Baltimore Ravens starting quarterback Troy Smith came down with a rare case of tonsillitis two years ago allowing rookie Joe Flacco to step in.  Flacco’s sharp arm and intuitive skills proved Joe  an asset to the Ravens and he has been their starter ever since.

Troy Smith played in the the fourth preseason game and despite some errors, he did make the best of the situation.  A press release explains that Baltimore feels it is best to keep just two quarterbacks on the team, Joe Flacco and backup Marc Bulger.

The Favre Saga Continues…

A lot of eyes are on Minnesota’s #4, Brett Favre, who returned for another year with the Vikings after 3 teammates Steve Hutchinson, Jared Allen and Ryan Longwell paid a visit to him at his home recently.

The three men flew to Mississippi to beg the nearly 41 year old into coming back for one more year. After an overnight stay and several hours of talking, Favre said, “OK. Let’s do it.”

Favre is just coming off his third ankle surgery and he is already taking lubricant injections to relieve the pain.

Despite the fact that you may not be a big race fan the fact remains that Nascar events and spending time at the race track is a great experience. The sounds of the track and the excitement you get from seeing cars and trucks drive over 150 miles per hour is all part of the racing experience. If you haven’t been to a NASCAR event before or didn’t really enjoy when you did eventually go for the first time then the three tips below will help you recognize why there are so many obsessed fans for this sport and why so many people reserve race packages for a number of different racing events.

A new, first of its kind disease has swept the nation, with origins in Canton, Ohio. This disease is spreading like wildfire, and the only thing officials know about it so far is that it’s some kind of fever.

The Surgeon General and the CDC have collaborated and named the disease “PigSkin Madness Fever Disease.” Symptoms include but are not limited to the painting of one’s face and body, huge crazy colored hair and the swelling of one hand to enormous proportions and resembling a giant number 1.

The Baltimore Ravens have a poll going on at baltimoreravens.com to find out if fans want to stick with the current “Ravens Fight Song” or adopt the old fight song redone with a new spin on it.

The statistics are 77% in favor of the updated version of the old song and 23%  in favor of keeping the song they have now.  So far there have well over 6,000 votes.

The Ravens have used the current song to help inspire team spirit from the crowd since 1998, but over the years it popularity has dropped and its not firing up the crowd like it should.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to be a NASCAR team owner or team leader? This is what the Fantasy NASCAR League permits you to experience. Several other sports offer fantasy leagues, and in fact the Fantasy NASCAR League was based on the original fantasy league, the Soccer Fantasy League, but for lovers of car racing, it is the top one.

If you do not know how the Fantasy NASCAR League works, it is pretty simple to explain. People who register in the league become team owners, and they have to pick a racing team from the selection of real human drivers on the NASCAR circuit. These drivers then win points for the team, exactly as they do in real life.

Everyone wants to be the hero on the basketball court, but the best teams make sure to involve all five players and take advantage of the unique skills found in each individual. Of course, that is absolutely necessary for hardcore gamers who want to win NBA Live 10 tournaments for the PS3 and Xbox 360, especially when matched up with a tough opponent. Like other sports video games, NBA Live 10 is very realistic and it is very difficult to win when only one or two players contribute to the effort. To avoid this, gamers must be familiar with their squad and understand what each individual brings to the table, so read on for a breakdown of the five basketball positions.

Today, the football training for quarterbacks is becoming a lot more intricate. The vital trait that needs to be possessed by any quarterback is reading the defense. The consistent job of the quarterback is to have an understanding of the techniques of the defense. This is learned in the training process. It is crucial that young players must know every little thing concerning how to run through the defense and score during matches. The quarterbacks must direct the attack of any team since they are the pillars of any attack.

American football has grown an enormous worldwide fan base since the American Expert Football Association was formed in 1920, with the very first game being played on October 3rd of that year. From that day on the sport has grown to be what it’s today with a larger fan base in America than Baseball, and a fan base that follows each and every season of American Football avidly from each and every corner from the globe. The NFL was born out from the APFL two years later in 1922 and eventually became the Major League of American Football.

You will no doubt have heard of NASCAR, but do you know what it means and how much do you know about it? In this short article I will give you a short history of NASCAR.

NASCAR is an acronym for the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Amazingly, it was begun as a family business in 1947 by Bill France Sr. and is still family owned and family managed. It is by far the largest sanctioning business for stock car racing in the United States and the three largest racing series that it approves are: the Sprint Cup, the Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series. In deed, NASCAR sanctions more than 1,500 races at more than a 100 race tracks in thirty-nine states.