Profile of John Turner

Biography

John Turner is the Journal Pioneer's football freak. His column runs on Saturdays during the NFL season.

All articles of John Turner

• Popular NFL Halloween costumes
  The Freak's children are in the spirit as they will be donning the following NFL outfits tomorrow night - Owen, Eli Manning; Finn, coach Tom ...
• Memorable road trip to Denver
  Joining The Freak on the annual road trip were Frankie, Paulie, Jaker, Bucky, DD, Bagger, Rust, Dylan, Marky Mark and the California boys, KK, ...
• The Freak and Co. off to Mile High City
  The Freak and his buddies from Summerside and across North America will converge in Denver. The group will attend the New York Jets-Denver ...
• Parity front and centre in NFL
  There's only one undefeated team after only four weeks, and you can be guaranteed no one believed it'd be the Kansas City Chiefs. There are nine ...
• Some NFL coaches on hot seat
  In the NFL, with only 16 games, you cannot fall behind the 8-ball early and expect to make the playoffs. The trend is start bad, don't make the ...
• Emotions vary for local NFL fans
  It's only Week 3, and many local fans are in a sad state of shock while others are smiling from cheek to cheek. Some of the early-season ...
• Three frustrating incidents
  However, The Freak wants to criticize organizations that have these "prima donna" wide receivers that think they are bigger than the team. This ...
• Can't beat excitement of Week 1
  Many local football fans, including The Freak, will be tossing and turning in bed Saturday night anticipating the big day. Everyone has their ...
• Sounds of NFL will be upon us in less than a week
  The Freak, on the other hand, is saddened to put the golf clubs aside, but is delighted that in less than a week the sounds of the NFL will be ...
• There's nothing like Super Bowl Sunday
  Putting on the team jersey, firing up the barbecue, playing some cards, game bets and eating and drinking like there is no tomorrow. Yes, ...
• Some Super Bowl thoughts
  Summerside - The Super Bowl is only two days away, and the hype is building for the big game. There are many sub-plots, storylines, facts and ...
• Third annual All-Freak team
  What a great day of football last Sunday as we finally had two exciting games to watch. Peyton Manning showed why he's the MVP, putting up 30 ...
• Some pigskin thoughts heading into championship weekend
  This was the first post-season in the last five years that The Freak was able to put up the feet, relax and enjoy games with the Gmen out of the ...
• Incompetent kickers frustrating
  The Freak never imagined in his wildest dreams that he would dedicate column space to kickers. But after watching the brutal performances by ...
• Best weekend in football is here
  With no football game to watch Monday night, The Freak took a glance at the "pre-season" column to check the accuracy of this season's picks. It ...
• NFL playoffs just around the corner
  Happy New Year everyone! Let's begin with the famous words of Jim Mora: "What's that? Ah - playoffs? Don't talk about - playoffs. You kidding ...
• Its the third annual Reindeer Awards
  It's that time of the year when the Freak contacts Santa to give out his third annual Reindeer Awards. Santa mentioned via text messaging that he ...
• Top Giants Stadium moments
  The way the New York Giants are playing, there'll only be one more home game at legendary Giants Stadium before they move into their new home ...
• A look at this year's MVP candidates
  Who is this year's MVP? If you had the opportunity to vote for this season's MVP, who would you pick and what would be your criteria? For The ...
• A look at this year's MVP candidates
  Who is this year's MVP? If you had the opportunity to vote for this season's MVP, who would you pick and what would be your criteria? For The ...
• What's wrong with the Giants?
  Recently, many on the street have stopped The Freak to ask, "What's wrong with the Giants?" Well, in a nutshell, here are the most pressing ...
• Rookie wide receivers playing key roles
  Rarely do rookie wide receivers make an impact in the NFL, but this year there have been a number playing major roles. Generally, it takes ...
• Belichicks decision backfires
  It was late Sunday night and The Freak had trouble keeping his eyes open watching the Pats-Colts in the fourth quarter. The Freak believes he ...
• Another successful road trip
  "Road trip" could be heard all the way from Summerside to sunny Atlanta, Ga. The Freak, along with football buddies Bucky, EI, Paulie, Frankie ...
• NFL season reaches halfway point
  Before talking about the NFL, The Freak would like to wish the Summerside Cooke Insurance Clippers good luck in today's Lobster Bowl against the ...
• Lots of different costume ideas
  Being Halloween tonight, The Freak's children wanted different costume ideas for trick or treating. So for Finn, Charlie, Owen and dog Eli, here ...
• No fun being a head coach in NFL
  So, you want to be an NFL head coach? The pressure on coaches is intense to win now, every move is scrutinized for a week and there's nowhere to ...
• No team runs "Wildcat" like Dolphins
  After watching the Monday night game between the Dolphins and Jets, there is only one team in the NFL -- period -- that can effectively run the ...
• The Freaks Gobbler Awards
  It's Thanksgiving and we are already a quarter of the way through the NFL season. Many of us will be having a big turkey meal this weekend, so ...
• Week 3 had just about everything
  Wow! What a crazy week in the NFL. It had everything from a last-second miracle, upsets and finally the end to a long losing streak. Brett ...