The New York Jets have one of the most interesting situations heading into training camp as nobody knows what to expect from the quarterback position. At the moment, it’s safe to say the starting job is Mark Sanchez‘s to lose and now that David Garrard is out of the picture–should the former first-round pick be [...]
It’s no secret the Ottawa Senators want to play with an edge. But their physicality could end up backfiring, resulting in stupid, costly penalties. That was certainly what happened in Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the seemingly unstoppable Pittsburgh Penguins. After seeing the Penguins vault out to an early 2-0 lead, the Senators likely wondered if this game [...]
I remember a player from the 1980s named Bob Horner that always looked like he was about to get a big hit. The Kansas City Royals of current day have someone like that in star DH Billy Butler. Butler has led the charge as the Royals begin to heat up again and make a run [...]
The Charlotte Bobcats have started the process of changing their name back to “Hornets,” according to CBSSports.com’s Will Brinson. There is currently no timetable as to when the change will be made, but Adam Silver, David Stern’s replacement as commissioner of the NBA, made it clear that a name change would take around 18 months to process. Silver told season-ticket holders re-acquiring [...]
Coming off a 2012 season that would have seen a trip to the ACC Championship Game had it not been for sanctions preventing that from occurring, there’s a lot of buzz surrounding the North Carolina Tar Heels football program heading into 2013. The bulk of that buzz is mainly due to the fact that the [...]
Kyle Wiltjer will be a junior in the 2013-14 college basketball season for the Kentucky Wildcats. With so much talent coming in, can Wiltjer be a leader for this team? Although Wiltjer will be a veteran, it may be hard for him to get playing time. It’s not like John Calipari is just going to [...]
Let’s be honest–Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is living the dream at the moment as he’s sitting on top of the college football world after winning the Heisman last year. Manziel’s celebrity status has taken off over the last year as he’s become a national icon just about anywhere he goes and after he was [...]
Two years ago, Lucas Nogueira declared for the 2011 NBA Draft at the age of 18. However, it was a shaky decision and Nogueira eventually retracted his name from contention to better prepare himself for the professional level here in the United States. Now, at the age of 20, Nogueira is re-entering his name with [...]
It has been almost 14 years since an Atlético Madrid team defeated Real Madrid. In those years, they have played 25 times with Atlético Madrid failing to register a win in the Derby Madrileño. Yet the run of going winless against their bigger, richer and more attractive city rival came to an end on Friday night as Atlético [...]
James Hinchcliffe is the driver of the No.27 GoDaddy.com Andretti Auto sport IZOD Indy Car. In his free time, the Ontario native is a maple syrup connoisseur and part-time lumberjack who enjoys flannels and dog sledding. Well, at least that’s what the 26-year-old’s website says on his clever “meet the mayor” bio page. So, I had [...]
Travis Pastrana will lead the NASCAR Nationwide Series to the green flag on Saturday afternoon presuming inclement weather doesn’t hit the Talladega Superspeedway. It’s Pastrana’s first career pole award in NASCAR since moving over from motocross last season. Previously, Pastrana’s best qualifying effort came at Daytona in February, the only other superspeedway track on the [...]
Nothing like being a driver of a top NASCAR Sprint Cup Team; nothing like being an owner of top NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, teams that are expected to compete at the highest level and win races. Nothing like being all of that but not competing at the highest level or winning races. That is the [...]
It seems as if the 2013 NASCAR season is giving Stewart-Haas Racing a bit of a headache with just a few races in. As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season progresses, some drivers have been able to find some luck and turn things around from the previous season. Meanwhile, others haven’t been so lucky in the case of Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman and Danica [...]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series left Martinsville Speedway without any real serious controversies. The only thing close to a controversy was Jimmie Johnson not stopping for Dale Earnhardt Jr. when he spun around and was blocking the track. Instead of controversies then here are some observations on the NASCAR Cup Series Season so far. First, [...]
The short track at Martinsville Speedway and quite a bit of bump-and-run spelled doom for Dale Earnhardt Jr.‘s run of top-10 finishes in this NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. While many Dale fans clamored that he’d be in contention for the win this weekend, the track instead shattered the greatest start Earnhardt has ever had in the [...]
Despite the continuing buzz surrounding NASCAR Sprint Cup Series superstar and marketing machine Danica Patrick, the running joke has always been and will continue to be that her results will never match her hype. However, today at Martinsville Speedway Patrick had her second impressive run of the season, once again amid conditions that put a [...]
Jimmie Johnson may be back in championship form after all. After winning the season opening Daytona 500, Johnson has now won his second race of the young NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, dominating the STP Gas Booster 500 at the Martinsville Speedway for his 62nd career win and eighth at Martinsville. Johnson led a career-high [...]
Jimmie Johnson won the Coors light Pole award for today’s NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway. Jimmie will lead the field to green to start the STP Gas Booster 500. The Go Daddy Chevrolet team of Danica Patrick found something they didn’t like in the engine and decided to change it. Per the [...]
Rookies are enigmas, but each one brings unique twists and a compelling story to the series which they compete in. Over the past few years the rookie classes have become consistently weak, including previous winners Stephen Leicht, Andy Lally, and Kevin Conway. Realistically, Joey Logano was the last Rookie of the Year that is still [...]
