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NFL Super Bowl XLVI |OT| Matchup More Unwanted Than Madonna's Halftime Show

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Praise Tebow so much.

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That's not even the best picture from that set.
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(Reuters) - Three days before Super Bowl XLVI, federal prosecutors said they have seized 16 websites that illegally streamed live sports and pay-per-view events over the Internet, and charged a Michigan man with running nine of those websites.

According to the government, the 16 websites provided links to give viewers easy access to other sites that hosted pirated telecasts from the National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, World Wrestling Entertainment Inc ("WWE") and TNA Impact Wrestling. The latter is also broadcast on Viacom Inc's Spike TV.


Prosecutors said such piracy costs leagues and broadcasters millions of dollars a year, and some of this cost is passed on to ticket purchasers and sports network subscribers.

"These websites and their operators deprive sports leagues and networks of legitimate revenue" in what amounts to "virtual thievery," said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan, who announced the website seizures.

The seized websites are firstrow.tv, firstrowsports.com, firstrowsports.net, firstrowsports.tv, hq-streams.tv, robplay.tv, soccertvlive.net, sports95.com, sports95.net, sports95.org, sportswwe.net, sportswwe.tv, sportswwe.com, xonesports.tv, youwwe.com and youwwe.net.

The defendant charged in the case is Yonjo Quiroa, 28, who faces one count of criminal infringement of a copyright.

Prosecutors said Quiroa, also known as Ronaldo Solano, operated his websites from his Comstock Park, Michigan, home prior to his Wednesday arrest, receiving at least $13,000 from online merchants who advertised with him.

Lawrence Phelan, a lawyer for the defendant, did not immediately return a request for a comment.

The complaint against Quiroa outlines his alleged piracy efforts from February 2010 to January 2012.

It concludes by saying a U.S. Department of Homeland Security enforcement agent posing as a WWE representative last week offered to buy various domain names associated with the defendant, and received a response offering to "make a deal."

Prosecutors will seek the forfeiture of the domain names for the 16 seized websites.

Prosecutors announced the seizure of 10 other websites said to pirate sports events exactly one year ago, shortly before Super Bowl XLV.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-website-seizures-idUSTRE8111UD20120202
 
They keep closing 'em down, and a new one pops up.

AEG has a new update on it's stadium proposal scheduled for later today. The old one was never going to work. Rams got their joke of a proposal from the city yesterday. If kroenke gets the Dodgers, which will be known by April 1st, he's gone. Or, if AEG updates its deal, he could do that one.

49ers new deal and league financing might make CA stadiums finally get done, except in SD
 
atdhe made me jealous of the NFL trivia that Euro viewers get when coming out of commercial breaks. Reminded me of the old IBM "you make the call" promos from the 80s.
 
You say that but it was much more difficult finding quality streams after they shut down atdhe.

I watched less games streamed so maybe thats that but every time it was a pain in the ass.

hmm I had found firstrow about a week after atdhe got shut down. But maybe they are getting closer to snuffing it all out. I really hate cable/satellite. I just want two channels. It's ridiculous I have to pay $70 for that
 
hmm I had found firstrow about a week after atdhe got shut down. But maybe they are getting closer to snuffing it all out. I really hate cable/satellite. I just want two channels. It's ridiculous I have to pay $70 for that

I dunno about snuffing it all out, i think whats happening is people that start shit up is being more and more careful about the word getting out.
 

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As prosecutors announced the seizure on Thursday, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, expected to start in Sunday's Super Bowl against the New York Giants, admitted to reporters his own use of an illegal website.

"Last year, you know, I was rehabbing my foot, you know, in Costa Rica, watching the game on an illegal Super Bowl website," he said in a video posted Thursday on the NFL website. "And now I'm actually playing in the game. So it's pretty cool."
 
Found on a Panthers board - synopsis of Cam's appearance on Cowherd's radio show this morning:

263?! Holy balls. And he's still more cut/athletic than Fatman!

More Cam!

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/02/cam-newton-i-did-a-poor-job-protecting-the-football/
That sounds about right. White receivers are scrappy. Quarterbacks that spend a lot of time in the film room may pack on a modest amount of weight.

Freeman is not fat. He's a, student of the game.
 
Pro Football Focus has an article up grading the leagues QB's under pressure. They use a number of statistics and scenarios to arrive at their conclusions including percentage of completions under pressure, sack to pressure ratio and more. Interesting read.

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/31/pressure-and-the-2011-quarterbacks/

They graded Eli the top QB under pressure. Brees came in right behind him.

The worst? Mark Sanchez. The runner-up to him was Joe Flacco.

It’s been a tough offseason already for Sanchez, and we’re not about to make it any easier. We normalized our QB gradings this year, so the average mark for a QB in any situation is equal to a zero. For QBs under pressure the average score is closer to a -7.1, so finishing above that mark is encouraging if nothing else. Finishing at -25.1 is anything but encouraging, with Sanchez showcasing an inability to handle defenders coming at him. This is in stark contrast to the other starter in New York, with Manning holding off Brees’ challenge to finish as our highest-graded quarterback under pressure.

This is more than just looking at the raw numbers, but looking at the context of the throws made. A positive completion percentage may show a QB dumping a ball off on third down for a short gain that sees the punting team coming on the field. Our grading can look at a quarterback evading pressure, throwing a perfect ball, only for it to be dropped–yet still rewarding the QB for his excellent play. It’s why we’re confident when we say over the balance of this year, there hasn’t been a better QB under pressure than Eli Manning. Here’s the entire list.
 
Pro Football Focus has an article up grading the leagues QB's under pressure. They use a number of statistics and scenarios to arrive at their conclusions including percentage of completions under pressure, sack to pressure ratio and more. Interesting read.

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/31/pressure-and-the-2011-quarterbacks/

They graded Eli the top QB under pressure. Brees came in right behind him.

The worst? Mark Sanchez. The runner-up to him was Joe Flacco.

My only takeaway from this article is that Cam as a rookie was better under pressure than two-thirds of the QBs in the league!

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I didn't even realize he finished third behind Manning and Brees for Pressured Passing grades!

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Wow at Eli being more elusive than Vick. Vick rolls out the pocket more dramatically but Eli is doing his own thing to keep things in play.
 
Pro Football Focus has an article up grading the leagues QB's under pressure. They use a number of statistics and scenarios to arrive at their conclusions including percentage of completions under pressure, sack to pressure ratio and more. Interesting read.

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/01/31/pressure-and-the-2011-quarterbacks/

They graded Eli the top QB under pressure. Brees came in right behind him.

The worst? Mark Sanchez. The runner-up to him was Joe Flacco.
Number 4 motherfuckers.

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