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Archive for March, 2011
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 »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
He may not be eligible to sign a letter of intent until 2015, but 14-year old David Sills has already committed verbally to the USC Trojans. Lane Kiffin has been aggressive in his early pursuit of Sills, offering the kid a full scholarship at the ripe age of 13. Disgusting. ...
Posted in College Football, USC Trojans | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
So far, so good for Hines Ward and his foray into the world of ballroom dancing. Ward more than held his own in Monday's series premiere of Dancing With the Stars and is assured to be back for at least another week. Was it a bit weird watching the guy ...
Posted in NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
Eagles Pro Bowl fullback, Leonard Weaver, suffered a catastrophic knee injury during the first game of the year and missed the rest of last season. On that carry, he suffered a torn ACL, a torn posterior lateral corner, and nerve damage in his left knee, which left him unable to ...
Posted in NFL, Philadelphia Eagles | No Comments »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
There was one time this season that the Dallas Mavericks looked liked a legitimate threat to dethrone the Lakers in the Western Conference. Dirk Nowitzki was playing like an MVP candidate and the Mavericks finally realized that they needed to play some defense to be a Championship threat, which is ...
Posted in Dallas Mavericks, NBA | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
After the Virginia Destroyers hired Marty Schottenheimer as their next head coach, the UFL now features four coaches with very strong ties to the NFL. The league hopes that by hiring former, big-time NFL coaches, that will bring more fans and interest to their games. The last we saw Schottenheimer ...
Posted in Sports Business, UFL, Uncategorized | No Comments »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
In the first two games of the tournament, Derrick Williams saved Arizona’s season with game changing plays at the end. He stepped up big with a blocked shot that sealed the victory against Memphis in round one and then his man-sized basket at the end of the game against Texas ...
Posted in Arizona Wildcats, College Basketball | 1 Comment »
Friday, March 25th, 2011
The Boston Celtics players were clearly stunned when Kendrick Perkins was dealt at the trade deadline to Oklahoma City. In some ways, it appears they haven't particularly recovered.
The Celtics are just 9-6 in the 15 games since Perkins departed the team. It's not a horrendous record given a small sample ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, NBA | 16 Comments »
