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True Confessions of a Providence College Swim Dad

Greetings to all of the PC swimmers and divers, It’s with great regrets that I pen this letter, knowing this may be the last I send to the Providence College swimming and diving team. For the freshman participants, this will be a new event...

Written by Glenn Card about 20 days ago 58 reads 5 comments
NFL Week 10 Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

It's Week 10 and we now know which teams will most likely be making the playoffs through division wins, but there are a lot of teams still out there on the wild-card bubble...

Written by Glenn Card about 20 days ago 422 reads 41 comments
The King is Dead, Long Live the Patriots

The Kings of the AFC East are alive and well, the rumor of their demise has been largely fabricated. I speak of none other than the New England Patriots...

Written by Glenn Card about 28 days ago 537 reads 55 comments
Whose Patriots Team Is It, Brady or Belichick's?

Considering everything that was being said about the Patriots coming into this game against the Ravens, I think the Patriots gave us some answers. The Patriots answered a lot of questions...

Written by Glenn Card about about 1 month ago 256 reads 13 comments
NFL Week Four Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

It’s the fourth week of the NFL regular season, and we continue our weekly series of Patriots fans’ picks with TR, Steve Frith and Glenn Card. I thought I’d share a few thoughts on the teams that get to take the week off...

Written by Glenn Card about 2 months ago 296 reads 67 comments
I'm Hermatile and Planning a Patriots Fan Counter-Intervention

It’s Tuesday, another day for the regularly scheduled PFA (Patriots Fan Anonymous) meeting at 7 p.m. always held at the local community building...

Written by Glenn Card about 2 months ago 206 reads 61 comments
NFL Week One Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

I would like to introduce a weekly series of NFL game picks from some Patriot fans. Kicking off opening week of the NFL regular season games a couple of intrepid compatriots, TR and Glenn Card, contribute their picks and perspectives for your enjoyment...

Written by Glenn Card about 2 months ago 270 reads 75 comments
My Patriots Team Will Stomp Yours Any Given Sunday

I was going to write a politically correct NFL team-by-team analysis. I was going to try to be unbiased and point to the benefits and flaws of each team. I didn't get very far...

Written by Glenn Card about 2 months ago 485 reads 89 comments
Give Me the Sanctuary of the NFL

It’s been a tough NFL offseason for me. From the time the Super Bowl ended then through the free agency announcements and NFL draft I’ve been waiting and anticipating the beginning of the regular season games...

Written by Glenn Card about 3 months ago 134 reads 55 comments
The Sports Science of Stirring the Pot

So, here is a damn good question: How is it that when it comes to an implied affront to my sports or favorite teams I am reduced to a blithering Neanderthal? Those are the guys that went extinct and did not end up being our ancestors...

Written by Glenn Card about 3 months ago 131 reads 48 comments
Patriot Fan Anonymous Members: You've Been Missing Your Meetings Lately

I’ve been slipping lately. I haven’t been to a PFA meeting in six weeks, and the cracks are starting to show. My intervention occurred shortly after the season ended last year...

Written by Glenn Card about 4 months ago 258 reads 68 comments
I Celebrated My 50th by Telling Myself, "Quit Your Whining and Get to Writing"

I’ve written technical manuals, technical bulletins, and office memos which are devoid of opinion or humor. Since joining B/R I have written more for myself in the last nine months than I have in the previous 49 years...

Written by Glenn Card about 4 months ago 270 reads 76 comments
The New England Patriots Are the Team to Beat, Again

I’ve lived long enough to hear the words “Team to Beat” far too often. This time, again, everyone is saying it about my team, the New England Patriots...

Written by Glenn Card about 4 months ago 559 reads 48 comments
The B/R Humor Page: My Top 10 Humor Writers

Bleacher Report provides the amateur sports journalist a venue to voice their thoughts. Everyone has their favorite sports and we all tend to gravitate towards our favorite teams...

Written by Glenn Card about 4 months ago 266 reads 74 comments
It's Spring, and the Patriot-Haters Are Back: It Just Makes Me Hermatile

It happens every year. Every spring here in New England, just like the black flies that we have to endure, the Patriot-haters are out in droves. They swarm you as you comment on those great New England Patriot articles...

Written by Glenn Card about 5 months ago 644 reads 138 comments
Not All of Life's Lessons Can Be Learned Through Sports

Some kids specifically learn their lessons from parents and relatives; others get their mores through religion. I’ll say it: Unfortunately, there are some children that are reduced ...

Written by Glenn Card about 5 months ago 376 reads 81 comments
Sports and the Unimportant: The Sports Statistics

I understand statistics and I also understand how they are used to qualify and quantify the achievements of our favorite sports, teams, players or drivers. There's sports statistics for everything...

Written by Glenn Card about 6 months ago 141 reads 22 comments
Sports and the “Unimportant”: The Bleacher Seat

If you’re not the richest fan sitting in the luxury boxes at the sporting venues, then you know me well. I’m the “unimportant” bleacher seat. My official name is something like, “Section G4 Row 23 Seat 14...

Written by Glenn Card about 6 months ago 159 reads 45 comments
Sports and the "Unimportant": Baseball's Home Plate

I’ve been thinking a lot about the rubber polygon at the apex of the baseball diamond known as home plate. The game of baseball simply revolves around this tiny stadium landmark.It is treated with both respect and disdain...

Written by Glenn Card about 6 months ago 117 reads 48 comments
Manny Ramirez: You Used To Tick Me Off, Now You've Made Me Hermatile

Manny, go ahead and tell me again. It’s just Manny being Manny. That phrase has turned out to be synonymous with “stupid is as stupid does.” Instead, now we find maybe it’s nothing more than Manny being juiced...

Written by Glenn Card about 6 months ago 92 reads 35 comments
Let the Battle to Become a CBSSports.com NFL Correspondent Commence

That’s it. The gloves are off. I’m not writing for rankings anymore. I’m not writing for laughs. I’m on a mission. Bleacher Report has announced that a vetting process is in place for 32 CBSSports...

Written by Glenn Card about 7 months ago 218 reads 43 comments
Your NFL Draft Day Checklist: Game On

The NFL Draft weekend is upon us—are you ready?We’re hours away from the second-biggest football event of the year. This weekend is of interest to rabid homers and bandwagon NFL fans alike...

Written by Glenn Card about 7 months ago 167 reads 35 comments
John Madden, You Will Be Missed

John Madden has officially announced his retirement. At 73 years of age, he has spent the better part of his life in and around football...

Written by Glenn Card about 7 months ago 101 reads 24 comments
A List of Things To Do over the 11 Days Leading Up to the NFL Draft

I have friends that fret for me every year around this time. In years past, I have been forced to take a day to go see my general medical practitioner. I even have been dragged down to see a physiologist...

Written by Glenn Card about 7 months ago 289 reads 23 comments
Hero Or Villain: No Winners In The NFL Network Vs. Comcast Feud

If Comcast and NFL Network don’t make up and come to an agreement before May 1, 2009, then the only way you’ll be able to see any of the eight scheduled NFL Network games is to subscribe to satellite provider DirecTV...

Written by Glenn Card about 7 months ago 434 reads 50 comments

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Glenn Card Article Archive

True Confessions of a Providence College Swim Dad

NFL Week 10 Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

The King is Dead, Long Live the Patriots

Whose Patriots Team Is It, Brady or Belichick's?

NFL Week Four Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

I'm Hermatile and Planning a Patriots Fan Counter-Intervention

NFL Week One Picks: From New England Patriots Fans' Perspective

My Patriots Team Will Stomp Yours Any Given Sunday

Give Me the Sanctuary of the NFL

The Sports Science of Stirring the Pot

Patriot Fan Anonymous Members: You've Been Missing Your Meetings Lately

I Celebrated My 50th by Telling Myself, "Quit Your Whining and Get to Writing"

The New England Patriots Are the Team to Beat, Again

The B/R Humor Page: My Top 10 Humor Writers

It's Spring, and the Patriot-Haters Are Back: It Just Makes Me Hermatile

Not All of Life's Lessons Can Be Learned Through Sports

Sports and the Unimportant: The Sports Statistics

Sports and the “Unimportant”: The Bleacher Seat

Sports and the "Unimportant": Baseball's Home Plate

Manny Ramirez: You Used To Tick Me Off, Now You've Made Me Hermatile

Let the Battle to Become a CBSSports.com NFL Correspondent Commence

Your NFL Draft Day Checklist: Game On

John Madden, You Will Be Missed

A List of Things To Do over the 11 Days Leading Up to the NFL Draft

Hero Or Villain: No Winners In The NFL Network Vs. Comcast Feud

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