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 [...]
Here is part three of our exclusive interview with RAB Racing’s Kenny Wallace, driver of the No. 29 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. (Click Here for Part 2) Q: You’ve worked with some great owners over the years, but some bad ones too. When you retire from NASCAR, which owner do you feel you will remember the most? A: Fil [...]
Here is part two of our exclusive interview with RAB Racing’s Kenny Wallace, driver of the No. 29 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. (Click Here for Part 1) Q: As your career winds down, when does Kenny Wallace have to do to say ‘hey, it’s time to call it quits?” A: I’d say when I hit about 60 (years [...]
Every NASCAR fan knows Kenny Wallace. He’s that whacky guy that’s on NASCAR Raceday every weekend and NASCAR Victory Lane on the SPEED channel. However, he’s also the driver of the No. 29 Toyota Camry in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for RAB Racing. Wallace has been with RAB Racing for what is now his third season. He’s run in the Nationwide Series since 1989 and has been with his [...]
The Aaron’s 312 was probably one of the most eventful races in NASCAR Nationwide Series history. On a disgusting day filled with rain and cold weather, NASCAR’s second tier series was delayed over three hours until it finally went green after five o’ clock central time. Well, the race was just about as crazy, if not crazier than the weather. [...]
Drafting at 200 mph is insane. Doing it for 312 miles while leaning on someone’s bumper directly in front of you? Yeah, it’s pretty wild in and of itself. That’s what 40 of NASCAR’s top drivers will be doing on Saturday afternoon. The Aaron’s 312 is a race anticipated by NASCAR fans, drivers and teams [...]
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 [...]
Being a rookie in the NASCAR Nationwide Series is hard enough. Trying to conquer the Talladega Superspeedway? Let’s not even go that far. Just making it to the finish is a giant accomplishment, especially when the driver has only been on a superspeedway three times including being involved in two accidents. Alex Bowman, 20, is set to make his second [...]
Martin Truex Jr. was the last NASCAR Nationwide Series regular to win at the Talladega Superspeedway. That was back in 2005. Since then, it’s been the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series veterans that have pulled into victory lane at Talladega each and every race at NASCAR’s longest facility. The Talladega Superspeedway is a track known for giving drivers that usually don’t have a [...]
After a number of successful NASCAR Nationwide Series races, Puerto Rican driver Victor Gonzalez Jr. will be making his Sprint Cup Series debut in the No. 36 car for Tommy Baldwin Racing during the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway. Gonzalez will also run the Sprint Cup Series race at Watkins Glen later in the [...]
As the NASCAR Nationwide Series came to the checkered flag at the Texas Motor Speedway on April 12, the rookie of the year battle intensified as Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson are setting up what could be the best battle in Nationwide Series rookie history. Larson started the season as one of the hottest rookies [...]
