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Archive for May, 2010
Monday, May 24th, 2010
It comes as no surprise to me that John Calipari has been in the news recently regarding recruiting. Recruiting is how Calipari has made a name for himself and how he has become one of the best coaches to have never won a National Championship. Year in and year out, ...
Posted in College Basketball, Kentucky Wildcats, Uncategorized | 9 Comments »
Monday, May 24th, 2010
Heading into his 13th season in the NFL, there's more pressure than ever on future Hall of Famer Hines Ward to deliver for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Thanks to the trade of Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets plus the suspension of Ben Roethlisberger for four to six games to ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
I remember the images very clearly from the 2007 NFL Draft. 20 names had been called and yet there was just one player still remaining in the green room waiting to hear his name called. That player was Brady Quinn. Then after the Jacksonville Jaguars came to the podium, some ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
To my generation, Bruce Jenner is associated with things that appear to be real: "reality television," body parts, Lamar Odom's marriage, interest in the decathlon, etc. Yet there is no denying that what Bruce Jenner did in the 1976 Olympics in Montreal was very real. Jenner captured the world's fascination ...
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Monday, May 24th, 2010
As the head football coach at USC, Lane Kiffin is back where he wants to be - at least for now. The 35-year-old coach is already taking the reigns of his third team. By all accounts, with his previous experience there, it's tradition, the bright lights of LA and the ...
Posted in College Football, USC Trojans | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 24th, 2010
With the 24th pick in the NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select Dez Bryant, Wide Receiver, Oklahoma State...
Whew. After a tumultuous end to his college career that saw DezBryant miss most of the 2009 season because he lied to the NCAA about meeting with Deion Sanders, the star wide receiver ...
Posted in Dallas Cowboys, NFL, Uncategorized | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Miami Dolphins, NFL | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA, Phoenix Suns | No Comments »
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 ...
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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 ...
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