Freddy Cohen
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Articles by Freddy Cohen
January 29, 2008
The NFL´s Super Bowl between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants has the potential to be a classic. Tom Brady and company fighting for 19-0. The New York Giants looking to rewrite history with a startling upset in the biggest NFL game of the year, maybe in several Super Bowl...
January 20, 2008
The New England Patriots were not playing for 18-0 in the AFC Championship game against the San Diego Chargers. The New England Patriots were playing for 19-0, and the right to be called the greatest team in NFL History, a perfect season hanging in the balance.
The San Diego Chargers gave the ...
January 18, 2008
It is an unlikely NFC game of the year, and while the fate of two great NFL franchises are decided, the clock is ticking on Brett Favre´s career. Ticking so loud that you will hear it over the riotous scene that will be Lambeau Field. Brett Favre is fighting back time. His weapons, once...
January 18, 2008
The San Diego Chargers wrecked all neat plans made by everyone waiting for another Patriots-Colts death match for AFC supremacy. The Indianapolis Colts were defending Super Bowl Champions. It sure didn´t feel that way this season, due to the NFL death grip applied by the New England Pat...
January 17, 2008
A very improbable matchup upcoming for NFC supremacy as the upstart New York Giants pack their bags for the third consecutive week in these NFL Playoffs, this time heading to the frozen tundra that is known as Green Bay. The Green Bay Packers are waiting, the home-field advantage having fallen in...
January 16, 2008
Everyone is shocked by the recent play and growth of New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning in these NFL Playoffs. A source close to the soon-to-be All-Pro Quarterback details for us the top 10 reasons why Eli Manning has suddenly gotten really, really good.
1. Puberty.
2. Asks his sweethea...
January 11, 2008
Before the NFL season started, this matchup had all the buzz of a championship fight. By week #8, Indianapolis had held up their end of the bargain, while the San Diego Chargers were floundering in a terrible AFC West division. Then something amazing happened. The Chargers clicked into ge...
January 11, 2008
So it comes down to this for the NFC East in the 2008 NFL Playoffs. The Dallas Cowboys, enjoying home-field advantage throughout the NFC Playoffs, bear down and wait for their division rivals, the New York Giants. Squaring off this Sunday with a trip to the NFC Championship Game on the line,...
January 11, 2008
I was originally going to make this article a comedy piece, but then the thought occurred to me that Jessica Simpson doing whatever she is doing with or to Tony Romo may actually have an effect on the NFL Playoffs. We’ve all been there. Things are going well in life, work, whatever. Then, al...
January 15, 2008
Watch the sparks fly on the Cowboys new Fox Drama, "Unlikable People Creating Horrible Karma."
January 05, 2008
The four game win streak and improbable ride has come crashing to a halt in the Pacific Northwest for the Washington Redskins. Their 35-14 loss sends Washington back home cross-country at the hands of Seattle, who played with heart and made less mistakes than the Redskins. Washington Head Co...
January 05, 2008
This is set up to be a bruising affair to say the least. These teams practically mirror one another in style and look. Rush the ball down your throat, beat you up physically. These two met in the regular season with Jacksonville getting the better of things. Still, thanks to that wacky NF...
January 05, 2008
Both Seattle Seahawks’ Head Coach Mike Holmgren and Washington Redskins’ Head Coach Joe Gibbs have quite a bit in common. For one, both are veteran Coaches who have been through many a NFC Playoff battle in their day. For another thing, they both have had largely average second-acts in their co...
January 05, 2008
Both Jon Gruden and Tom Coughlin have something to prove this weekend, whether or not they wish to admit it. The truth is, neither Head Coach has proven themselves recently as Head Coaches of their respective teams. Coughlin has not won a playoff game during his tenure with the New York Giants...
January 04, 2008
Chucky, the terrifying doll from the Child’s Play movies, has issued a warning to his real-life likeness, Buccaneers’ Head Football Coach, Jon Gruden. The message: Win the Super Bowl, or else. Chucky, whose real name is Charles Lee Ray, is known for his strange and violent behavior, becoming...
January 03, 2008
It is time for Giants’ Quarterback Eli Manning to step up, be counted and lead his team to a playoff victory. He is no longer a rookie, although he still has a young-looking face and the confusion on it makes us feel as if he is younger and less experienced than he is. His bank account is that ...
January 03, 2008
The ax had been swinging for weeks now above Scott Skiles’ balding head. It’s razor-sharp, silvery blade whipping back and forth in the hellish, Chicago wind. The handle, held in the sweaty, slightly shaking hand of General Manager John Paxson, finally swung down, releasing its force on the coach th...
January 03, 2008
This issue: Deron Williams vs. Richard Jefferson. Two young NBA bucks leading their teams. Two of the best ballers in the NBA fall into our “NBA Pit”. Who’s better…who’s best? 32 start…1 will be your MVP.
DERON WILLIAMS/UTAH JAZZ (#3 SEED, WILT 13 REGION)
Wow, this kid became a man ...
January 02, 2008
Bill Belichick has called a Super Bowl victory press conference before the playoffs begin. We now go to Foxborough, Massachusetts for live coverage….
(Coach Belichick slides up to the podium. He has a new wardrobe, complete with Kangol cap and baggy pants. It is a radical departure for...
December 29, 2007
Bill Belichick has created his masterpiece. Call it, “The Road To Perfect.” The final stroke, pressed by his able hand on a chilled December night, in what used to be his outdoor studio. A masterpiece shaped with a chalkboard, a worn out canvas which Coach had used to paint plays for the home te...
December 21, 2007
Here it is the cradle that holds the space between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The turkey has been devoured. The mistletoe is on call. Holiday music pulsates in our ears as we shop along ice-kissed avenues. Oh yes and the Bulls are again struggling to survive an early season disaster. Yup, it...
December 19, 2007
All major professional sports franchises in Chicago are marred as a gang of enigmas these days. The Chicago Bulls head the class courtesy of questions that have remained unanswered for several seasons now, finally coming home to roost. The Bulls are a collection of useful parts that have been billed...
December 18, 2007
O Brother, What Art Thou? If your Sister was Christie Brinkley, would you strike that pose before a camera? If your Father was an Einstein, would you pick up that microscope? If your Uncle had the last name of Jordan, would you embarrass yourself driving the lane? If your Father and Brother were Ma...
December 17, 2007
Out in old Texas there have been many showdowns through the years. The names change, but the story remains the same. There is the Old Gun. He’s been minding things in town for years cleaning up messes. His respect has been earned, bit by bit from the townsfolk through blood, thro...
December 17, 2007
Bears fans, starving for another Super Bowl Championship, got a teaser last season by their team bustling all the way to the Super Bowl for only the second time in their illustrious history. Rex Grossman, the starting Quarterback during that run has become the physical embodiment of the roller coast...
December 17, 2007
To be nonpareil in this world at anything is remarkable. The effort, dedication, balls and discipline required is unquestionable. Between 1980-1987 both Magic Johnson and Larry Bird set forth to battle for no less than the title of “Best basketball player on the planet”.
The backdrop for...
December 17, 2007
As a 12 year-old boy I sat in my parents’ apartment in Brooklyn, NY, examining my first college basketball game. I knew of the game’s existence prior to that, albeit with a fuzziness and lack of detail that youth brings. I was brought into the tent by the pandemonium surrounding the game more...