Posts Tagged ‘troy polamalu’
Friday, February 4th, 2011
Super Bowl XLV takes place Sunday. So, there’s no better time than to do a breakdown of the NFC Champion Green Bay Packers and the AFC Champion Pittsburgh Steelers.
Both the Steelers and Packers have rich histories in the NFL. Green Bay won the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968, and then with Brett Favre leading the way, Green Bay knocked off New England in Super Bowl XXXI in 1997.
The Steelers have won six times. Led by Terry Bradshaw, they won four times in six years from 1975-1980. Then over the last decade, Pittsburgh defeated Seattle 21-10 in 2006 and Arizona 27-23 in 2009.
Super Bowl XLV should be the highest attended game in Super Bowl history. A total of 103,985 fans watched the Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19 in 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Dallas’s Cowboys Stadium has a capacity of 111,000, and even if the weather continues to be poor in Texas, expect a sell out.
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Tags: Aaron Rodgers, aaron smith, ben roethlisberger, brett favre, charles woodson, clay matthews, donald driver, green bay packers, greg jennings, james farrior, james harrison, james jones, mike tomlin, mike wallace, pittsburgh steelers, rashard mendenhall, ryan grant, sam shields, terry bradshaw, troy polamalu, ziggy hood
Posted in NFL, NHL |
Thursday, January 27th, 2011
Hair We Go!
When the current NFL season started back in September, there were 32 teams getting ready for what they hoped (realistically or not) would be a championship season.
Heading into the last weekend of January only two teams remain though, as the Pittsburgh Steelers get set to face the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV in Dallas, Texas. Now, if you think the big story here is Ben Roethlisberger vs. Aaron Rodgers, I regret to inform you that you are absolutely wrong.
No, there is a much bigger battle being waged on February 6th: That would be the one between Head & Shoulders and Suave.
That’s right folks, the flowing locks of Pittsburgh’s Troy Polamalu (our hero here in the football division of Kerrzy’s Notebook) will go “head to head” with the golden mane of Green Bay’s Clay Matthews on that fateful Sunday. (more…)
Tags: Aaron Rodgers, antonio cromartie, ben roethlisberger, carl francis, CBA, chad johnson, chad ochocinco, chicago, chicago bears, clay matthews, clay's hair, Edmonton, Football, green bay packers, hairbowl, head & shoulders, jay cutler, jeff pash, john stone, lockout, mark sanchez, mcArthur towel and sports, nfc championship, NFL, nfl commissioner, nflpa, ny jets, pay cut, pittsburgh steelers, roger goodell, suave, super bowl xlv, terrible towel, troy polamalu, troy's hair, usc trojans, yeg
Posted in NFL |
Friday, January 14th, 2011
Ben Roethlisberger (Wikimedia Commons)
No two teams in the National Football League mirror each other more than the Pittsburgh Steelers (12-4) and Baltimore Ravens (12-4). Both teams are known for their excellence in defence, but a relatively respectable offense as well. On Saturday afternoon, the two juggernauts will collide in a hard-nosed battle that will have fans wincing (CBS, 2:30PM) in an AFC Divisional Playoff match-up that should be extremely low-scoring, but an excellent football game to say the least.
I’ll be interested in comparing the Ravens’ Ed Reed vs. the Steelers’ Troy Polamalu. The two all-star defenders finished first and second in the NFL in interceptions this year. Reed had 8 and Polamalu had 7. Head-to-head, the Ravens won 17-14 in Pittsburgh on October 3 and the Steelers won 13-10 in Baltimore on December 5. My gut is telling me the Steelers because I feel they have a little more experience on offense, led by two-time Super Bowl Champion Ben Roethlisberger.
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Tags: Aaron Rodgers, ales hemsky, alexsandr zubkov, ben roethlisberger, charles woodson, corey perry, devan dubnyk, ed reed, george parros, jarome iginla, john abraham, justin forsett, lyndon rush, manuel machata, marshawn lynch, matt bryant, michael turner, phil kessel, RAFAEL NADAL, simone bertazzo, steven holcomb, Taylor Hall, tom brady, troy polamalu
Posted in Amateur Sports, ATP World Tour, More, NFL, NHL |
Friday, December 17th, 2010
Kaillie Humphries (Wikimedia Commons)
At the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, one of the most electrifying moments for Canada was the 1-2 finish in women’s bobsled. Calgary’s Kaillie Humphries won Gold and Calgary’s Helen Upperton won Silver.
Fast forward to the 2010-11 women’s bobsled season and the expectations aren’t as high for the Canadian teams as they were a year ago. Humphries’ Olympic breakwoman Heather Moyse of Summerside, Prince Edward Island ruptured two ankle tendons at the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup in England and will be sidelined until January. Upperton meanwhile is competing with recognizable agony in her shoulder.
The fourth stage of the Women’s World Cup bobsled season takes place Saturday 12:30PM (www.cbc.ca/sports) from Lake Placid, New York. The favourites are two German sleds led by Cathleen Martini and Sandra Kiriasis along with American Shauna Rohbock.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend–
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Tags: ahmad bradshaw, brandon jacobs, brent sutter, cathleen martini, chris le bihan, clarke macarthur, cody sorensen, darryl sutter, heather moyse, helen upperton, kaillie humphries, legarrette blount, lesean mccoy, lyndon rush, mark brunell, mark sanchez, neville wright, pierre lueders, roberto luongo, sandra kiriasis, shauna rohbock, todd richards, troy polamalu
Posted in Amateur Sports, NFL, NHL |
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
James Harrison (Bing Images)
We are now approaching Week 14.
So far, I have a solid record of 122-70, and am red hot the last three weeks going 40-10 over that time. Last week I was 12-4 and was wrong with San Diego, Indianapolis, Miami and Denver.
Here are my picks for week 14– or the first week of the fantasy playoffs!
Thursday Night
Indianapolis over Tennessee–The Colts will try to get Peyton Manning back on track. He has thrown 11 interceptions the last three games– all Indianapolis defeats. But wait. It hasn’t been that bad. Manning has thrown for 8 touchdowns and passed for 1046 yards over that time. The Titans were shutout by the Texans two weeks ago, and only scored six points against the Jaguars last week. Why am I not hearing anybody complain about the ineptness lately of Chris Johnson?
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Tags: eli manning, james farrior, james harrison, kyle orton, patrick willis, peyton manning, rex ryan, troy polamalu
Posted in NFL |
Thursday, December 9th, 2010
Targeting Harrison?
Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison is feeling a tad bit paranoid these days, $125,000 later, as the fines handed down by the league continue to add up.
This week Harrison came out and said that he believes he is being unfairly targeted when it comes to supplementary discipline and his teammates seem to agree. It must be frustrating for him to see former Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniel fined $50,000 for his role in a videotape scandal, and two guys fined $25,000 each for an on-field fist fight – all the while, Harrison gets slapped with a $75,000 fine for a hit that wasn’t even penalized on the field!
Adding another interesting wrinkle to this story is the fact that the Steelers are now claiming that Harrison was again targeted this past weekend…this time by the Baltimore Ravens! (more…)
Tags: albert haynesworth, andre johnson, baltimore ravens, bernard pollard, chris chester, chris johnson, cincinnati bengals, clay matthews, Cortland Finnegan, denver broncos, detroit lions, domata peko, drew stanton, Edmonton, Football, green bay packers, houston texans, indianapolis colts, interceptions, james harrison, John Wall, josh mcdaniels, michael vick, minnesota vikings, new england patriots, NFL, ny giants, peyton manning, philadelphia eagles, pittsburgh steelers, pro bowl, seattle seahawks, Tennessee Titans, tom brady, troy polamalu, united nations, washington redskins
Posted in Home, NFL |
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
Troy Polamalu (Karen Blaha,Wikimedia Commons)
This is the time where the National Football League takes center stage with my sports viewing. Please take a look at my weekend picks for Week 13.
If you like defense, there is no better game out there on the weekend than the Sunday Nighter– the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Baltimore Ravens.
Both teams rank among the top five in the National Football League in fewest points allowed. Pittsburgh is led by Troy Polamalu and Baltimore is led by Ray Lewis. The game could go a long way to who will win the AFC North. Both teams are currently at the top of the division at 8-3. The game can be seen at 6pm on Sunday night on NBC.
Here are the other events I’ll be watching this weekend:
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Tags: carey price, eli manning, jason richardson, John Wall, mike riley, milan lucic, ray lewis, sam gagner, tim thomas, troy polamalu
Posted in Amateur Sports, NBA, NFL, NHL, University Sports |
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