Month: June 2011

Getting to know the 2011 Duck Newcomers: Tra Carson
Name: Tra Carson Hometown: Texarkana, TexasPosition: Running backHeight: 6-footWeight: 225High School: Liberty-Eylau 2010 statistics: 196 carries for 2,202 yards and…
Read more »Game 64: Mets 7 Pirates 0
This offense is really hard to watch right now. The Pirates’ 6-8 hitters today were Brandon Wood, Ronny Cedeno, and…
Read more »Kristic, Nene off the market?
Fifteen days after the San Antonio Spurs’ season ended, I wrote a piece called the San Antonio Spurs Offseason Guide….
Read more »6/12 Game Recap: Indians 1 – Yankees 9
Player of the Game Asdrubal Cabrera won his 9th ‘Player of the Game’ of the season for his 3 hit…
Read more »R.C. Buford heads Spurs group at 2011 Eurocamp
It’s a never-ending job for the San Antonio Spurs front office and their pursuit of basketball talent. This time, Spurs GM…
Read more »This is what happens when you spend life using your feet.
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Read more »Jason Witten Voted to Top 100 Players of 2011
The NFL continued their series of The Top 100 Players of 2011, as voted exclusively by the players themselves. Tonight…
Read more »Silas has a close bond with former Spur Johnson
San Antonio Spurs’ great James Silas’ son Xavier Silas was one of the better offensive players in the college ranks…
Read more »2011 Wild Draft Preview: Goaltenders
As fans you take them for granted. They go about each game, contorting themselves and willfully standing in front of…
Read more »The Project To Redeem Plaxico Burress
Plaxico Burress was over-sentenced on his New York gun charge in 2008. There, I said it. His path back to…
Read more »A Strong Take on Stipends
Updated:This morning Greg Poole, EC Dawg of the Leather Helmet Blog, took on the issue of stipends for scholarship athletes:…
Read more »Game Preview 6/12/11: A Brand New Day – Royals @ Angels
@ Kansas City Royals (28-37) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (31-35) Pitching Probables: KC – Vin Mazzaro (0-1, 17.47…
Read more »NFL Draft and College Football Links: June 12th
Updated:An already thin Tennessee defensive line gets thinner Ole Miss TE Zacchaeus Mason may be switching both schools and sports…
Read more »Links of the Day 6/12/11
Happy Weekend, all. Colin Cowherd is an imbecile. This is very good news. NFL Players in uniform! Aww, it’s not…
Read more »Limping along
I still want to see the Pirates take three of four from the Mets in this series, so at least…
Read more »Marv Albert lists former Spur Kerr’s shots among his favorite
Marv Albert. You can recognize him with his emphatic “Yes, and it counts!” line while watching NBA games on T.V….
Read more »How to Reallign Baseball
Much has been made of the possibility of realignment for baseball. We’ve been talking about this for a long time…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 6/12
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
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Getting to Know the 2011 Duck Newcomers: Devon Blackmon
Updated:Devon Blackmon Height: 6’0″ Weight: 180 lbs. 40 Time: 4.41 High School: Summit H.S. College: Oregon Hometown: Fontana, CA This…
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Will the Real Miami Dolphins Fans Please Stand Up?
One win, seven losses. The Miami Dolphins home record last season, making them the grand prize winners in the sweepstakes…
Read more »Red Sox Lineup vs. Blue Jays 6/12/11
Here is the lineup for today’s game against the Blue Jays: Ellsbury CF Pedroia 2B Gonzalez 1B Youkilis 3B Ortiz…
Read more »This Week In College Football: Dana Holgerson, Terrelle Pryor, USC Trojans, Russell Wilson, Tennessee Volunteers
Each week during the off-season we will be doing this feature that will simply be called “This Week In College…
Read more »Please include all relevant experience when submitting application for employment
As Ty discussed in his article this past week, some coaches may be pulling out their CVs and making some…
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Getting to Know the 2011 Duck Newcomers
Updated:It’s a scene as American as well, America. Norman Rockwell immortalized it in a 1954 painting, “Breaking Home Ties.” A…
Read more »Spurs’ Butler on coming back from his knee injury
With an outstanding college career at WVU, and making it to the 2010 NCAA Final Four, Da’Sean Butler suffered a…
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GreenLight Madness: Celtics Top 64 Plays (#17 Seed vs #48 Seed)
Yesterday’s GreenLight Madness matchup featured the debuts of both Glen Davis (executing an absurd reverse slam against the Pacers) and…
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