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Archive for October 29th, 2012
Monday, October 29th, 2012
For Buster Posey, last year had to be agonizing watching his team miss the playoffs as he was recovering from a broken leg. This year he gets to spend the offseason celebrating his second World Series title in the last three years. At times it looked like the San Francisco ...
Posted in MLB, San Francisco Giants | No Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
It's hard to know exactly what to expect from the Chicago Bulls this season as they'll be without superstar Derrick Rose for most, if not all, of the season. His exact return isn't known, and that's leading folks to "sleep on the Bulls" as Joakim Noah puts it in the ...
Posted in Chicago Bulls, NBA | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
While many of the same pieces are still in place for Boston that helped give the Miami Heat all they could handle in the playoffs a season ago, the Big Three or Boston Three Party or whatever they were called has been broken up. Ray Allen is in Miami now ...
Posted in Boston Celtics, NBA | 5 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
The Arizona Cardinals have fallen on some tough times when it comes to running backs this season. With both Beanie Wells and Ryan Williams out with season-ending injuries, Arizona had to turn to the third man on their depth chart. Enter LaRod Stephens-Howling. This familiar face has been an effective ...
Posted in Arizona Cardinals, NFL, San Francisco 49ers | 2 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
Preseason records are rarely indicative of regular-season results to come. That said, it's a bit troublesome when a highly-touted NBA team goes 0-8 in the preseason. That's what happened to Mike Brown and his new-look Los Angeles Lakers, but Brown thinks he has a grip on what ailed his guys ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
The hits just keep on coming in the NHL lockout. At this point in time, 25 percent of the regular season games have been lost with the announcement that games have been cancelled through November. Next on the chopping block: The Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich.
It's ...
Posted in NHL | 3 Comments »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
While the Big Ten football season continues to be a bit of a train wreck -- with highly performing teams ineligible for the postseason and underwhelming teams lining up to reap the benefits of that -- the looming basketball season is about as intriguing as they get.
Michigan State coach Tom ...
Posted in College Basketball, Michigan State Spartans | 1 Comment »
Monday, October 29th, 2012
Three members of the Miami Heat get the lion's share of the attention, so it's easy to forget the important role Shane Battier played in their championship 2011-12 season. The veteran sidekick captured his first title along with LeBron, D-Wade and Chris Bosh, but now he's even more thirsty for ...
Posted in Miami Heat, NBA | 2 Comments »