Month: August 2009
Slam Magazine Overrates Antoine, Big Time
Via Sandy Dover's "'Toine's Shine and Blackout" article in Slam Online: I always felt Antoine was legitimately the next player…
Read more »Fielder Fined, Not Suspended
Prince Fielder and the Brewers may have dodged a bullet. On an off day before starting a big weekend series…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 8-6-09
This awesome guy comes from Nicky. Both Nicky and the horse are in Australia. I like Australia’s dedicated coverage to…
Read more »Whoo-hoo! I got quoted in today’s Newsday!
Stop the presses! Newsday columnist Ken Davidoff interviewed me in his column in today’s Newsday. Check it out here. He…
Read more »Makin’ a list, checkin’ it twice
You’re on a sports blog. Can I presume every single one of you knows that in 2003, Major League baseball…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 8/6
UConn Football links Here’s UConn Coach Randy Edsall On… [Desmond Conner – Hartford Courant] How Many Notre Dame Game Tickets…
Read more »Wulff Speaks on State of the Program
Good morning Cougs. Hope you are all enjoying the cooling off period we are experiencing in the beautiful pacific northwest….
Read more »Links of the Day 8/6/09
In the tradition of big men in little cars, here are big men on little bikes. College football is less…
Read more »Wolves to hire Rambis, C’s Wohl joining staff
Lakers assistant Kurt Rambis is about to become head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Rambis is expected to hire Dave…
Read more »Schultz and Schatz
Derek Schultz of XL 950 hooks us up today with his excellent interview with Aaron Schatz. You can download the…
Read more »Time to Take Penny Out of the Rotation
At this point I would feel more comfortable with Julian Tavarez in the rotation. Brad Penny has just 1 win…
Read more »Aaron Schatz on XL 950
Derek Schultz passes along to us this great interview with Aaron Schatz of the footballoutsiders.
Read more »Kings’ Strength of Schedule by BP
According to someone a lot smarter than I am, the Sacramento Kings are projected to have the fifth hardest schedule…
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Roy gets max extension
I'll say up front, I'm a big fan of Brandon Roy. He's a special player… he's clutch… and now, he's…
Read more »Eli Moneybags
Updated:1) Eli Manning is set to get a 6 yr deal worth ~$97M. That’s a lot of hospital birthing centers….
Read more »Lydell Ross is your friend
Being a running back for the Ohio State Buckeyes this decade was certainly interesting. It always had it’s highs, and…
Read more »So THAT’S what Bill Walker sounds like
I'm sure Bill Walker has given interviews before, but I'll be damned if I've heard one. But for 7 minutes,…
Read more »Thoughts on the Dodgers Series
Well that Dodgers series was…surprisingly not bad. I’ll admit to not being that optimistic about the Brewers’ chances in the…
Read more »Tennessee Titans Positional analysis: CB
Updated:The latest installment of our ongoing series of positional analyses will take a look at how the Tennessee Titans stack…
Read more »Anyone Worried About KG’s Knee or Rondo’s Head?
Via TrueHoop's Ten Summer Stories to Watch: When healthy, the Celtics of Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin…
Read more »Another feather in Trevor Hoffman’s cap
With his 25th save of the season and 29th game finished, Milwaukee Brewer closer (and all-time save leader) Trevor Hoffman…
Read more »Wolves Updates 8/6
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: A league source confirmed that Rambis traveled to meet with the Wolves, but it’s believed that…
Read more »Football mentality needed to watch Mets
At some point during a football game, a player on your team is likely to get hurt. Maybe he will…
Read more »Game 107: D’Backs 4 Pirates 3
After Jesse Chavez got the first out in the eighth inning, but before John Russell overmanaged him out of the…
Read more »Great Offseasons
Today we’ll be looking at the 5 best Spurs offseasons. It has been determined by a highly complex algorithm comprised…
Read more »Where Are They Now: Paul Byrd
Back in the Sox organization, that’s where. MLB.com reports that Paul Byrd has signed a Minor League contract with the…
Read more »Really?
That guy looks a little pissed doesn’t he? Almost like he doesn’t want his picture taken? Yet somehow, this is…
Read more »Sox Can’t Figure Out That Giant Yurt
Is this where they go when ‘they’re taken out back?’ Sox just can’t do anything right in that baseball ‘park’…
Read more »My Views on the Sabres
Someone posted a comment on one of my blogs that they didn’t appreciate me taking shots at the Sabres. Well,…
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