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Archive for June, 2010
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
For two people whose careers are so closely tied, former Phoenix Suns' GM Steve Kerr and majority owner Robert Sarver don't appear to be nearly as close as one might expect. I couldn't even find a single picture of them together with at Google image search for "Steve Kerr and ...
Posted in NBA, Phoenix Suns | 2 Comments »
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
Well, it's not vintage Shaquille O'Neal commentary, but it's nevertheless always fun to listen to the Big ______ (insert nickname du jour) banter about any subject really. On Wednesday, O'Neal joined Into the Night on Fox Sports Radio to talk about if he's been paying close attention to the Finals, ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 3 Comments »
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The lineup includes Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Jimmy Rollins, Shane Victorino, Raul Ibanez, Jayson Werth and Placido Polanco. Especially in the National League, that's a World Series lineup. Don't worry. The Phillies will be OK. Well, assuming they get and stay healthy, they'll be OK. The entire city of Philadelphia ...
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Okay, it looks like the whirlwind that is conference realignment in college football has finally come to an end. The Big 12 conference, while no longer a 12 team league, will remain intact, with only Nebraska and Colorado jumping ship. It's all been a very complicated process, with all sorts ...
Posted in College Basketball, College Football | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
After nine days of deliberation and a lot of different rumors, Tom Izzo made his announcement yesterday that he had turned down the Cavs job and elected to stay at Michigan State. It was clearly a very difficult decision for him to make and this was as close as he ...
Posted in Cleveland Cavaliers, College Basketball, Michigan State Spartans, NBA | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Play was stopped momentarily on Monday night at Petco Park when a 5.7 magnitude earthquake occurred during the Padres' 6-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. That's the second quake this season to have struck Petco Park, the first coming on Easter day in April. For some perspective on what ...
Posted in MLB, San Diego Padres | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
The city of Chicago is reveling in the moment right now as they are once again enjoying what it feels like to have a championship team. This time, it wasn’t the Bulls who won, it was their beloved Blackhawks that brought home its first NHL Stanley Sup since ’61, thus ...
Posted in Chicago Blackhawks, NHL, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Josh McDaniels has named his starting quarterback in Denver for the season. Despite the Broncos trading for Brady Quinn in the offseason and using a first round pick on Tim Tebow, McDaniels has awarded the job to Kyle Orton. This really isn’t much of a surprise. First of all, Orton ...
Posted in Denver Broncos, NFL | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
After firing Mike Woodson, the Atlanta Hawks have been on a hunt for a new head coach that can take them to the next level. What that level is seems to be very clear, get this team past the second round and into the Eastern Conference Finals. As a lifelong ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Earlier this month, Dan Wetzel at Yahoo! wrote a fascinating feature on possible conference realignment where he hypothesized that Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany masterminded a plot to drain the funds from other schools like those in the Big 12 by convincing those teams to join the Big Ten in ...
Posted in College Football, Texas Longhorns | 1 Comment »
