So this is a sports blog and all, but I know the bloggers and sports fans who visit BallHyped.com also geek out on tech gadgets and Black Friday deals this time of year. I know I’m already filling out my gift list of gadgets as we speak, preparing for the holiday season, so I thought I’d share with you my favorite Black Friday deals for sports fans: Best Buy Best Buy has a handful of great tablet deals for sports fans who want to...
The Detroit Lions haven’t won a Thanksgiving Day game since 2003. Their streak of futility began in 2004, when they were pummeled by the Indianapolis Colts, 41-9. The Lions have played a home game on Thanksgiving since 1934. They’ve had some good years in there, but for the majority of that time, they have ranged from putrid to deplorable. This year, we can finally look forward to a good game out of the Lions. Their match-up with division rival (and unbeaten) Green Bay Packers...
For 99 percent of any given broadcast, the color commentator on televised NFL games say stupid things. This is mainly because things are moving fast and the color commentator just has to put in his two cents before the next play comes around. Other times, though, something hilariously intelligent slips out. This is the case with our favorite announcer from NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Cris Collinsworth. Check it: After play-by-play man Al Michaels narrates a Fear Factor promo, Cris Collinsworth mutters “No thanks” in...
I’m no Harold Camping, but I warned the blogosphere this day would come. One month ago to the day to be exact, but that was only because the world was ending three days later, so I felt my ludicrous claims that Tim Tebow would win as a starter in Denver would get lost in a fiery trial. Fortunately for me, the fiery trial has been postponed and Tebow has caught fire instead, going 4-1 as a starter and making me look more Nostradamus than...
Carlos Sandoval blogs about football and basketball for BallHyped Blogs. He asks you to join him in his quest to chew bubble gum and kick ass by signing up to contribute to BallHyped Blogs. Also, follow him on Twitter. The title of this blog post is a little harsh and should be reconsidered despite the fact that I know it leaves a bad first impression. But if we’re going to be 100% honest (and that’s what our relationship entails, dear reader; how can I sleep...
Carlos Sandoval is a blogger and some other title at BallHyped Blogs. Do everyone a favor and follow him on Twitter. The NFL season is slowly, painfully coming to an end. We’re six weeks from the finish line, and that’s depressing. However, there are still 110 NFL games to be played from here ’til the end of the regular season. Some will be highly-anticipated and meaningful, while others will probably feature the Miami Dolphins and Indianapolis Colts. Let’s take it week by week, though....
Get out your brooms in Indianapolis; it’s time to clean house. The Colts’ decaying season is rapidly becoming farcical. Perhaps their best chance to steal a game this season came (and went) this past Sunday against the offensively-inept Jacksonville Jaguars. Instead of buckling up and pushing the Jags, they squandered a decent defensive performance and floundered on offense. Not having Peyton Manning under center isn’t the Colts’ only problem. Their defensive front is undersized and their secondary is woefully bereft of talent. Because their payroll is...
The Denver Broncos tried using the option offense in favor of new starting quarterback Tim Tebow two weeks against the Detroit Lions. It didn’t help at all, as the team fell to 2-5 under the option-style, getting destroyed in a 45-10 loss. However, they tried it again versus Oakland last Sunday, and it worked like a charm. Denver went on to score 38 points to beat Oakland to improve to 3-5, having a legitimate shot of winning the AFC West with a game behind...
BallHyped Blogs is a community of sports fans and aspiring sports bloggers/writers that provides some of the best sports content on the web. So what’re you waiting for? Sign up to start blogging at BallHyped! Although the ninth week of the 2011 NFL season saw a ton of crappy morning games (which is why I didn’t get up ’til 11 a.m. I, uh, guess), the afternoon games pretty much reminded us why we all love football. Although I did not watch all games (sorry,...
Peyton Manning’s currently (and slowly, might we add) recovering from neck surgery. Multiple neck surgeries (Manning has had two) are pretty debilitating especially when you’re an NFL quarterback behind a shoddy offensive line. Well, with that injury, Manning’s career is in doubt. Dude’s already 36, and fans are already pining over Stanford QB Andrew Luck. Except, of course, Phil Simms, who said that Luck didn’t have an NFL arm. Manning was asked about it, and then proceeded to spurn Phil Simms like we all...
