http://ftrsports.com The Anti-Nerd of Sports Blogs. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/peyton-manning-i-have-no-plans-to-retire/ http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/peyton-manning-i-have-no-plans-to-retire/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:32 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860500 Much has been said about the fate of Peyton Manning's future. On this site alone we have reported no less than 3 new suitors that quite possibly could be Manning's next team. Some call us speculators with a whimsical and careless approach to journalism, but those people also watch The Big Bang Theory and probably think Bill Plaschke and Stephen A. Smith are the two most talented journalists of the 21st century. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/peyton-manning-i-have-no-plans-to-retire/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-charles-barkelys-postgame-translator-app-debuts-on-snl/ http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-charles-barkelys-postgame-translator-app-debuts-on-snl/#comments Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:24:36 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860013 Hall of Fame baller, Charles Barkley hosted Saturday Night Live tonight, and one sketch hit home for sports fans more than any other SNL skit ever has. Barkley, now a TNT commentator, featured a skit for a new app he calls the Postgame Translator App.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-charles-barkelys-postgame-translator-app-debuts-on-snl/feed/ 5 http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-pats-brady-belichick-glad-to-see-jason-taylor-finally-retire/ http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-pats-brady-belichick-glad-to-see-jason-taylor-finally-retire/#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:34:23 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164859904 It's rare for coaches and players of an opposing team to release a statement when an opponent retires, but in the case of 15 year veteran Jason Taylor, the Patriots' Tom Brady and Bill Belichick made a humorous exception to that rule.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/01/video-pats-brady-belichick-glad-to-see-jason-taylor-finally-retire/feed/ 11 http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/brandon-jacobs-to-rex-ryan-its-time-to-shut-up-fat-boy/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/brandon-jacobs-to-rex-ryan-its-time-to-shut-up-fat-boy/#comments Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:23:48 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164859708 The Giants went on to prove who owns New York by pummeling the Jets 29 - 14. According to the Star Ledger's Marc Garafolo, Giants running back Brandon Jacobs told the Jets coach that it's time to shut up. He also said he's fat. Jacobs reiterated this to reporters on the sideline that called Rex is a disrespectful bastard.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/brandon-jacobs-to-rex-ryan-its-time-to-shut-up-fat-boy/feed/ 2 http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/jets-cover-up-giants-superbowl-logos/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/jets-cover-up-giants-superbowl-logos/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:15:08 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164859690 In a game with playoff implications all over it, the Jets are pulling out all the stops against their fellow New York rival Giants, they have even gone as far as to use their home-field-advantage to cover up the Giants' Super Bowl logos, outside the locker room, in the stadium the teams share.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/jets-cover-up-giants-superbowl-logos/feed/ 2 http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/video-ryan-fitzpatrick-lights-up-jets-db/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/video-ryan-fitzpatrick-lights-up-jets-db/#comments Sun, 27 Nov 2011 21:25:18 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858976 The Bills may have lost today, but Bills' QB, Ryan Fitzpatrick laid some wood to Jets corner, Donald Strickland on the final drive that would injure most QBs. After scrambling for a first down, Fitzpatrick lowered the boom on Strickland on his way out of bounds. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/video-ryan-fitzpatrick-lights-up-jets-db/feed/ 1 http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/tebow-home-schools-the-jets/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/tebow-home-schools-the-jets/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:51:20 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858806 For more than three and a half quarters Denver QB Tim Tebow played like he was a thirteen year old student at MIT and the Jets were his professors. But in the final minutes, of his final drive, Timmy played like he was back in the Philippines and the Jets were merely the kids that he circumcised.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/tebow-home-schools-the-jets/feed/ 2 http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/rex-ryan-to-play-avid-patriots-fan-in-adam-sandler-movie/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/rex-ryan-to-play-avid-patriots-fan-in-adam-sandler-movie/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:28:57 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858587 Adam Sandler told ESPN's Rich Eisen on his Thursday podcast that New York Jets head coach, Rex Ryan, will be playing an "inexpensive" lawyer and avid Patriots fan in his next movie. Sandler, a huge Jets fan said that Ryan was "loose and funny" on set, and considering the role was written specifically for him, he played it perfect.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/11/rex-ryan-to-play-avid-patriots-fan-in-adam-sandler-movie/feed/ 1 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/plaxico-burress-rips-giants-coughlin-eli-manning/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/plaxico-burress-rips-giants-coughlin-eli-manning/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:09:08 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857633 In an interview with Men's Journal, Plaxico Burress managed to rip nearly everyone in the Giants organization, from GM Jerry Reese to Tom Coughlin to Eli Manning. To say he sounds petty and stupid would be an understatement of epic proportions. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/plaxico-burress-rips-giants-coughlin-eli-manning/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/recently-cut-jets-rb-arrested-100mph-over-speed-limit/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/recently-cut-jets-rb-arrested-100mph-over-speed-limit/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2011 02:03:00 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857559 Chris Jennings was recently cut Saturday by the New Jersey Jets for probably being too slow on the field. He then promptly went out and was arrested in Guernsey County, Ohio at around 9am for going 147mph in a 45mph zone... in a car with expired tags... carrying a suspended license.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/recently-cut-jets-rb-arrested-100mph-over-speed-limit/feed/ 1