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Archive for July, 2011

DeSean Jackson Not Pressed With Questions About Anti-Gay Remarks, Talks Michael Vick, Lockout, Plaxico Burress Instead

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Well, unforunately, you're not going to hear DeSean Jackson offer any sort of follow-up commentary about his comments last Friday on a live radio show in which he responded to a question he didn't much care for with an anti-gay slur. When his toughness was questioned during a live call-in ...

Green Bay Packers Running Back Ryan Grant Guarantees There Will Be Football

Monday, July 11th, 2011

There has certainly been plenty of optimism flowing regarding the NFL lockout lately. Green Bay Packers running back Ryan Grant took that optimism to the highest level in the following interview. Grant, who missed nearly all of last year with an injury, says he knows there will be football and ...

Dana Holgorsen, West Virginia Look To The Future Following Recent Drama

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Dana Holgorsen says he's simply ready to look to the future now that he's the coach at West Virginia. And, after all the drama that led to the coach-in-waiting not having to wait as long as expected, who can really blame him? Holgorsen was supposed to be the offensive coordinator and ...

Christian Lopez Says The Yankees Were Shocked When He Told Them He Wanted To Give The Ball To Derek Jeter

Monday, July 11th, 2011

He may just be the luckiest New York Yankees fan on the face of the Earth. Christian Lopez is living the dream that every New York Yankees fan envisioned when they walked into the House that Steinbrenner built on Saturday afternoon not realizing that he would forever would become a part ...

Deion Sanders Hopes The NFL Doesn’t Come Back, Claims There’s A Lot The Public Doesn’t Know About Dez Bryant

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Deion Sanders became the first player ever inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Atlanta Falcons back in February and he sure did things his way during his sixteen year career. Whether it was playing baseball part-time or trying to make musical 'greatness' with ...

Devin Hester Not Intimidated By New Kickoff Rules: “I don’t care how far they move it back.”

Friday, July 8th, 2011

I don't think anybody is calling it the 'Devin Hester Rule', but when the NFL shortened the distance of kickoffs by 5 yards, Hester's name was immediately mentioned as one of the players that the rule would affect the most. He doesn't see it that way though, but then again, ...

Arian Foster Is The Gold Standard For Undrafted Free Agents

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Arian Foster was overlooked while he was at the University of Tennessee. Then he was overlooked by all 32 teams in the NFL Draft. Then, even after he was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent, he was still fighting the numbers game and trying to climb ...

Matt Holliday Says He Doesn’t Need To Change His Swing At All For The Home Run Derby

Friday, July 8th, 2011

When Matt Holliday and Albert Pujols are in the lineup together for the St. Louis Cardinals they have one of the most potent duos in all of baseball. Unfortunately for the Cardinals, they have had to figure out how to win with them out of the lineup at times this ...

Matt Leinart: “I haven’t proven anything. Perception is perception. Football has always been number one to me.”

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Matt Leinart had the life that every quarterback coming up the pop warner circuit would dream of. Leinart had all the accolades while playing in Southern California including a Heisman Trophy, Manning Award, Johnny Unitas Award, Walter Camp Award and two Archie Griffin Awards. The USC quarterback lead his squad ...

Joe Torre: “We have given the umpires crappy jobs to do and then on top of it have to umpire a game.”

Friday, July 8th, 2011

Jim Leyland of the Detroit Tigers was recently quoted as saying that Major League Baseball umpires 'are on edge' following what happened during Detroit's Tuesday night loss. Three Tigers (including himself) were ejected without a major argument taking place, and Bobby Abreu of the Angles was tossed for shrugging his shoulders ...