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NFC Curtain Call: Which Teams Will Be Home Come January?

If you are a true sports fan who eats, drinks and dreams about great sports games and cold beer, then their is no better time of year than now...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 13 days ago 315 reads 6 comments
Monday Morning Hangover: What Offense Just Plain Offended Fans?

Somebody should be asking Buffalo Bills coach Dick Jauron, "It's Monday morning. Do you know where your offense is?" Soon they may be asking him, "What do you believe led to your firing as Bills ...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about about 1 month ago 185 reads 1 comments
Monday Headlines: Did Tennessee Quit On Jeff Fisher Sunday?

While watching the Buffalo Bills-New York Jets game yesterday which turned out to be very good, James Brown kept interrupting the game for his infamous Game Breaks, highlights and scores from other games...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about about 1 month ago 217 reads 0 comments
NFL Burning Questions: Why Is Jack Del Rio Still Coaching?

Wouldn't it be nice to have Jack Del Rio's job security? Go to work every day, do a lackluster job at what you do, don't meet job performance requirements, but still keep your highly touted, great-paying job? Sounds like a bad movie...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about about 1 month ago 331 reads 17 comments
Tuesday NFL Hangover: Five Best and Worst Of Week Five

I must admit, I didn't see this one coming. Not at all. I feel like a drunk guy who talked to a woman and obtained her phone number, only to realize the next day that she looked more like Marion Berry than Halle Berry...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about about 1 month ago 421 reads 5 comments
NFL Busts: Who Is Stinkin' It Up So Far In '09?

See those gloves Braylon Edwards is wearing in the picture on the right? With his stat-line so far in 2009, looks like he's not using them...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 377 reads 2 comments
10 Random Sports Thoughts To Free My Mind Of Clutter

As I rose out of my bed on this great Wednesday morning that featured cloudy skies and rain, my mind felt cluttered with sports thoughts...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 301 reads 0 comments
NFL Week Three Picks and Tweets from Winners and Losers

As much as it hurts me to put a Giant as the picture that corresponds with this article, I have to admit—as a Cowboys fan—that Eli Manning played an amazing game to open up the new Cowboys Stadium...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 477 reads 2 comments
Battle of the "New's": Will Tom Brady and Company Get a Win?

We all witnessed the New England Patriots have a close call last week against the Buffalo Bills that was mere minutes from leaving them with a 0-1 home start...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 203 reads 2 comments
Did the Buffalo Bills Just Set the Tone for the 2009 Season?

The Buffalo Bills just laid an egg—a big, fat, ugly, 200-pound egg—in the form of a loss that should have never happened to the New England Patriots...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 578 reads 2 comments
Monday Morning Hangover: 10 Thoughts On NFL's Opening Week

What does a 27-year-old wannabe sports writer and Tom Brady have in common? We're both nearly 6'4"? Maybe we both like tossing footballs around? Oh, we're both good looking? All of the latter is true, but there's one big thing we have in common...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 2 months ago 441 reads 10 comments
A Bull Market: The Truth Behind the Rise and Fall of NFL Players' Preseason Stock

We have reached the preseason for 2009, and many players have already rose or depleted their stock so far. In the midst of many storylines that make us salivate more than ever for the start of ...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 3 months ago 404 reads 5 comments
32 Bold Predictions for the 2009 NFL Season

I start this opus out with a heavy heart, as my father is currently hospitalized with heart arrhythmia after surgery to remove an abscess from his left knee somehow went wrong...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 4 months ago 767 reads 0 comments
Why Is Brett Favre Holding Out So Long?

It's late July, and many NFL training camps are just kicking off, with football excitement invigorating the warm, humid air. Oh, and Brett Favre is mulling over another return to the field. Oh, how exciting...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 4 months ago 1,591 reads 8 comments
Michael Vick- Welcome Back to Society

Today is a new day for a man looking for vindication; a soul-wrenching rehabilitation project for the ages on the horizon. An image is easy to tarnish, but isn't nearly as easy to repair...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 4 months ago 632 reads 7 comments
Andy Roddick Gives Roger Federer His 15th Record Slam

Okay, now that I've calmed down from that tremendous, unbelievable breath-taking Wimbledon final between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick, I can vent my frustrations about what I just witnessed...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 5 months ago 607 reads 26 comments
What Do Rafael Nadal and Yao Ming Have In Common?

When someone is great, there's nothing that can stop their light from shining through the cracks of whatever it is that they excel at. Combine that with intensity, heart, and work ethic, they are virtually unstoppable...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 5 months ago 625 reads 13 comments
NBA Draft Preview: Can Stephen Curry Be the Next Reggie Miller?

As the NBA Draft quickly approaches, this year's crop of players seems to be more unpredictable than a game of poker. Apparently, with the exception of Oklahoma's Blake Griffin, the sports public has no idea what hand we're being dealt...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 5 months ago 626 reads 7 comments
Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordan: The Debate Ends Right Here

So I'm surfing the best citizen sports journalism site in the country, Bleacher Report, when I come across a headline that had the name "Kobe Bryant" and "overrated" in the same sentence. What a travesty...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 5 months ago 3,446 reads 30 comments
Does Kobe Bryant Need Another Title to Solidify His Legacy?

To answer the above question in one word: No. Okay three words: A resounding NO! Now that I've said that, I can end this article now, but since so many people are on television and in print chastising ...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 6 months ago 210 reads 3 comments
LeBron James and The Cavs: Most Valuable Panic

According to Cavaliers guard Mo Williams, the Cavs are the best team in basketball. Williams was quoted as saying simply, "we're the best team in basketball." If you watched the Cavs throughout the regular season, the man has a point...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 6 months ago 420 reads 12 comments
Feature Interview: 10 Questions for Bills RB Marshawn Lynch

Entering the summer of 2009, the Buffalo Bills have commanded more attention and excitement than they have since the 1999 season when they made the Wild Card playoffs...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 6 months ago 162 reads 3 comments
Utilizing T.O: How The Shotgun Can Solidify Buffalo's Offense

When news surfaced of Terrell Owens signing with the Buffalo Bills, I thought the reports were erroneous. In today's "I must get the story first even if my sources are totally unreliable" society, sometimes things are reported before they're confirmed...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 6 months ago 155 reads 5 comments
Will the AFC East Prove Too Tough for the Buffalo Bills?

The AFC East has historically been a very competitive division, but has seemingly been in a stranglehold by dominating teams for the last 20 years...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 7 months ago 433 reads 6 comments
Comparing The 1990 Buffalo Bills to Last Year's Pittsburgh Steelers

Just looking at the picture of No. 12 in vintage Buffalo Bill gear brings back many good memories for Bills fans across the country. That very same picture also causes upset stomach's and heartache for those same fans...

Written by Samuel Bell Jr about 7 months ago 570 reads 4 comments

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Samuel Bell Jr Article Archive

NFC Curtain Call: Which Teams Will Be Home Come January?

Monday Morning Hangover: What Offense Just Plain Offended Fans?

Monday Headlines: Did Tennessee Quit On Jeff Fisher Sunday?

NFL Burning Questions: Why Is Jack Del Rio Still Coaching?

Tuesday NFL Hangover: Five Best and Worst Of Week Five

NFL Busts: Who Is Stinkin' It Up So Far In '09?

10 Random Sports Thoughts To Free My Mind Of Clutter

NFL Week Three Picks and Tweets from Winners and Losers

Battle of the "New's": Will Tom Brady and Company Get a Win?

Did the Buffalo Bills Just Set the Tone for the 2009 Season?

Monday Morning Hangover: 10 Thoughts On NFL's Opening Week

A Bull Market: The Truth Behind the Rise and Fall of NFL Players' Preseason Stock

32 Bold Predictions for the 2009 NFL Season

Why Is Brett Favre Holding Out So Long?

Michael Vick- Welcome Back to Society

Andy Roddick Gives Roger Federer His 15th Record Slam

What Do Rafael Nadal and Yao Ming Have In Common?

NBA Draft Preview: Can Stephen Curry Be the Next Reggie Miller?

Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordan: The Debate Ends Right Here

Does Kobe Bryant Need Another Title to Solidify His Legacy?

LeBron James and The Cavs: Most Valuable Panic

Feature Interview: 10 Questions for Bills RB Marshawn Lynch

Utilizing T.O: How The Shotgun Can Solidify Buffalo's Offense

Will the AFC East Prove Too Tough for the Buffalo Bills?

Comparing The 1990 Buffalo Bills to Last Year's Pittsburgh Steelers

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