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Detroit Sports Links: Prince Fielder Edition
Updated:Thanks to Rob for getting the links disbursed to you loyal readers the last couple days. I thinks he’s riding on…
Read more Wednesday Winks – Finals Frenzy, Ryan Braun Tests Positive for PEDs, Chris Paul and Dwight Howard Are Semi-Homeless, & Jerry Sandusky Is In Trouble
Updated:So yeah, finals suck. Just as baseball was starting to get over its whole steroid issue… it wasn’t. Brewers OF…
Read more Tigers Trade for Delmon Young, Encourage Fans to Watch for Flying Bats
Updated:Earlier today, the Tigers traded minor league prospect Cole Nelson to the Minnesota Twins for OF Delmon Young. Fans at…
Read more Monday Links – Magglio Ordonez On the DL, Nick Lidstrom Will Decide Future By July 1, Maryland Pulls the Hidden Ball Trick, Hayden Panettiere Is Single, & the Green Men Stay Classy Like Don Cherry
Updated:Stay classy, green men. [via Puck Daddy] Magglio Ordonez was put on the 15-day disabled list on Friday, making room…
Read more Wednesday Links – Russell Westbrook Likes to Shoot, Nick Fairley Didn’t Get a Playbook, Dwight Howard Doesn’t Like Dumb Things, Gus Johnson Is Going to Fox, & the Return of the Washington Bullets
Updated:Go hard like Barkley. [via Mock Session] If you watched Oklahoma City’s thrilling triple OT victory over Memphis on Monday…
Read more Monday Links – Cincinnati Bengals Cut Antonio Bryant, James Toney Embarrassed By Randy Couture, Scottie Pippen Gets His Statue, & the Seattle Seahawks Snake Prank
Updated:New school, same links. I’ll be rocking the authentic Tracy McGrady jersey all day long. Yahoo Sports columnist Dan Wetzel…
Read more D-Train Officially Derailed
Updated:Dontrelle Willis will be designated for assignment to make room for Max Scherzer, who will be starting tomorrow’s day game…
Read more Tim Wakefield is Officially Old
Updated:It’s almost fitting that, on the same day we’re celebrating Yogi Berra’s 86th birthday…we’re also talking about the game’s oldest…
Read more Wednesday in the Nation
Updated:Jerry Remy is jonesing for a cigarette. Grady vs. Ells- who’s better? win a shirt. Lugo lets fans down once…
Read more Jerry Remy on Manny
Updated:Jerry Remy put in his 2 cents on Manny in a blog post on Sawxheads, here are a few highlights:…
Read more Another Day, Another 500 Manny Stories
Updated:For those of you that can’t get enough Manny news, here’s the latest: SI tells how the Manny trade went…
Read more “Francona Rule” On Display at the All-Star Game
Updated:Joe Lemrie of SI noted the following about last night’s game: • Oddest sight of the night wasn’t so much…
Read more Lester Calls Out Bob Watson
Updated:Jon Lester is not happy with his suspension and let his feelings known about Bob Watson the VP of MLB…
Read more The first two months show you what you have…
Updated:Billy Beane has been quoted saying that the first two months show you what you have, the next two are…
Read more J.D. Drew will rebound; 2008 ZiPS Projections
Updated:On October 20th at Fenway Park under the bright lights, he found redemption. All year, he struggled to find a…
Read more Flashback: The Memorial Day Massacre
Updated:Twenty-six years ago… the Celtics throttled the Lakers 148-114 in Game 1 of the 1985 NBA Finals. (Click here to…
Read more Enemy Chatter: No wounded tiger bounce for the Celtics
Updated:I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics….
Read more You Make the Caption: Grant Hill’s Facial Expression
Updated:Every Monday I provide you with a picture and you make up the caption. It’s a good way to get…
Read more The Forgotten King
Updated:http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/PicAppPIS/JavaScript/PisV4.jsThis is actually an exciting time in Sacramento Kings basketball. Sure, it was a different kind of excitement when this…
Read more Top 5 Spurs Rivals
Updated:Every good story has a protagonist and an antagonist. There is a conflict with the good guys on one side…
Read more Larry Bird was the Peyton Manning of his time
Updated:Seriously… this dude tried to sell EVERYTHING. Basketballbawful compiled a ton of vintage Larry Bird (the #1 pick in the…
Read more Wolves Updates 2/24
Updated:Click here for the forum’s thread for tonight’s game at Toronto Game previews: Associated Press From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: Four…
Read more Wolves Updates 11-24 Part 2
Updated:From Britt Robson/On The Ball: With the stunning blowout win versus the Pistons still fresh in everyone’s mind, Wittman’s job…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/20 Part 2
Updated:Jason Fleming/Hoopsworld lists the Wolves among the teams with “the most upside” this season. Still, this team could surprise with…
Read more Parade Route Set
Updated:Anyone who knows that the rolling rallies have gone in the past… this one is sorta gonna be the opposite:…
Read more What’s Washington’s Problem?
Updated:[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=m827UUOsN7Y] First… Washington came out trash talking like crazy… apparently trying to bait LeBron James into excluding his teammates in…
Read more Wolves Updates 2/20 Part 2
Updated:From Britt Robson/On The Ball: Fifty-two games into this season, Telfair is the Wolves player who has most aggressively seized…
Read more No Jefferson on All-Star team
Updated:From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: The NBA All-Star Game reserves were announced tonight and, as expected, Wolves forward Al Jefferson did…
Read more Wolves Updates 12/6
Updated:From Brian Murphy/Pioneer Press: Guard Marko Jaric participated in his first full practice since spraining his right ankle and foot…
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