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9-Year-Old Football Star Sam Gordon Headed to the Super Bowl

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 21:20:32 +0000

The big star at the 2013 Super Bowl may very well be a nine-year-old girl. While we don’t know what teams will be making it to pro football’s big day, we do know that Sam Gordon, a nine-year-old football prodigy from Utah, will be on hand to watch. Gordon has become an internet sensation, courtesy [...]

It's The Playoffs Baby!

JR Mitchell — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 12:19:53 +0000

It’s Wildcard Weekend in the NFL, and our Patriots have the first round bye to get healthy! So we’ll look at the weekend schedule, and wait to see who we’ll face in the Divisional Round on Sunday, January 13th at Gillette Stadium! Saturday, Jan 5th: 4:30 pm, NBC: Cincinnati Bengals at Houston Texans 8 pm, [...]

9-Year-Old Football Star Samantha Gordon Bests Hall of Famers

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 18:00:51 +0000

We met Samantha Gordon last week, when a highlight video of the nine-year-old dominating her otherwise all-boy football league went viral.

The folks at NFL GameDay were just as blown away as we were with her smooth moves, and invited her to be on Sunday's show.

See a Nine-Year-Old Girl Football Star in Action

Emerald Catron — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:34:02 +0000

A nine-year-old Utah girl is making headlines (see above) for her amazing skill at football.Sam Gordon decided to switch from soccer to tackle football after watching some BYU games with her dad. Despite the fact that it’s only her first season playing, she finished with 65 tackles and 35 touchdowns on 232 carries over 1,911 [...]

Football Player Gives Up Touchdown for Grieving Teammate

Emerald Catron — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:12:07 +0000

So this video might not make you cry, but the story probably will. Michael Ferns, a senior at St. Clairsville High in Clairsville, OH, gave up a touchdown one yard from the end zone so that his teammate, Logan Thompson, whose father died two days before, could score instead. Coach Brett McLean had secretly been [...]

Football Player Flips Over Would-Be Tackle

Dan Seitz — Sun, 28 Oct 2012 22:00:48 +0000

There’s a lot of argument over this anonymous clip. Not about the guy doing a forward flip right over the person about to tackle him: That’s obviously a display of athleticism. No, some people think it was “staged” and others argue it happened spontaneously. We feel that all of this argument overlooks the fact that [...]

New Orleans Saint Joe Morgan Scores Amazingly Acrobatic Touchdown

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 19:41:33 +0000

It’s been a pretty rough year for the New Orleans Saints. Their head coach, Sean Payton, was suspended for the season for his role in the bounty-gate scandal and the team that went 13-3 in 2011 started the 2012 campaign 0-4. But things have been looking a bit better for the Saints lately, and on Sunday they defeated the [...]

Liam Neeson Goes on 'Sportscenter,' Knows Nothing About Football

Emerald Catron — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 16:02:57 +0000

Liam Neeson is a man who loves danger, which would explain why he went on ‘Sportscenter’ despite having no knowledge of football. The best part is when he asks to start over (they’re live), or maybe it’s when he drops an s-bomb, or maybe it’s when he admits he’s only seen two football games in [...]

High School Football Team Makes Special Needs Student Manager

Donald Deane — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:00:20 +0000

Sure, high schoolers can be cruel sometimes. But every now and then, young people will rally around someone who's different and give them the support they need. Students at Linden High School in Michigan, for example, have appointed a senior with special needs as the school's football team manager.