American Football

One Last Ride: Super Bowl XLVII Picks

One Last Ride: Super Bowl XLVII Picks

Spare a thought for Alex Smith, whose last game for his team will be greatly overshadowed by the other guy’s last game for his team. The ‘other guy’ is of course, Ray Lewis »

Down the Stretch: Randy Moss, Hope Solo and the Philadelphia Hea-gles

Down the Stretch: Randy Moss, Hope Solo and the Philadelphia Hea-gles

Welcome to the inaugural issue of The Marshalltown’s armchair analysis on the stories making the rounds in the world of sports. Words by Billy Maulana and Brad Abraham. Randy Moss: Almost The Greatest That Ever Was For a man who once famously said, “I play when I want to play”, there is no doubting that Randy Moss will always be one of the most mercurial talents the NFL ever saw. While his “... »

Cut the Beef: 3 Rookies I’m Most Excited to Watch Next Year

Cut the Beef: 3 Rookies I’m Most Excited to Watch Next Year

The 2011 NFL Draft is over, and I know what you must be thinking. Could someone please just analyze these picks for me and tell me how to judge them? I know, I know… I too wish that somewhere in the vastness of sports media, there was even the slightest bit of coverage that would rank and re-rank and re-re-rank these prospects like Miss America contestants caught in déjà vu. I too wish that somewh... »