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Welcome to the Riker Report, where I open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. Week 5 was a terrific week for teams breaking out their throwback uniforms, with the Falcons, Jaguars and Broncos sealing crucial wins while harkening back to…
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Welcome to the Riker Report, where I open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. The season’s first wacky month finds the Minnesota Vikings at 4-0 and the Jacksonville Jaguars at 0-4, and the surprising results continued into Week 4. Let’s…
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Welcome to the Riker Report, where I open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. Week 3 was a great week to be a New Yorker, with the Jets’ and Giants’ offenses powering their respective teams to statement wins. It’s time…
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Welcome to the Riker Report, where I open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. Week 2 continued the mayhem from the regular season’s opening week, with comebacks, shocking blowouts and defensive masterclasses shaking up the balance of power in the…
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Welcome to the Riker Report, where I’ll open up my game day files each week and share a quick-hitter observation or development from each of the eight NFL divisions. A hectic Week 1 featured rookie quarterback debuts, furious comebacks and thrilling finishes. NFL fans, we’re back. AFC East: Patriots kick off Jerod Mayo’s head coaching…
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This season, the NFL is implementing a revamped kickoff structure aimed at reducing player injuries and enhancing the excitement of what has become a routine, predictable play. Players on both teams form a line of scrimmage of sorts, while the kicker and returner are stationed a good bit away from the trenches. In my offseason…
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Is there such a thing as Olympics overload? NBC bet this summer that for some sports fans, there’s no such thing, and the daily programming offerings from Paris entrapped even the most restrained of sports fans. For those tuning in for the theatrics of the highest-profile events, the primetime telecast fit the bill and compacted the…
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NFL training camp is a force to be reckoned with. In a sport that prides itself on a year-round calendar and an absence of lulls, training camp is the perfect tool to reel back in fans from baseball and the NBA offseason and build up excitement for upcoming NFL action. The practices don’t count in…
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Nothing quite captures basketball fans’ imagination like USA basketball each Olympic cycle. From the first year that pro players were permitted to wear the red, white and blue to recent superstar pairings that have put the NBA’s super team era to shame, the sight of the NBA’s very best joining forces on the Olympic stage…
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I can safely say that on my college graduation day, I did not expect for one of my future career opportunities to draw on my expertise on baseball cup sizes. But sometimes life requires stepping up to the challenge and expanding one’s boundaries, and this spring and summer I answered the call (figuratively and literally).…
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