Mike Schopp and the Bulldog once again held an open forum for their 'Earth Sports Fortress of Pantheon' on Tuesday. The idea behind the creation was to gather the very best in sport for one Ultimate Hall of Fame. This way, Babe Ruth wouldn't be on the same level as Bruce Sutter. The ESF of P makes sure that Wayne Gretzky does not reside in the same building as Joe Mullen.
So the NFL is hoping to go to 18 games. We just don't know when yet. Or how.
Let's concern ourselves with the "how" for the moment. Will it be two more conference games? Games against regional or traditional rivals, like baseball does in interleague play? Will it be weighted, so that good teams will play other good teams?
Tonight the Bills' and Colts' backups play a neutral-site practice game on a concrete rug in a baseball stadium, outside of the United States. Tickets are very expensive, and there may be some empty seats. Amazing that could happen, isn't it?
Would it be right to think that a tepid, sparse crowd is an indication that Toronto just doesn't want the NFL? Not to me.
To fans, Chan Gailey might as well have been Jan Brady when the Bills made him their head coach, given how many miles he was in stature from the Rushmore-esque names of Cowher, Gruden and Shanahan that were swimming in the coaching pool. Gailey might have been an excellent choice to be an NFL offensive coordinator, but head coach? Come on.
Okay, you're drafting a Fantasy Football team using only Buffalo Bills. Who is your first pick? Lee Evans? Well,
Mike Schopp and the Bulldog held a 'Bills Only' Fantasy Football draft and Evans wasn't the first pick. He wasn't even the first WR taken. He was the 6th WR taken. That's because it was a Training Camp Fantasy Football Draft.
No Boss Week continues on WGR Sports Radio 550 with the Draft of All Nations. Each of the five participants will draft eight countries. Criteria is at the discretion of the drafter.
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The Bulldog had the consensus favorite at Number 1 with the United States, and just happens to take the two nations the U.S.A. wiped the floor with in the Second World War, Japan and Germany.
By rejecting Ilya Kovalchuk's 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils on Tuesday, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman did something very unusual. When it came to inflicting discipline on a team, he surprised everyone and actually did his job.
No one argues that Kovalchuk's deal wasn't meant to toy with the salary cap. The contract is a slap in the face to the CBA.
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009, will hopefully be a date Schopp and the Bulldog fans remember where they were when the first ever Actor Draft was conducted on WGR - Sports Radio 550. Follow along with the fun starting at 4:30pm with this exclusive blog!
With the NFL Draft coming up Saturday, Mike Schopp and the Bulldog have decided to hold their own mock draft. There will be no College Prospects mentioned. Instead, the 4 members of the afternoon show, Schopp, Bulldog, Andrew Fillipponi and Greg Bauch, will all draft various people and features of the cities involved in the hopes of collecting the best 'team'.
Mike Schopp and the Bulldog decided there was no better way to celebrate Election Day than by holding a Presidents of the United States of America Fantasy Draft.
Mike, Bulldog, Andrew Fillipponi and Greg Bauch drafted past and present American Leaders.
It's July 1, the new biggest day of the year in sports business. And there's no bigger question in the realm today than whether LeBron James will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for, if not greener pastures, certainly a bigger farm.
I hope he doesn't.
I don't always root for small-market teams, or teams with championship droughts. Cleveland, of course, is both.
Looks to me like the San Jose Sharks are the latest NHL team to figure out that having an elite goaltender in this era of hockey is not that different to your bottom line than have a weak one.
Sharks general manager Doug Wilson announced this week that his team will not re-sign Evgeni Nabokov, consistently one of the league's top goaltenders since the lockout.
Since lots of people are around to write about a good Stanley Cup Final that I missed most of, and Greg Bauch is here to tell you about The Bachelorette, I'll slip in a writeup of my recent experiences at the three Major League Baseball stadiums in Southern California. Anaheim, San Diego and Los Angeles. Each is quite different from the other two.
I don't know whether to give the Flyers and Blackhawks credit for their uniforms, or blame.
Yes, these teams sport two of the sharpest-looking jerseys in sports. Chicago's red and Philadelphia's orange jerseys are bright, distinctive, and to my eyes gorgeous. They're on my Top 5 list with Toronto's blue, Montreal's red and Edmonton's blue-and-orange sweaters.
