Archive for July, 2010
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Information is coming fast and furious as we near Saturday's non-waiver trade deadline in Major League Baseball. We'll just get right into what's going on at this hour.
Berkman headed to the Bronx
Multiple reports are now saying that the New York Yankees have a deal in place to acquire Houston Astros ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
The Oakland Raiders have done it again. For the second straight draft, the Raiders grabbed a player far higher than he was supposed to go, and have paid that player far more than his slot value.
In 2009, the Raiders took receiver Darrius Heyward-Bey with the No. 7 pick in the ...
Posted in NFL | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
The NFL's best tight end will not be going anywhere any time soon. Antonio Gates and the San Diego Chargers have come to terms on a contract extension through 2015.
The deal, reportedly worth $36.175 million over five years (with $20.4 million in guarantees) will make Gates the NFL's highest-paid tight ...
Posted in NFL | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
Terrance Cody failed his physical for the Ravens - No Guts, No Glory
Your daily Jeremiah Masoli update - Friends of the Program
The Baker's boy Stylez White is a fantasy sleeper - Fantasy Knuckleheads
Is what Chris Paul tried to do to the Hornets worse than what LeBron did? - Can't Stop ...
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
In 2002, Maurice Clarett showed up in Columbus as a stud freshman who would lead the Buckeyes to a national championship over a wicked-loaded Miami Hurricanes team. Clarett spent one year there and declared for the NFL draft. Didn't work out so well and we didn't hear from him again ...
Posted in College Football | 12 Comments »
Monday, July 26th, 2010
My favorite part of the Tennessee Titans' outrage at USC is how this is just one more step in USC's heel turn in college football. Before you know it, the "win forever" kids from the Pete Carroll Era are going to turn into blonde fu-manchu with ...
Posted in College Football | 4 Comments »
Monday, July 26th, 2010
The debate is over. After nine tries, Andre Dawson finally took his rightful place in Cooperstown on Sunday.
There's all the stats you know about -- an eight-time All-Star with 2,774 hits and 1,591 RBIs, plus one of only three men with 400 homers and 300 stolen bases -- but did ...
Posted in Cooperstown | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
It looks like Dan Gilbert just got owned in the writing an awesome "f*ck you note" game.
Pete Pelegrin, the now-former FIU beat writer for the Miami Herald, decided to let everyone know just how he felt with his final blog post at the paper's website, which has since been removed.
The ...
Posted in "The U", FIU | 1 Comment »
Friday, July 23rd, 2010
If you read the Tour de France post from yesterday you know we're not exactly big fans of Spain's Alberto Contador. Well, sadly, despite the fact that second-place rider Andy Schleck won the 17th stage, he failed to gain any time on Contador with just three stages remaining.
Schleck's only chance ...
Posted in Cycling, Tour de France | No Comments »
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010
Kyle Parker is one of those alpha-male stud athlete types that is easy to either love or hate, depending on one's perspective. Easy with the gay jokes, I just thought it was a good opening line.
Actually, I kind of feel bad for Parker. It's not often a guy can play ...
Posted in College Football | 30 Comments »