2009年10月1日星期四

Microsoft Bing, coming soon to an NFL jersey near you

So let’s say you’re a plus-sized technology company, searching to militarist a fledging seek engine. You wish best visibility. You aswell apparently wish to hotlink your artefact with an accustomed brand, appropriately bolstering your blockage power. Why not go with the NFL?

We’re accomplishing a bit of answer here, but we brainstorm that was the cerebration abaft a new business attack for Bing, Microsoft’s chart-climbing seek engine. As USA Today reports, the Seattle Seahawks accept “become the aboriginal NFL aggregation to adorn a aggregation logo – added than one from a sports accessories maker – on their uniforms, admitting alone the convenance jerseys.”

That logo? Bing! You estimated it.

“The Seahawks and Bing are a absolute cast match,” Seahawks CEO Tod Leiweke told Byron Acohido of USA Today. “We beheld the accessible amplitude on our convenance jersey as sacred, not artlessly a advance opportunity, and aloof it for a accomplice that shares our amount values.”

No chat on whether the Bing attack will anon aggrandize to to added teams.

Bing was aboriginal apparent on May 28, at the All Things Digital Conference. Microsoft had initially promised the engine would be reside by June 3, but the account went online two canicule early. A above multimedia commercial attack – comprised of banderole ads, video spots, and alternate displays on amusing networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter – anon followed.

Since June, Bing has connected to allure new swaths of users. According to the media tracking aggregation comScore, Bing claimed 9.3 percent of the US seek bazaar allotment in August. As Bing has netted added traffic, Microsoft has befuddled added business ability abaft the seek engine.

And why not? As we appear beforehand this month, a new accumulation of abstracts appear by Nielsen put Bing as the fastest growing seek engine in the United States.

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2009年9月27日星期日

Analysis: NFL players lash out via Twitter

In contempo days, a brace of NFL players accept called to acquaint the admirers who buy the tickets how to behave.

Washington Redskins amateur linebacker Robert Henson, who didn't even play in Sunday's game, went accessible via Twitter that admirers were "dim wits" for booing the aggregation in a rather animal win and asked how humans who formed "at McDonald's" could apperceive what's best for the team.

And Chicago Bears arresting end Adewale Ogunleye, in a blog he writes for the Chicago Tribune's website, offered that association who accept to boo at amateur should "stay home."

Hmm. Any aggregation that has a abounding abode on bold day in these bread-and-butter times with the unemployment numbers nationally what they are should admonish all of the advisers to just leave able-bodied abundant alone.

I do accept at atomic allotment of the players' issues on this issue. That a lot of humans apprehend about the money complex in the better affairs about the alliance and accept everybody is paid that way.

That conceivably humans don't consistently bethink a aggregation can cut a amateur at any time, a career today, on the artery tomorrow. That a lot of careers don't endure three years. That the concrete assault that comes from the bold usually lasts a lifetime even in the best-case scenarios, and generally players are larboard afterwards abundant allowance to accord with that for the butt of their lives.

That able football, in short, can be a atrocious and aching business that generally doesn't adulation the players aback afterwards they play it.

But to baste out at the admirers is misplaced, and the technology now accessible to do that artlessly speeds the aberration about the globe.

People boo for the aforementioned affidavit some bawl at the being abaft the adverse at a administration abundance who didn't get a signing bonus. Because they're frustrated, aggravated, sometimes rude, or artlessly redirecting any difficulties they're accepting in their own lives on somebody else.

People boo because it costs a lot of money to buy the seat, esplanade the car, buy the food, buy the gear. And again bung in a recession that has, frankly, emptied out a lot of activity accumulation and afraid a lot of humans about the future, and the compound is there for a quick and sometimes abrogating acknowledgment to what's traveling on in foreground of them, abnormally if it isn't all that entertaining.

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And I accept yet to accommodated a amateur in the alliance in added than two decades who would barrow his ancestors to the endure row of the high accouter year afterwards year to even watch the aggregation he already played for.

Yes, some admirers act up, some behave in means — with accouchement down the alley — that should never be acceptable in a cellblock, let abandoned a accessible place.

But with a alliance congenital on television revenues because admirers watch (for whatever their affidavit for affability in), arena in stadiums abundantly congenital with accessible money because admirers wish to go, to try to get the endure chat on Twitter is just apparent

 

2009年9月24日星期四

Sanchez: NFL's latest lottery winner

Mark Sanchez won the NFL's adaptation of the action the actual moment Roger Goodell alleged his name in New York City and said he was a Jet. At that instant, Sanchez was destined to be the activate man for a aggregation with a top-flight aegis beneath new drillmaster Rex Ryan as able-bodied as a solid abhorrent band to accommodate abutment and a active game.

But Sanchez isn't the alone quarterback of backward to accept the acceptable admission the day he got the buzz call, apperception you. Not by a continued shot. Ben Roethlisberger, Philip Rivers and Joe Flacco are associates of the club as well. As in "Congratulations, you've been accustomed the keys to a banal winner, just don't spiral it up." Yes, Rivers' arrangement adjudicator as a amateur delayed his acceptable affluence a year, but the end aftereffect is the same.

Not all adolescent quarterbacks are so lucky, of course, and if you yield a attending at the who's who of busts from beforehand this decade, including guys like Tim Couch and Akili Smith, you admiration how they adeptness accept fared had they been accustomed the keys to a Rolls Royce instead of a Yugo. And I'm apologetic Matthew Stafford, but you didn't win, although I'm abiding you apprehend that by now. You are traveling to accept to accomplish your way appear NFL success the continued and harder way. Feel chargeless to ask guys like Troy Aikman and Peyton Manning for advice; they weren't out-of-the-gate action winners either. Their championship teams were congenital about them over the years.

Before I feel the acrimony of anybody in New York and New Jersey, not to acknowledgment Steeler Nation, amuse agenda that I am not aggravating to abate what any of the action winners accept accomplished. Well, OK, maybe it is a buried attempt at some of the called few that accept had aberrant success as a aftereffect of the guys they accept arena about them.

But they didn't spiral it up, and that is adage absolutely a bit. Like Roethlisberger, Rivers and Flacco, Sanchez has done an admirable job. His greatest asset, so far, has been his adeptness to break abroad from the big mistake. He fabricated one adjoin Houston that didn't amount him, mainly because of the Jets defense. Appropriate abaft his adeptness to abbreviate mistakes is his adroitness for authoritative plays in analytical situations, a lot of conspicuously in the red area and on third down.

To their credit, all of the veterans in my little contempo action champ accumulation accept taken their acceptable affluence and run with it. Roethlisberger, Rivers and Flacco accept developed by leaps and bound from their aboriginal years as a starter. They accept anniversary gone from getting forth for the ride to active the bus. Big Ben is as clamp as they appear in the NFL with 18 game-winning drives already in his adolescent career. Rivers put up MVP-quality numbers endure division and has his ancillary of the brawl on the appropriate clue afresh this season. All Flacco has done in Baltimore is accustomed the Ravens their best abhorrent advance since, well, ever. They assuredly accept a assemblage that doesn't necessarily accept to play additional dabble to Ray Lewis' defense.

There are added quarterbacks, like Eli Manning and Matt Ryan, to name a couple, who were drafted into appealing acceptable situations as well. But not like Sanchez & Co. Atlanta's aegis is still absolutely a plan in advance and Manning's Giants didn't get ascendant forth the abhorrent band or on aegis until the 2007 Super Bowl run. That's why they aren't action winners in my mind.

It is important to apperceive that acceptable the action as a quarterback is not absolutely fool-proof. Just like absolute action winners go bankrupt, there are some arresting callers who either don't apprehend or don't yield advantage of their acceptable fortune. See Young, Vince. He had aggregate appropriate at his feel tips. Now it's arguable whether he'll anytime get to play afresh -- admitting at 0-2, the Titans are absolutely searching for some answers appropriate now. I'm traveling to go out on a absolutely baby limb and say Adolescent is not the band-aid to what is ailing the Titans afterwards two affecting defeats. Unless he can play arresting back. Then maybe he could help.

No, the Titans are traveling to accept to amount this one out addition way. They will try to about-face things around, ironically, adjoin Sanchez and his Jets this week. Tennessee would assume to be way too accomplished and well-coached to abatement to 0-3 while accident to a amateur quarterback, but that's agnate to what a lot of experts anticipation afore the Jets defeated the Texans and the Patriots. Tennessee may be traveling adjoin a guy starting alone his third NFL bold beneath center, but he acutely is a guy who knows the bearings he has been placed into and is demography abounding advantage of it.

 

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2009年9月23日星期三

Manning wisely modest after breaking Unitas record

Peyton Manning became the Indianapolis Colts' a lot of accustomed quarterback, in agreement of wins, afterwards allegorical the aggregation to a 27-23 achievement over Miami on Monday but wisely chose to downplay that accurate statistic.

Manning holds a alternation of Colts annal and his 119th achievement for Indianapolis took him accomplished the almanac captivated by Johnny Unitas - broadly advised one of the greatest quarterbacks back the birth of the NFL.

Unitas, who won the NFL Championship in 1958 in what is accepted as 'the greatest game', a abrupt afterlife overtime achievement over the New York Giants, played for the Colts if they were a Baltimore team.

The Colts authorization confused to Indianapolis in 1984 -- the team's accessories were bussed out of Baltimore in the aphotic of night and their alliance almanac and stats traveling forth too, but Unitas was a part of those who banned to about-face their loyalties to the new city

Manning, who led the Colts to a Super Bowl celebration in Miami adjoin the Chicago Bears in February, 2007 and who is a nine-times Pro Bowl selection, is absolutely on his way to entering the aforementioned accepted of bequest as Unitas but few would say he has got there yet and he accustomed that in his post-game comments.

"I've never acquainted adequate with these comparisons to Johnny Unitas. I'm actual appreciative to abrasion the aforementioned compatible as he did. He was actual nice to me the times that I was about him. Johnny Unitas was a winner," Manning told reporters.

 

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2009年9月22日星期二

Redemption: Offensive line bounces back

Of all the humans who took affliction afterwards the Cardinals' season-opening accident to the San Francisco 49ers - including quarterback Kurt Warner, who mysteriously was misfiring; the defense, which accustomed a game-changing fourth-quarter touchdown drive; and assorted players who committed penalties - conceivably cipher accustomed added criticism than the abhorrent linemen.

Oh, and they heard about it.

Coach Ken Whisenhunt and his agents railed at them continuously endure anniversary - on the convenance field, in blur sessions and at aggregation meetings.

In Sunday's 31-17 achievement over the Jacksonville Jaguars, however, the abhorrent band adored itself. It didn't acquiesce a sack and provided acceptable aegis as Warner set an NFL single-game completion-percentage almanac (92.3) by traveling 24 of 26 for 243 yards and two touchdowns.

Forgive Whisenhunt for not accepting ever congratulatory.

"I was blessed with our abhorrent line," he said Monday, "but I anticipate I'm traveling to break mad at them. It seemed like we played a little bit bigger if I was affronted at them endure week, so I anticipate we'll try to accumulate that aforementioned mentality going."

Bring it, the abhorrent linemen say. Starting appropriate bouncer Deuce Lutui said it comes with the profession.

"You do able-bodied as an abhorrent band (if) you don't get noticed, anyway," he said. "You blend up, everybody's traveling to be on you."

Warner accepted his linemen Monday and fabricated abiding to point out that the alone time he absolutely got hit was on a bend assault that cipher could accept prevented.

"And I didn't see it, so added than that," he said, "there was absolutely just a brace of times if I had pressure. I anticipation they did a abundant job.

"But I anticipation the coaches did a acceptable job of calling some quick plays, too, and accepting the brawl out of my hands. That consistently helps an abhorrent line, instead of just continuing aback there and accepting to advance down the field."

With opposing teams acceptable continuing to focus on aggravating to shut down the Cardinals' alarming accepting leash of Larry Fitzgerald, Anquan Boldin and Steve Breaston, quick check-offs and beneath passes should alone advice the abhorrent band succeed.

It agency beneath time for penalties, gap mistakes and address errors to occur.

"We accept a accumulation that expects a lot, and we wish to play up to those expectations," starting larboard bouncer Reggie Wells said, acquainted the band of him, Lutui, centermost Lyle Sendlein and tackles Mike Gandy and Levi Brown accept started 22 after amateur together.

"We knew we could accept done bigger the aboriginal week. . . . But we've congenital some accord and accent together, and Sunday was about rebuilding that and authoritative it right. We're a accumulation that's traveling to appear aback to plan behindhand of the outcome, and I anticipate that shows what affectionate of aptitude we accept in our room."

The abhorrent band fabricated it simple for Warner on a record-setting day, he said.

"It about feels like I blanket the almanac a little bit, because I didn't absolutely accept to do a accomplished lot added than to just bandy to the accessible guy," he said. "It was affectionate of easy.

"It's acutely air-conditioned anytime there's a aboriginal time or a best in NFL history; that's a appealing appropriate accomplishment. But afresh again, it was one of those amateur area aggregate seemed to plan in my favor. . . . As abundant as it credibility to an alone thing, it's all about the team."

 

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2009年9月21日星期一

Sports Recap

Antonio Pierce laughed off all the advertising for this September Super Bowl, or whatever the Dallas Cowboys advised the opener of their $1.15 billion stadium. To the New York Giants, this was just addition analysis game, one they had to win. And they did -- dramatically. Lawrence Tynes kicked a 37-yard acreage ambition as time expired, giving the Giants a 33-31 achievement adjoin turnover-prone Tony Romo and the Cowboys on Sunday night, sending home the bigger regular-season army in NFL history blubbering about what might've been. Former President George W. Bush, NFL abettor Roger Goodell and LeBron James were a part of a arranged abode of 105,121 that saw eight advance changes, with neither aggregation anytime advanced by added than six. The advance switched three times in the final division and had a doubly agitative accomplishment because afterwards Tynes fabricated the kick, he had to do it again; Dallas had alleged a abeyance an burning afore the snap. His additional try was even bigger than the aboriginal and all those admirers got clumsily quiet. "People were talking about this like it was the Super Bowl in the additional anniversary of the season," said Pierce, a Giants linebacker. "We just came actuality to win a football game." Eli Manning was 25 of 38 for 330 yards with 22-yard touchdowns to Mario Manningham and Steve Smith. Anniversary bent 10 passes, with Manningham's accoutrement 150 yards and Smith's traveling for 134. It was absolutely a way for the Giants to end a 13-game amplitude afterwards a individual 100-yard receiver.

Rex Ryan beatific a bulletin to the fans. His New York Jets delivered one of their own. Amateur Mark Sanchez outplayed a Super Bowl best quarterback and the Jets backed up their big talk, shutting down Tom Brady and the New England Patriots 16-9 on Sunday. "We accept that we are the bigger aggregation today," Ryan said. "We went out and showed it. I anticipate our admirers are huge in this victory." So huge, in fact, that Ryan said he was giving the admirers a bold brawl that would be placed in the team's bays case. "I anticipation they were the difference," Ryan said. The achievement was the aboriginal for the Jets (2-0) over Brady at home, and the aboriginal over the Patriots (1-1) at the Meadowlands back 2000. And it came afterwards a anniversary during which Ryan common his offseason comments that he didn't appear to "kiss Bill Belichick's rings" and beatific a voicemail to division admission holders, advancement them to be loud.(NFL jerseys on sale)

Hounded in the opener and addled in the aboriginal traveling afresh Sunday, Jay Cutler artlessly capital a attack at redemption. He got it and assuredly lived up to his aerial billing. Cutler fabricated a big canyon to Devin Hester, and Robbie Gould booted a 44-yard acreage ambition with 15 abnormal larboard to lift the Chicago Bears to a 17-14 achievement over the Pittsburgh Steelers. Cutler hit amateur Johnny Knox with the attached touchdown amid through the fourth quarter. Afterwards Jeff Reed absent his additional acreage ambition of the period, a 43-yard attempt, Cutler helped set up Gould's acceptable bang with a 5-yard canyon to Hester on third-and-4 at the Steelers 39 that kept the acceptable drive going. "I consistently achievement to get a chance," Cutler said. "I consistently anticipate we're traveling to get a adventitious if it's 3 account or if it's 30 seconds. All we wish is a shot." Both teams were missing arresting stars, with Chicago's Brian Urlacher out for the blow of the division with a confused appropriate wrist and the Steelers' Troy Polamalu out three to six weeks with a broken centermost accessory bond in his larboard knee. The Bears aswell saw arresting end Alex Brown get helped off the acreage with a sprained larboard abate with just over four account actual afterwards accession two sacks. Cutler, however, came through like a brilliant on a backing afternoon in which he was pressured and had several passes dropped. Despite all that, his aboriginal home bold with the Bears (1-1) was a big advance over his admission with them.(NFL jerseys sale)

Without Donovan McNabb, the Philadelphia Eagles approved aggregate they could on offense. Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints ashore to what they do best. Brees tossed three added touchdown passes Sunday, allowance the Saints exhausted Philadelphia 48-22. Brees had six TD passes endure anniversary as the Saints (2-0) baffled Detroit 45-27. He best up area he larboard off, acrimonious afar Philadelphia's accessory and commutual 25 of 34 passes for 311 yards and one interception. "If you attending at our accomplishment group, anniversary bold no guy anytime knows whose day it's gonna be," Brees said. "Each guy knows it's their job to accessible things up for anybody else." Making his aboriginal NFL alpha for an afflicted McNabb, Kevin Kolb threw for 391 yards and two TDs, including a 71-yard scoring canyon to DeSean Jackson. Kolb aswell threw three interceptions, though, including one alternate 97 yards for a TD by Darren Sharper in the final minute. "I've got to cut those turnovers out," Kolb said. "I apperceive bigger than that. I will do it."

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Mark Sanchez came out throwing in the additional bisected afterwards a quiet aboriginal two abode and affiliated with Dustin Keller on a ambitious touchdown in the third division as the Jets captivated on and exhausted New England 16-9, catastrophe a home accident band to the Patriots at seven games. Tom Brady had a adventitious to advance a backward attached drive, accepting the brawl at the Patriots’ 10 with 1:48 left. But the Jets’ aegis chock-full him as Dwight Lowery agape abroad a canyon to Joey Galloway on fourth down.

Saints 48, Eagles 22 ? Drew Brees tossed three added TD passes as visiting New Orleans formed accomplished a aggregation missing QB Donovan McNabb because of a absurd rib. He was replaced by Kevin Kolb, who threw for 391 yards and two touchdowns in his aboriginal NFL start. But he aswell was intercepted three times, including one alternate 97 yards for a TD by Darren Sharper in the final minute.

Brees had six TD passes endure anniversary as the Saints baffled Detroit. He best up area he larboard off, commutual 25 of 34 passes for 311 yards.

49ers 23, Seahawks 10 ? Frank Gore had touchdown runs of 79 and a career-best 80 yards and accomplished with 207 yards on 16 carries to backpack San Francisco at home. He’s the additional amateur in NFL history to accept two TD runs of 79 or added yards in the aforementioned game. Barry Sanders, did it on Oct. 12, 1997.

Ravens 31, Chargers 26 ? Ray Lewis met Darren Sproles bang on fourth and 2 in the closing abnormal to end San Diego’s improvement hopes. With the brawl at the Baltimore 15, Lewis came in accessible and airtight Sproles to the arena to bottle the win. That baby a huge day for Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers, who threw for a career-high 436 yards and two TDs, commutual 25 of 45 passes. Joe Flacco threw for two TDs for the Ravens and Willis McGahee ran for two.

Broncos 27, Browns 6 ? Elvis Dumervil angry a authorization almanac with four sacks and linebacker Andra Davis had 10 tackles adjoin his old aggregation to advance Denver to achievement at home. Broncos quarterback Kyle Orton hit Jabar Gaffney with a 49-yard canyon that led to Peyton Hillis’ 2-yard TD run aboriginal in the fourth division to breach accessible a 13-6 game.

Texans 34, Titans 31 ? Matt Schaub threw for 357 yards and four TDs, and Kris Brown kicked a 23-yard acreage ambition in the closing account to advice Houston blemish Tennessee’s home opener. Afterwards Brown’s ambitious acreage ambition with 2:55 left, the Titans had one endure chance. But QB Kerry Collins alone the brawl with 1:32 larboard and Houston’s Jeff Zgonina recovered. That broke a career day from the Titans’ Chris Johnson, who denticulate three TDs and ran for 197 yards. He aswell had 87 yards receiving.(football jerseys on sale)

Vikings 27, Lions 13 ? Brett Favre set an NFL almanac with his 271st beeline start, one added than arresting end Jim Marshall had for Minnesota from 1961-1979, again threw two TD passes to assemblage visiting Minnesota. Adrian Peterson’s 27-yard TD run amid through the third division gave the Vikings their aboriginal lead. Detroit suffered its 19th beeline loss.

Raiders 13, Chiefs 10 ? Darren McFadden ran 5 yards for a TD with 1:07 larboard to lift visiting Oakland to victory. That came afterwards Matt Cassel, authoritative his Chiefs debut, hit Dwayne Bowe with a 29-yard bang for a 10-6 advance with 2:38 left. Again the Raiders collection 69 yards to win.

Falcons 28, Panthers 20 ? Matt Ryan threw three TD passes in the aboriginal bisected and Chris Houston intercepted a canyon befuddled by Jake Delhomme at the Falcons’ 4 backward in the fourth division to advice bottle Atlanta’s achievement at home.

Bills 33, Buccaneers 20 ? Donte Whitner alternate an interception 76 yards for a touchdown and Terrell Owens denticulate on a 43-yard bolt in his Buffalo home debut.(Cheap NFL jerseys)