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Atlanta Hawks player Josh Smith has a new alias thanks to his recent endorsement 
of a sporting goods company.
Smith, who married his longtime love, Alexandria Lopez, in College Park earlier this summer is now the smoothest man in the NBA with the title “J-Smoove”.
I think he carries it off pretty well…
Watch Josh in his first-ever national TV commercial below: Continue Reading…
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson shipped boxes of shirts featuring the “Mad Chad” character from his iPhone app to Falcons cornerbacks Brent Grimes, Dunta Robinson and Chris Owens and safeties William Moore and Thomas DeCoud.
In 2004, he sent Pepto-Bismol to the Cleveland Browns — insisting they would be sick to their stomachs trying to cover him and last year, Chad sent gift baskets of deodorant to the Baltimore Ravens, so they didn’t sweat the matchup.
The significance of the t-shirts? I have no idea, but I’m sure Chad will come up with something before Sunday…. (source)
After Saturday’s performance against Arkansas, Auburn Tigers quarterback Cam Newton has positioned himself to be the top Heisman candidate in the country.
Newton, a Westlake High School graduate, finished the day with 140 yards passing and ran for 188 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Tigers to a 65-43 shootout win against the Razorbacks.
Newton definitely has the look of a top Heisman candidate.
Newton is fourth in the nation in rushing with 860 yards, he leads the nation in rushing touchdowns with 12 and is the nation’s second leading passer with a rating of 180.5, but the most important statistics of them is the fact that the Tigers are now 7-0 overall, 4-0 in the SEC, is ranked No. 4 in the BCS Standings and has a legitimate shot at a BCS National Championship.
Newton and the Auburn Tigers will be at home this Saturday facing the No. 6 ranked LSU Tigers in a game that has huge BCS implications…..(source)
After sitting out the last two games, Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick may have just lost his starting job to the guy’s job he took after one week in the NFL season, Kevin Kolb.
Vick suffered a rib cartilage injury against the Washington Redskins, which forced Kolb to finish that game and start the next two games against the San Francisco49ers and the NFC South leading Atlanta Falcons.
Kolb has been great since taking over Vick with a 253 yard, one touchdown performance against the 49ers and a very impressive 326 yard, three touchdown performance this Sunday against the Falcons.
Now, the question in Philadelphia is, do we have another quarterback controversy?
Eagles head coach Andy Reid has made his commitment to Vick before these two performances by Kolb, but will it be enough to keep Kolb as the starter for the Eagles? (source)
Yet another University of Georgia football player is in the news after being locked up in Athens on Monday (October 11th).
Georgia running back Caleb King became the school’s 11th football player to be arrested this year. School spokesman Claude Felton said King was picked up in Athens for failing to appear at a court date in nearby Walton County to address a speeding ticket.
Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman said King paid a $300 fine after the arrest and he was released Monday morning.
Felton says coach Mark Richt is aware of the situation and gathering information. The school may have an update later Monday on King’s status for this week’s game against Vanderbilt.
King is from Norcross and graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian….
Props: MKRob
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan threw for 187 yards and a go-ahead touchdown, while Kory Biermann returned an interception for a score late in the fourth quarter to seal Atlanta’s 20-10 victory over Cleveland.
Ryan completed 16-of-28 passes, including a 45-yard touchdown to Roddy White, to help the Falcons win their fourth consecutive game.
It is Atlanta’s longest winning streak since 2004. White finished with five receptions for 101 yards, while Michael Turner added 140 yards on 19 carries as the Falcons got their first win over the Browns since 1993.
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