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Archive for March 28th, 2011
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Heading into Selection Sunday, Shaka Smart and VCU didn’t even know if they would be in the NCAA Tournament. Quite frankly their resume didn’t warrant them being in the tournament from the very beginning. They had fewer quality wins on their resume compared with some of the other bubble teams ...
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
They don’t call him “Money” for nothing. Now that Floyd Mayweather doesn’t have very much going on in terms of boxing, he’s found another way to spend his time and make money at the same time. Mayweather has turned to gambling on sporting events. Mayweather recently bet on the Chicago ...
Posted in Boxing, Floyd Mayweather | 220 Comments »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Brian McNamee insists that he is not a rat. The personal trainer of Roger Clemens told Congress that Clemens used steroids. Now McNamee is expected to testify against Clemens later this year in a trial that could be similar to the one that Barry Bonds is going through now.
Many like ...
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Monday, March 28th, 2011
The Texas Rangers possess one of baseball's most gifted performers and ‘feel good stories’ in Josh Hamilton, a former No. 1 overall pick of Tampa Bay, who has successfully overcome a well-publicized crippling drug addiction to take his place among the game's elite.
The 29-year-old captured his first career batting title ...
Posted in MLB, Texas Rangers | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
We're not in season for the National Football League which means player interviews are typically going to cover a wide range of topics. Obviously the ongoing NFL Lockout is what's at the forefront of everybody's mind, but there's only so much guys know and/or are willing to talk about. That ...
Posted in NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
A football movie helped the resurgence of Sandra Bullock's career when she won awards for her performance in The Blind Side. Could she keep that whole trend going by playing an NFL cheerleader? OK, we're probably getting ahead of ourselves here as far as picking an actress, but the role ...
Posted in Cincinnati Bengals, NFL | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
Julio Jones, the big, physical wide receiver from Alabama, entered the NFL combine as one of the top prospects at his position, but was significantly behind Georgia's AJ Green on many NFL scouts' boards. While it's unlikely that anything has changed, Jones certainly stole the show with incredible workouts for NFL ...
Posted in Alabama Crimson Tide, College Football, NFL | 2 Comments »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
There is no question regarding Buck Showalter's managing abilities. He's generally been perceived as the guy who builds up organizations long enough that he never sticks around to see the end results come to fruition. If you look at Buck Showalter's time spent in the Bronx (1992-95), he helped build ...
Posted in Baltimore Orioles, MLB | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 28th, 2011
One of the biggest mysteries of the 2010 baseball season was the Minnesota Twins winning 94 games in the American League Central last season, earning another birth into the position as a division winner. Minnesota's Opening Day position players combined to miss more than 300 games and that's not even ...
Posted in MLB, Minnesota Twins | No Comments »