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Archive for February, 2011
Monday, February 21st, 2011
This past season, Prince Amukamara of Nebraska won the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year Award becoming the third Cornhusker to do so in school history. His physical style of play and his ability to lock down top wide receivers in the Big 12 makes him a good fit for ...
Posted in College Football, NFL, Nebraska Cornhuskers | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
While just about everyone else in Major League Baseball has severed any ties with BALCO founder Victor Conte, Chicago Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd is trying to help him. Conte, the face of the sports steroids scandal, did his time in jail and is back at work in providing nutritional supplements.
While he's ...
Posted in Chicago Cubs, MLB | 2 Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
After the Denver Broncos fired Josh McDaniels last season, they needed a defensive-minded head coach to come in and take control of the league’s worst-ranked defense. Pat Bowlen and John Elway had roughly five to six people in consideration for the job but it was former Carolina Panthers coach John ...
Posted in Denver Broncos, NFL | 6 Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
A season ago, Andrew Bogut was having the best year of his young career, but it all came to an end when he went crashing down in a game against the Phoenix Suns after a breakaway slam. Bogut suffered a dislocated elbow, a broken hand, and a sprained wrist all ...
Posted in Milwaukee Bucks, NBA | No Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Matt Birk's argument is hardly brand new. It's just not a fix to the current NFL labor unrest that seems to be discussed very much. It probably should be.
One of the seemingly many sticking points during the negotiations -- or currently non-negotiations -- is the owners' desire for an 18-game ...
Posted in Baltimore Ravens, NFL, Sports Business | No Comments »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
Philadelphia Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. threw the biggest curveball of all this offseason with his coup of free agent pitcher Cliff Lee. Amaro Jr. hasn't done too bad for himself since he fully took over the GM role in 2008. He acquired Roy Halladay in a trade from ...
Posted in MLB, Philadelphia Phillies | 1 Comment »
Monday, February 21st, 2011
The defending American League Champion Texas Rangers come into the 2011 season knowing they are not the American League favorites to reach the World Series. It seems the media has proclaimed the Boston Red Sox as the team to beat due to the offseason acquisitions of Carl Crawford, Adrian Gonzalez, ...
Posted in MLB, Texas Rangers | 2 Comments »
Friday, February 18th, 2011
When Chris Bosh, Dwyane Wade, and LeBron James decided to join forces this summer in Miami, the talk of not just one championship, but multiple championships started right away. One NBA Analyst even went as far as to say the Heat could possibly win 70 games this season. In fairness ...
Posted in Miami Heat, NBA | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 18th, 2011
In today’s era of college basketball, the majority of teams rely upon underclassmen because the great players leap to the next level after having just one season, but Villanova is not one of those teams. This year’s squad is led by senior guards, Corey Stokes and Corey Fisher, and senior ...
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Friday, February 18th, 2011
Before this season even started for Purdue they got devastating news that Robbie Hummel would once again be forced to miss an extended period of time due to injury. After injuring his tearing his ACL late last season, Hummel re-tore his ACL before a game was even played for the ...
Posted in College Basketball, Purdue Boilermakers | 1 Comment »
