Football

Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:26:17 -0500

The conservative columnist George Will once said football combines the two worst things about America: violence punctuated by committee meetings. As a designer who occasionally gets caught up in the fury of the game, I'd like to add graphic design to what's wrong with football.

Fox, Burger King Eagerly Court the Meathead Demo

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:38:08 -0400

This past Sunday, during Fox's pregame coverage of the Dallas Cowboys game, the network teamed up with Burger King to produce this awful, unfunny cartoon:

Nonsense At Work

James McIntosh — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:51:42 -0400

Business is not sport:

Football season is here again and so is my pet dislike – holding up sports teams as models for business teams to copy. It’s ridiculous for business teams to strive to be like sports teams. And it can be dangerous. Here’s why.

Sports teams are trained for only one sport. Team members know exactly which sport they’re playing, how to play it and which rules apply. How simple.

Would you want Michael Vick on your NFL Team?

Eric Feld — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:09:39 -0400

From: http://sportsmumbojumbo.blogspot.com

This is a really tough topic to discuss because it is not an easy question to answer. On the one hand you have one of the most talented athletes the sport has ever seen and on the other you have a cruel dog killing villain.

NFL Sleeper Team of 09

Eric Feld — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:36:38 -0400

From: http://sportsmumbojumbo.blogspot.com

Going into the 2009 NFL season there is one team that I believe is a true sleeper. I am not just talking about a team who might squeak into the playoffs either. I am talking about a legit Super Bowl contender.

Eli Manning – The Luckiest Player in NFL History

Eric Feld — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:59:37 -0400

Brady, Peyton, Brees, Rivers, Rodgers, Cutler, Romo, McNabb, Warner, Roethlisberger. These players do not just represent ten players in the league which I would rather have over Eli, but they are just ten QBs. So why has Eli Manning become the highest paid PLAYER in NFL history by signing a contract totaling 7 years for a nice $106.9 mil? One reason….his name is Manning.

After countless pro bowls, MVPs, and a Super Bowl victory (where he was MVP of the game), Peyton has hyped up the Manning name so much that it has become synonymous with success.

Ex-NFL Pro Keyshawn Johnson "Sorta" Wants to Become the Next Martha Stewart

Dan Macsai — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:25:38 -0400

Keyshawn Johnson, ex-NFL pro and current ESPN commentator, wants to make one thing perfectly clear: He might be helping people remodel rooms on his design series (Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design, Saturdays at Noon EST on A&E), but he's a businessman, not an interior designer.

Madden NFL 10

Fast Company Calendar — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:53:50 -0400

Since 2001, seven of the nine athletes chosen for the cover of Madden NFL have ended up injured or ineffective after that season. "I never really thought the curse was real," says Madden NFL senior project manager Anthony Stevenson. "But last year, after Brett Favre's own team didn't want him back, I changed my tune a bit." Not that superstition affects sales: The 2009 edition moved a record-high 2.3 million copies in its first month. This year's cover has two athletes, the Steelers' Troy Polamalu and the Cardinals' Larry Fitzgerald.

Smart Football Helmet Monitors Body Temp, Saves Lives

Cliff Kuang — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:44:36 -0400

The greatest danger that football players face is a bone-crushing hit, right? But the stats tell a different story: Since 1995, 39 football players, most in high school, have died of heat stroke. And it's not the province of psycho coaches in Texas either: In 2001, Minnesota Vikiings lineman Korey Stringer died, with a body temperature of 108.8 degrees.

As Popular Science reports, a new football helmet could finally end those tragedies.

Super Bowl XLIII

Fast Company Calendar — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Sun, February 1
Play Football
Tampa, Florida

Top Money Earners in Sports

Ellen Gibson — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:00:15 -0400

James Andrews has become a hidden force in sports -- rescuing careers, changing the outcome of games, and making billions for stars and teams -- by mending the world's best athletes. Here's a list of the top money earners, and insight on how Andrews helped them get there.

How Surgery Led 12 Star Quarterbacks to Victory

Ellen Gibson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:00:19 -0400

Peyton Manning had knee surgery with Andrews in his last year of college. The first overall pick in the 1998 draft, Manning has earned $115 million in salary and signing bonuses with the Colts over the past ten seasons, making the Pro Bowl eight times and spearheading the Colts’ 2007 Super Bowl victory. He also appears in one out of every three TV commercials, or so it seems, making him the ninth highest-earning athlete in the world, according to Sports Illustrated.

Football Inspires the Unthinkable (And That's Why I Dig It)

Beth Lisogorsky — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:15:48 -0400