Shocking, shocking – Well, not that shocking

by Oggy | Jan 17, 2012 | Featured, Latest Columns, NFL News, Ognjen Miletic, Opinion

On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers became the first 15-win team in history to be one and done in the playoffs. They had been anointed as the best team in the league, possibly of all time, and they were everybody’s favourites to repeat. However, their defeat should not...

Dome Sweet Dome

by Oggy | Dec 23, 2011 | Latest Columns, Ognjen Miletic, Opinion

Sports interviews are rarely interesting anymore. The only reasons for athletes or coaches to give us their two cents are either self-promotion or contractual obligation. In any event, the end result is usually just another regurgitation of endless clichés. Bill...

The ‘D’ word hovers ominously over Cowboys

by Oggy | Dec 16, 2011 | Latest Columns, NFL News, Ognjen Miletic, Opinion

The ‘Romocoaster’ that is the 2011 season is proving too much to stomach for many Cowboys fans. We are well into the dreaded month of December, and Dallas currently sit outside the playoff places. But do not blame it on Tony Romo. Do not blame it on Dan Bailey. And...

San Francisco 49ers: Records aside, it is not so clear in the fog city

by Oggy | Nov 23, 2011 | Latest Columns, NFL News, Ognjen Miletic, Opinion

Which franchise is the second best team in football right now? It is a relatively simple question, particularly if you buy into the oft-quoted Bill Parcells line of “you are what your record says you are”. The Packers are 10-0, and no one would dare question their...

Tim Tebow: Carrying the Sins of the Media

by Oggy | Nov 2, 2011 | Latest Columns, NFL News, Ognjen Miletic, Opinion

He is perhaps the most polarising figure in all of sports right now. Revered and idolised by some; despised and castigated by others. There appears to be no middle ground, and given that Tebow started the season effectively as the third-string quarterback of a bad...