Rutgers Gets A Bit Defensive

August 26, 2010 – For those in the New York metro area, Rutgers football now means something as we approach the opening of the 2010 season next week. Greg Schiano has made the Scarlet Knights matter. RU followers everywhere are paying attention to previews, predictions and speculation that the Knights are destined for bigger things. Like college football fans that get hyped over Alabama being... [Read more]

Our January NFL Picks In August

August 25, 2010 – Two pre-season games and two episodes of “Hard Knocks” and we think we’ve got a handle on who will emerge as the conference winners in January. Here are our bold predictions without the knowledge of critical injuries that are sure to happen. American Football Conference AFC East We are banking on Tom Brady and the Patriots, even with that helmet hairdo under... [Read more]

ESPN Announcers Progress Report

August 20, 2010 – Michael Kay does the flagship ESPN radio show in New York, but he’s more famous for his work on YES, as the Yankees play-by-play man. Kay makes no bones about being Bronx-reared and therefore, Yankee cheered. Trouble is, every time you want to compliment him for doing a professional job, he reinforces his cheerleading by restating one of his biased opinions, or going... [Read more]

From Their Lips To Our Ears

August 19, 2010 – Either NFL referee Jeff Triplette, or someone in his crew, salted the airways with invective aimed at the replay official upstairs at the Steelers opening pre-season game against the Lions. “It’s raining like this, I’ll kick his ass, (followed by a string of expletives),” the saturated someone in the crew said near the open microphone. “He’s... [Read more]

Our Case for 18 Games

August 18, 2010 – We are a week into the NFL preseason and Sportscream, like everybody, is trying to get a handle on what it means. The first statement we’d like to make is that we are for the 18 game schedule. There’s nothing more disturbing than four preseason games, with fans paying full price, to watch critical injuries happen and marginal players try to make the team. With... [Read more]