Archive for April, 2011
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
The Los Angeles Lakers are reeling. Currently on a five-game losing streak entering tonight's big showdown with the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers have looked sluggish and worn out over the past two weeks. In fact, they've looked unhealthy. Well, one member of the team now has an excuse, as ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
In a week where we await the fate of Barry Bonds in court and witnessed Manny Ramirez retire rather than face another suspension for steroid use, baseball badly needed some fresh-faced lad to step up and demonstrate that it is possible to play the game with some sort of virtue.
Oddly ...
Posted in MLB, Tampa Bay Rays | 3 Comments »
Monday, April 11th, 2011
While he was once firmly in contention to be the No. 1 overall pick in this year's NFL Draft, Auburn tackle Nick Fairley has been dropping down draft boards over the past few weeks. So why has Fairley been dropping while another defensive tackle - Alabama's Marcell Dareus - has ...
Posted in NFL, NFL Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
The top amateur at the Masters this weekend was Japan's Hideki Matsuyama. The 19-year-old Matsuyama is a student at Tohoku Fukushi University, which happens to be in Sendai, the area hardest hit by the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Now that his work at the Masters is over, Matsuyama plans ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Seemingly out of nowhere Tampa Bay Rays outfielder/designated hitter Manny Ramirez announced his retirement Friday. Well, it came out of nowhere until Major League Baseball acknowledged that it recently notified Ramirez of "an issue" under its drug prevention program.
"Major League Baseball recently notified Manny Ramirez of an issues under Major ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Without question, the biggest surprise in baseball's first week has been the horrific start of the Boston Red Sox, who have dropped their first six games for the first time since 1945 despite being the pick of most people to take the AL East.
After getting swept by the Indians, the ...
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Take a good look at No. 73 in the above picture. That, right there, is someone we should all be proud of.
After three-plus years, several surgeries, countless hours of chemotherapy and rehab, Michigan State football player Arthur Ray Jr. is finally practicing with the Spartans.
In the spring of 2007, Ray ...
Posted in College Football | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
After nearly two years of "will he or won't he" speculation we may finally be able to see Spanish sensation Ricky Rubio in the NBA. Rubio, who was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. 5 pick in the 2009 NBA Draft, has been playing for FC Barcelona for ...
Posted in NBA, NBA Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Thursday, April 7th, 2011
So for a long time we extolled the virtues of the impossibly good-looking Katrina Bowden. We even featured her on the site weekly in our "Katrina Bowden Thursday" posts. Well apparently the rest of the world caught on to what we were doing, because Ms. Bowden won Esquire's Sexiest Woman ...
Posted in Chicks Man, Katrina Bowden | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, April 6th, 2011
Just over a week ago the Carolina Panthers were said to be down to two players for the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft. At that point, the Panthers were supposedly deciding between Alabama defensive tackle Marcell Dareus and Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert. Apparently, things have changed.
Now the ...
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