Jay Glazer just reported that Charles Woodon‘s new contract with the Oakland Raiders is a one-year, $1.8 million base salary deal that could range to a maximum of $4.3 million through incentives. What was also released was that the Denver Broncos offered Woodson a deal for a maximum of $3.7 million. So unless the base salary [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning may not have made the playoffs this season, but their top prospects continue to impress and are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals of the AHL playoffs. Many players on the team saw time with the Lightning this season, and are using the opportunity to make their cases for more playing [...]
Walking Colorado Rockies short stop Troy Tulowitzki was smart baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks following Carlos Gonzalez’s double with one out in the bottom of the 10th on Tuesday night in Colorado. Although it was smart strategy to set up a possible double play by the Diamondbacks, Rockies catcher Wilin Rosario took it personally. So personally, in fact, [...]
The Dallas Mavericks landed the 13th overall pick in the year’s NBA Draft, putting them in unfamiliar territory in the lottery after missing the playoffs for the first time in 13 years. Although Dallas won’t have a top pick in a draft that lacks much top-level talent, there should be a decent selection of big [...]
USC Trojans wide receiver Marqise Lee won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation’s top receiver in 2012. Could USC head coach Lane Kiffin seriously consider switching a player of that caliber to a new position — on defense? Maybe. The possibility of Lee playing defense first emerged last season along with serious troubles in [...]
It is not everyday that you hear a player in college basketball getting blocked off of the court. In Vanderbilt Commodores’ Sheldon Jeter’s case, coach Kevin Stallings has decided to block Jeter from transferring to the Pittsburgh Panthers, according to Post-Gazette. Apparently, Stallings seems like he does not want his player to go anywhere, or [...]
With today’s reports coming out that ESPN is going to be laying off what some have estimated is 400 employees, it’s time to have a discussion about big business, sports media, and if anyone should even care about this. The story as first reported on Deadspin is that the ESPN, an arm of the massive [...]
Tim Hardaway Jr. has NBA bloodlines and after three seasons at Michigan, the 6-foot-5 shooting guard has decided to enter his name into the 2013 NBA Draft. Hardaway Jr. and the Wolverines are coming off their best season in nearly 20 years, making a run to the National Championship game this past April. Following another [...]
From an offensive perspective, the Carolina Panthers are one of the most exciting teams to watch in all of football. Largely due to the young superstar under center. We know how good he is, and we will get into that in detail. So, let’s take a look at the fantasy good and bad of the [...]
The USA will play host to yet another CONCACAF Gold Cup later on this summer from July 7 to the 28 with nothing but winning on their mind. Losses to Mexico in the finals of both 2009 and 2011 are enough fuel to propel them to play a good tournament. This time around, they will call [...]
You hear the chants at stadiums across the southeast and even into other parts of the country; S-E-C…S-E-C…S-E-C!! The league that leaves them all behind boasts just about everything imaginable when it comes to college football. The most championships, the most NFL draft picks, the most annoying…I mean…raucous fans–the SEC has it all. Except for [...]
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There are times when a team makes a run at a championship, and falls just shy. They come back with a renewed attitude, a stronger resolve, and looking for some redemption from the shortfall of the previous year. In the case of the University of Georgia football team, it’s more than that–it’s a reckoning. Georgia [...]
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Johnny Manziel took the college football world by storm in 2012, and the legend that is “Johnny Football” continues to grow and grow. It would appear that the Heisman Trophy winner was only rivaled by Superman and Donald Trump, and now one of those two might even have their superiority surpassed by the Texas A&M [...]
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They’re called cream-puffs, warm-up games, or just plain easy schedule breaks. When major FBS conference teams schedule much smaller and weaker FCS teams, the result is almost always an ugly sight. But now the Big Ten says “No more!”, and effective sometime in the near future (exact date not announced), the conference will no longer [...]
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Hey Doc, I was wondering if you could help me out with a problem Well, it’s not me. It’s about this… friend of mine. He’s a got problem and he’s not sure what to do. You see, this guy is a big SEC football fan. He went to an SEC school and he’s fiercely [...]
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Aaron Murray won’t be throwing his hat in the ring for the NFL draft this year, he’s coming back to take care of some unfinished business at the University of Georgia. If the trees in your front yard just suddenly bent over, that was the effect of a few hundred thousand members of the [...]
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The new incoming college football playoff system in 2014 might prove to have a few warts, but at least it’s going to be different. Most of all, it will bring some relevance back to traditionally important bowl games – something that the BCS did it’s darnedest to kill. That’s not to say that these bowl [...]
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“Finish the Drill” has been the mantra that University of Georgia head coach Mark Richt has pounded into the heads of his players since spring practice began, and for the first time in three seasons, the Bulldogs did just that with a convincing 45-31 win over Nebraska in the Capital One Bowl. An entire page [...]
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The Chick-fil-A Bowl may not be one of the elite BCS Bowls, but the 44-year old bowl in Atlanta, Ga. has become a premier battle ground for the ACC and SEC. This year No.14 Clemson and No.9 LSU took to the gridiron in what is always the highest attended non-BCS bowl game. And on [...]
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The University of Georgia chapel bell is one of the most recognizable structures on campus in Athens. It is lauded in university song as a place of joy and triumph, and each time the Bulldogs come away with a victory, students and alumni line up to ring the famed bell to sound the victory across [...]
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