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 [...]
After more than a month and a half away from his racecar, Denny Hamlin made his way back to the No.11 in a triumphant return. In his first race back to the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Hamlin made a big statement upon his return at Darlington Raceway. After weeks away from the racetrack, it was unknown how Hamlin would be once [...]
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 [...]
The biggest driver move this offseason was Matt Kenseth, 2003 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, moving to Joe Gibbs Racing for the 2013 season. Kenseth has always been a contender and does have that championship on his record (not quite as respected since he was able to win it without a single victory throughout the [...]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series hit the pavement at the infamous Lady in Black, Darlington Raceway, for the Bojangles Southern 500 on Saturday night. This track is famous for the characteristic Darlington stripe a car will have by the end of the race from running so tight to the wall all night. While this week’s Fantasy [...]
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 [...]
Greg Biffle had a disappointing thirty-sixth place finish at Talladega Superspeedway last week in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. That matched his uncharacteristic finish the week before at Richmond. No problem since NASCAR is at a Greg Biffle type of track this week, Darlington Raceway for the Bojangles’ Southern 500. The Darlington Raceway is [...]
Rain ruined qualifying for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at the Talladega Superspeedway on Saturday. NASCAR rules state that when qualifying is rained out, the starting order will be determined by first practice speeds. This gives Roush-Fenway Racing’s Carl Edwards the pole award for the Aaron’s 499 at Talladega. Edwards’ pole award doesn’t count towards [...]
With Denny Hamlin making his return to the No.11 car at Talladega Superspeedway, its just the beginning of a full recovery for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. At the upcoming race weekend at Talladega, Hamlin will be making his return to the No.11 car, but just not the way many would like to see [...]
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 [...]
