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Archive for September 29th, 2011

Tony LaRussa on Cardinals Improbable Wild Card Berth: “A lot goes into this season, that’s why the emotion was really overflowing yesterday.”

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

What a night for Major League Baseball. Not one, but two races came down to the final day. And both were almost equally as improbable. The American League Wild Card race unsurprisingly got more publicity, but in the National League, the St. Louis Cardinals have punched their ticket to October ...

Rick Adelman on the Timberwolves Organization: “We’re all one”

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The Minnesota Timberwolves will have a new head coach in 2011 and beyond, that’s if there is even an NBA season. After back-to-back disappointing seasons and a career record of 32-132 Kurt Rambis was fired and the Wolves brought in Rick Adelman to lead a young group of Timberwolves. While ...

Derrick Mason Believes Homophobic Slurs and Racial Slurs Should Be Considered the Same

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Derrick Mason knows a thing or two about talking trash on the football field. That can be seen in Bill Belichick's TV show as we saw Mason get under the skin of the New England Patriots coach. Mason also admits that he's said some things in the heat of battles ...

Matt Bonner on NBA Lockout Negotiations: “Unfortunately thus far, there really hasn’t been any common ground.”

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

On the court, Matt Bonner is known as that tall red head who can bury outside shots if left open. Off the court, at least this summer and fall, he's known for his role as the vice president on the Executive Board of the NBA Players Association. Considering the large ...

Jeff Van Gundy: Very Few People Care About the NBA Lockout

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

When the NFL lockout was getting down to crunch time, it was pretty much all anyone could talk about. Perhaps that has actually played a role in NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy's take here that nobody really cares what's going on with the NBA lockout. With the NFL, people were ...

Lane Kiffin on Loss to Arizona State: “We’ve gone on the road. Now it’s time for no more freshmen mistakes.”

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

The USC Trojans were on cruise control to start the 2011 season. They opened with three consecutive wins over Minnesota, Utah and Syracuse. Last Saturday, USC went on the road for the first time this season to take on the Sun Devils of Arizona State down in Tempe. Lane Kiffin's ...

Darren McFadden on the Electricity at Raiders Games this Season: “You may want to just get out and witness it.”

Thursday, September 29th, 2011

Darren McFadden has had a fast start to the 2011 season. He leads the league in rushing with 393 yards on 61 carries, an average of close to 6.5 yards per carry.  Last week against the New York Jets, McFadden, earned AFC Player of the Week honors after rushing for 171 ...