Topic: American Football Conference

Cincinnati Health Insurance Quotes

Cincinnati health insurance rates are quite affordable. But you need to know where to look. Health insurance rates in Cincinnati are found at Ohioquotes.com, the premier resource for Ohio health insurance.READ»

Fast Talk: Good Sports

These five executives from the world of sports bring an array of clever approaches to finding, wooing, and retaining their fans as competition for their devotion--and their dollars--increases.READ»

Peyton Manning's copy pullover is in high plea in Indy

They've got courage, yes they do. They've got specter, how 'bout you? Fans of Super Bowl XLI Champions Indianapolis Colts aren't afraid to show their pride, representing their band by dressing in down.To boon, you must dearest ...READ»

Sports: Blacklist the Patriots!

Before the start of the NFL season, Eric Gillin, editor of Esquire.com, compared this year's New England Patriots to Communist China. At the time, he focused mainly on positives, including the team's enormous potential and the "for ...READ»

Sports: Goodell Faces Tough Decision On Patriots

In my last post, I praised the NFL for providing fans with the best possible product. One week later, it seems that I may need to revise that statement. If the New England Patriots really cheated, the fallout might be worse than ...READ»

Sports Business: The Future of Tickets

An article in today's Arizona Republic refreshed my memory about a cool start-up I heard about last year that hosts an online exchange of futures-like contracts for major sporting events. The site, yoonew.com, allows sports fans to ...READ»

Rod Smith: Outstanding Performer

In Straight Talk for Success, I point out that Outstanding Performance is one of the five keys to career and life success.  If you want to become an outstanding performer, you need to become a lifelong learner, set and achieve high ...READ»

Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl

Voting for the NFL Pro Bowl tops on Tuesday at noon. So, I hunted to go online and election, not so much to get my voice heard, but because I sought to get a glance of the practice. What did I find? The voting is completely ...READ»

NFL Sleeper Team of 09

From: http://sportsmumbojumbo.blogspot.comGoing 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 ...READ»

NFL Kickoff Weekend

"How do we bring back casual fans?" Mark Waller, the NFL's SVP of marketing and sales, asks rhetorically. Well, are you ready for some football ... and some event-driven marketing? Kickoff Weekend is a clever marketing construct ...READ»

Penalty! Unnecessary Blandness! Redesigning the Worst NFL Helmet Graphics

Ken Carbone couldn't stand to let another football season go by watching great teams play with subpar helmet graphics. So he redesigned three of the worst offenders.READ»

• Ken Carbone's Yes to Less blog

This Coach Helps the Best to Hit Their Stride

Doug Blevins has taught some of the best kickers in the NFL how to achieve and maintain peak performance -- even though he's never kicked a football (or even walked). Sometimes those who can't really do teach.READ»

Selling Wine the Web 2.0 Way

Fast Interview: Gary Vaynerchuk, one of the most successful personal branders on the new media frontier, grew his family business from $4 million in sales to $50 million. Here he talks about the power of social media and Web TV for building business and, you guessed it, your personal brand.READ»

• Top 10 Gadget Sites
• Making French Rabbit's New Eco-Smart Wine Bottle

Tom Peters's True Confessions

On the 20th anniversary of In "Search of Excellence," Peters admits, "I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' "READ»

Is the New Wave of Super Big Buildings Wretched Excess? Or Is Bigger Still Better?

With the NFL season less than a week old, the new $1.15 billion stadium for the Dallas Cowboys may be the most talked about piece of architecture in the country. Designed by HKS, the go-to architecture firm for splashy sports ...READ»

No Longer under the Radar

Forget Peyton Manning's 365 yards and three TDs for the undefeated Colts last week. Forget Reggie Bush's 500-plus yards against Fresno State. The top performer of the week was Under Armour, the sports apparel company we profiled back ...READ»

NFL Training Camps Ban Twitter on the Sidelines, and in the Stands

We reported yesterday that the National Football League is reviewing its social media policy with regards to players Tweeting from the sidelines of games. But now the ban on social media has expanded from the locker room to the press ...READ»

A Quiet Leader

Watching Tony Dungy receive the Lombardi Trophy as coach of the Indianapolis Colts winning Super Bowl XLI, you could not help thinking that even most humble find glory. It is not only that Dungy is the first African American head ...READ»

Star Power: Dr. Andrews' Patient List is a Veritable Who's Who of Sports

Andrews has treated thousands of athletes in his 35-year career. How many of the 88 Hall of Famers, all-stars, and up-and-comers do you recognize?READ»

• The Most Valuable Player in Sports is ... this Doctor
• High Profile Sports Patients of Dr. James Andrews
• Big Game Trophy Hunter

Innovation Challenge: Chips Ahoy!

I enjoy being a journalist, but there are jobs I could imagine that would be even more compelling. I once thought it would be cool to go around the country convincing people not to go to law school. But now I've perhaps discovered my ...READ»

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

In the past 48 hours, I've consumed roughly 12 hours of NFL. I've watched as more yards got run than plays got stopped, seen a team emerge from their imminent 0-2 status to clinch a game in the final 3 minutes, and another team ...READ»

Fumbling Like an Idiot

It's over. The Indianapolis Colts have won. It's February, and Valentine's Day is waiting to leap out and gut you like a panther in Apocalypto. Football season's at an end, and now Monday nights and all day Sunday are free again. ...READ»

Giving into Fear

"When you focus on what you need to do today to help your company, your fear of what might happen tomorrow goes away." -- Bob Eckert, CEO and Chairman, Mattel A turning point in Eckert's career occurred in 1990 while running the ...READ»

Super Bowl Buzz About the Game

The morning after Super Bowl Sunday, the buzz is usually about the commercials, which cost a record $2.3 million. This year's commercials, by most accounts, seem to have fallen flat. The Super Bowl may have been filled with ads about ...READ»

Change the Baseball Schedule

Five of the fifteen games on the major league baseball schedule today are rained out (so far). A week ago, the Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians had a four-game series snowed out. And according to Billy-Ball, a daily rundown ...READ»