Month: March 2013

2013 MLB Opening Day: Astros Take Out Rangers
The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros were the only teams to start the 2013 Major League Baseball season and the result was rather surprising. Bud Norris the opening…
Read more »Goal Breakdowns vs. Anaheim 3/31
With their 2-1 victory over the Pacific Division leading Anaheim Ducks tonight, the Columbus Blue Jackets finally clawed their way…
Read more »Around the Fight World
(Where we look at the goings on from around the combat sports landscape from over the weekend.) Xavier…
Read more »Links of the Day 3/31/13
Happy Easter! Thanks for waiting for these posts! Apparently Kevin Ware of Louisville had his leg explode. No way I…
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Recap: Knicks drop three-point barrage on Celtics
[youtube id=”Enf4PBVoNyA” width=”620″ height=”360″] I knew this one was over when Raymon Felton nailed that 45-footer at the halftime buzzer….
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Sidney Crosby Out Indefinitely With Broken Jaw
PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins are going to find themselves in a familiar situation: not knowing when their captain will…
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Oakland Raiders: Matt Flynn Arrives In Oakland
Monday morning Oakland Raiders acquired quarterback Matt Flynn from the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for a fifth-round draft pick in 2014 and a “conditional” late-round pick in…
Read more »Michigan pounds down door to Final Four
Michigan is headed to the Final Four! D4L will be on the scene. Trey Burke cuts down the net at…
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2013 NCAA March Madness: Kevin Ware Suffers Freak Right Leg Injury
It is a play that happens in basketball often, a player runs out, jumps to contest a wide open shot….
Read more »Quote of the Day
It hasn't really hit me yet. When my name's called, I'm pretty sure I'll go numb a little bit. It's…
Read more »Power rankings for April 1 poll
Had to hold off on this post for a few hours, and you’ll read why. 1. BYU. I generally detest…
Read more »Welcome to the JBJ Era
Jackie Bradley Jr. is officially a member of the Red Sox major league roster. The team announced a few moves…
Read more »Michigan-Florida score update: Nik Stauskas [redacted blasphemous comment]
Michigan is 20 minutes away from a trip to Atlanta for their first Final Four appearance in 20 years (1993)….
Read more »The best player available draft strategy and who the Redskins will draft
The Redskins brought back TE Fred Davis on Friday in a move that was largely expected. The Redskins gave him…
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Kevin F’N KOLB?!
Really? REALLY!? So, in essence, the Bills decided to re-sign Ryan Fitzpatrick's uglier step-brother. I'm sorry, but if this isn't…
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Video: Magic hurts Larry’s feelings in new ad
Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Bill Russell, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar all star in a new set of AT&T ads. The first…
Read more »Andrew McCutchen is the face of the Pirates
Really nice story by Brady McCollough in the Post Gazette today about Andrew McCutchen. I'm not just saying that because…
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How we see it goin’ down: Celtics vs Knicks
Tip: 7:30PM Court: MSG Watch it: TNT Hear it: WEEI Referees: Tom Washington, Mark Ayotte and…
Read more »No one can tell you how to be a Pirate fan
Every so often, a tweet or a headline or a story comes out in a Pittsburgh newspaper or on a…
Read more »Sunday Musings: It all started with a tweet
Sacramento, Seattle and the power of social media
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Roy Leads Everblades Into Playoffs
The Florida Everblades finished the regular season by defeating the Orlando Solar Bears 6-2 behind two goal performances by Mathieu…
Read more »Sixers Keep the Bobcats at Bay
On a night when many fans in attendance likely came to the arena just to receive an Iverson bobblehead, they…
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Gil And Davey Be Damned
Updated:Mets managers have made a nice living off of using platoon systems, whether it be Ed Charles and Wayne Garrett…
Read more »Lineal Championships: PRIDE
(Lineal championships fascinate me, so we’ll be taking a look at some promotions of years past, and track the…
Read more »Eleven Milestones to Watch For This Season
Opening Day is finally here and with it…the promise of a number of milestones being reached. Sure, many of the…
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Your Morning Dump… Where the C’s hope to have a green Easter Egg in Shavlik Randolph
Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing…
Read more »Scoring Chances: Game 35 vs. Toronto
Team Period Time Note OTT TOR TOR 1 16:57 Lupul goal 14 33 3 62 30 43 84…
Read more »Game 73 Recap: Jazz 116, Nets 107. The One Where Randy Foye Couldn’t and Wouldn’t Miss
Randy Foye was 8-9 from three-point range tonight, scoring 26 points. Yep, D-Will's return to Utah didn't go very well…
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