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Archive for December, 2010

David Lee’s Career Was In Jeopardy During Latest Injury

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Talk about scary. When David Lee injured his elbow several weeks ago against the New York Knicks, not a whole lot was though of it. Then the laceration sustained on his elbow becomes infected, and all of a sudden, Lee is faced with a very serious injury. It only kept ...

Rangers GM Jon Daniels On Trying To Sign Cliff Lee: “We are willing to take on a level of risk we wouldn’t be willing to take in most situations.”

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The Cliff Lee Sweepstakes are starting to heat up at the winter meetings. The remaining contestants to land Lee are the New York Yankees and the Texas Rangers.  After the Yankees re-upped their ante to a seven-year contract worth well north of $140 million, the pressure is now on the ...

Utah Jazz SF Andrei Kirilenko Talks About His Nickname, Miami Heat, and His Wife Allowing Him to Sleep With Other Woman

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

The Russian-born small forward of the Utah Jazz, Andrei Kirilenko, aka AK47, has been granted restricted free agency... by his wife.  Masha Lopatova, a former Russian pop star who has been married to the Jazz forward for nearly ten years, understands the temptation NBA players are faced with as they ...

Despite the Impressive Record Through 12 Games, the Bears Still Have Work to do Before Securing a Playoff Berth

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Heading into this season, very few people chose the Chicago Bears to win the NFC North because they were a disappointment last year, and because of the fact that Lovie Smith remained head coach.  Here we are in Week 14 and surprisingly enough the Bears are 9-3 atop the NFC ...

Paul Konerko Might Finish His Career With the White Sox After All

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

The White Sox made it pretty clear that their number one priority this offseason was re-signing Paul Konerko. They can check that off the list. It wasn’t easy to keep Konerko on the South Side , but he and the White Sox agreed to a three-year, $37.5 million deal which ...

Pete Rose Has A Fantastic, and NSFW Way To Describe Joe DiMaggio’s Manhood

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

Say what you want about Pete Rose, the former Cincinnati Reds player and manager can tell a mighty good story. In the following one, he recants a tale about baseball great Joe DiMaggio and a trip the two of them and a few others took to Vietnam at one point. Let's ...

Tim Brown: Dez Bryant Shouldn’t Return Kicks Again, Cecil Newton Shouldn’t Show Up For the Heisman Ceremony and the NCAA Shouldn’t Rule Players Ineligible Once They Move On From College

Thursday, December 9th, 2010

NFL Hall of Famer and Heisman Trophy winner Tim Brown makes some good points. I at least agree with two out of the three. First, speaking after the injury to Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant, Brown says the rookie should no longer return kicks after suffering a season-ending injury. Hard to ...

Albert Haynesworth Has Played His Final Game as a Member of the Redskins

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

The Washington Redskins have had a number of issues in Mike Shanahan's first season in Washington. They're 5-7 on the season, and at one point Donovan McNabb was benched in the final two minutes of a game. However, there has been no bigger issue in Washington than the relationship between ...

Brandon Lloyd: “We are just going to do our best to try to continue to keep the offense running and try to win these last four games.”

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

On Monday, the Denver Broncos pulled the plug on the ‘Josh McDaniels Experiment’, and they did so for a multitude of reasons.  After a 6-0 start to the 2009 season, the Broncos fell flat on their face and were 5-17 over the last 22 games. Furthermore, McDaniels made a number ...

Jeremy Shockey Has Big Plans For Next May

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

Mix one part crazy, one part well-spoken, and one part world class athlete and what do you get? Jeremy Shockey. The New Orleans Saints tight end hasn't been in the news as much this year. That's partly a product of him being injured for much of this season, and partly ...