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Special Effects

Jul 20th, 2006
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By Ben Croce
Thanks to Adam Sandler, the plight of the Lonesome Kicker will always be immortalized in his song with the same title. While many a game have been won or lost on the boot of a soccer style kicker, the position may still be one of the most thankless in the [...]

Department of Defense

Jul 8th, 2006
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Source: Croce on Chargers
By Ben Croce
You don’t need George W. Bush’s intellect to know that a strong defense is key in any battle, be it against the Axis of Evil, Dr. Evil, or Evil Knievel. Battles on the gridiron are no different, because a strong offensive shootout is only as good as the field placement [...]

Getting Offensive

Jul 2nd, 2006
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By Ben Croce
With less than three months to go in the off-season, football fans around the nation are more anxious than Ricky Williams awaiting his drug test results. For some fans, the off-season has seemed excruciatingly long, an inevitable feeling when their teams just missed the 2005 post-season.
This feeling may be strongest [...]

Mightiest River West of the Mississippi

Jul 2nd, 2006
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Source: Croce on Chargers
By Ben Croce
When Drew Brees mangled his shoulder on December 31, Charger fans silently screamed in agony along with their fallen hero. Brees carried the team to the playoffs in 2004 for the first time in a decade, but just as quickly as they breezed into town, they were gone again, eliminated [...]