 Archive for the 'Baseball' CategoryJan 27
Jan 27 Oakland Signs Sheets to One-Year $10 Million Deal, Ploy For More Prospects?Baseball, Hot Stove 7 Comments »
Jan 27 The Roundup: Amare Stoudemire to the Spurs?, Venus Williams Lost, and the Shady Fiesta BowlAthlete Wives, Baseball, College Basketball, College Football, ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, NBA, NFL, Tennis 143 Comments »
The Richard Jefferson acquisition hasn’t panned out. So the Spurs may want Amare Stoudemire. (Woj) John Canzano reaches out to the “slimeball” who posted the nude photos of Greg Oden. (Oregonian) Read the rest of this entry » Jan 26 The Pro Bowl seems as if it is on its last legs. The NFL thought by moving up the date of the game and the location – this weekend, Miami – it might stir interest. No. Instead, players are bailing in droves. Rating the All-Star games: NBA, MLB, NFL. This Magic Johnson moment, for our money, is the greatest All-Star game moment. Also in the top five: Kobe vs. Jordan in ‘98, Randy Johnson vs. John Kruk, and T-Mac off the backboard to himself. Ben Sheets: The oft-injured pitcher, who missed all of 2009, signed with the A's today. Sheets could be that staff's ace by the All-Star break - if he can stay healthy. He got a one-year deal worth a disgusting $10 million. Pitchers are grossly overpaid. [USAT] (9) Jan 26
Coming From a Boston Guy, This is Rich: "The streets of Miami and Fort Lauderdale will be a lot more peaceful in the first week of February. They won’t have to count the silverware at Don Shula’s Steakhouse in Miami Lakes and there’ll be no nightly mayhem at South Beach. The New York Jets and their marauding fans are not going to the Super Bowl." Because, you know, Patriots fans are a classy bunch. Can't wait to read this clown after the Red Sox stumble again this season and the Yankees capture another World Series. [Boston Globe] (63) Jan 26 The Roundup: Roddick and Nadal Lose at the Australian Open, Mike Woodson Shaves His EyebrowsAthletes and Celebrities, Baseball, College Basketball, Media Gossip/Musings, Music, NBA, NFL, Recruiting, Tennis, Video 121 Comments »
Andy Roddick lost in five sets to Marin Cilic in the Australian Open quartersfinals. Roddick’s shoulder gave him problems in the match. (NYT) Aerosmith needs a new frontman. The leader has to be Rainn Wilson. (Toronto Sun) Read the rest of this entry » Jose Offerman: He's using the Zidane defense as reasoning for why he popped an umpire recently. "He mentioned my mother in the classic tone of someone trying to offend a man, and that's where my reaction came to throw a punch." [Google Translation via] (5) Jan 25 The Roundup: Female Bowling Champ, Amare Stoudemire on the Trading Block, Jets Fan TaseredBaseball, Bowling, College Basketball, College Football, Fans, NBA, NFL, Video 106 Comments »
The new PBA champ is Kelly Kulick, a female. (Journal-Review) Looks like the Suns could be trading Amare Stoudemire. (Yahoo) Tyshawn Taylor, the Kansas guard who had a rough summer, wrote a Facebook update saying he might transfer. He’s since deleted it. (Topeka C-J) Read the rest of this entry »
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