Archive for June, 2011
Tuesday, June 21st, 2011
From the beginning, Chris Ault has been a Nevada guy. He got both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from there. He became the head football coach there at 29 in 1975 and has been heavily involved with University of Nevada athletics ever since, including as athletic director from 1986 to ...
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Monday, June 20th, 2011
Rumors are swirling right now that the New York Knicks are trying to move up in the NBA Draft to land BYU guard Jimmer Fredette. The Knicks currently hold the No. 17 pick in the first round, and they'd likely have to move up inside the top 12 to be ...
Posted in NBA, NBA Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 20th, 2011
One of the most underrated elements of free agency in baseball is the involvement of a player's agent. Obviously agents negotiate the deals, but they also use their influence to steer players towards certain teams. If an agent has a solid prior relationship with a team, the likelihood that he ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 20th, 2011
What caught my eye about Rory McIlroy on Sunday was not how he dissected Congressional and the field for an eight-stroke win in a 16-under par demolition at the U.S. Open.
It was a moment that happened shortly after the tournament was over. One that you could only see on TV ...
Posted in Golf, U.S. Open | 3 Comments »
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
Yeah, I said it. And I'm sticking by it. Detroit Tigers ace Justin Verlander went out yesterday and proved, once again, that he is the best pitcher in the American League.
Verlander didn't have his best stuff and admitted "This start wasn't that great," but he still managed to toss his ...
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Saturday, June 18th, 2011
It has been five years since the NCAA enacted a policy that essentially prohibits member institutions from using Native American mascots and logos. This policy supposedly affected many schools including well-known ones like the Florida State Seminoles, Utah Utes, and Illinois Fighting Illini. Illinois even got rid of Chief Illiniwek, ...
Posted in College Football, General | 4 Comments »
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Obviously this was coming, but the San Diego Padres have announced they will retire Trevor Hoffman's number (51) later this season. The future Hall of Famer and Major League career saves leader will be honored in a postgame ceremony on August 21.
The 43-year-old Hoffman earned 552 of his 601 career ...
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Friday, June 17th, 2011
It's not often that a first-round match at a Major Championship draws the attention of the sports world. Heck, it's not often that a first-round match draws the attention of the tennis world. But last year John Isner and Nicolas Mahut did just that. And now they're set to do ...
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
The Cleveland Cavaliers have the No. 1 and No. 4 overall picks in next week's NBA Draft and the franchise is definitely looking to make a splash. While the Cavs are expected to select Duke point guard Kyrie Irving with the first pick, they haven't completely ruled out Arizona forward ...
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Thursday, June 16th, 2011
I’d like to think former San Diego High School standout/Maccabi Haifa flame out Jeremy Tyler’s unexpected rise up the draft charts is really the product of NBA front offices trying to trick each other into drafting the next Kwame Brown. Like everyone is saying how talented he is and how ...
Posted in NBA, NBA Rumors, Rumors | 4 Comments »
