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The New York Giants didn’t beat the San Francisco 49ers so much as the 49ers just beat themselves. Two lost kick/punt returns by Kyle Williams (who I can reasonably see as not making the 53-man roster next year now, despite his fill-in receiving statistics this season) combined with having zero third-down conversions after twelve tries. Yes, the 49ers were 0-for-12 on 3rd down.

How do the 49ers normally win football games? The +28 turnover margin got them to the playoffs. They had no fumble recoveries or interceptions tonight. Notch that as a -2 turnover stat.

The Giants beat the Green Bay Packers last week in overtime with a field goal, and they did it to the 49ers this week in a similar fashion. I don’t feel as if the New England Patriots will be as forgiving two weeks from now, in the Super Bowl. Hey, at least Eli can say hi to his brother’s stadium in Indianapolis.

Are the Nike jerseys for next year the real thing, or are they glorious redesigns by an artist who worked on the Nike uniforms for College football? Either way, we have your NFC and AFC champions, ready to battle it up over who has the best looking design!

The voting ends one month from now – the night of Super Bowl XLVI – the 46th year of the greatest single-day championship in the world.

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With the Super Bowl  for the 2013-2014 season being played in the new Giants/Jets MetLife Stadium in New York (East Rutherford, New Jersey), it will be the first ever final NFL game in cold weather climate, outside.

Last year the Super Bowl was held at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This year’s big game is at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana – the home of the Colts.

The logo for the 2014 game was unveiled today, with an icy blue-and-white snowflake, centered before the George Washington Bridge. ”I think that’s great,” the NFL commissioner Roger Goddell said. “A little snow would be great for us. But whatever comes our way, we’re going to be prepared for it.”

And, yes, I have met and shaken hands with Michael Phelps — 2 weeks before the US team left for Beijing. I have his autograph on a blue Speedo shirt next to Natalie Coughlin, Katie Hoff, and over a dozen others. I met Amanda Beard and had her sign a poster for me.

Michael Phelps Wins Record-Breaking Eight Gold Medals (2008)

Phelps is an American swimmer who, at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, broke the record for the number of gold medals won at a single Olympics. He won gold in every one of his eight events, surpassing American swimmer Mark Spitz’s seven-gold performance at the 1972 Munich Olympics. In seven of his races, Phelps set world records. Combined with the six gold and two bronze medals he won in Athens in 2004, Phelps has a total of 16 Olympic medals, two shy of the record held by the 18 Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina won over three Olympics, including nine gold.

I could not help but smile, and cheer inside, as the Miami Heat were closed out of the NBA finals. Good riddance, LeBron! Ever since King James’ “decision” and the aftermath after, I have wanted to see the Miami Heat lose. And now we are all vindicated.

I wonder how the city of Cleveland reacted.

James took his talents to South Beach, and South Beach is where the Mavericks left him empty and frustrated. He is still tied for NBA titles with the Cavaliers he left behind.

Right from the start, the Mavericks took control of the game, scoring 32 points in the very first quarter. The Heat got back into the game in the second quarter, reducing the Mavericks lead to two points by halftime. Dallas opened up the third quarter just like the first, building their lead back to nine points and controlling the remainder of the game.

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The story of how the Lakers lost their way, lost their chance at a place in history, is ultimately a story of how two of the great winners in the NBA lost their ability to control the team.

It’s why Phil Jackson was swept out of the playoffs for the first time instead of adding to his collection of 11 coaching championship rings. It’s why Kobe Bryant, the Most Valuable Player of the past two NBA Finals, couldn’t lead his team back to the championship round. It’s why the unusually early playoff exit and start of retirement couldn’t come fast enough for Jackson, who admitted it felt “really good to be ending this season, to be honest with you.”

“This team just had an ability to get in a funk and not be able to heal and surge, to find that common thread to come back and turn things around,” Jackson said Wednesday in his final address to the media as coach of the Lakers. “And I never really had a team like that, that couldn’t make adjustments and learn from mistakes.”

View a funny Kobe Bryant impersonation video!

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The final score of the Super Bowl in which the Green Bay Packers never lost the lead, or even allowed a tie to the Pittsburgh Steelers is 31-25. Honestly, I felt as if the game was over in the first quarter when the Packers tied a Super Bowl record of 14 points in the first quarter – and they didn’t even receive the football to begin the game.

Aaron Rodgers, the Super Bowl MVP, ended with a 24-for-39 completion, 304 yards and 3 touchdowns, giving him an over 110 QB rating. “Big” Ben “The Rapist” Roesthlisberger was 25-for-40, 263 yards, 2 TDs and 2 interceptions.

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In the effort to combat Wiz Khalif’s “Black & Yellow”, Lil Wayne came out with his own version, “Green & Yellow”, about the Green Bay Packers defeating the Pittsburgh Steelers for the Super Bowl this coming Sunday.

It’s all over the internet, and I legally downloaded it for free, and am sharing with you. Beware, as Lil Wayne goes, there’s a word or two that isn’t exactly PG. But it’s Lil Wayne, and you knew that already.

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The Steelers get stomped on and crushed!

Jenny, the most famous of the Dallas Zoo’s six elephants, was called on to pick the winner of Super Bowl XLV at the Giants of the Savanna exhibit. The 10,250-pound pachyderm was given the choice between two watermelons painted with logos for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers.

It didn’t take long for her to decide to smash the Steelers melon, showing that she picked the Pack. Last week, the Fort Worth Zoo’s coati Cody picked the Packers to win as well.

Many in Dallas don’t want to see Pittsburgh win another Super Bowl, so there you have it. Check the video!

Really? Yes. Wow. The Packers are favored 2.5 points over the Steelers. I’m shocked, but possibly because Pittsburgh has plenty of Superbowl experience, including winning the big game just two years ago.

Perhaps it’s because of the ass-whooping the Packers have given the Eagles, Falcons, and now the Bears? Perhaps it’s because the Steelers were lucky to beat the Ravens, and then were praying the Jets didn’t come back for a win last night.

Perhaps it’s because Aaron Rodgers is the hottest post-season quarterback of all time. Or perhaps because BJ Raji is going to run over Big Ben Roethlisberger.

How is Green Bay going to win? Here is what I feel they need to focus on:

1. Stopping the run. Let’s be honest, last night Matt Forte ran all over the Packers, and we saw how Rashard Mendenhall for the Steelers ran all over the Jets. We know Rashard is going to have a busy day in two weeks against the Packers, and with the Packers’ secondary stopping the passes, the Steelers are going to have to rely on the ground game.
2. No blunders on special teams. We don’t need to see a fumbled punt, or a kick off return stopping at the 15-yard line. Please. At least get it to the 20, or let the ball roll into the end zone.
3. No “wide receiver interceptions”. You know what I’m talking about. Donald Driver did it yesterday, a ball bounced off his hands and into a defender’s. Aaron Rodgers gets the interception credit, but it wasn’t his fault. If you can’t catch a ball, let it hit the ground, or swat it downward – not up into the air like a bunch of buffoons.
4. Keep mixing it up with that new ground game. James Starks has been the rookie who is playing like it’s his last game, when really he just started his career. Big run, big run, oh hey 20+ yard pass to Greg Jennings!

I can’t wait to see my cheeseheads play in the big game in two weeks. YOTTO – Year of the Takeover!