The New Orleans Saints announced that they have waived defensive end Greg Romeus. He was the Saints’ 2011 seventh-round draft pick out of Pittsburgh, but he could never make it on the field. Romeus’ with the Saints was plagued by devastating injuries and never saw any playing time in the NFL as he was always [...]
The New York Rangers, who trailed the Boston Bruins 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, appeared to have thrown in the towel in this do-or-die Game 4. Their superstar forward Brad Richards was a healthy scratch and two key defenseman (Marc Staal and Anton Stralman) were out with injuries. As a result, they started out sluggish. For about the first half of the [...]
The Minnesota Twins will be getting a promising starter back Friday in Samuel Deduno. Deduno made 15 starts last season for the Twins in his first year as a starter. The 29-year-old right-hander was steady last year for the Twins, logging 57 strikeouts in 79 innings. Deduno has a wide variety of pitches, which is [...]
Name: Gregory Echenique Age: 22 Height: 6-foot-9 Position: Center School/Country: Creighton Latest Stats: 9.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 bpg Within the Creighton Bluejays‘ front court, 6-foot-9 big man Gregory Echenique earned himself a valuable reputation. He was the anchor inside for a Bluejays squad that has been amongst the top non-power six programs in the country over the [...]
Nick Saban’s Alabama Crimson Tide rule college football. No one, not even the most hardcore Auburn Tigers fan, can argue that. In fact, just coming off another national title, Alabama is in the midst of the most dominant run in college football in a long, long time. How good has Alabama been the last seven years? Really, [...]
I, along with many other basketball fans across the country I’m sure, was more than ecstatic to hear the announcement yesterday that Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski would be returning to lead the 2016 version of the United States Olympic men’s basketball team. With whispers that he may not be returning, it was [...]
Aside from his recent contract demands, Green Bay Packers superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of the classiest professional athletes of our generation. The man sat through a humiliating first round of the 2005 NFL Draft with the poise of a 10-year veteran and received what then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue called a “good thing” — an [...]
One of the biggest surprises this fantasy baseball season has been San Diego Padres SP Jason Marquis. The 34-year-old has been all over the place, as he has played for eight different teams in his 14 MLB seasons, but this has finally been his breakout season. He went practically undrafted in nearly every format outside [...]
Way back in 2003 when Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich purchased Chelsea from Ken Bates for £140 million, there was an outcry from supporters groups and MP’s who felt that Abramovich wasn’t a fit and proper person, and that his background was a little shady to say the very least. Fast forward 10 years, and Abramovich [...]
Most people counted Denny Hamlin out of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup this year after his accident at Auto Club Speedway that crushed his vertebra. The injury kept him out of the car for a handful of races while first Mark Martin then Brian Vickers filled in for him. At Talladega Superspeedway, Hamlin [...]
As NASCAR heads to the track too tough to tame, it seems fitting that the grueling race would feature a long-awaited return from a devastating injury. Denny Hamlin plans to return on the very track that has seen both bent chassis and broken bones in its heralded history. It seems fitting that Hamlin would return to full-race action sooner [...]
Denny Hamlin has had one of the worst journeys that a racecar driver could have to start a season. Hamlin was injured in a final lap crash at the Auto Club Speedway in a duel with Joey Logano. Hamlin’s car slammed into the inside barriers of the track which weren’t protected by the SAFER Barrier’s which are only on [...]
Its been a rough four weeks for NASCAR driver Denny Hamlin. At the conclusion of the Auto Club 400, he was sent into the inside wall by rival Joey Logano then suffered a crushed vertebrae that has kept the championship contender cooling on his heels and out of the race car. While he has been [...]
Tonight NASCAR is returning to its roots for some short track Saturday night racing at Richmond International Raceway. Here is some news and information since qualifying. Matt Kenseth won the Coors Light Pole award and is now entered into the Sprint Unlimited next year at Daytona. Although this is the second week in a row [...]
This week, the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is gracing Richmond International Raceway with its presence this Saturday evening for the second night race of the 2013 season. Matt Kenseth has grabbed the pole for this race as he did last weekend showing the dominance of his team this year. While he received what he thought of as an unusually harsh penalty for an [...]
Seems like nothing can keep Matt Kenseth down as he grabbed the top spot for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Richmond. Following the news of a penalty from NASCAR, Kenseth followed up by winning the pole for the Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond International Raceway. During Friday’s Cup Series qualifying session Kenseth won [...]
Matt Kenseth had one heck of a weekend in Kansas Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race. He started by running in the top 10 during practice. His team worked on the car to the point that he was able to not only get the pole but also set a new track record. This is [...]
This past weekend, Brian Vickers took the place of Denny Hamlin in the Joe Gibbs Racing No.11 for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series NRA 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, and was able to pull out a top-10 finish at the Texas track where the No. 11 had won before. Hamlin made sure he was on the scene [...]
The first NASCAR Sprint Cup Series night race is tonight. The NRA 500 at the Texas Motor Speedway will be Saturday April 13th 2013. Here is some information that has happened since qualifying. The National Rifle Association has sponsored this race, although there is some controversy over whether or not it is appropriate for them [...]
