A new study by market research firm Brand Keys puts the Boston Red Sox, Indianapolis Colts, San Antonio Spurs and Detroit Red Wings at the top of their respective markets in team loyalty. The Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Raiders, Charlotte Bobcats and Atlanta Thrashers finished at the bottom in the index...

There’s usually a stinker or two in the NFL Wild Card Weekend, particularly since there’s usually a team or two in one conference or another that, upon further review, made the playoffs by default (this means you, Bengals and, it turned out, Eagles). This year, the first three playoff games,...

I’m just about finished with John Eisenberg’s excellent book That First Season, about Vince Lombardi’s first year in Green Bay, 1959, when he turned a team that had not had a winning record in 12 years and was coming off a 1-10-1 season that was not only the worst by record in Packers...

Three games on Thursday. Four more on Sunday. One on Monday.  Fully half of the NFL schedule was available to the television viewing public this week (ok, the segment thereof that lives in greater N.Y. or greater Denver or has access to the NFL Network had eight, everyone else had seven, but you get...

Much like his last season, Chad Johnson has fallen off the face of the Twitter-realm.  The NFL has “made it tough” for players like and including Johnson to fully “enjoy” Twitter and thus, he is deleting his account. Despite the new NFL Social Media rules and regulations, many...

I was reading an article in the Wall Street Journal the other day that really struck me as shocking.  When you hear players signing for millions, its hard to understand that in smaller terms, but nevertheless this article in which I read does just that.  It breaks down how quickly some athletes in...

ESPN has had a field day with the signing of Michael Vick to the Philadelphia Eagles.  However, with all the news surrounding Vick, Donovan McNabb has also been subject to questions, comments and concerns.  McNabb has stated that he did have something to do with Vick coming to the Eagles, but descriptive...

Michael Vick has signed with the Eagles.  The two year contract was researched tremendously by Eagles head coach, Andy Reid.  Vick wont be the starting quarterback as McNabb and Kolb still have the one - two slot.  However, Vick will certainly stir things up for their Wildcat formation - I’d...

While former NFL coach Tony Dungy was on ESPN’s “Mike and Mike In The Morning” today, he was questioned about Michael Vick’s prospective future in the 2009-2010 season.  Dungy’s response was one of certainty as he indicated that Vick would be picked up by a team sooner...

The NBA and its players were sure to involve Twitter and Tweeting into their larger image.  From Shaq to Dwight Howard, in-game tweets were not a rarity during this past season.  Now that the football season is crawling up upon us, Roger Goodell has reported that he will have no tolerance for athletes...