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Archive for February, 2009

The Philadelphia Phillies Are Set To Defend Their Title

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Pitchers and Catchers are reporting to Major League clubs across the country and for the first time in 28 years, the league will be chasing the defending champion Philadelphia Phillies. After beating the miracle Tampa Bay Rays in the World Series, the Phils have done what they've needed to do ...

Comedian Frank Caliendo

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Comedian Frank Caliendo was in Kansas City this weekend performing his stand-up routine, so he stopped by WHB late last week to give his comedic take on the world of sports. And being NBA All Star Weekend, here's a double dip of Frank with an older clip of him on ...

Atlanta Doesn’t Seem Quite Ready To Believe John Smoltz Is Gone

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

For the better part of two decades now, P John Smoltz has been a mainstay on the Atlanta Braves pitching staff. Whether as a starter, where he won 210 games, or as a lights out closer, where he tallied 145 saves in a three year span, Smoltz did it all for ...

Joe Flacco On His First NFL Offseason

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Baltimore Ravens rookie QB Joe Flacco was prepping for the NFL Combine and the Draft around this time last year. Fast forward to today and he's resting his body after starting an entire NFL season as a rookie and leading his Ravens to the AFC Championship game under first year ...

As The Dust Slowly Begins To Settle, A Word From Brian Cashman

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

New York Yankees GM Brian Cashman likely would have preferred to bask in the limelight of acquiring a number of prize free agents this winter. Instead, he's been suffocated with New York media insanity "I wouldn't say I'm concerned about our team, per se. But I know our team will need ...

Ray Romano and Kevin James From Pebble Beach

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Ray Romano, Kevin James. Golf, booze, shenanigans. Enough said. Romano: "I'm 0-9 making the cut. I'll be on the cut line making it and we'll get rained out. As quote comedians, the pressure is we gotta say something. So we have two thoughts - we have swing thought and then we ...

Kenny ‘The Jet’ Smith With Your NBA All Star Preview And Amare Stoudamire Update

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

TNT studio analyst and former Houston Rockets G Kenny Smith joined WSCR on Friday to talk about this weekend's All Star festivities in Phoenix, as well as his thoughts on the latest in the Amare Stoudemire to Chicago trade rumors. With rumors surfacing this weekend that Suns coach Terry Porter could ...

Celtics Fans Sure Are Happy These Days

Friday, February 13th, 2009

So this is what the atmosphere is like for a home game the year after your team wins the championship.  Just pure bliss. I wouldn't know as I'm a Philly sports fan and the Phillies season hasn't started yet. This dude who obviously has entered many a lip sync and air guitar contest ...

Man I Hate Lawyers!

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Age discrimination, racial discrimination, a hostile workplace and unlawful termination.  Those are some of the claims toward the Clippers and owner Donald Sterling in Elgin Baylor's lawsuit.  Bill Plaschke of the LA Times has a good column on how there are no winners in this lawsuit. There are so many questions ...

Jeff Fisher And The Titans Promote Chuck Cecil To Defensive Coordinator

Friday, February 13th, 2009

When previous defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz left the Tennessee Titans organization to take over the head coaching duties in Motown, there was speculation about whether Jeff Fisher and the Titans management would look outside the organization for a replacement or would fill the vacancy with someone in house. It took ...