Ed Burns’ Latest Movie Is About A Sports Talk Radio HostEd Burns is widely known by many people around the film industry as an actor, a writer, a director, and a producer. His latest film titled “Nice Guy Johnny” is a film that will not be available in theaters but seems pretty interesting to me….

The Florida State Seminoles football team has high expectations this year. EJ Manuel is one of the most uniquely talented quarterbacks in the country and the defensive front looks to be loaded. As a result, the Seminoles are ranked seventh in the AP’s preseason poll and are a heavy favorite in the ACC. Just don’t…

All-Star weekend is almost upon us. I look forward to it each year. I know some people don’t think it’s very fun and the events are old and tired, but I like them. The two that I look forward to the most are the dunk contest and the three point shootout. This year, the dunk…

The last time we heard from Demaryius Thomas here at SRI he was excited and nervous about being teammates with Peyton Manning. He also felt bad for Tim Tebow. Well, his tune may have quickly changed in the last few weeks. No.88 dishes out the inside story from the Broncos locker room regarding their feelings toward Tebow….

It seems that everyone who has ever played baseball at any level is coming out with an opinion on the situation, but it doesn’t matter who is saying what, Dallas Braden’s outburst against the Yankees has far more to do with Alex Rodriguez than one of the more obscure “unwritten rules” in baseball (though one…

Yesterday the New York Jets picked up a pair of dice and gave them a good roll with their acquisition of Tim Tebow. From a pure football standpoint this signing makes sense. Tebow showed an ability to come off the bench and spark a dead offense a year ago and in short-yardage situations, there are…

Documentary filmmaker Sean Pamphilon has played a larger-than-expected role in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal. He’s the man who released footage, originally intended for his documentary about former Saint Steve Gleason, of Gregg Williams openly discussing players to target in a team meeting. Sean Pamphilon joined Josh and Charod on XX 1090 in San Diego to discuss the bounty…

We’ve heard plenty about Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel this season, we just haven’t heard much from the man himself. After spending the year not being allowed to do media interviews, that ban was lifted last week, giving the redshirt freshman the chance to talk about his fantastic season. If enough voters can get over…

It has been nearly two years since talks about a Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight started and yet the two best pound-for-pound fighters in the sport have yet to get inside the ring to settle the argument. Floyd Mayweather Jr. has blamed Manny Pacquiao and asked him to meet all of his crazy demands. Conversely…

For decades, Bobby Bowden and Joe Paterno raced up the leaderboard to become the two winningest head coaches in Division I football history. Paterno ultimately edged Bowden, but it’s hard to argue that Bowden’s legacy will be largely pristine while Paterno will forever be remembered for his rapid downfall in the final year of an otherwise storied…

Over the weekend, Suns president and chief executive officer Rick Welts delivered a bombshell that had nothing to do with basketball. Welts revealed in an interview with the New York Times that he was gay. This is huge news around the NBA not just because of his announcement, but because Welts is believed to be…

26 months from now college football will be moving from the current BCS system into a format with a four-team playoff. It’s a much needed change. There were so many holes in the BCS format and even though it did a great job of preserving the importance of the regular season, it also created a…

Charlie Weis seems to have his whole tenure at Kansas mapped out already. The program hired the former Notre Dame head coach, who has bounced around the past few years between the college and professional ranks, to take over the Jayhawks’ fledgling football program, a move that shocked the college football landscape. But Weis has…

The Minnesota Vikings are coming off a very disappointing 2010 season. After finishing in a last place tie in the NFC North, Minnesota decided to make significant changes to their team heading into this season. Leslie Frazier has taken over as Head Coach, the team has moved forward from the saga of Brett Favre, and…

The Kansas City Chiefs kick off their preseason slate against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday night at Arrowhead Stadium. The Chiefs may not have had the free agency that some fans or scribes were hoping for or expecting, but Scott Pioli is plenty satisfied with the players the Chiefs did add as they try…

There’s no doubting that the Georgia Bulldogs fell flat last year, finishing just 6-7 and winning just three games in the Southeastern Conference. It was the first losing season in Mark Richt’s decade-long career and the head coach admits he thinks his program lost some of its national luster because of it. The coaches showed…

It was public knowledge that Ted Thompson and Brett Favre didn’t get along with each other. After all, Ted is the reason Favre is still not playing in Green Bay. I mean how could you blame him? Favre was 38 years old at the time and just finished his 17th season and they had been…

The idea of Mike Tyson showing up somewhat unexpectedly at a radio studio in Las Vegas immediately after a visit to the dentist may sound like a great opening scene to the Hangover 2, but when that actually transpired, listeners were treated to a fascinating look into the life and transformation of a man of…

SRI continues to work in new writers. This post is courtesy of Tim Gunter from 790 the Zone in Atlanta. This past May, strong winds and hard rain pummeled the Dallas Cowboys practice facility which caused it to collapse. Miraculously, no one was killed but twelve people were hurt including Cowboys special teams coach, Joe DeCamillis….

It’s been a busy off-season for Bill Belichick.  Between singing with Charlie Weis and Bon Jovi (see video after the jump), he lost his offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels to Denver and his trusted sidekick and friend Scott Pioli to Kansas City.  Throw in a trade of Matt Cassel and his defensive stalwart Mike Vrabel along…

Say what you want about Pete Rose, the former Cincinnati Reds player and manager can tell a mighty good story.In the following one, he recants a tale about baseball great Joe DiMaggio and a trip the two of them and a few others took to Vietnam at one point. Let’s just say it involves the…

Here’s a question that I’ve heard asked numerous times by both sports talk show hosts and the average Joe sports fan and movie goer. And it’s one that I, too, have found myself asking: How in the world did someone turn the book Michael Lewis’ book Moneyball into a Hollywood film? I hadn’t really heard…

The show business and wrestling world lost an iconic figure on Friday with the tragic death of Randy ‘Macho Man’ Savage. Best known for his legendary performances in the Wrestlemania showdowns of the 80s and 90s, Savage (real name Poffo) suffered a massive heart attack while driving his car in Tampa, Florida. He was 58…

Earlier this week Pudge Rodriguez threw one last dart from home plate to second base at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The 14-time All-Star catcher has decided to hang up his catcher’s equipment after 21 seasons in the big leagues. Rodriguez spent most of his career with the Texas Rangers, but also spent some time with…

Aside from his career in the fight game it appears Quinton “Rampage” Jackson has his eyes on the silver screen and possibly a new career when he decides to hang up his gloves. That moment could be right around the corner. Rampage has shown that he still has a lot of fight left, but he…

One would think this would have been an extremely tough time for Michael Irvin. He claims to have told his co-host to help him get through his three hour radio program for WQAM in Miami after the news broke of the major allegations thrown at the University of Miami stemming from a Yahoo! Sports report from Charles Robinson. Nevin…

Not a good week for the six-time Super Bowl champion Pittsburgh Steelers. The bad news started when Hines Ward was arrested for DUI over the weekend in his native Georgia. Then on Wednesday morning, James Harrison provided the headlines, and arguably in a much more surprising way. Harrison, the 2008 Defensive Player of the Year…

Ryan Mallett has been the recipient of a fair amount of criticism coming from all angles, based on some poor decision making off the field during his playing days at Michigan and Arkansas. The NFL draft brings about the most over analyzed commentary in all of professional sports, whether it’s the talk of 40-times, weight…