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 [...]
Last week NASCAR had an off week but managed to race anyway. Jimmie Johnson took back his house and won the All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway. This week many drivers are gunning to take it back. Kyle Busch has been on a roll the entire season and thinks it is his time. This week [...]
This NASCAR season began with a win by the penultimate veteran driver Jimmie Johnson, a five-time Sprint Cup Champion, in the Daytona 500. While it didn’t immediately seem that Johnson would be the championship favorite once again, it became quite clear as he kept a steady course and found victory lane again at Martinsville. Now, it [...]
While the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race was an exhibition with no effect on the Sprint Cup points standings, the night seemed like a repeat of last week’s race at Darlington Raceway for Kyle Busch. The two races were eerily similar as Busch dominated a large part of the race, then fell in the last segment. [...]
Joe Gibbs Racing has shown its prowess in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series more than ever over the course of this season so far. The young star of JGR, Rowdy Kyle Busch, has found his way back to victory lane twice this year, first at Auto Club Speedway then at Texas Motor Speedway. Both victories for Busch came as a sweep after he [...]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup drivers were worrying about tires and their points last week at Darlington Raceway. This week there will be none of that. NASCAR is at the Charlotte Motor Speedway for the Sprint All-Star Race. They will be racing for all the marbles, err money. No Points racing there. The Charlotte motor speedway [...]
It was Kyle Busch‘s race to win or lose all night at Darlington Raceway in the NASCAR Bojangles Southern 500. His brother Kurt Busch started on the pole in his Furniture Row Racing car, but after leading over 60 laps, the younger brother took over in his Joe Gibbs Racing machine. After Kyle took the [...]
Matt Kenseth, driver of Joe Gibbs Racing, won the 64th Annual Bojangles’ Southern 500 but his teammate Kyle Busch lead a race leading and dominating 265 of 367 laps. Kurt Busch started the race on the pole and proceeded to lead the first 51 laps during one of the longest green flag runs at Darlington. [...]
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 [...]
This weekend, NASCAR heads to Darlington Raceway, otherwise known affectionately as the Lady in Black, for the Bojangles Southern 500. Coming into this race weekend, Kyle Busch has had a streak of three weeks of terrible finishes. At Kansas Speedway , Busch’s Achilles’ Heel, he wrecked after colliding with ex-Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano. Then at [...]
After a disappointing Sunday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 for Matt Kenseth at Talladega Superspeedway, the penalties for his Joe Gibbs Racing team were eased at the NASCAR appeal board today. The penalties were levied against Kenseth’s team after post-race inspection from his win at Kansas Speedway revealed an engine rod that was [...]
