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By dumping Moss, Patriots look well beyond 2010

No football coach is above criticism, and many in the NFL beg to be second-guessed for game-management and personnel decisions only a buffoon would think reasonable. But Bill Belichick is a little different.

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‘Fifth Down Game’ still worth recounting

When it comes to the number 5 and its derivatives, you can take five or gimme five. You can high-five or low-five. After all, 5 is the third prime number and the atomic number of boron.

Clear trend: underdogs in control

Almost as if Donovan McNabb wrote the script, the veteran quarterback returned to Philadelphia and directed the Washington Redskins in a triumphant performance. It was not that surprising, knowing the way the NFL works.

UNLV keeps it interesting, for whatever that’s worth

It’s all relative, especially when you are in the infant stages of rebuilding a college football program that has been as sound lately as that Disney stock in your deteriorating portfolio.

Three Up, Three Down

Chris Ault, UNR’s Hall of Fame football coach, brings to mind the Russian guy who has everything in that DirecTV commercial, only without the Cold War accent and the grammatical errors.

Stats on Vick’s side, but bet on McNabb

Not that it’s all forgotten now, but Michael Vick is starting to outrun his hideous past as a con man who wagered on dogs being tortured. He is mostly talked about as one of the NFL’s most dynamic and unique quarterbacks.

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