Middle Tennessee basketball fans were frustrated yesterday. If you wanted to watch the Little League World Series championship game on ABC, you couldn’t. The Nashville affiliate, WKRN, opted to run a Tennessee Titans preseason game in its place. Usually, when something like this happens, the local TV station runs a message across the bottom of…
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Football fans have been paying close attention to this year’s preseason games. During the off-season, NFL owners agreed to new rules for the kickoff. They’ve adapted what the XFL used a couple of years ago. So far, reviews are mixed. Some love the changes, while football purists already hate them. The overall goal is to…
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Most NFL fans know that the Tennessee Titans were once the Houston Oilers. While most teams that move from one city to another, like the Raiders, Rams, and Cardinals, retain their nicknames, the Titans’ owners decided to change their name once they moved to Nashville in the late 1990s. But for some reason, the team…
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When the NFL’s Houston Oilers moved to Tennessee in the late 1990s, one of their demands was a first-class stadium. They’d been playing in the famed Astrodome, which wasn’t good enough. They even wrote a clause into their contract to ensure their stadium was always among the best. It took less than 25 years for…
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It’s Super Bowl Sunday, or the day of the big game, as most people must say. I understand that the NFL has spent a lot of money to protect its trademark. But why do we have to tap dance around the game’s name? Everybody can talk about the World Series in baseball, but in football,…
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Today is the NFL Pro Bowl. There is no real game today; the stars of the game will be playing flag football. For years, the biggest problem with the NFL’s annual all-star game is that players could easily be injured. Since fewer players wanted to risk getting hurt, the league had to come up with…
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For as long as I can remember, I’ve had friends who participated in fantasy football each week of the NFL season. I know some people who were in 2 or 3 different leagues. But this year, I’ve heard no one talk about it. Have the new sports betting apps changed everything? I’m betting they have…
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For many sports fans, the in-person experience is most important. And for many NFL teams, a new or renovated stadium is always on the mind of team owners. Even though most owners are billionaires, they usually want someone to pay for that new stadium. Today, Nashville and Cleveland are discussing the prospects of replacing their…
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Many people can’t remember a time before Monday Night Football existed on our TV screens. It feels like it’s been around forever. While I’m not the biggest football fan, I do find myself watching more Monday night games than ever. And there is one reason why…
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