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Should the Washington Redskins change their team name?

Over the years, there has been more and more calls to the NFL and the Washington Redskins organization about the offensive name “Redskins” for the Washington team mascot.

Even President Barack Obama has voiced his opinion on the subject.

In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century
In the Game: Race, Identity, and Sports in the Twentieth Century

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What do football and underwear have in common?

Web Watch was chatting with a friend the other day who happens to run their business from home.

Part of their job involves meeting with clients, often at their homes at various times of day.  Hey, not everyone has an office job, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a job.

So they said that one thing that often happens to them — and they stressed the word “often” — was that their clients would take the meeting in their underwear.  Or their spouse would walk into the room in their tighty-whiteys.

DC Comics Women's Heroines Super Powers Panties
DC Comics Women’s Heroines Super Powers Panties

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sports Travel

Where do the NFL Fans Live?

Have you ever wondered where your favorite football team’s fanbase really was located?

Especially as we’re now in the middle of the Playoffs, sports-minded folks are singularly focused on one of the eight remaining NFL Playoff teams this season:

  • Carolina Panthers
  • San Francisco 49ers
  • San Diego Chargers
  • Denver Broncos
  • New Orleans Saints
  • Seattle Seahawks
  • Indianapolis Colts
  • New England Patriots

Run To The Playoffs (The Theme to Thursday Night Football)
Run To The Playoffs (The Theme to Thursday Night Football)

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Business insights learned from jumping on the Carolina Panthers bandwagon

With the Super Bowl around the corner, there are the usual suspects playing in this year’s playoffs: the Green Bay Packers, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos… and the Carolina Panthers?

Seemingly forgotten as a viable team this year, the Panthers started off the season at 1-3 before going on a winning tear through their opponents – finishing the season at the top of their division, the number 2 seed in the conference, and with a first round bye.

Carolina Panthers Sir Purr Official NFL Football Mascot winter Dangle Hat
Carolina Panthers “Sir Purr”
Official NFL Football Mascot winter Dangle Hat
(listed at $600!)

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Who are the Worst Football Announcers on TV?

We all watch football every weekend, right?

And if not football every week, you at least watch the Super Bowl with your friends or family.  And who can’t remember the classic sounds of Howard Cosell calling a sporting event that big?  It was magic, wasn’t it?

Definitely memorable.

Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN
Those Guys Have All the Fun: Inside the World of ESPN

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Be a celebrity for a day

Have you ever wanted to LIVE THE LIFE OF A CELEBRITY?

Wanted to do the things that celebrities do? Go to where celebrities go? Hang out with your favorite famous people, maybe exchange cell phone numbers?

Well, it’s all possible — for a price.

Celebrity Confessions: What Hollywood's Rich and Famous Say About Sex, Money and Success
Celebrity Confessions: What Hollywood’s Rich and Famous Say About Sex, Money and Success

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Science sports

NFL Quarterbacks’ most popular passing locations

Now that NFL football season is here, let’s take a look at some more interesting information that could help you in your future career as an NFL Talent Agent as you work your Fantasy Football team up.

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QB Cam Newton

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The cheapest baseball beer in the country

What are your baseball game rituals?

Do you always have to grab a hot dog, cotton candy, peanuts?  Do you insist on wearing a rally cap, bringing a glove to the game in the hopes that you’ll catch a foul ball?

For some, it’s not a baseball game without a cold, frosty beer in their hands – delivered to your seat by an enterprising college student who knows the way to make a perfect pour into the tall plastic cup.

The Summer of Beer and Whiskey: How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants, and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America's Game
The Summer of Beer and Whiskey:
How Brewers, Barkeeps, Rowdies, Immigrants,
and a Wild Pennant Fight Made Baseball America’s Game