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Archive for May 21st, 2010

Zach Thomas Calls It a Career

Friday, May 21st, 2010

After signing a ceremonial one day contract with the Miami Dolphins, perennial Pro Bowl linebacker Zach Thomas retired from the NFL after 13 seasons, 12 of which he played in Miami. Thomas went to the Pro Bowl 7 times, recorded more than 1,000 career tackles, and was known as one ...

Ron Artest: “I’m just so caught up in what the Lakers are doing, I don’t know what anybody individually is doing, including myself.”

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The Los Angeles Lakers are rolling at just the right time. After being pushed to the brink by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the opening round, the Lakers have won their last six games, including the first two against the Phoenix Suns in the Western Conference Finals. Kobe Bryant and ...

Andy Pettitte Is Enjoying the Season Thus Far

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The crafty veteran, left-handed pitcher, Andy Pettitte along with Philip Hugheshas been the best Yankees pitcher so far this season.  Pettitte, who is known as a  being a great second-half-of-the-season player, is off to the best start of his fifteen year career and is 5-1 with a 2.68 ERA in ...

David Ortiz: “I’m going to be done when I’ve decided that I’m done, not when the media says that I’m done”

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Maybe David Ortiz isn’t done after all.  I sure thought he was.  After a poor 2009 season, questions about David Ortiz and whether or not it was time for him to call it quits started to get raised.  And with good reason.  After all, Ortiz had two straight years where ...

Lorenzo Romar: “Until something is signed on the dotted line and it is official you just can’t bank it.”

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Collegiate athletics is so competitive that high school players seem to be pressured into giving verbal commitments to schools way too early on in the recruiting process.  These players are young and young people tend to change from day to day and year to year, so verbal commitments nowadays tend ...

After Sitting out Last Year, Seth Curry is Excited to Make his Much Anticipated Debut for Duke

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Coming off an outstanding tournament run that finished with a National Championship, is it really possible that Duke could be better this year?  The Blue Devils lost Jon Scheyer, Brian Zoubek, and Lance Thomas from the National Championship roster, so I don’t really know about that.  But the arrival of ...

Kevin Durant Plays the Game the “Right Way”

Friday, May 21st, 2010

The LeBron conversation of the last couple of weeks sparked quite the internal debate. What would the first round look like if every NBA player was thrown into a pool for teams to draft? So much to consider... Who goes number four? How high does Rajon Rondo go? ...

Maxim’s Hottest Hottie, Katy Perry

Friday, May 21st, 2010

Katy Perry kissed a girl - and we liked it. Maxim recently came out with its "Hot 100," an obvious, yet successful ploy to stir debate and show as much skin as possible in its magazine (and subsequent VH1 breakdowns). I'm not sure if there is a clear top choice, but ...