LAWRENCE TAYLOR ARRESTED

Lawrence Taylor, a.k.a. "L.T." a former professional football player for the New York Giants was arrested by police in the Suffern, NY area on Thursday, May 6 and charged with rape. Taylor was a sensational linebacker. In 1999 he was voted into the pro football hall of fame. Taylor has been charged with felony 3rd degree statutory rape. 3rd degree statutory rape in the state of New york constitutes anyone that engages in sexual intercourse with someone who is under 17 while over 21. Taylor was also charged with patronization for allegedly paying the minor $300 to have intercourse with him. Taylor sustains that he did not have sex with the girl, nor rape her. If convicted Taylor faces up to 5 years in prison, and will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. The alleged victim was a 15 year old runaway. She was reported as missing in March.The underage girl claims she did not recognize that it was Lawrence Taylor when she engaged in intercourse with him. She was accompanied to Lawrence Taylor's room by a man authorities identified as Rasheed Davis. Davis is a 36 year old parolee. He is being charged with unlawful imprisonment, assault and endangering the welfare of a child. It is alleged that the underaged girl had been staying with Davis in the Bronx for weeks, and that he took her to punched her, kicked her, took her to Taylor's room against her will, and told her to have sex with him. He has been released on 75,000 bail.

ARE FOOTBALL PLAYERS OVERPAID?

Are football players overpaid? I believe that some football players are very overpaid. Take for instance, Jared Allen. Jared Allen is a Defensive End for the Minnesota Vikings, which happen to be my favorite football team. In 2008 Jared Allen signed a six year contract with the Vikings for just shy of 74 million dollars. This makes Jared Allen the highest paid Defensive End in NFL history. This seems to me like a very ridiculous amount of money to pay someone for tackling people. I don't think that it's good for the economy to pay so much salary to football players. I think that if someone deserves to be paid more money, it's people like teachers that deserve more salary. They aren't paid nearly enough and in my opinion they are more important to the future of our society because they shape young minds. I think that teachers contribute much more positively to society. This is why I don't think that we should pay Jared Allen so much.

SUPERBOWL SUNDAY

I am very excited to watch the Superbowl this Sunday. It is going to be aired at 6:00 ET on CBS on February 7th 2010. All of my friends want the Saints to win. I personally don't, I want the Colts to win. All night downtown last night I had to her "WHO DAT WHO DAT??" I was like. "SHUT UP!!" I think that I am a little salty still that the Vikings lost to the Saints. Anyways, my friend Megan posted something on her facebook the other day and I thought it was interesting and so I'm going to share it with you guys. She wrote " This will be the 44th superbowl, Obama is the 44th president, there are 44 days from Christmas to Superbowl Sunday. The Saints franchise is 44 years old on Superbowl Sunday. It will be 4 years and 4 months since Katrina. The Saint's won in 4 minutes and 44 seconds in overtime." she also said "who dat, who dat" again. How annoying. I hope the Colts win.

Pro bowl 2010

The pro bowl this year was a great game played on Sunday January 31, 2010. In an effort to make it a bigger game as a warm up to the super bowl, the pro bowl was held this year in Miami, instead of it's usual home of Honolulu, Hawaii where it's been held since 1980. The two teams, the AFC vs. the NFC had a close battle through-out the game. However, the AFC beat the NFC 41-34. The best highlight of the game in my opinion happened during the third quarter, safety Brian Dawkins of the AFC west Denver Broncos intercepted a pass thrown by Donavin Mcnabb of the Philadelphia Eagles, then lateraled the ball to former teammate of the Broncos, Champ Bailey (cornerback), who then fumbled a lateral to Jets corner back, Derelle Revis who was was then ruled down as he also attempted a lateral. The players were definitely in good spirits despite the light rain that fell throughout the game. I thought the players definitely did a good job at making it worthwhile and entertaining for the fans to watch. Matt Schaub of the Houston Texans threw for 189 yards and two AFC touchdowns. He played awesome, and earned the honors of the most valuable player. Aaron Rodgers threw for 2 touchdown passes, one 7 yd pass to Desean Jackson of the Philadelphia eagles, and the other a 48 yd pass to Steve Smith of the NFC south Carolina Panthers. Desean Jackson also had a 58 yard pass touchdown from Donavan McNabb. Desean Jackson is a first year pro bowler and really showed off his talent in this game. This year he became the first player in NFL history to make the pro bowl as both a wide receiver and returner. Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson scored the game winning touchdown for the AFC with just under 6 minutes remaining in the 4th quarter to secure the win for the AFC. The AFC totaled 517 yards and the NFC totaled 470 yards. Neither teams Defense seemed to play very well. The AFC's offensive line threw a bunch of screens and had the NFC Defense running all over the field. I enjoyed watching the game. It was fun to see the talented players from different teams competing. It was a very entertaining game to watch.

SIDNEY RICE 1RST TIME PROBOWLER

Sidney Rice is a wide reciever for the Minnesota Vikings. He is my favorite player on the time. He is a very fast, agile, running back and he has great hands. Although he may not be as fast as other wide recievers such as Randy Moss, he has proven to be a go to guy this season because of his amazing ability to find the ball and catch it. He has very good hands. He doesn't drop many balls. Rice was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings in 2007 in the 2nd round. He was the 44th overall pick. He signed a four year contract with the Vikings for $2.981 Million. In 2007 and 2008 Sidney Rice spent much of the season sidelined because of a knee injury. He lost his starter position to Bobby Wade. However, in 2009 he won his starting job back and had the best season of his career thus far. He had a 176 yd game against the Baltimore Ravens with 6 catches. The next game against the Pitsburgh Steelers he has an even better game. He completed 10 catches for 136 yds. In week 10 against the Detroit Lions, Rice managed another impressive 201 yd performance with 7 catches. He finished the 2009 season with 1,312 yds, 83 receptions, 15.8 yds receiving, and 8 touchdowns. On November 18, 2009, for the first time; Rice recieved the award for NFC offensive player of the week. On December 29, 2009, Rice was also honored as a NFC pro bowler. This was also the first time he has won this award. Unfortunately he did not play in the pro bowl though due to being unhealthy.