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It’s been a while since we served up some Ten Piece Nuggets for your consumption.  As sports and the “real world” continue to collide we decided to take you back to a simpler time when the games were about the games.  Take a trip down Super Bowl memory lane.  With Super Bowl LV upon us, …

Twelve NFL seasons ago Matthew Stafford roared in like the Lion he was. And, now after 162 starts, 45,109 yards passing, and 282 TD’s the Rams hope he hasn’t turned into a lamb from all of the QB hits he’s taken as Lion with all of the misfits that did or did not block for …

As you know Hank Aaron passed away over the weekend.  His contribution to baseball and countless lives transcended the game.   He conducted himself on and off the field with great ease and aplomb. His 755 home runs are surpassed by only one player in the game’s history.  And history will forever judge how that player …

Four days into the Joe Biden presidency and we can already feel what true leadership looks and feels like.  Gone are the petty arguments this same time four years ago that were being played out by the Trump team v. the media over how many people attended his Inauguration Parade. “We’ve got serious problems, and …

Six weeks ago BBR asked if we were headed to a rematch of Super Bowl One where Green Bay and Kansas City kicked of what has become the greatest championship in all of sports. And then there were four.  And KC and GB are both favored to make it to Tampa for Super Bowl Roman …

The state of Pennsylvania has produced more great quarterbacks than any other.   Namath, Unitis, Kelly, Marino, and Montana hail from all over the Keystone State as it is known. And, as of today, it will have produced yet another.  This one is tasked with leading the most important team of all, the United States.  His …

The BBR staff is off today as we celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King and his too soon, unfortunate passing. Some also are mourning the unfortunate passing of Drew Brees last evening.  No, he is still very much alive.  It’s his right arm that isn’t with us any longer. It was a great …

Abby was taking some grief down at the doggie parlor yesterday morning.   Enough already, she barked.  Growing tired of getting hounded about her refusal to allow her expertise in NCAA football to bare its teeth in the NFL, she relented. So, with her winter coat coiffed just so, here are the picks that you can …

In Washington DC, the second impeachment of Donald J Trump has many implications. For one, and especially if convicted by the Senate, it quelled any hopes for four more years in four more years for the petulant child.  But, in reality, that ended when Biden was elected and was reassured when the first pane of …

When Nick Saban won his first NCAA National Championship in 2003 he did so with a defense that held a potent Oklahoma offense to 14 points while his LSU Tigers put up 21.  Seven of those 21 points scored were by his defense as DL Marcus Spears dropped into coverage, picked a hot route, and …