The Washington Redskins sought to solidify their receiving corps in 2008 when they selected wide receivers Devin Thomas and Malcolm Kelly, along with tight end Fred Davis in the second round of that year’s NFL draft. Thomas and Kelly had the size, speed, and pass catching ability to become stalwarts on the Redskins’ offense for [...]
As the Chicago Blackhawks gear-up for the final third of their season, they find themselves in the unique position of having not one, but two first class goalies. Starter Corey Crawford is top five in wins (5th with 13), goals against average (2nd: 1.86), and save percentage (4th: .926) and whenever coach Joel Quenneville decides [...]
Kris Medlen endured his second straight rough outing on Sunday by allowing six earned runs off eight hits in the Atlanta Braves’ 9-3 loss to the Washington Nationals. Medlen allowed nine runs off 14 hits in his last start against the Philadelphia Phillies. In total, that’s 15 runs and 22 hits in 10 innings of [...]
Maurice Harkless believes in saving his best for last. The season might be winding down for the Orlando Magic, but Harkless prefers to be playing his best basketball right now. He certainly did Friday night when the Magic put in an impressive performance before losing to one of the better teams in the NBA, the [...]
Sonny Dykes has been hired as the first new head coach for the Cal Bears in 12 years. He’ll be tasked with bringing his high-flying spread offense to Berkeley and take the Bears over the top in a competitive Pac 12 conference. He’ll have to find a new quarterback for 2013 to run his offense, [...]
The Temple Owls gave No. 1 Indiana all they could handle on Sunday afternoon, but a late collapse allowed the Hoosiers to advance forward into the Sweet 16. The career of Owls’ senior guard Khalif Wyatt has come to a close, but in two postseason games this year, he made his presence felt in convincing [...]
College basketball fans could not have asked for a better way to get their Sunday started when it comes to the 2013 NCAA Tournament as the Round of 32 matchup between Ohio State and Iowa State went down to the final seconds before Aaron Craft hit the game-winning three-point shot with .5 seconds left. The [...]
No. 7 San Diego State vs. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast Yes, you read those teams names correctly. No. 15 Florida Gulf Coast advanced through to the third round, after not just shocking No. 2 Georgetown, but absolutely manhandling the Hoyas. The Eagles led by as much as 19 points in their win on Friday [...]
Dallas Cowboys‘ star wide receiver Dez Bryant had the best season of his career in 2012. He and teammate Tony Romo finally established a connection that translated into production on the field and in fantasy football. The stats were there. Dez had 1,382 yards and 12 touchdowns. Dez had an average draft position of the [...]
The great Barry Bonds has been sentenced to 30 days of house arrest and two years of probation for obstruction of justice. This move pretty much sealed the fate of Barry Bonds, if it wasn’t already tainted to begin with. Personally, Bonds was one of my favorite players of all-time growing up. Through his time [...]
The National League runner-up for the MVP has no ill-will for the reigning MVP Ryan Braun after he tested positive for PED’s. Matt Kemp was recently seen out and about in Los Angeles as he tries to not get involved in the pending Major League issue. “Nobody’s proven anything man, we don’t know anything,” said [...]
DALLAS, Tx. – The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have made their second splash of the day on Thursday signing C.J. Wilson for five years and $77.5 million. The No. 1 pitcher on the free agent market and the best lefty is headed to the rival of his former team, as he will remain in [...]
DALLAS, Tx. – The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim have agreed to terms with Albert Pujols on a 10-year, $250 million contract early Thursday morning. Three of my sources confirmed the deal moments ago from the Hilton Anatole in Dallas. Rumors had been circulating all week of where Pujols would go between Miami, Los Angeles, [...]
The Bobby Valentine will be the next manager for the Boston Red Sox. Valentine will be the 45th manager in Red Sox history and wasn’t even on the Red Sox original top-5 candidate list. Bobby was last seen working as an analyst for ESPN’s Baseball Tonight. Gene Lamont was the only other person in the [...]
As I have stated emphatically in the past, I don’t ever see a reason to award a pitcher the Most Valuable Player of baseball. Justin Verlander racked up the MVP Award on Monday as he adds to his trophy case, alongside the 2011 Cy Young Award. He was the first pitcher in 25 years to [...]
Major League Baseball has finally adopted the NBA’s regular season schedule format. It may be the one thing the NBA has done well these days. The sale of the Houston Astros to Jim Crane forced Houston to move from the NL Central to the AL West. This move places 15 teams in each respective league, [...]
The Houston Astros have been sold to Jim Crane and will move from the NL Central to the AL West in 2013. The move also adds two more teams to the MLB Playoff format and will extend interleague play throughout the season. The playoff system will have 10 teams in total a year, after each [...]
Los Angeles Dodgers southpaw ace Clayton Kershaw was awarded the 2011 Cy Young after his brilliant Triple Crown season. The 23-year old lefty led the National League in its three main categories for pitching dominance; wins (21), strikeouts (248) and ERA (2.28) en route to the 2010-11 Cy Young and Triple Crown for pitchers. Kershaw [...]
CHICAGO, Ill. – The Chicago Cubs have just signed Milwaukee Brewers hitting coach Dale Sveum as their manager. Sveum accepted the Cubs offer on Thursday afternoon. The details of his contract have not been worked out yet. The Cubs new skipper will be introduced to the Chicago media on Friday morning from Wrigley Field. The [...]
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