April 24, 2019 Posted in  Baseball, Hockey, NBA, NFL News

Ah, the old TV blackout. The source of frustration for all local sports fans as far as the local teams go. Let’s face it, world; Sports blackouts are so twentieth century. The population of metropolises has become too great to justify allowing blackouts to exist.

Well, then, how are teams going to fill up their stadiums? First off, run heavy promotional offers, like half-price admission, free hot dog and soda, bobblehead, free programs to the first X number of customers, etc… Teams can also require a viewer to fork over a monthly or annual fee for watching the games. But blacking games out is a huge PR nightmare.

Last I checked, the time machine has not been invented. It never will. Blackouts should not be around in the twenty-first century.

Game on, fans.

February 4, 2019 Posted in  NFL News

Last night’s Super Bowl brought back memories of my teenage years. Low scoring, dominant defense and special teams, and no major controversies. 13-3. There are those who say this is the worst Super Bowl ever. No, the worst Super Bowl ever, I think, was Super Bowl XXVII between the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills. That game wasn’t even close. 52-17 Dallas. Dishonorable mention: Super Bowl XXXVII between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Oakland Raiders. 48-21 Tampa Bay. Blowouts like those are more dubious than the ten point margin displayed in Super Bowl LIII. Defense isn’t pretty to a casual football fan, but to a die-hard who loves to see defense last night’s game was paradise.

The MVP of the Super Bowl was given to WR Julian Edleman, but one can make the case it should be shared amo...

September 6, 2018 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders

Football is here. Rejoice, fans.

Whether it is a bone headed trade like the Raiders have made five days ago with Khalil Mack or holdouts like the Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell, football unites us all.

So without further ado, here are my pictures for the 2018 NFL season.

(See “What were the Raiders thinking” where it says “The Raiders playoff hopes are survived by…” then the twelve teams I mentioned there, for my playoff prediction. The first four teams of the first six (AFC) are the division winners and the other two are the wild cards. Repeat cycle for the last six teams (NFC).

Super Bowl 53 Preview
Los Angeles Rams over Pittsburgh Steelers

Now for my world-famous First Pick in the next year’s NFL draft prediction (in this case, 2019):
Buffalo Bills

Are you ready for some football?

September 1, 2018 Posted in  NFL News, Raiders, Tributes

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today for the memorial service… to the Raiders’ 2018 playoff chances.

As you likely have heard by now, the Raiders traded Khalil Mack and two beans (2020 2nd and conditional 5th in 2020) for a bag of beans (2019 1st & 6th, 2020 1st & 3rd). I hope this resembles Jack and the Beanstalk more than a child’s book where the patriarch sells the farm for practically nothing.

This has the potential to be a good trade for both teams, if the Raiders hit on their draft picks that they’ve just acquired. Mack alone to the Bears was worth three 1st rounders. The Bears are not a playoff team, even with Mack, but the Raiders went from a boss to a janitor real fast.

In memory of the Oakland Raiders’ 2018 playoff chances, the NFL family requests donations to the New York ...

March 26, 2018 Posted in  NFL News, PSAs

There are injustices throughout our world but in sports the greatest injustice is that Colin Kaepernick still is not on an NFL roster as of the time of this writing. Yes, he knelt for the national anthem. Yes, he wore socks that depicted police officers as pigs. My message to NFL executives is “Get over it.” It’s been a year and the man has every right to have a career in the NFL. He is better than most starting QBs in the league.

As someone who has seen people of his own race supress people of Colin Kaepernick’s race for more than three centuries, allow me to say that these injustices have to end or else we all will suffer very severely for a very long time...

December 9, 2017 Posted in  Amateur Sports, NFL News, PSAs

On Monday, December 4, 2017, a football game was held in Cincinnati between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals. It featured multiple personal fouls, injuries, suspendable offenses, but, most damning, a player who may never walk again.

For the Shazier hit that paralyzed him from the waist down, he committed the cardinal sin of tackling/hitting: He had his head down on impact. Key thing to consider.

As for the nature, being masculine is OK. Being too much of that is a problem. Football is and embodies masculinity. The overmasculinity of teams like the Steelers and Bengals is toxic masculinity, while being smarter in hitting/tackling is acceptable masculinity.

Course of action: Implement a rule that if a player lowers his head to hit someone, that player is to be ejected...

August 28, 2017 Posted in  NFL News

It’s that time again. Welcome to the Broadie Report’s 2017 NFL Picks. These picks were made regardless of injury or suspension that will occur in the future. That means suspensions for Ezekiel Elliott and Vontaze Burfict will be considered in these picks. So will the torn ACL for Julian Edleman.

So, without further ado, here are my picks:

Division Winners

AFC East: New England

AFC South: Indianapolis

AFC North: Pittsburgh

AFC West: Oakland

NFC East: NY Giants

NFC South: Tampa Bay

NFC North: Green Bay

NFC West: Seattle

Wild Cards:

AFC: Kansas City, Houston

NFC: Dallas, Washington

AFC Champion: New England

NFC Champion: Green Bay

Super Bowl LII Winner: New England

First Pick in the 2018 NFL Draft: Los Angeles Rams

MVP: Derek Carr

Coach of the Year: Mike McCarthy

Follow me at @Brendan_B81 o...

January 4, 2017 Posted in  NFL News

The 2016 NFL regular season has concluded. My biggest surprise team is the Detroit Lions. I did not have them making the playoffs this season. Kudos to their coaches for their accomplishments this season. I expect them to possibly win the NFC North in 2017 as Aaron Rodgers ages and the Viking Quarterback situation is still a bit iffy.

The biggest disappointments are the two teams I picked at the start of the season to come out of the AFC, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Oakland Raiders, for different reasons. I’ll start with the Jaguars. Their coaching rivaled the Cleveland Browns as the worst coaching in the league in ’16. QB Blake Bottles was awful; however, poor coaching likely had a lot to do with his struggles. I expect the new coach to rectify the situation...

September 7, 2016 Posted in  NFL News

2016 NFL Predictions

AFC East – New England

AFC South – Indianapolis

AFC North – Pittsburgh

AFC West – Kansas City

WCs – Oakland, Jacksonville

NFC East – Dallas

NFC South – Carolina

NFC North – Green Bay

NFC West – Seattle

WCs – Arizona, Minnesota

Super Bowl 51 Champion – Carolina (over New England)

First overall pick in the ’17 NFL Draft: San Francisco

May 30, 2016 Posted in  NFL News, PSAs

The offseason in the NFL more often than not is littered with players getting in trouble with the law. Each year between the conclusion of mandatory minicamp and the beginning of training camp there isn’t much to do for a young player who’s single that is productive. If I were a young player and I had some free time, I’d go buy a PlayStation 4 and play video games, or go to movies with my friends, or go to baseball games, hoping to be seen.

Unfortunately a few players party at clubs, consume alcohol, get behind the wheel of a vehicle inebriated, and either get arrested for DUI or cause a much larger tragedy, like getting into an auto accident and taking the life of a person. This kind of behavior is very deplorable and very preventable...