Aqib Talib And His Therapeutic Pursuits in the Booth
Aqib Talib.
Aqib Talib dresses in a vibrant suit, attaches a microphone to his lapel and settles into the broadcasting booth for a four-hour therapy session. Adrenaline is his obsession, football his prescription, and analyzing the NFL his cure. When he’s in the booth evaluating the game he loves, Talib is in his newfound happy place.
“I can’t play the game no more. I could just watch and be a fan,” he says. “And I love the game. So you wanna talk about it, you wanna be a part of it. And that’s about as close as you can get without coaching, is being in that booth and watching the game live and being able to express your emotions live. So it’s therapeutic, man.”
Let the Philip Rivers Broadcast Bidding War Begin
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Philip Rivers NFL playing career is done. After 16 years as the Chargers quarterback and one as the Colts QB, he s calling it quits, telling San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Kevin Acee, It s just time. It s just right.
Rivers also told Acee he was still planning on being the new head football coach at St. Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope, Ala., next season. The job was already his, pending retirement. With that settled, Rivers is, excited to go coach high school football.
That s all well and good, but it won t stop broadcasters from reaching out to his agent to inquire about a broadcasting role. And it certainly won t stop Rivers from listening to the lucrative offers they re sure to make. If the NFL is a copycat league, NFL broadcasting follows suit. Tony Romo has ensured the next generation of retired quarterbacks will get their shot in the studio or booth and, with the
Jared Goff and Sean McVay Headed for Divorce, But Not Until 2022
Sean McVay and Jared Goff. | Joe Scarnici/Getty Images
The honeymoon phase of Sean McVay and Jared Goff s relationship is long past. The Los Angeles Rams head coach did all he could to elevate his middling quarterback s career. If nothing else, he helped Goff cash in on an undeserved contract extension that at one point made him the highest-paid player in NFL history in terms of guaranteed money.
That s history now. The future seems bleak. NFL Network insider Steve Wyche reported Monday that the relationship between McVay and Goff is, not great and added, they need marriage counseling this offseason. Regardless of how that turns out, they re not getting divorced until 2022 at the earliest.
Aaron Rodgers Pulled a Babe Ruth on Long Touchdown Pass to Allen Lazard
Aaron Rodgers calling his shot. | Dylan Buell/Getty Images
So the legend goes that in Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, George Herman Babe Ruth pointed to the centerfield wall at Wrigley Field seconds before uncorking a 440-foot home run that landed over said centerfield wall. The dinger was his second of the day and gave the Yankees a lead they wouldn t relinquish. They won the World Series the next day.
The legend of that moment has grown over the years and grainy film taken from that moment appears to confirm Ruth pointed at something before his home run. Whether he was pointing at the Cubs heckling bench, the pitcher or centerfield has long been debated. What can t be debated, because we have clear video of it, is Aaron Rodgers called his shot against the Rams last weekend.
Funniest Tweets About CBS Blackout of Chiefs-Browns
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While Patrick Mahomes was busy throwing a football into the upper deck of Arrowhead Stadium after scoring the game s opening touchdown against the Browns, many viewers at home were stuck watching a blank screen.
CBS and the cable networks that carry it had some unexplained broadcasting issues during the early stages of the Chiefs-Browns Divisional playoff game, leaving many fans without a way to see the action. Regardless of what caused the issue, they weren t happy.
This issue was eventually resolved, but here are some of the funniest reactions from Twitter when it was happening.