Month: January 2011
Recruiting Update: 2011 Finale
With the recent commitment of Doran Grant, the 2011 recruiting class is close to being finished… two or three additional…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… Where it ain’t about Shaq’s numbers
Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big…
Read more »Gary Sheffield “99.9%” Sure He’s Done
Close to a quarter century ago, slugger Gary Sheffield was getting ready for his first spring training. Flash forward a…
Read more »Does Angel Management Actually Believe Their Own Propaganda?
With the Angel off-season officially spiraling out of control, the Angel big wigs have taken to the newspapers and airwaves…
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Easing Your Worry
Yeah, the Mets are pretty desperate for pitching. So much so that they’ve signed two guys that have pitched 78…
Read more »NFL Computerized Power Ranks: Week 17
The NFL regular season is all wrapped up and the final regular season power rankings are in, but just like…
Read more »Blitzburgh Podcast Episode 4: Wild Card Weekend
Bam and George break down the 2010 All-WPA teams and talk Wild Card weekend including which teams they’d like to…
Read more »Halo Headlines – 1/7/11
Updated:Daily Links for the LA Angels including Angel management takes to the media to defend themselves, details behind the offer…
Read more »Dolphins’ Coaching Search Saga Ends with Tony Sparano Staying Put
After a week of speculation that culminated with Stephen Ross flying cross country to court Jim Harbaugh while Tony Sparano…
Read more »The Versus [Drinking] Game of the Week Philadelphia at Buffalo
I think, if anything, it’s matchups like these that show that the Versus network is content just giving the finger…
Read more »2011 NFL Draft Prospect Bowl Game Preview: January 7th
In the final battle of ranked teams before number one and number two face-off on January 10th for the National…
Read more »2011 NFL Draft: 10 Underclassmen Who Will Follow Andrew Luck’s Lead and Stay in School
Andrew Luck’s decision to stay at Stanford for his 4th year (he’ll be a red-shirt junior) was shocking to some….
Read more »A coach and a boxer
Being the known boxing fan Gregg Popovich is (even going as far to use the sport during training camp for…
Read more »Wild Card Weekend Preview
Updated:Previews are linked for this weekend’s Wild Card Games. Color below is provided by Wonder. Saints(-11) at Seahawks. When the…
Read more »Introducing the Huge Euge
Updated:It was an eventful Thursday night on Twitter. Speaking of which, if you’re not following us, what the hell are…
Read more »The Interrogation of Alistair Overeem, Volume 2
Updated:The Interrogation is a regular feature where The MMA Manifesto interrogates some of the world’s best MMA fighters. Next up is Strikeforce…
Read more »Evaluating Jeff Fisher’s performance as Tennessee Titans head coach
The Titans entered the offseason with two particularly big questions to answer, one at the quarterback position and one at…
Read more »Seeing Stars
If you’re like me, the week that followed the Apple Cup was a down time since there was no…
Read more »Bloguin College Basketball All-Americans: Month Two Ballot
That time again to weigh in on who we view are the best players in college basketball as the season…
Read more »Paper Boy
Check out this story from AM NewYork. Tim Herrera writes about just what is on the line for the Jets….
Read more »Gamecocks Recruiting: Tanner McEvoy Update
QB Tanner McEvoy (6-6 205) of Oradell, NJ will not name a leader but it the three-star recruit is trying to…
Read more »NYT matchup
Tanier brings it home Watching the Colts’ offense is like watching an Eric Clapton concert. You know what’s coming: “After…
Read more »Charting a Drive: Playoff Bound
Kasey Klipsch is back with his weekly piece For some reason, while attending this game, I never got nervous or…
Read more »Charting a Drive: Playoff Bound
Kasey Klipsch is back with his weekly piece For some reason, while attending this game, I never got nervous or…
Read more »Gamecocks Recruiting: Losing Brandon Golson?
The USC Gamecocks seem to be on the verge of losing outside linebacker Brandon Golson due to admission issues. Not NCAA…
Read more »Spurs news and notes: Jefferson explored a return to Nets, Celtics’ Davis felt insulted, and more
• San Antonio Spurs’ forward Richard Jefferson said he wanted to return to where it all started for him, the…
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