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Archive for August, 2011
Friday, August 26th, 2011
The Seattle Seahawks would like to think they are quite different from the 7-9 team that somehow won the woeful NFC West and made its way into the postseason last year. General Manager John Schneider and Pete Carroll have been busy this off-season to try to upgrade the Seahawks offense, bringing ...
Posted in NFL, Seattle Seahawks | 1 Comment »
Friday, August 26th, 2011
The previous two Super Bowl champions -- Green Bay and New Orleans -- will kickoff the 2011 NFL season two Thursdays from now. The Saints, eager to get rid of the embarrassingly bad taste of last season's Wild Card defeat to the 7-9 Seattle Seahawks out of their mouth, have been hard ...
Posted in NFL, New Orleans Saints | 5 Comments »
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
So far, so good for Plaxico Burress and his attempt to return to the NFL successfully following a long stint in prison. Burress seems to be off to a great start with the New York Jets, and more importantly, legitimately sounds like he's got his head on straight as he ...
Posted in NFL, New York Giants, New York Jets, Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 Comments »
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
With the NFL lockout dragging through much of the summer, the official offseason has been short, but that doesn't mean it has been uneventful. Many of the league's top running backs -- Matt Forte, Chris Johnson and Frank Gore, to name a few -- have all gone through holdouts. Not ...
Posted in Minnesota Vikings, NFL | 3 Comments »
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
USC athletic director Pat Haden already came out and said he believes the NCAA system is broken. Now he's shedding some more light on what he thinks can be done to fix it.
At the top, Haden says he and other athletic directors need to do a better job of educating ...
Posted in College Football, USC Trojans | No Comments »
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Even though Jimmer Fredette was the National Player of the Year and one of the most prolific scorers in college basketball, he still hears all the questions when it comes to his game at the next level. Are you athletic enough? What position will you play? Can you get your ...
Posted in NBA, Sacramento Kings | No Comments »
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
This may be one of the most bizarre posts I have ever written here on SRI, when an odd incident occurred in Monday night's game between the St.Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Dodgers. Of all the possible accidents or injuries that could sideline a baseball player while in action this ...
Posted in MLB, St. Louis Cardinals | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
It's hard for me to feel too sorry about a guy with that much money who plays the greatest game on Earth, but man does Eli Manning have to put up with a lot of extracurricular nonsense as a star athlete in the New York market. Not eccentric and outspoken ...
Posted in NFL, New York Giants | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
The screams you heard last week came from Yankees and Red Sox fans. That’s because Jered Weaver made the decision to forego the possibility of becoming a free agent in about 15 months to stay with the Los Angeles Angels through most of his prime. Weaver, who is represented by ...
Posted in Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, MLB | No Comments »
Wednesday, August 24th, 2011
As Brian Kelly puts it, if Notre Dame runs the table this season, there can't really be a debate as to whether the Irish belong in the national championship game. Then again, the Notre Dame second-year head coach knows going undefeated against this slate is going to be tough.
The Irish ...
Posted in College Football, Notre Dame Fighting Irish | No Comments »
