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Archive for August 25th, 2010

Aaron Curry Is Motivated For A Breakout Season

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The Seattle Seahawks expected a lot out of their 1st round pick, Aaron Curry, last season but he didn’t play up to their standards. After getting off to a great start the first five games of the season, he fizzled down the stretch and looked like he was lost ...

The NL Rookie of the Year Award Seems More Likely for Buster Posey

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

No National League rookie has ever won the batting title and San Francisco Giants rookie, Buster Posey, will not be the first.  After a storied collegiate career at Florida State and a meteoric rise through the minors making his MLB debut on May 29th, Posey has torched major league pitchers ...

Tito Ortiz Is Looking to Prove That He’s Not Past His Prime

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

There was a time during his career that Tito Ortiz was at the top of his division in the UFC. But it seems like those days are behind him. The Huntington Beach Bad Boy hasn’t held a UFC Title since 2003, he has dealt with a number of injuries, gone ...

One Of The Jets Core Four Gets Paid

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

When Paul Brown started the Cincinnati Bengals franchise in 1968 his first draft choice was a center (Bob Johnson out of Tennessee). Brown had already figured out that the common adage in baseball - that games are won by being strong up the middle (pitcher catcher, shortstop, secondbase, centerfield)- is ...

Tony LaRussa Likes Cardinals’ Playoff Chances

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

At the beginning of the baseball season, there is no doubt the St. Louis Cardinals were the favorites to win the National League's Central Division. If you'd have told someone then that they'd be locked in a battle with the Cincinnati Reds, they likely would have assumed that the Cardinals ...

David Garrard Takes On His Critic(s)

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

The relationship between local radio host and a team's starting quarterback is rarely completely pleasant. Hosts of daily talk shows generally need to fill three hours a day. In communities like Jacksonville with just one professional sports team in town, that means finding daily ways to talk about the same ...

Jose Bautista: “We Have a Clean Game”

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Jose Bautista is having one of the most surprising individual seasons in Major League baseball this season. Heading into Tuesday night, he was batting .258 with 95 RBI and earlier this week the Toronto Blue Jays outfield/third baseman became the first player in the league to reach the 40 home run ...