Archive for March, 2009
The Five Most Hated Players In the NCAA Tournament
Posted March 17, 2009, 11:45 am by Jason McIntyre (47 Comments)
1. Eric Devendorf, Syracuse. Allegedly hit a female student in face late last year, and was nearly suspended for the entire season by the University. The neck tattoos don’t help, nor does the endless preening after three-pointers. Great shooter, but his antics at the Big East tournament vaulted him to the top spot. The word [...]
[ Read More... ]Brackets Are Out! Joe Lunardi Goes Into Hiding For 11 Months, Ponders Advanced Degree in Bracketology
Posted March 15, 2009, 6:37 pm by Jason McIntyre (180 Comments)
It’s become a ritual now: We broke out the clipboard, put pen to paper, and quickly scribbled the brackets as they were released. It’s so geeky and fun. And even better when we realized that we nailed the field! In this post earlier today, we went 65-for-65. Yeah, us! Go play our bracket game. We’ll [...]
[ Read More... ]Alex Smith Has Struggled on the Field, But the Kid Sure Has Done a Swell Job Off It
Posted March 12, 2009, 6:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (35 Comments)
Alex Smith’s NFL career, in a nutshell: San Francisco’s No. 1 draft pick in 2005. Rookie season was a disaster: one TD, 11 picks. Under a new offensive coordinator in 2006, Smith improved … but then got a third offensive coordinator in 2007 and battled injuries, missing nine games. In 2008 – under a new [...]
[ Read More... ]Top Recruit Bryce Brown is the New Kurt Warner
Posted March 12, 2009, 4:00 pm by Jason McIntyre (39 Comments)
Bryce Brown, one of the best unsigned college football recruits, is making his decision on Monday. It appears to be between LSU, Clemson, Oregon, Tennessee, Kansas State and Missouri, but Brown isn’t going public with who gets cut and who doesn’t. Why? Because the leech clinging to him, Brian Butler – currently under investigation by [...]
[ Read More... ]NFL Writer Going on the Market?
Posted March 10, 2009, 9:15 am by Jason McIntyre (7 Comments)
Media Musings: According to a source, the NFL.com’s top reporter, scoop-happy Adam Schefter, could soon be a free agent. Rumor has it that as Schefter’s profile soared in the last year, he was scooped up by CAA. However, we’re told that he couldn’t come to an agreement with the NFL Network during his recent contract [...]
[ Read More... ]They’re Dancing: Northern Iowa
Posted March 9, 2009, 12:45 pm by Jason McIntyre (40 Comments)
League: Missouri Valley Conference Alumn you may have heard of: This guy named Kurt Warner. Landmark school victory: Stunning All-American Doug Smith and 3rd seeded Missouri in the first round of the 1990 tourney, 74-71. All-time leading scorer: Jason Reese 2,033.
[ Read More... ]An Interview With ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb
Posted March 6, 2009, 2:54 pm by Jason McIntyre (No Comments)
It’s March, and our focus is college hoops, so we’ve convinced ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb to answer a few of our questions. He defends his Duke Final Four pick, talks about what it was like playing hoops all over the world, his feud with Jim Boehim, and a couple of photos of him and his [...]
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Tim Tebow vs. Tommie Frazier [bigleadsports.com]
KC Joyner: Romo is a Top 5 Quarterback [bigleadsports.com]
HS Player Attacked While Chasing Ball [usatoday.com]
Agassi on Olympics & The State of Tennis [bigleadsports.com]
Andre Dawson Talks Cubs, Biz of Baseball [bigleadsports.com]
Pat O'Brien Hosting Olympics Again [usatoday.com]
