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Thứ Bảy, 31 tháng 1, 2015
A 20-year-old Seahawks fan got the surprise of his life when he delivered lunch to the Legion of Boom. Austin Calhoun spoke with BuzzFeed News.
Last week, Dominos Pizza employee Austin Calhoun pulled up to Richard Sherman's home to deliver a stack of pizzas. The 20-year-old Seattle-area native immediately noticed that this was a moment unlike the previous two times he'd delivered to the mansion in Maple Valley, Washington.
Those previous deliveries were during away game weeks, and Sherman's girlfriend, Ashley Moss, was the one accepting the pizza. On his 10-minute drive over to the residence, he'd thought to himself, "Huh, maybe Richard will be there this time."
When Calhoun arrived, he found Sherman's driveway filled with cars. He walked toward the garage, where Sports Illustrated photographer Robert Beck was conducting the photoshoot. He first saw safety Earl Thomas, then took another step toward the garage and thought, "Oh shit, they're all here."
Calhoun lives in nearby Covington, and told BuzzFeed News he's a lifelong Seahawks fan who is reeling with envy over his grandmother and uncle, who are in Arizona to attend the Seahawks' second Super Bowl in as many years. His coworkers at Dominos, who have also delivered to Richard Sherman's home on less exciting days, probably feel little sympathy for him, though.
When the players and photographer noticed him walking toward them with their order, someone told him to "get in the picture," and so he did. Photos of Calhoun with the most intimidating secondary in the NFL — the Legion of Boom — ran in a gallery that appeared in Sports Illustrated's online version of the feature. In the photos, he hands the stack of boxes to Richard Sherman, who had told SI that he wouldn't appear on the cover without his teammates. Calhoun is facing the squad, face-to-face with Kam Chancellor, whose jersey he wears while watching games with friends and family.
After watching the Seahawks with his family throughout his childhood — Walter Jones was his favorite while growing up — Calhoun says he realized "this team could be something special" after the tough loss they took to the Falcons in the 2012 Divisional Round.
Calhoun is excited for the Seahawks' second run for a ring, and thinks the match-up against the Patriots will be competitive and intense, unlike last year's 43-8 blowout against the Broncos. "It's like Peyton Manning just gave up after he caused a safety in the first quarter," he says, not inaccurately.
Now that the Seahawks have one Super Bowl victory under their belts, Calhoun says he's feeling confident and eagerly anticipates watching Sunday's game with close friends.
He hopes, along with his fellow Seahawks fans, widely known as the team's "12th Man," that the next time he delivers pizza to the best cornerback in the game, he'll be readying himself for the team's second consecutive victory parade.
Thứ Sáu, 30 tháng 1, 2015
Super Bowl XLIX is this Sunday, and the champions will be awarded the crown jewel of the NFL, the Super Bowl ring.
Super Bowl I - Green Bay Packers
Jan. 15, 1967 - Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA.
Kansas City Chiefs - 10
Green Bay Packers - 35
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Super Bowl II - Green Bay Packers
Jan. 14, 1968 - Orange Bowl, Miami, FL.
Green Bay Packers - 33
Oakland Raiders - 14
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Super Bowl III - New York Jets
Jan. 12, 1969 - Orange Bowl, Miami, FL.
New York Jets - 16
Baltimore Colts - 7
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Super Bowl IV - Kansas City Chiefs
Jan. 11, 1970 - Tulane Stadium, New Orleans, LA.
Minnesota Vikings - 7
Kansas City Chiefs - 23
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Everything you didn’t know you needed to know about this year’s big game.
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Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll might be a 9/11 truther.
During a meeting with retired four-star general Peter Chiarelli, the Seahawks coach reportedly pressed the former high-ranking military official on most 9/11 conspiracy theories — particularly on whether or not a plane actually hit the Pentagon.
Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson gets his porn from Twitter.
Come on man, step up your porn game. That's why God invented streaming websites and "incognito" browsing.
Rob Gronkowski is friendly with Justin Bieber.
Sure, Rob Gronkowski is a football/party robot sent to earth to redefine our lame ideas of what it means to be awesome, HOWEVER enjoying the company of Justin Bieber is unforgivable.
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This isn't a motivational video. This is a message. And the message is simple: This is The University of Texas and we're not laying down a blueprint, we're laying down bricks.
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You're here for a reason: You want to be the best. And there's no better place to be than UT.
Thứ Năm, 29 tháng 1, 2015
A new study from researchers at Boston University draws a link between youth football and diminished cognitive ability.
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A new study from the Boston Universtiy School of Medicine confirms a relationship between tackle football played by children younger than 12 and impaired brain development later in life.
The study was done on 42 former NFL players between the ages of 40 and 69 who were divided into two groups: Those who began playing tackle football before the age of 12, and those who began later. Participants underwent a large number of tests, ranging from psychiatric evaluations to neuroimaging. Players averaged seven to nine years in the NFL and 17-20 years of total play.
Results of the study determined that players subjected to repetitive head trauma before they turned 12 were more likely to experience cognitive impairment later in life. Researchers chose the age of 12 as their boundary due to previous studies on adolescent brain development.
Given standard neurological assessment tests, researchers found a "significant" difference between the results of the two groups. Those who began playing tackle football before the age of 12 produced mean scores that were not only noticeably lower than those of their counterparts, but that were below the standard deviation of the tests. That is to say, their scores were lower than that of the average test taker.
The researchers also asserted that though there was a divide between the cognitive function of the two groups, it doesn't prove that starting tackle football after turning 12 is any safer.
Participation in youth football dropped 9.5% between 2010 and 2012, likely due to greater awareness of the link between football (and repetitive head trauma, both concussive and non-concussive) and neurological damage.
Last year, the NFL attempted to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of 5,000 former players for $675 million. But after further examination, a judge determined that the amount offer was not enough to cover the substantial medical needs of former players suffering from injuries sustained during, or as a result of, the game and rejected the deal.
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