Month: August 2009
Jeff Locke and Bryan Morris
I will be the first to admit that Jeff Locke and Bryan Morris have been fairly disappointing this season and…
Read more »Wolves Updates 8/3 Part 2
From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: In an effort to add some height to their undersized front line, the Timberwolves today signed…
Read more »Doom and Gloom from Ron Aiken on USC chances in 2009
This article is from the sport section of the Free Times, where Ron Aiken writes a weekly article that can…
Read more »18 on 88
Great work by Johnny O again. 18 talks about losing Dungy and Harrison. “Just about every time I threw it…
Read more »ESPN Video report from Camp
The talk about 18’s knee is sort of hilarious. “He looks good”…uh, he should. He was NFL MVP last year. …
Read more »Yay! Melky Cabrera hits for the cycle!
I can’t tell you how glad I am to see Melky Cabrera hit for the cycle. And it’s not just…
Read more »Wolves Sign Restricted Free Agent Ryan Hollins
From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Timberwolves today announced the team has signed restricted free-agent center Ryan Hollins to an…
Read more »Roster Moves: Percy Harvin Agrees to a Five Year Contract to have Minnesota Act as his Primary Supplier
Oh, nice hold out, rookie. Your ass is gonna get hazed! ITEM! Minnesota Vikings first round pick in 2009,…
Read more »Another Update on Givens
This Givens situation is becoming a soap opera. Seems now UNC has backed off Darrell Givens also today just like…
Read more »Red Sox Tried to Land Felix Hernandez
The Red Sox went after Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez before the deadline and according to the Seattle Times were willing…
Read more »Saints Nation: Charles Grant misses weight assignment
It turns out Charles Grant was the one player who missed his weight assignment, coming in at a swollen 288….
Read more »Told Ya
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zzr_1lEoK4&w=425&h=344] Thanks to the Post Gazette for confirming a question I posed about a month and a half ago. That…
Read more »Safety Speak
With the departures of Kyle McCarthy, Sergio Brown, and Ray Herring after this year, Notre Dame is in dire need…
Read more »Wu Am I? Tha Dreadlocked Destroya & Phantom Overlord
Updated:Welcome to another edition of Wu Am I? for the 2009 season. Once again- I am trying to identify the…
Read more »Shelden Williams?
Via the Boston Herald: According to a league source, the Celtics have reached an agreement with free agent forward Shelden…
Read more »Something is different…
Something is different this year… Ok, so maybe a more obvious line was never written. All the off-season stories about…
Read more »Your 2009 Buffalo Bills: Wide Receiver Preview
Updated:Forget the metaphors and clever words to an opening article. I’ll let the numbers speak for themselves: 1,246 catches, 18,866…
Read more »Manning glad to have Moore and Mudd back
Tip to SB on this one. There’s also a great quote from Reggie Wayne: FRIENDLY FIRE: Manning apparently isn’t just…
Read more »Latinos face tough adjustment
Here is a tremendous piece about the tough road latin baseball players face when coming to the States. It’s a…
Read more »Peter King shouldn’t do math
From his MMQB piece today: 7. I think this is my favorite Matt Schaub stat of the week: Over the…
Read more »Phil B tells what to expect
Nice entry by Wilson. He has an interesting observation about Caldwell: Tony Dungy always had this calm manner, as if…
Read more »Big Shoes to Fill
Jim Caldwell has a tough act to follow. In my opinion his biggest battle will come during games. He’s got…
Read more »James Laurinaitis – You can’t stop him and you can’t spell his name
They told us again and again and again that he wasn’t going to be a great linebacker. He’s too small….
Read more »Favorite David Robinson Memory
David Robinson will always be a fan-favorite in San Antonio and there are many moments and memories to remember his…
Read more »More minor league stuff
I wasn’t the only person going to minor league games over the weekend. Wilbur Miller saw the West Virginia Power…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 8-3-09
Awww…how adorable. Actually, I’d be pretty terrified if a massive horse like the one on the right came up that…
Read more »Which Team Signed the Biggest Troublemaker?
Randy Hill of FoxSports.com examines the big name additions made by the league's elite teams; Lakers – Ron Artest, Magic…
Read more »Flashback: A Player for the Ages
From Frank Deford's Sports Illustrated article back in 1988: Championships mean ever more to Bird—"His mission,' Auerbach calls them. "That's…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 8/3
UConn Football links Monday Morning QB: Wake Up With Zach Frazer [Thoughts From a Fat White Guy] Back with some…
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