Searching For Akili Smith

Look/See sunglasses and Sole Collector partnered to take one of the internet’s greatest memes and adapt it to a league that deserves it.

Rusty Ryan and Trent Walker do their weekly picks against the spread for the Las Vegas Hilton Supercontest. Pats-Broncos, Texans-Jets, 49ers-Bills, Seattle-Carolina, San Diego-New Orleans, and more are previewed.

Rusty Ryan and Trent Walker make their weekly NFL picks against the spread. Patriots-Bills, Eagles-Giants, Panthers-Falcons, Dolphins-Cardinals, and Titans-Texans are previewed by Rusty.

The NFL and the NFLRA have reached an agreement to end the lockout. The real referees should be officiating this week’s games. Rusty Ryan looks at the issues and gives a brief timeline of how we got here.

The refs are bad, and they should feel bad. The lack of caring from all the offensive parties is infuriating. The meaning of “the shield” has changed, and Rusty Ryan’s angry about it.

Grading Rookie QB’s Week 1 Performances   This week we had five rookie quarterbacks making starts in the National Football League. In an offensively oriented league, all eyes were on these five players and their new teams. Let’s see how they did.   Robert Griffin III: A   RGIII was the only rookie quarterback to [...]

Rusty Ryan and Trent Walker make their picks, entertainment purposes only, for the Las Vegas Hilton Super Contest, which they may or may not have entered.

Lance Armstrong has been in the news a lot during his career. Sometimes for his athletic career, his heroic battle with cancer, his inspiring charity work through the Livestrong foundation, his legal battles over doping allegations, and even his love life with Cheryl Crow. But never has Lance Armstrong been in the news for quitting, [...]

Kobe Bryant’s prediction “It would be a tough one, but I think we’d pull it out,” proved true as Team USA eeked out a 7 point victory over Spain for the Gold Medal in the 2012 Olympic games.   Oh wait, he wasn’t talking about the gold medal game?   Actually, Kobe was predicting the [...]

Let me preface this article by saying that I hate the Los Angeles Lakers. Ever since they crushed a ten year-old Portland fan’s championship dreams in the spring of 2000 they’ve been at the top of my list of hated sports teams. I vividly remember asking my father, “When will Shaq retire?” because even then [...]

Rusty Ryan, after calming down, has finally released a statement on Howard to the Lakers.

  Terrell Owens had his first practice as a Seattle Seahawk today.  Yesterday when I had heard he was officially signed as a Seahawk I was overcome with joy.  I’m not a Seahawks fan (although I hope they win because a lot of my friends are Seahawk fans and don’t want to put up with [...]

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the highest paid athlete in sports was released early this morning in Las Vegas after serving for 63 days of his 87 day sentence.  Reports say the he immediately went back to his humble abode and met with friends and family. Among them was Curtis Jackson, aka 50 Cent, who recently started [...]

The signing of Andre Berto and Zab Judah amongst others is a positive first step to a promising promotional company that hopefully is new enough to not fall in to standard boxing traps.

Money Team… ASSEMBLE! 50 Cent starts new TMT Promotions in New York and Nevada that can turn the tide in the boxing promoting world. Who will they sign? How will they work within the industry? Rusty Ryan takes a look.