Cardinals QB Kurt Warner announced that he will retire from football after 12 season in the NFL.

Warner was one of the great stories of the league. The devoted Christian and former Arena league player went from stacking shelves at the supermarket, to taking over for an injured Trent Green in St Louis. Warner eventually took the Rams to 2 Super Bowls, winning one (SB XXXIV). Warner also won 2 league MVPs as well.

Once Warner left the Rams, he had a brief stint with the Giants before going to Arizona. Warner rejuvenated his career with the Cardinals and made Arizona become a respectable team. Warner led the Cardinals to Super Bowl XLIII before losing to the Steelers.



For the 2009 season, the 38-year-old Warner still had a good year, completing over 66% of his passes and throwing 26 TDs. The Cardinals fell short to the New Orleans Saints in the 2009 NFL Divisional Playoff round.

Kurt Warner will be missed, but not as much as his feisty wife, Brenda Warner. We've seen Brenda transform from an ugly duckling, to a swan, right before our eyes.




Enjoy your swan, Kurt. You were definitely one of the great ones.


A couple of "Did You Know?" Facts:

-Only quarterback to throw for over 14,000 yards with two different teams (St. Louis Rams, Arizona Cardinals)
-2nd Highest career passer rating, Playoffs - 104.6 (Bart Starr is first)
-Tied Johnny Unitas with 4 consecutive games with a passer rating over 120 (against Brett Favre and the 10-1 Vikings on 12/6/2009)
-2nd Highest Average Passing Yards Per Game, Career (Min. 100 games) - 260.4 yards/game (Peyton Manning is first)
-Only NFL quarterback to throw 40 touchdowns and win a Super Bowl in the same season (1999).

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My blog brother Ed The Sports Fan asked me to participate in a survey on the Top 10 Wide Receivers in the NFL. I enjoyed the post so I decided to post it over here. Feel free to agree, disagree, or simply read it. I thought a lot of the answers were compelling and interesting. Enjoy!

I've never been a big Terrell Owens fan, until I started watching the T.O. Show. I always perceived Owens to be a egotistical maniac who never accepts responsibility and causes nothing but trouble. However, watching his show made me see why he was the way he was and for that, I became sympathetic and even started to like him a little. But not anymore.

Regarding how he thought his career should have gone, Owens told USA Today in an interview:

"I know hands-down I'd be close to Jerry Rice's records if I had been with quality quarterbacks like he had.He had Joe Montana and he finished with Steve Young. That wasn't a dropoff.

"Say I had been with a guy like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning or Drew Brees all of my career. Are you kidding me?"

Are YOU kidding ME?!

This is the same guy who had Jeff Garcia, Donovan McNabb and Tony Romo as the guys throwing to him during his career. I'm not gonna even count Steve Young, but if you want to add him for general purposes, bring him in the convo too.

Garcia and McNabb were Pro Bowl caliber players when Owens played for them. While Romo was just starting to progress, Owens still caught over 3,000 yards and 36 TDs while in Dallas.

Remember, this is the same guy that blocked a trade to Baltimore, because Kyle Boller was the QB. Not that I blame him- Boller was pretty bad- but to say the other QBs he's played for affected his career numbers is pretty laughable to me. Owens is crying again...... I guess we having given him any attention since he played on the lowly Bills last season.

This is the time when Kita and Mo (his publicists) need to step in and tell him to STFU. With the QBs he's managed to have, he's 3rd All-Time in receiving yards as well as TDs. Clearly his career numbers can't be THAT bad if he's right up there with Rice. Nothing wrong with shooting for the moon, but to throw your players under the bus is classless.

Terrell Owens, Sitchoazz Down!

Apparently, Master P is about everything New Orleans- including his Saints! So when rapper Lil' Wayne said that he was rooting for the Vikings prior to the NFC Championship game (Weezy says he's a diehard Favre fan), it didn't sit right to Mr. Miller that his fellow NO native wasn't cheering for the home team. Master P said the following:

"The comment Lil Wayne made about New Orleans Saints losing to the Minnesota Vikings, made no sense to me as a New Orleans native," explained P. "This is our hope as a city after surviving Hurricane Katrina. This team should bring us together as people. I understand that he has the right to have his own opinion and comment or even root for another team if he wants to. It's just disappointing to hear this coming from a brother who was born and raised in New Orleans, made money off his music representing the city of New Orleans, talking about it in his lyrics.

"I'm from Uptown New Orleans and I don't care who the Saints play against, how good the opposing team is, nor what the odds are against them. I would never go against my team, the New Orleans Saints, or root for an opposing team playing against them. We've been waiting to get to the Super Bowl for 40 years and if we do, we will celebrate in Second Line. I guess we won't be hearing any Superbowl songs from Lil Wayne unless the Vikings win. This is sad for the fans in the city of New Orleans because they really thought Lil Wayne was down.

"Most entertainers and athletes don't realize that once you're in the spotlight, you need to think about some of the things that you say because it will follow you throughout your career, good or bad."

While everyone is entitled to root for whomever they want, I kinda feel Master P on this. While sports are simply used for entertainment purposes, the fact that it has my city's name in front of it is every indication that I'm rooting for them, no matter what. Think about people in Boise, ID or in Bizmarck, ND who don't have a team to call their own but would love to. Imagine if Philip Rivers and the Ravens were in the AFC Championship. I love my boo, but I love my squad more. At the same time, if Weezy is a diehard Favre fan, he should have thought twice before putting money on him. I'm just saying............

Pro Bowl week has arrived a week early and is in full swing. Players from the AFC and NFC conferences are down in Miami getting their practice on for Sunday's showdown over bragging rights on who's the best (we all know it's the AFC, so let's get that out of the way LOL). While a lot of players have declined their invitation to participate, there is a lot of star power still playing. Here's a look at a few pics of this week's practices:


Big Ray (Lewis), Little Ray (Rice) and Brandon Marshall getting off of the bus to practice



Cowboys WR Miles Austin getting practice in



Bengals Chad Ocho Cinco and Eagles DeSean Jackson, hamming up for the camera




Eagles QB Donovan McNabb says he wants to stay in Philly, warms up



AFC Head Coach Norv Turner. I hope he doesn't coach like it's a playoff game, or the AFC is going down!



Ocho Cinco and Michael Irvin (minus the lines in his haircut), on set



Packers QB Aaron Rodgers taking some reps. I'm still feeling for him after such a controversial loss, Wild Card Weekend



BFFs Sugar Ray and Primetime Deion Sanders, yucking it up. I wonder if Deion, Irvin and Ray Ray will have a Suit Off, on who has the loudest suits. Shannon Sharpe has to be a judge!

Every year when the Super Bowl is set, the entire city of the teams get involved. This year is no different. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and Indianapolis mayor Greg Ballard placed their friendly wager on ESPN. This year, it seems as though the "food bet" is a feast. I don't want to spoil it for you, take a look for yourself. But after listening to what they are offering, I'm ready to take a trip to Indy and New Orleans for a weekend, just to eat!