Betting on the Super Bowl is almost as popular as the game itself. Most folks are content to pick a winner and cross their fingers, but others like their bets to be a little more, well, obscure. These wagers, known as prop bets, can cover everything from how long a singer will take to finish [...]
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How the Super Bowl prop bets played out
February 7th, 2012 
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No Comments »Steven Tyler’s scarf better than ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ rendition
January 22nd, 2012 afcbeast Steven Tyler, lead singer of the Boston-based, Hall-of-Fame rock and roll band Aerosmith and an “American Idol” judge, was brought in to sing the national anthem before kickoff of the New England Patriots AFC championship game at home. Well, sing is an overstatement. It was more of a warbled scream. Associated Press is saying that [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: afc championship game, American Idol, Anthems, Band Aerosmith, Banner’, better, Deadspin, Hall Of Fame, Hall Of Fame Rock And Roll, Kickoff, Lead Singer, National Anthem, New England Patriots, Overstatement, Rendition, scarf, Scarves, Sequins, Star Spangled Banner, Steven, Steven Tyler, Than, Tyler’s, Warbled, Worldwide Shortage, Yahoo Sports, ‘StarSpangled No Comments »The Origin of the “Home of the Jets” Chant
December 11th, 2011 afcbeast I wondered out loud yesterday about the origin of the “Home of the Jets” chant, which we here all loved so much that we voted on making it our tagline. I was certain that FB Tony Richardson didn’t bring it to New York, although perhaps someone else may have. I theorized that it had something [...]
Posted in Gang Green Nation Tags: Bill Parcell, Buffalo Bills, Chant, Chiefs, Field Goal, Game Speech, Gang Green, Haley, Hc, Home, Jets, Jets Chant, John Hall, Kansas City, Kevin Mawae, Locker Room, Love Games, National Anthem, NFLPA, Origin, Play Game, Tagline, Ted Washington, Tony Richardson No Comments »The Origin of the “Home of the Jets” Chant
December 11th, 2011 afcbeast I wondered out loud yesterday about the origin of the “Home of the Jets” chant, which we here all loved so much that we voted on making it our tagline. I was certain that FB Tony Richardson didn’t bring it to New York, although perhaps someone else may have. I theorized that it had something [...]
The Origin of the “Home of the Jets” Chant
December 11th, 2011 afcbeast I wondered out loud yesterday about the origin of the “Home of the Jets” chant, which we here all loved so much that we voted on making it our tagline. I was certain that FB Tony Richardson didn’t bring it to New York, although perhaps someone else may have. I theorized that it had something [...]
…and the home of the… JETS!!!
December 10th, 2011 afcbeast I’ve been saying this here for a while now that the “home of the Jets” chant has been around before the days of FB Tony Richardson. Just to prove to myself that I’m not crazy, I found this clip from 2003, after a victory in Oakland against the Raiders: I know the quality isn’t great, [...]
Posted in Gang Green Nation Tags: 'The, ...and, Anthony Becht, Chad Pennington, Curtis Martin, Dave Szott, Doug Brien, Field Goal, Game Ball, Hard Knocks, Herm Edwards, Home, Jason Ferguson, Jets, Jets Chant, Kevin Mawae, LaDainian Tomlinson, Losing Season, National Anthem, Oakland Raiders, Qb Chad, Rex Ryan, Tony Richardson, Veteran Leader No Comments »Decker’s girlfriend is performing at halftime of the Broncos game
November 20th, 2011 afcbeast Jessie James (no, not that one, or that one; she’s pictured above on the right) will be performing at halftime of Thursday’s Denver Broncos game, a wholly unremarkable event save for the fact that the country music singer is dating Broncos wide receiver Eric Decker. Given the recent penchant of NFLers for putting their lady friends ahead [...]
Posted in Around The League Tags: Billboard Charts, Broncos, Climbing The Wall, Coach Fox, Country Music Singer, Cowboys Game, Dallas Cowboys, David Nelson, Decker’s, Denver Broncos, Eric Decker, game, Game James, Girlfriend, halftime, Jessie James, Lady Friends, National Anthem, Ooh, Penchant, performing, Sideline, Titled Debut Album, Tony Romo Jersey, wide receiver, Yahoo Sports No Comments »Rex Ryan Blamed For Taser Attack During Jets-Cowboys Game
September 13th, 2011 afcbeast The son of the man, arrested for firing a stun gun into a crowd of fans sitting in MetLife Stadium on Sunday night, blamed Jets coach Rex Ryan for creating a confrontational environment before the New York Jets-Dallas Cowboys nationally-televised game even started. According to a report in the New York Daily News, Leroy McKelvey’s [...]
Posted in Around The Web Tags: Amazing Grace, Attack, blamed, Charlamagne Tha God, Cowboys Game, Dallas Cowboys, during, Forearm, game, George W Bush, Jehovah, JetsCowboys, Mckelvey, Metlife, National Anthem, New York Daily News, New York Jets, Pledge Of Allegiance, Police Reports, President George W Bush, Profile Presence, Radio Dj, Rex Ryan, Ryan, Stun Gun, Taser, York Daily News No Comments »NFL season opens with Sept. 11 tributes (The Canadian Press)
September 11th, 2011 afcbeast NEW YORK, N.Y. – From coast to coast, American flags as large as football fields were unfurled inside stadiums and fans of all ages sang the national anthem with gusto Sunday in a red-white-and-blue observance marking the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and start of the country’s most popular sport: the NFL. [...]
Packers crowd gets patriotic with huge American flag display
September 11th, 2011 afcbeast The 2011 NFL season got off to a patriotic start Thursday night with a coordinated American flag display by 70,000 Green Bay Packers fans at Lambeau Field. During Jordin Sparks’ performance of the national anthem, fans held up placards to make a wavy flag that could be seen from above by NBC cameras. At first [...]
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