Month: June 2012

2012 Pre-Season Preview: Arizona Wildcats
2011 Record: (4-8, 2-7 in Pac-12) Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez (first year at Arizona, 120-84-2 All-Time) Last Bowl Game: 2010…
Read more »2012 NFL Draft-or-Bust Off on Trevor Guyton
Updated:Welcome to the final edition of Purple Jesus Diaries’ 2012 NFL Draft-or-Bust Off where we cover all items related to…
Read more »Halo Headlines: Angels seeking lefty reliever, Scioscia’s new bullpen strategy paying off, Trout’s path to the All-Star Game
The June 26th, 2012 edition of daily news for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim including Angels seeking left-handed reliever…
Read more »Video: Top 10 plays from Tony Parker
San Antonio Spurs’ Tony Parker has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons lately and putting fans and…
Read more »Only Chidi Iwuoma until Steelers open training camp
The Pittsburgh Steelers will report to training camp in Latrobe on July 25, 2012 – only 29 days from today….
Read more »OSN @ Eugene Report – Athletes Are Readily Accessible In Track Town
As you drive into Eugene, it is clear why this place is known as Track Town, USA. Billboards are up…
Read more »Western States 2012 Report: The Oregonians
This past Saturday morning, June 23rd, nearly 400 runners waited in the unusually chilly and wet weather in Squaw Valley,…
Read more »Bouncing Balls: Episode 5
It’s back! The return of the Bouncing Balls podcast with Phil & Matt. Listen to their humorous takes on sports…
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Eternally Optimistic Phillies Fan is eternally optimistic
The hopes of another postseason may rest on these two players. We are creeping up on the All-Star Break and…
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Celtics awarded 2nd round pick for Jeff Green’s condition
The NBA has granted Boston a 2013 second-round pick from Oklahoma City in a dispute over Jeff Green’s medical condition,…
Read more »Children Need To Exercise Too
Gone are the days where our children spend all day playing outside. Sadly, the TV and computer have taken that…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily UConn Roundup – 6/26
Paw Prints is our daily look at the happenings for the UConn Huskies football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball teams…
Read more »How the Titans fared in the red zone in 2011: pass defense
Updated:It’s time for the fifth and final piece in my little series on how the Titans fared in the red…
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Doc Rivers is optimistic KG will return
Doc Rivers spoke about Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen during an appearance this morning at the Positive Coaching Alliance panel…
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Report: Celtics pursuing Jamal Crawford
The Celtics have a lot of needs. They really could use some size to help their horrible rebounding situation. I…
Read more »Two HRs from Papi Wasn’t Enough to Bring the Sox a Win
The Red Sox took the mound and battled both the Blue Jays and the rain and lost to both. Felix…
Read more »Jus Fly’s crazy cartwheel dunk
[youtube id=”-_Ttzreu-Mg” width=”600″ height=”360″] That’s Justin “Jus Fly” Darlington with a ridiculous dunk at a recent Nike slam dunk competition….
Read more »The Instigator Podcast 1.15 – Feeling Drafts
Eric and I are back for another version of The Instigator Podcast. This time we devote our time to chatting…
Read more »Will Middlebrooks, Prepare for Launch
While the success of the Free Trevor Bauer movement has yet to be determined, Operation Liberation-of-Will-Middlebrooks has just come to…
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Your Morning Dump… Greg Stiemsma is packing up his apartment
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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Sleepy Time
I did a little research. On April 8th, the White Sox played a night game in Arlington. The next day…
Read more »HOVG Heroes: David Eckstein
BOB BLEACHER on DAVID ECKSTEIN David Eckstine belongs in the Hall of Faem because I think be played baseball real…
Read more »College Football Playoff Committee, Part II
Yesterday I named a couple of the coaches I think would do a good job. If you missed it, that…
Read more »Optimum Scouting’s NBA Draft Coverage
We’re a football scouting website and company here at Optimum Scouting. But thanks to a combination of it being the…
Read more »Gamecocks Football: 65 Days Until Kickoff
Today there are 65 days until kickoff 65 is the most points scored by South Carolina in a SEC game. …
Read more »2012 NBA Draft: Scouting-Based Mock Draft
NBA Draft Week is upon us. Per usual, the draft will project into many different avenues as the media combines…
Read more »HOVG Heroes: Matt Williams
FOR BASEBALL JUNKIES on MATT WILLIAMS If you looked up “very good” in the dictionary (do they still have those?),…
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