Archive for March, 2010
Tuesday, March 16th, 2010
It's one everyone's mind today. We're all thinking it. Heck, the entire sports world has NCAA Tournament on the brain. If no one else is going to ask the question I might as well go ahead: why on Earth did ESPN waste time with a Women's NCAA Tournament Selection Show?
While ...
Posted in College Basketball | 5 Comments »
Monday, March 15th, 2010
If there was any doubt that Manny Pacquiao was the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, it should have been erased Saturday night. In front of 50,994 fans at Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, Pacquiao fought around, over and through the defense of the bigger Joshua Clottey to earn his 12th ...
Posted in Boxing, Manny Pacquiao | 1 Comment »
Sunday, March 14th, 2010
Everyone knows Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli pled guilty to second-degree burglary on Friday and was subsequently suspended for the year by Oregon coach Chip Kelly (Phillips mused that this wouldn't necessarily happen a few days ago), making him the second, and more criminal-ish, member of the Oregon backfield to be ...
Posted in College Football | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 12th, 2010
As my Rashaan Salaam No. 31 attests, buying jerseys has never been a particularly wise investment. It's only gotten worse as the years have gone on. Even when you buy the jersey of a bona fide star, odds are he won't be around forever. How many Chargers fans ever thought ...
Posted in Gilbert Arenas, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James | No Comments »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Oregon's football program has had, well, they've had a tough offseason. Since winning the Pac-10 and heading to the Rose Bowl The Ducks have made headlines of all the wrong kind.
Here's a quick recap of Oregon's "legal problems" since the Rose Bowl:
- On January 24, quarterback Jeremiah Masoli and receiver ...
Posted in College Football, Oregon Ducks | 1 Comment »
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
WTF? - With Leather
Tiger is back at Bay Hill - No Guts, No Glory
That's what you get for having a left-handed shortstop - Outside the Boxscore
Todd Helton will be a Rockie forever. And also a possible steroids guy - Sparty and Friends
Some one is letting Evander Holyfield's corpse fight again? ...
Posted in Link Dump | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Tyler Shreve is one hell of a talented athlete. He's committed to Utah to play quarterback (and could even challenge for a starting job really soon), and is expected to be taken very early in baseball's June draft. Basically, he's the kind of alpha-male jock that everyone wants to be ...
Posted in High School Athletes, Tyler Shreve | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn't little league. We don't all get participation ribbons.
And I know there were opponents to the expansion to 64 back when it was introduced, ...
Posted in ACC, Akron, Big East, Big Ten, Bubble Teams, College Basketball, Florida State, Georgetown, Illinois, Kent State, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Minnesota, NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Pac-10, SEC, Selection Sunday, Texas, UAB, UConn, UNLV, Virginia Tech | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
Few outside Indianapolis or the greater metropolitan area probably know who Jim Sorgi is or what he's done for the last six seasons.
The reason is simple: Sorgi has been backup to Peyton Manning, which means he's done little other than hold a clip board, run the scout team and perhaps ...
Posted in Eli Manning, Indianapolis Colts, Jim Sorgi, New York Giants, NFL, Peyton Manning | No Comments »
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
So it sounds like Joe Nathan, one of the elite closers in baseball, is heading toward the inevitable Tommy John surgery after suffering a "significant tear" in his throwing elbow.
It's never good when you lose a guy who has had no less than 36 saves and no worse than a ...
Posted in Joe Nathan, Minnesota Twins, MLB | 3 Comments »
