Month: November 2011
Free agents the Celtics should target
Now that we have a season once again, it comes time to fill out the roster before the start of…
Read more »NCAA Dunk of the Year Candidate: Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
As diehards of this site (Mom? Are you there?) already know, The Hoops Manifesto runs a College Dunk of the…
Read more »Zaromskis’s Somersault Kick
While Lithuanian welterweight Marius Zaromskis’s career has stalled as of late, he has always put on exciting fights. Take last night’s…
Read more »Your Morning Dump… The short schedule could benefit Boston
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing…
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Championship Game Week
Week 13 of the College Football Season is in the books without any major disturbances for the first time in…
Read more »Quote of the Day
“He’d definitely be a guy who could make the adjustment to starting. He’s got a great changeup, so with that…
Read more »NBA’s tentative labor agreement available, amnesty rule gets a tweak
Our friend Sam Amick of SI.com has landed the new tentative agreement. While many are focusing on the finer nuances…
Read more »Enemy Intelligence: Last week’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers game
A belated Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers. Due to the holidays, no Q&A this week and this’ll be a…
Read more »Splitter to play with Valencia until contacted by Spurs
As the NBA lockout has tentatively come to a close, the word “tentative” still plays a major role for one…
Read more »Game #24: Minnesota Wild vs Tampa Bay Lightning Monday, November 28, 2011 at 6:30pm (CST), Xcel Energy Center [GAME PREVIEW]
Record Pts Div. Rank G/G GA/G PP% PK% Minnesota Wild (13-7-3) 29 1st NW 2.22 (28) 2.22 (4) 14.6% (21)…
Read more »Phil Simms Goes Around the NFL for Week 12 of the 2011 Season
Simms talks NFL with Mike Francesa going into Week 12 on WFAN. He touched briefly on the Giants near the…
Read more »An Open Letter to MLB.com
You remember our buddy Tim Anderson, right? Sure you do. He was that cat at Camden Yards who caught home…
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There’s nothing quite like Dallas on a Saturday night
Now that was a good bounce back win! We were finally able to beat the Stars. Not only did we…
Read more »Defensive mistakes burn Wild in 5-2 home loss to Calgary
On May 14th, 2011 the State of Hockey was shocked to hear of the passing of its much-loved former enforcer…
Read more »The End
Tonight, the Christian Caples defeated our Cougies 38-21 and in so doing probably ended the tenure of Coach Paul Wulff,…
Read more »UConn Women Roll to 90-36 Win Over Buffalo
If UConn Huskies women’s basketball coach Geno Auriemma wasn’t happy after last night’s 46 point win over FDU, he certainly…
Read more »Arrest Patches
File this under LOLz. Max Pacioretty just threw a wicked headshot at Kris Letang. Video from our friends over at…
Read more »“Carpe diem” time for 2011 Eagles against Patriots….
There are 7 billion people on this planet now, 6.99 billion of which do not care who wins this game…
Read more »So… What’s great about this again?
I don’t know if you remember this, but a few years back, the Great Alaska shootout was a really big…
Read more »Ducks dispatch Oregon State to win North Division, host first PAC-12 Championship Game
Darron Thomas draws fans’ ire with every overthrow, but in Oregon’s last three games, he’s completed 65% of his passes…
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Clearly, it’s a good time to be a Badger: Wisconsin 45, Penn State 7
Penn State‘s defense forced Russell Wilson, Montee Ball and Wisconsin‘s high-powered offense to punt on the game’s opening drive. Matt McGloin connected on a…
Read more »Gameday: Kansas City Chiefs
8:20pm Arrowhead Stadium TV: NBC What to Watch For 1. Chiefs Quarterback Tyler Palko started last week against the Patriots…
Read more »Parker says he played his last game for ASVEL, wants to avoid injury
Now that the NBA lockout is seemingly over, so are the playing days for San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker with…
Read more »Ravens give thanks for good depth on roster…
No scathing Ravens’ fan rants on the radio tonight complaining about the usual: Joe Flacco’s quarterback IQ, Cam Cameron’s play…
Read more »Splitter scores 15 in Valencia win over Assignia
In what could be one of the few remaining games for San Antonio Spurs’ Tiago Splitter with Spanish club Valencia…
Read more »Live Game Blog, Oregon State at Oregon
Ducks lead 28-7 at halftime, playing inspired defense minus one play, dominating the scoreboard despite a sluggish start on offense….
Read more »Links of the Day 11/26/11
The NBA is coming back. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. Another Canadian city wants an NHL team….
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