President of the United States Barack Obama has decided not to release photographs of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's body, a senior administration official told NBC News on Wednesday. "We don't need to spike the football" he said about the decision. Having looked at the photos himself, Pres. Obama says "there is no doubt we killed Osama bin-Laden." … [Read more...] about Obama Uses Football Metaphor in Bin Laden Death Photo Policy
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Rashard Mendenhall Releases Blog Explaining his Bin Laden, 9/11 Tweets
Rashard Mendenhall was one of the top national stories of the day, and for all the wrong reasons. It didn't help that we're in the midst of a NFL lockout, so football news is pretty slow. But even if it were Super Bowl week, any time a star tailback tweets something that makes him sound like a 9/11 was a hoax conspiracy theorist, and an Osama bin Laden apologist/defender, it … [Read more...] about Rashard Mendenhall Releases Blog Explaining his Bin Laden, 9/11 Tweets
Steelers Statement on Rashard Mendenhall’s Bizarre Bin Laden, 9/11 Tweets
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall has created a stir within the twitterverse and the NFL community with bizarre, off-the-wall comments on his official Twitter page regarding Sunday's death of Osama Bin Laden. The former Illinois Fighting Illini and Skokie, IL (a northern suburb of Chicago) native tweeted Monday: “What kind of person celebrates death? … [Read more...] about Steelers Statement on Rashard Mendenhall’s Bizarre Bin Laden, 9/11 Tweets
America as our Home Team: Osama, 9/11 and the Sporting World Reaction
You will always remember where you were when President Barack Obama informed the nation at about 11:45 p.m. ET on May 1st, 2011. His announcement that U.S. military operatives had caught and killed Osama Bin Laden is a generation defining moment. Although the war on terrorism is far from over, the killing of Bin Laden, and the reaction of the American people, is a symbol of … [Read more...] about America as our Home Team: Osama, 9/11 and the Sporting World Reaction