Archive for June, 2011
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
As we all know by now, Spanish point guard Ricky Rubio has finally agreed to join the Minnesota Timberwolves next season. So now the question becomes, what will the 20-year-old actually give Minnesota?
Judging by his numbers with FC Barcelona, not much.
Rubio has been hyped ever since he turned pro at ...
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Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Apparently it's "bring up your top prospect" season. The San Diego Padres and Kansas City Royals have done it over the past week, and now the Seattle Mariners appear ready to join the mix, as it looks like they will call-up second baseman Dustin Ackley early next week.
Ackley was the ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
Jake Peavy has had a rough ride since being traded to the Chicago White Sox by the San Diego Padres, and things aren't exactly looking up.
This week the right-hander - who has always been known as a team player - actually offered to pitch out of the bullpen when he ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Tuesday night the United States advanced to the knockout stage of the Gold Cup with a 1-0 win over Guadeloupe. The scoring was supplied by 21-year-old US forward Jozy Altidore, who blasted a 25-yard cannonball into the upper-left corner of the net in the 9th minute of the match.
The US ...
Posted in International Soccer, Soccer | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
Brazil's national team will be suiting up for the Copa America starting in July, but it will be without starting defender and Real Madrid mainstay Marcelo. Why would Brazil leave such a talented player off the roster? Well, because he's really not good with his email.
Marcelo apparently wrote an email ...
Posted in International Soccer, Soccer | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
We assume the following conversation took place between ESPN writer Buster Olney and his brain this weekend before he wrote a story detailing baseball's possible realignment to two 15-team leagues.
BUSTER: Hey brain, do you have any ideas? There's nothing interesting going on right now and I need to stir ...
Posted in Bad Journalism, Buster Olney, MLB | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Yeah, you read that headline right. With all the money issues the Los Angeles Dodgers are having, this was probably the last headline the team's fans wanted to see. Manny Ramirez, the disgraced, now-retired former slugger who angered every team he ever played for, is owed a huge chunk of ...
Posted in MLB, MLB Rumors, Rumors | No Comments »
Monday, June 13th, 2011
Ah, the NBA. Only in that league does Billy Knight get to be a GM, Donald Sterling gets to keep owning a team, Vinny Del Negro gets multiple jobs as a head coach, and a pissy Deron Williams gets to run off a legend like Jerry Sloan before being traded ...
Posted in College Basketball, NBA, NBA Rumors, Rumors | 2 Comments »
Sunday, June 12th, 2011
As I perused the baseball box scores on Sunday, I noticed something peculiar at the bottom of the box for Saturday night's Mets-Pirates game.
39,273.
As in the number of people that showed up for a Pirates game. In Pittsburgh. It was the team's fourth sellout of the season and the third-largest ...
Posted in MLB | 5 Comments »
Friday, June 10th, 2011
UFC 131 LIve Blog
Posted in Live Blogs, MMA, UFC | 1 Comment »
