Archive for the ‘Football’ Category
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Madden Moments Live Week Five: Free
This week's Madden Moments Live are being provided for free due to sponsorship from Verizon Wireless. The three NFL games featured resulted in the underdogs coming out on top but the theme here is to change the outcome and pull off the wins with the favorites. Packers at Redskins: Off the Upright - The Redskins managed to tie up the game leaving Aaron Rodgers a minute to go to work. Unfortunately for the Packers, a last second field goal attempt hit the wrong side of the upright as time expir...
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NFL Strikes New Exclusive Apparel Deals
No matter how much everyone would like the NFL to open up the league license to multiple parties for video games hopes of that happening may have taken a hit due to today's developments. The NFL has struck new exclusive contracts with Nike for on-field apparel including uniforms, sideline apparel, and fan gear while New Era will be the sole provider of headwear. The new deals begin in April 2012. (more…)...
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Madden 11 Week Five Ratings Change Suggestions
Week five of the NFL season is in the books and not a single team remains undefeated. Parity rules this year. In some ways that could make Madden 11 more enjoyable as no team can claim to be unbeatable and every team (except maybe Buffalo) seems good enough to at least compete even against the stronger teams. Some names worthy of mentioning for continued high level of performance include Clay Matthews, Shaun Hill, Brandon Lloyd, Malcolm Floyd, Josh Freeman and Mike Williams (TB). Carson Pal...
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Madden 11 Roster Update #7 Details
The next roster update for Madden 11 is expected to arrive sometime today and carries with it the two big trades from earlier this week. Randy Moss returns to the Vikings and Marshawn Lynch is now with the Seahawks. The acquisition of Moss moves the Vikings team rating up two points to an 87. Chris Johnson loses his 99 rating while Antonio Gates moves up to 99. Continue on for the full list of changes arriving with the post week five roster update and leave your thoughts in the comments! (...
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Madden Moments Live Week Four: Free
EA Sports has released the week four set of Madden Moments Live and this set of "moments" is free due to sponsorship by Verizon Wireless. Three games are featured with the Jaguars dramatic upset over the Colts, the Bengals trying to avoid getting beat by the Browns, and the Broncos making a late drive to beat the Titans on the slate this week. Colts at Jaguars: Scobee Dooby Doo - When we say that Madden Moments LIVE puts you in the shoes of the players, we mean it literally...when we're tal...
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Randy Moss Headed Back to Vikings
The Vikings have officially traded for WR Randy Moss bringing him back to where his career began in 1998. In exchange the Patriots received a third round draft pick. Given the magnitude of this move it will be worked into this week's Madden 11 roster update. (more…)...
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Madden 11 Week Four Ratings Change Suggestions
With week four of the NFL season complete some clear trends can be spotted as to player performance with plenty of games now to evaluate from. There are some names that stand out prominently as outperforming expectations through this week such as Sam Bradford, Brandon Lloyd, Shaun Hill, Mike Tolbert, Rashard Mendenhall, LaDainian Tomlinson, and Kyle Orton (especially with no semblance of a running game). Chris Johnson may lose his 99 rating and the Bears offensive line should take a huge hit a...
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Another Patch Coming for Madden 11
As mentioned on Twitter today by the art director for Madden 11 the game will be receiving a fourth patch with a targeted release in November. Art related updates will include the Vikings receiving jerseys with their 50th anniversary patch, a Saints jersey with a Super Bowl patch, and the Redskins home and away uniform combos. Last year the final gameplay patch for Madden arrived in early December. No word yet on anything else that could be touched upon in the patch but it surely won't be l...
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