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Archive for July, 2011
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 ...
Posted in NFL, Philadelphia Eagles | 4 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Green Bay Packers, NFL | 11 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in College Football, West Virginia Mountaineers | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in MLB, New York Yankees | 2 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in NFL | 17 Comments »
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, ...
Posted in Chicago Bears, NFL | 3 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in Houston Texans, NFL | No Comments »
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 ...
Posted in MLB, St. Louis Cardinals | 1 Comment »
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 ...
Posted in NFL | 8 Comments »
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 ...
Posted in MLB | 3 Comments »