This past week’s bye gave me an opportunity to scout other teams that are in the playoff race this season. I enjoyed watching the Falcons’ “come from behind” win over the Ravens. However, the main event of the week was the Eagles versus the Redskins on Monday Night Football. Michael Vick’s performance will be remembered as one of the best Monday Night performances of all time by a quarterback. It was the football equivalent of watching Michael Jordan drop 50 points on the New York Knicks. It seemed...

Don't mistake my next few statements as an indictment of ALL Eagles fans.

For those who did not get a chance to see the Eagles play the Colts Sunday afternoon, but did get a chance to see on endless replays the hit by Kurt Coleman on Austin Collie, what you didn't get so witness was what happened after the play.

It was clear that Collie had taken a helmet to helmet hit from his blind side by Coleman. It was also clear that Collie was knocked out before falling to the...

Nothing less than the expected results for the midterm elections on Tuesday. While there were a couple of suprises both ways, several trends emerged.


Today, we address The Rise of the Far Right


Tea Partiers who believe in a smaller government and fewer regulations advanced. In some cases, the Tea Party Republican displaced a moderate Republican or RINO (Republican In Name Only). In others, they replaced a “Blue Dog” Democrat, one that, for the...

The Steelers’ “Steel Curtain Defense” crumbled to the Super Bowl Champs. Once again the Saints bounced back from a loss. The first half of the game was definitely a defensive battle. Jonathan Vilma played a major part in curtailing the Steelers’ running game including a ruthless sack on Roethlisberger. The Saints defense was able to stop the Steelers on a goal line stance and force them to a field goal even after a penalty was called on the Saints which reset it to 1st and Goal. The Saints can...

The Times-Picayune's Mike Triplett, Jeff Duncan and James Varney preview Sunday's game between the New Orleans Saints and Pittsburgh Steelers this week's Black and Gold Report.

John DeShazier gives you his take on Halloween at the Dome and Saints defensive end Alex Brown talks about the team getting more consistency.


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