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Archive for October, 2009

Urban Meyer On Upcoming Clash With Georgia: “As far as flat talent, that’s as tough a team as there is in the United States of America..”

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

It hasn't been pretty, but the Florida Gators are right where they need to be heading in to the final home stretch of the 2009 college football season. Florida improved to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the SEC last weekend with a fairly unimpressive 29-19 win over Mississippi State in ...

Dave Donovan: The Washington Redskins vs. The Washington Post

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

In the last year the Washington Redskins have sued 125 Redskin ticket holders for a total of $3.6 million, winning judgments totaling $2 million from 34 season ticket holders. The contracts were tied to corporate and club level seats at FedEx Field.  The ticket holders asked to be released from ...

George Karl on the Offseason Moves in the NBA: “A Lot of Those Moves Were Made Because They Were Pissed at Us”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The offseason is over and it’s time for the NBA season to get started.  A number of teams around the NBA got better.  The Cavs made improvements to their roster, the Magic made some changes, the Celtics made some additions, the Spurs got better and the Lakers, coming off their ...

Andy Pettitte: “I want to do great; I want to be great for the team, I want to be great for the fans”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Andy Pettitte is part of the “Core 4”; this is made up of Pettitte, Jorge Posada, Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera, the last remaining players from the Yankees Dynasty in the last 90’s and early 2000’s.  The "Core 4" all came up at roughly the same time, getting their first ...

David Stern Thinks The League Will Eventually Go International

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

In my opinion, David Stern is the best commissioner in sports right now.  He has spent about 25 years as the commissioner and he has built the NBA into a worldwide, recognizable brand that should just continue to grow.  While I don’t agree with everything he’s done as the commissioner, ...

Rick Carlisle: “We Are in This to Make it Work in a Big Way, Without Question”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Dallas Mavericks are coming into the 2009-2010 season with high hopes and possibly a last shot of making a title run with an aging team.  Carlisle has been around very good teams in the past and this one has some quality players in a real competitive conference.  The Mavs ...

Ken Whisenhunt: “For Where we Are at this Point in the Season, it’s a Really Big Win for Us.”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The Arizona Cardinals made it to the Super Bowl last year under first year Head Coach Ken Whisenhunt and coming into this season there were again high expectations.  Whisenhunt is an offensive-minded coach and has serious weapons in Kurt Warner, Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin.  So the question is, can ...

Tony LaRussa On His Return To The Cardinals Bench And The Hiring Mark McGwire

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

Last Monday, Tony LaRussa decided to return for his 15th season as the St. Louis Cardinals manager. In his first 14 seasons in St. Louis, LaRussa guided the Cardinals to the playoffs in  All of LaRussa's coaching staff will also return. All that is but Hal McRae, the team's batting ...

Charles Barkley On The Eve Of The 2009-2010 NBA Season

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

The man needs no introduction. He's the great Charles Barkley and he's got plenty to say on anything and everything relevant in the world of sports, politics, culture, etc. With the NBA season set to tip off tomorrow night, Barkley joined WCNN in Atlanta to talk about who he thinks ...

Miles Austin – The Anti-TO: “I’m just doing my job in the group and these last two weeks I just happened to get some of the credit for it.”

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

10 catches for 250 yards and 2 TDs. 6 catches for 171 yards and 2 TDs. Those would be the lines of Miles Austin's past two games - both wins for the Dallas Cowboys. So much for Tony Romo missing Terrell Owens. And so much for wondering if Roy Williams ...