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If You Want to be a Sports Owner, Try Not to be in a Rush to Judge

I will start by saying this, unlike many of the columns you have read online, I actually listen to the Rush Limbaugh show. Am I a fan of everything says? No, and I do not really like it when he brings up race...

Written by Michael Ielpi about about 1 month ago 85 reads 0 comments
NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings Through Week 4

We have hit the first-quarter pole. Week Four is when the coaches can really jump into new categories. Jeff Fisher had the largest decline due to his team’s embarrassing effort against the Jaguars...

Written by Michael Ielpi about about 1 month ago 77 reads 0 comments
NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings For Week Three

Week three is when this list starts to move. Two coaches moved themselves out of jeopardy, while others are back on the hot seat. But, only one coach has moved himself to the very bottom. That honor belongs to Jim Zorn...

Written by Michael Ielpi about about 1 month ago 328 reads 1 comments
NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings For Week Two

Week two of the coaches ranking brought us some surprises, a new number one, a new man at the bottom and some small changes in between. Remember, just because a coach has one or two good weeks, it does not mean that he gets catapulted to the top...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 149 reads 0 comments
NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings for Week One

Normal 0 Welcome to the NFL Coaches Ranking. This will be a weekly series that will rank each of the 32 head coaches in the NFL...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 333 reads 1 comments
NFL: An Idea to Improve Overtime

We've played only game of the 2009 NFL season and the first overtime game has already taken place. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the coin toss and marched down the field for the game-winning field goal...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 54 reads 1 comments
Week One NFL Picks: Dedicated To Frisman Jackson

Week one of the NFL season is the fabulous week when we really don't know much at all. I can describe week one the best with a saying a high school history teacher once passed on to me: "It's ...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 50 reads 0 comments
Scarlet Frights: Cincinnati Claws Up Defenseless Rutgers by 32

On Monday, Rutgers Stadium got a new look with an additional 11,000 seats in the south end zone for its students debuted on ESPN. What the fans did not know was that it was turn-back-the-clock day at Rutgers Stadium...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 246 reads 2 comments
Big East Season Preview: It's All About R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” should be the anthem played at every Big East football game. Despite a 12-4 Bowl game record the last three seasons and a respectable 3-2 in the ...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 2 months ago 60 reads 1 comments
New York Jets Attempt to Fly in Preseason

On Monday night, the New York Jets passed the halfway mark of the preseason. The Jets are 0-2 in the preseason. The Lions went undefeated in the 2008 preseason, so that tells what a preseason record means...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 3 months ago 230 reads 2 comments
Rutgers-Cincinnati Big East Opener Promises Summertime Blues For Someone

As a fan of both Rutgers and Big East football, I usually try to defend the conference against its mightier and more profitable leagues. The Big East has amassed a 12-4 bowl game record the last three seasons...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 3 months ago 797 reads 5 comments
Rick Pitino, You've Lost My Respect

Normal 0 Rick Pitino and I share a few things in common. First, we both have the same birthday, September 18. We are both Italian and come from the New York City area...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 3 months ago 1,205 reads 9 comments
My 2009 Fantasy Baseball Surprise Team

Some people like surprises, some people do not. When it comes to fantasy sports, surprises are only good when you can catch them and not let them slip away...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 3 months ago 219 reads 15 comments
How the New York Mets Can Save the Little Face They Have Left

As someone who has spent his daily life in Human Resources for the past 11 years and a New York Mets fan, I am completely torn. My daily life is spent valuing ethics and creating an open environment for all...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 4 months ago 225 reads 3 comments
The Old Guy, Texting Kid, and 8 Others Who Drink All the Fantasy Draft Party Beer

We have reached the dog days summer and the six-month hiatus without football is finally nearing its end. The wait without fantasy football has been even longer due to the fact that most fantasy football leagues end their season after week 16...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 4 months ago 381 reads 14 comments
Fanarchy: A Good Idea By Versus Gone Miserably Wrong

I want to give credit to the Versus channel for one thing. There coverage of the Tour de France has been terrific. It is as good of a job by any network as you will find...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 4 months ago 227 reads 1 comments
Caught In A Trap: The New Jersey Devils Welcome Back Jacques Lemaire

An old friend of the Devils' fans know has stopped by to say hello and to coach his old team. Today, the New Jersey Devils brought back former coach Jacques Lemaire to be the head coach again...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 4 months ago 199 reads 17 comments
Thunderstruck: A Personal Remembrance of Arturo "Thunder" Gatti

Thunderstruck. Webster’s defines the word thunderstruck as an adjective meaning to be overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 4 months ago 299 reads 8 comments
Big City Sliders: A New York Mets Informercial and Tribute to Billy Mays

I received many nice compliments on my slideshow relating the music of Michael Jackson to sports, so I wanted to try my hand at another tribute. Thank you to everyone for the comments, and the POTDs...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 80 reads 0 comments
Remembering Michael Jackson in Music and in Sports

I dedicate the list to the one and only King of Pop, Michael Jackson, whom we lost on Thursday, June 25. The list takes some of Michael’s biggest hits and attaches them to someone in sports...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 535 reads 17 comments
New Jersey Devils Fans Should Raise Hell When Brent Sutter Returns to Town

Normal 0 Move over Bill Parcells, Bill Belichick, Bobby Petrino, Nick Saban, and others. You’ve got company in the field of sneaking out of town so you can coach a new team. His name is Brent Sutter...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 194 reads 16 comments
Which New Jets Player Jersey Will You Own?

I put together a little synopsis of the seven new, New York Jets that will put on the green and white in 2009. The Jets made it easy with only three picks on draft day, all three of those picks should be on the 2009 opening day roster...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 362 reads 13 comments
Sneaky FDU Hires Greg "Shoes" Vetrone As Interim Coach

On Monday, after an exhausting three-day search (joking), Fairleigh Dickinson University announced that current assistant coach Greg Vetrone has been named interim head coach of the men’s basketball team...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 264 reads 3 comments
Brent Sutter's Resignation and A List of Future New Jersey Devil Coaches

Brent Sutter, head coach of the New Jersey Devils decided to resign. Sutter resigned via a conference call from his home in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 292 reads 3 comments
Sacked in Hackensack: Tom Green Fired from FDU After 26 Seasons

June is normally a very quiet time for college basketball. It has been two months since the Final Four. No sports are taking place and most of the students are at their homes. Recruiting for the upcoming 2009-10 is just about complete...

Written by Michael Ielpi about 5 months ago 487 reads 5 comments

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Michael Ielpi Article Archive

If You Want to be a Sports Owner, Try Not to be in a Rush to Judge

NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings Through Week 4

NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings For Week Three

NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings For Week Two

NFL Head Coaches Power Rankings for Week One

NFL: An Idea to Improve Overtime

Week One NFL Picks: Dedicated To Frisman Jackson

Scarlet Frights: Cincinnati Claws Up Defenseless Rutgers by 32

Big East Season Preview: It's All About R-E-S-P-E-C-T

New York Jets Attempt to Fly in Preseason

Rutgers-Cincinnati Big East Opener Promises Summertime Blues For Someone

Rick Pitino, You've Lost My Respect

My 2009 Fantasy Baseball Surprise Team

How the New York Mets Can Save the Little Face They Have Left

The Old Guy, Texting Kid, and 8 Others Who Drink All the Fantasy Draft Party Beer

Fanarchy: A Good Idea By Versus Gone Miserably Wrong

Caught In A Trap: The New Jersey Devils Welcome Back Jacques Lemaire

Thunderstruck: A Personal Remembrance of Arturo "Thunder" Gatti

Big City Sliders: A New York Mets Informercial and Tribute to Billy Mays

Remembering Michael Jackson in Music and in Sports

New Jersey Devils Fans Should Raise Hell When Brent Sutter Returns to Town

Which New Jets Player Jersey Will You Own?

Sneaky FDU Hires Greg "Shoes" Vetrone As Interim Coach

Brent Sutter's Resignation and A List of Future New Jersey Devil Coaches

Sacked in Hackensack: Tom Green Fired from FDU After 26 Seasons

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