Month: March 2011
Quote of the day (03.16.11)
Terry Francona on Dice-K and the rotation: “If I took Daisuke out of the rotation tomorrow, I wouldn’t want…
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A Few Tournament Thoughts
I was starting to write the Missouri preview, when the sadness that tomorrow night could be the last game of…
Read more »Curtis Granderson’s Birthday — And Brackets Challenge
Happy birthday to New York Yankees centerfielder Curtis Granderson, who turns 30 today. He got a Yankee Stadium replica birthday…
Read more »Spurs news and notes: Former Spur inducted in NAIA Hall Of Fame, high school video of Gary Neal and more
• Congratulations to former San Antonio Spurs player Terry Porter who was inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame: The…
Read more »Backstrom has 47 saves but it was not enough in 3-2 road loss to San Jose
Top of the evenin’ to ya laddies and lasses out there. Of course its St. Patrick’s Day, a day set…
Read more »Illinois Baseball Team to Host “Senatorist Night”
Given The Hall’s home office is in Rockford, Illinois…I will, from time to time, mix in a story or two…
Read more »Two Colts Do Well in FO CB Rankings
This would normally be a link, but I think it’s important enough not to miss. In one of those rare…
Read more »30 Teams in 30 Days: Day 25- New York Metropolitans
I asked one of my friends who is a die hard Mets fan if he wanted any input on this post. Here…
Read more »Recap: C’s turn it on, wear down the Pacers
The Celtics started this game out horribly… again. I mean, it was just ugly. They had NOTHING going on offensively….
Read more »Jon Lester Named Opening Day Starter
Terry Francona has announced that Jon Lester will take the hill on opening day when the Red Sox take on…
Read more »ESPN’s Baseball Tonight Heading to Boston
The crew from ESPN’s Baseball Tonight will be going on the road to start the season and will stop in…
Read more »Saints Nation: New Kickoff Rule Possible?
The NFL is considering a rule change that would move kickoffs up to the 35 and touchbacks up to the…
Read more »Potential Patriots: Safeties
Despite boasting a “Pro Bowl” safety in Brandon Meriweather, the Patriots’ didn’t receive consistent safety play in 2010. Meriweather often…
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Grant Hill crushes Jalen Rose
Simply brilliant My mother always says, “You can live without Chaucer and you can live without calculus, but you cannot…
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Basketball great Bill Walton on Spurs’ Manu Ginobili
With tomorrow being St. Patrick’s Day and the beginning of the NCAA basketball tournament, the fine folks out at Taylor…
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Melnyk Fan 590 Redux & Objects of Affection
Yesterday afternoon I transcribed the part of Eugene Melnyk’s conversation with Roger Lajoie on the Fan 590 that pertained to…
Read more »A Purdue-centric look at the tournament
I said that when the bracket came out, I was extremely happy with the way the bracket set up for…
Read more »Classic Gamecock Cartoon Video
The South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball video is a classic, check it out: Too bad this cartoon did not come…
Read more »Grindin’ Gears: These are not the Bruins you’re looking for
I’m not in the greatest mood today, so I doubt this is going to be nice. However, if you got…
Read more »Battle Royale: Mid-Spring Training 2011 Report
(Getty Images) By David Saltzer, AngelsWin.com Senior Writer In the past, I have been critical of Mike Scioscia’s ability to…
Read more »Links of the Day 3/16/11
ONE MORE FREAKIN DAY! So, what’s the deal with Blaine Gabbert? A top pick, really? Speaking of, the draft sounds…
Read more »On the road with Toros Michael Joiner
Ever wonder what life is like on the road for the San Antonio Spurs’ D-League affiliate Austin Toros? Where do…
Read more »DirecTV could take a bath
They are in trouble if there is no football DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket, which allows viewers to watch every NFL…
Read more »Jenkins: Fans own the house (good read)
You can’t lock the doors of something you don’t own If the fans don’t get a fair return on the…
Read more »Silver: draft is fair game
He thinks the players should go after it And that, football fans, is where the sham ends: Absent an injunction…
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