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Yep, Robbie Gould, Chicago’s construction worker turned clutch kicker, just sent the Chicago Bears to the NFC Championship game.
With the game tied in overtime and on Seattle’s own 49-yard line, kicker Robbie Gould had the opportunity to bring the Chicago Bears to the NFC title game. Hell, he had the opportunity to give the Chicago Bears their first win in the post season since 1995. (Yep, these guys were THAT bad…)
Here’s the snap, nice set… (no Tony Romo fumbles here…) BAM!.. It’s good! Robbie Gould just made a 49-yard field goal kick to send the Bears to the NFC Championship Game!
Ouch! Isn’t it ironic that the Seattle Seahawks lost this way to the Bears after barely dodging one of these critical field goal attempts last week?
Well, thankfully, Tony Romo wasn’t in a Bears uniform to fumble this one for good ol’ Robbie. He he…
Robbie Gould, working construction 16 months ago, cleared a path for the Chicago Bears with his strong leg Sunday, kicking a 49-yard field goal in overtime for a 27-24 victory over the defending NFC Champions, Seattle Seahawks. The game-winner came shortly after Bears QB, Rex Grossman got them in position with a clutch pass to Rashied Davis.
Of course, Robbie Gould was more than happy.
‘’A year ago I’m pounding nails. Now I’m hitting game-winning kicks and going to the NFC championship game,'’ Gould said. ‘’I didn’t even watch…'’
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The authorities have detained Mikhail Prokhorov.
Mikhail Prokhorov, a billionaire often dubbed “Russia’s most eligible bachelor,” was detained during an investigation into a suspected international prostitution ring at an upscale ski resort.
Prokhorov is Russia’s richest miner and owner of European basketball league powerhouse CSKA, with wealth attributable from his controlling stakes in Norilsk Nickel, the world’s largest nickel and palladium producer, and Polyus Gold, Russia’s largest goldminer.
Prokhorov’s French affair may not compare in stock market impact with the other forces driving down global commodity prices, and mining company shares.
Prokhorov is frequently photographed next to some of the most glamorous women in Russia and is known for hosting wild parties fuelled by endless streams of champagne.
Ohhh, French police. Seems like the only basis for the arrest is that the French women have been offended that Prokhorov preferred to spend his money on importing Russian girls, instead of local ones.
A crackdown on alleged trafficking in women is rare in France, unheard of in Russia.
Other Russian businessmen have been targeted by the French police before, but for business, not for personal reasons.
If this is the case now, how about the case of…
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Eclipsed but not Plutoed — it was the cry of Atlantic City casinos in the year they were forgotten.
2006 saw Macau battling Las Vegas as casino gambling mecca, unseating Atlantic City from what used to be its fight. Worse, the Las Vegas of New Jersey was not only overclouded but also beset with other restraints. No matter: Atlantic City casinos still managed to break their own record in gambling winnings.
It looked to be a bad year for AC altogether. From July 5 to 8, gambling came to a halt for the first time since 1978, when the city’s first casino ever opened its doors to gamblers.
It was the 2006 New Jersey State Government Shutdown, a mandate by Governor Jon Corzine due to a state budget impasse.
On November 11, Sands Hotel and Casino, the smallest Atlantic City casino, closed shop for good. Pinnacle Gaming purchased the Sands ocean front property, on 18 contiguous acres of which it intends to erect a fancier casino resort by 2011, to the tune of some $2 billion.
Amid setbacks such as above, the New Jersey casino gambling industry made a record $5.2 billion in winnings, minutely surpassing its 2005 winnings of $5 billion by 4% but, still, showing the world it continued to grow.
The ill-fated July period even ranked…
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New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is 7-2 against MVPs.
Yup, that is the score whenever Bill Belichick faces these NFL MVPs in the post-season. In this AFC Divisional Playoff weekend, Belichick’s New England Patriots will be facing this season’s monster MVP LaDainian Tomlinson and the rest of the San Diego Chargers.
For the Patriots’ sake, Belichick is hoping Tomlinson will be the eight MVP to go down Sunday.
Bill Belichick has already defeated his former protoge last week when the New England Patriots literally destroyed Eric Mangini and his New York Jets, 37-16, to advance to the AFC Divisional Playoffs. It was an NFL Football playoff game played at Foxboro, a place where the Patriots always play at a high level.
On Sunday, they will visit this season’s no.1 seeded team in the AFC at San Diego. Playing away from home against now one of the most dominating running backs the league has ever seen, a playoff win Sunday will be as hard as ever. Yep, even for wonder boy Tom Brady.
After all, LaDainian Tomlinson is not just any other player NFL Football has awarded its MVP trophy. Tomlinson, the league’s scoring leader, rushing leader, total yardage leader, Most Valuable Player and Offensive Player of the Year, (whew!) has had a couple of good days at the office against the Patriots.
In his last two games against them, he has rushed for 217 and 134 yards and scored…
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I guess you can say this is a ‘’consolation'’ for this Buckeye.
After a disappointing 41-14 loss to the Florida Gators in the recently held BCS national championship, ultimately ending what could’ve been an undefeated year for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Buckeyes wideout Anthony Gonzales declared his entry to the NFL Draft.
Yep, Anthony Gonzales, the crazy Caucasian who opted to live alone in a tent, thinking it would help his game more than just practicing, will enter the NFL Draft. Yep, he actually believed that sleeping inside a tent would help his game on the field. No kidding, he actually believed this. Well, I guess the Florida Gators took care of that, in emphatic fashion. He he…
To say that Gonzales had a disappointing game against the Gators at Glendale could be an understatement. After leading the Buckeyes in receiving yards, he put up miserable numbers in the BCS national championship, making a mere TWO receptions for a measly 11 yards.
Yep, that was all there is to it. Maybe this is why he decided to just skip his senior year in Ohio State and just go pro, hoping he’ll forget such a miserable outing in a game they should’ve…
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Can the Chicago Bears survive the visiting Seattle Seahawks?
The Seattle Seahawks, after a season full of injuries, injuries like the one dealt to 2006 MVP Shaun Alexander, franchise QB Matt Hasselbeck and shutdown corner Marcus Trufant, the Seahawks are slowly getting healthy. And last Saturday, their incredible win over the Dallas Cowboys just got them a whole lot ‘’healthier.'’
Heck, after watching Dallas Cowboys superstar Tony Romo, FUMBLE the football in what should’ve been the go-ahead field goal, the Seahawks are now in an all-time high as they have now resurrected what should’ve been a fucked-up season. One thing’s for sure though, Shaun Alexander won’t be doing any Madden covers in this lifetime. He he…
Well, last Saturday’s game is all over with and it’s time for the next stage, the Chicago Bears.
The Chicago Bears have been waiting for two weeks to get the foul taste of defeat handed to them by them Packers off of their mouths. They will have a chance to do just that when the Seattle Seahawks visit them at Soldier Field for the NFC Divisional Playoffs.
You just know that Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith is praying for Rex Grossman to not fuck this up for them.
Yep, if Chicago Bears QB Rex Grossman plays solid in four quarters and doesn’t screw up like he did against the Packers, the Bears would win. Other than New York Giants QB Eli Manning, no quarterback in the playoffs has been under as much scrutiny as Grossman.
Despite his hot start to the NFL Football season, Grossman has been horrible lately. He found a way to ‘’top'’ his…
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Yep, Posh Spice’s Spice Boy is headed for the U-S-of-A.
David Beckham apparently has agreed to play for the Los Angeles Galaxy and join America’s own Major League Soccer. Probably to bring some sense to what has been one big miserable joke.
David Beckham joining to Major League Soccer could very well be the biggest news to come to the league since Alan Rothenberg and his money men first revealed details of the operation prior to its 1996 launch.
‘’This is a huge step forward for the league, that we can attract someone of that stature means so much,'’ New England Revolution coach Steve Nicol said.
Beckham’s move from Real Madrid to 
the MLS will certainly give the sport a little hype in a country where the Tony Romos and the Kobe Bryants rule. Now that Beckham is in the U.S., can the United States win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Africa now?
David Beckham was asked about his move from Real Madrid to the Los Angeles Galaxy and play at the MLS and he had this to say.
‘’I've played now for two of the biggest clubs in the world. I’ve played at the highest level for 15 years and now I think I need another challenge,'’ Beckham said.
Beckham’s contract with Real Madrid runs out at…
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Asks Repoz, “Could Sirhan Sirhan actually have been gunning for the Ambassastelladora of Baseball that night?!”
Tonight, I am going to a special screening of the upcoming movie, Bobby, which is the story of the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. He was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968. It […]
