What Can Cam Do?

Cam Can't Dance Out Of The Media

It seems as though Cam Newton has become the face of media scrutiny recently. In the past, the one that was looked at as this figure was LeBron James. He was ridiculed for his demeanor and cockiness but most of all his media moments. For Cam, the same reasoning is why every time you turn on ESPN or check twitter he's being discussed. From his celebrations, down to his everyday outfits are the topic of discussion.

Dab, Cam definitely likes to, at first was funny and entertaining but of course some things can rub everyone one wrong. The crazy thing is that there's some many other players' celebrations that come off more offensive. For example, Statefarm's spokesperson Aaron Rodgers' discount double check. For some its hilarious, but for others he's definitely bringing attention to an area that should be.......You know private.

Recently, Cam really took some shots from the media for not answering any questions after losing to the Denver Broncos this past weekend.

One can only imagine what's next for the 17-2, Carolina Panthers. But for Cam Newton, its obvious that they were outplayed but the video shows exactly how Cam felt. As the MVP of this past year left with a bitter taste to such a great season of accomplishments.

Bye Bye Chip !

Eagles Part Ways With Chip Kelly

After a 3 short years with the Eagles, Chip Kelly has been fired. 

After the Eagles were eliminated from the playoff contentions, many knew this could be the last year for Chip. The Eagles at 6-9, have had a bunch of blowout games this season. Some of their multiple losses over 35 points.

Chip Kelly, previously at Oregon University and before that at New Hampshire University, developed a face paced, quick scoring, high- powered offense. After leaving Oregon, many knew he would try to bring that offense to the Eagles. The Kelly offense was quickly success in the first year because no one had seen this type of fast paced offense since the Buffalo Bills in the early 90's. At first, many defenders could be seen with their hands on their hips exhausted from the Eagles offense, but after the other teams around the league got used to the quick tempo, no huddle offense, it became much easier to stop. To add fuel to the fire, Chip got rid of a few key players, which ultimately didn't help towards the Eagles success. 

He then brought in some that were supposed to spice things up. (DeMarco Murray, Sam Bradford,

ESPN's sources say that, Kelly told Fox Sports on Tuesday night that he didn't fight owner Jeffrey Lurie's decision to fire him. He also told Fox Sports that he wants to stay in the NFL rather than return to college coaching."-ESPN The Eagles Owner, Jefferey Lurie went on to say that he had been thinking about getting rid of Kelly weeks into the season because he just simply wasn't getting the job done.

Chip Kelly has made dramatic changes over the three years as the Eagles head coach. From the way the Eagles practice , to the way they eat and sleep. Kelly has made it known to the players, coaches, fans and organization that at the end of the day, culture beats scheme, anyway.

The Eagles started off the regular season at 1-3. 

Sam Bradford, started out hot in the preseason, transitioned to looking so bad behind a shaky offensive line. And DeMarco Murray never seemed comfortable in Kelly's offense because it was so different from the previous Dallas Cowboy's running attack. It became apparent that the Eagles would continue down a dark road and soon butcher what had begun so memorably in Kelly's debut in the NFL vs Washington two years ago.

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Odell Eat A Snickers!

Odell Beckham Jr. Goes Wild

There was a lot of hype going into the NY Giants vs the undefeated Carolina Panthers. 

The main discussion was the standout NY Giants wide receiver vs shutdown cornerback Josh Norman. Norman has held the leagues top wide receivers to extremely limited games. To be exact, Josh Norman held DeAndre Hopkins, Mike Evans, TY Hilton, Dez Bryant, Julio Jones to 9 rec/89 yards…all combined.

So when the match up came this last weekend, the media and the league knew it would be one to remember. 

The game would feature a top tier wide receiver that has been shredding defenses game after game, vs the corner who has been locking up every wide receiver that he lined up against.

Norman playing at the top of his game, knew he'd have his hands full with the league's most explosive wideout next to Antonio Brown. From the beginning of the game, the two competitors went after each other. But Odell Beckham Jr. found him self angry and frustrated after being held to zero catches in the first half of the ball game. Many are now saying said that the beef between the two had preexisted and then trickled into the game, before spiraling out of control. It didn't take very long for Beckham Jr. and Norman to get acquainted and interact. Coach Coflin stated that, "Beckham certainly was wrong, and we've said he was wrong from day one. But there were factors involved, starting in pregame, which are well documented, which indicate that there was an attempt to provoke him. He was provoked. He was out of control, he was wrong, there's no doubt about that. You'd like that it didn't happen. But the fact of the matter is, the situation in the pre game with a bat and if you know what occurred at the very beginning of the game, you can understand that there were two sides to this and not just one" (ESPN). 

Norman ran toward Beckham after the first play despite covering Giants wide receiver Dwayne Harris on the outside and seemed to have some words for Beckham. After the fact, Beckham claimed that he swore at him and used a number of homophobic slurs. 

It was not till after Beckham dropped a pass and the Panthers knew they were in his head. A few drives later, Beckham has his second drop of the game. He was clearly off his game. Norman, of course, was doing a lot of chirping in his ear afterwards. 

After the small scuffle, things really spiraled out of control. Odell was flagged for four penalties, including three for unnecessary roughness. The foul that really stuck out was when Beckham went after Josh Norman going head to head which is banned by the league. As a result, he was fined  $52,529.94 and suspended for the following game vs the (9-5) Minnesota Vikings. 

But Norman wasn't left out of the party, he was fined by the NFL a combined $26,044 for two offenses, which he also plans to appeal. His first $8,681 for a face mask incident and $17,363 for striking Giants' Odell Beckham Jr. in the head and neck area.  It was pretty sad to see the two going back and forth acting immaturely. But one must realize these are two competitors battling. Although similar match ups like Dez Bryant vs Richard Sherman didn't end in the way this one did this last weekend.  The two although wild in the on the field antics at times, played the game with much more sportsmanship and just played competitive football. 

Odell Beckham Jr and Josh Norman should definitely be fined for their actions but if the league suspended one, they should have suspended the other as well. And a note for Odell would to be to work on his temper and have a better in game focus like the great wide receivers who let their game do the talking.  

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Is Ronda Rousey The Truth ?

Rousey Proves Shes The Best 

Without reasonable doubt we all know exactly who the best female fighter is on the planet. For the longest, the sports world believed the queen to the throne was none other than daughter of Muhammad Ali, Laila who finished her career undefeated. But as of lately there's a new queen who took the title by force..literally. 

Ronda Rowdy Rousey is hands down the best female fighter on the planet. Her last couple of fights proved  just how dominate she is. Not to mention her last five fights selling more tickets and more Pay-Per View purchases than that of some male UFC fighters.. Ronda Rousey hushed all naysayers this past weekend in her UFC 190 vs Bethe Correia on her own turf in just 34 seconds, by a nice combination of punches. It was such a great victory because UFC fans are used to seeing Rousey dominate her opponents and submitting them via armbar. Most articles include highlights of sports outings, but this highlight is actually the length of the entire fight so that just adds the cherry on top. 

Quite frankly, Rousey is a beautiful badass dominating the sport of mixed martial arts. She is the only female fighter undefeated and leads the UFC in the category of wins by armbar (including men). Many feel that her on screen character is too cocky and arrogant for a "women". But in many opinions, including her own, she carries herself in a unique way that helps her have that one up on her opponent. Similar to that of Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, one can draw the similarities to their bold and in your face mentality. Mike Tyson in many interviews, explained just how important it is to get in your opponents head pre-fight and stay there because you've already won. Additionally, as a UFC fighter you have to have a different kind of swag to your character and added to that as a women you aren't taken as serious. So as a mere sex symbol, Rousey feels that she has to carry herself in a way that isn't like every other female celebrity.  

Her antics are also hilarious, in a interview she was asked whether or not she would ever fight boxer Floyd Mayweather, her response was "unless we ended up dating," an apparent reference to domestic violence allegations against him. Then again, recently at the ESPYS, Ronda won the award for the best fighter and she remarked, "I wonder how Floyd feels being beat by a woman for once."- CNN Sports . 

Its been nothing but pure excitement and watching Ronda Rouse fight. Not only as a female athlete but a woman inspiring others to find something they're good at and perfect it. Out of the ring, Rousey isn't always what she is portrayed to be.




Before the fight, Rousey stated that if she won she would give the belt to a youth Judo School in Brazil, and that's just what she did.

Ronda's next fight could potentially be her arch nemesis Miesha Tate. The two have a fun past of hate four letter word exchanges but Rousey ultimately had the last laugh defeating her for the title in 2013 at UFC 168. So the thought of a round 3 fight between the two is going to great! 

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Shaq..Pippen Beef!

Its Only Heating Up

With social media becoming the new way to say what on your mind, Shaq took to Instagram and posted a picture of arguably the best 5 Lakers to play the game of basketball, also included was the best 5 Bulls. From the Lakers from left to right  Irving Magic Johnson, The black mamba Kobe Bryant, Elgin Baylor,  Shaq Diesel and The Big Fella Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The Bulls Best 5 from left to right the young gun Derrick Rose, M.J., Scottie Pippen, the wild child Dennis Rodman and Horace Grant. 

The caption reading, "We would beat em by fifty, what you think?" This started a social media frenzy. The sports world is known for daily debates, a large majority of them including the great one..23.. Michael Jordan. But this time it hit the heart of his right hand man Scottie Pippen. 

Coming back with his own ammo, Pippen posted a picture captioned, "Sorry @Shaq, I don't get caught up in the hypotheticals. All I know is we won 6 titles." 

Shaq felt that Michael Jordan did a majority of the work because he came right back and posted another picture with Pippen's face cut out and Jordan's cropped in instead. The two have going back and forth, creating a hilarious duel via Instagram. The two have even started a debate big enough that Sports Center, First Take and other sports talk specials have added it to their scripts. 

This could be a great situation for the sports world to cover. Its going to lead to more drama and action for the media  and will definitely keep the people talking!

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NBA VS Medical Pot

Kevin Durant Sparks Movement!

With the recent video that exposed NBA All Star Kevin Durant dropping what appeared to be medical marijuana while leaving a club in LA, has sparked a movement for medical marijuana to be legalized in the NBA. 

Why ruin an athletes career? There are about 20 states, as well as the District of Columbia, that have legalized marijuana for recreational and/or medical purposes. Many feel if the NBA and NFL legalized the one thing that a large majority of their athletes participate in would save many careers and keep less African American athletes out of jail. 

For the NBA, under their terms players caught violating the anti-drug policy, having that they  test positive for marijuana are subject to a five-game suspension for their first offense and a mandatory entrance into league's substance abuse program.  

If players got legitimate prescriptions for medical marijuana many believe it would solve many problems because technically they could partake in smoking weed if it were legal from a NBA and state regulation perspective. According to TMZ, they talked to several NBA players and they all expressed their opinions saying, "players not only want to see the rule changed, but they want the league to legalize the use of medicinal marijuana." -TMZ

Heres the video of Kevin Dropping his medical marijuana…. 

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Pacquiao Really?

Manny Pacquiao Blames Shoulder Injury on Mayweather Loss

Many find it extremely sad that Manny Pacquiao is using his shoulder injury as the reason behind Floyd Mayweather winning the fight under a unanimous decision. 

Days leading up to the fight, during his broadcasted sparring and training, Manny Pacquiao appeared to be perfectly fine. His hand speed looked fast and he didn't seem to be in any discomfort or pain. 

He also seen was walking around during his media interviews and meet and greets with his fans waving both hands, in most cases the shoulder that would be "injured" would cause discomfort and pain, and as a result he wouldn't be able to use that arm properly.

In an interview recently with Showtime, Floyd Mayweather, now 48-0, had some words for Manny Pacquiao and his camp. 

Mayweather addressed the fact that in the past he said that if he fought Manny Pacquiao that many of his critics would say that he should have won the fight and that Pacquiao would find an excuse as to why he lost.

Years down the road, he would be completely valid in his statement. "Its truly sad how much of a sore loser Manny is.."-Floyd Mayweather

The undefeated world champion also had this to say, Excuses, excuses, excuses. I knew it was coming but I'm not going to buy into the bull****. And I don't want the public to buy into the bull****. 

He lost and he knows he lost. I have lost a lot of respect for him after all of this. You fight, if you lose it's OK… Mayweather was the better man. A true champion can bounce back. It's just ridiculous.  

I won, I knew I won. I know I'm the better fighter…

We fight 10 times, I'm going to win 10 times. We fight 20 times, I'm going to win 20 times. We fight 100 times, I'm going to win 100 times.

'Manny Pacquiao is not a better fighter than me, know where around the board."-Daily Mail.com

Floyd Mayweather additionally changed his mind about a Mayweather v Pacquiao rematch. He called the Pacquiao camp bad business and doesn't see himself or Mayweather promotions having any further business deals with them!

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