleachers. The NCAA rules committee approved a change this year in which the kickoff tee is moved back 5 yards to the kicking team’s 30-yard line. It’s only a 5-yard difference, but many feel that [...]

22 August 2007 at 15:09 - Comments

Diggers Get Sandbagged!

It’s a shammy!!! A post made this morning on Digg.com claiming to be a successful hack of the website displaying: “You’ve reached this page because the site you were trying to visit now blocks the FireFox browser.” Is FALSE! If you [...]

20 August 2007 at 14:11 - Comments

Blocking Firefox Could Cost You 21 Percent Market Share/Visitors

After monitoring traffic to fumbled.org over a period of three days which included 562 visitors, stats show that 21 percent of the browsers used by the visitors to view the site was FireFox 2.0.0.  By blocking FireFox to a site you will lose 21 percent of your traffic. If you are into ecommerce- you could potentially [...]

20 August 2007 at 12:11 - Comments

Thug-Ball Football Program And Johnnie Cochran Jr?

USC’s football program gets torn to shreds after a not so hot misfortune that has severly damaged the programs reputation. Paragraph 1: With all the turmoil that has surrounded the USC thug-ball football program within the past 3 years. One has to wonder why the thugs that were arrested players that have shown poor decision skills [...]

17 August 2007 at 13:16 - Comments

A Brown’s QB Has Not Had A Winning Season Since ‘99

With the addition of Brady Quinn to the roster, and mostly likely the starting QB position; the Cleveland Browns hope to turn around their demoralizing QB losing streak with a little luck from the Irish. The Browns, who have lost at least 10 games in each of the past four seasons and have just one winning [...]

9 August 2007 at 09:28 - Comments

Football Recruiters Take Advice From Pimps?

In an article written by Blog Critics  Magazine “The Critic”  Writes the following about college football recruiting.. “Amidst the drama are recruiting experts. If ever there were words not meant to go together it is recruiting and expert. Partisan, quick to anger if a recruit won’t talk to them; these experts feed at the bottom of [...]

31 July 2007 at 01:33 - Comments

The Mets Will Never Win The Hearts Of The Other Half Of The City

Some say the Yankees are better then the Mets because of their better history and the legends that the franchise produced. When people join the Yankees they become legends like Babe Ruth,Lou Gehrig,Reggie Jackson,Jim Hunter,and Ron Guidry. Who have the Mets produced? Shawn Green?

27 July 2007 at 11:10 - Comments