MLB

Fifth Starter Battles

March 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

All across baseball there are teams with undecided fifth starters. I’m going to give a rundown of the battles to keep an eye on. Los Angeles Dodgers Last year’s NL West champs have a bunch of guys fighting for a spot in the rotation. Eric Stults, Charlie Haeger and Carlos Monasterios all pitched in the spring opener, [...] Read More →

NFL

NFL Free Agency – A Look Ahead

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

It’s been a few days since the NFL free agency period went live. Most of the big name players went without a hitch in the fist twenty-four hours and we’ve seen the teams who decided to either make a big splash, a move of desperation, or a statement on the future of their organization. Many [...] Read More →

NBA

Noah missing next 3 weeks

March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

Joakim Noah’s battle with plantar fasciitis in his left foot continues.  The Bulls have put him on the injured reserve list for three weeks. In his time off, Noah is expected to rest his foot.  If the Bulls get to the playoffs, they will need him 100 percent healthy.  Read More →

NHL

Capitalizing on the Olympics

March 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

The 2010 Winter Olympic hockey tournament was extremely successful in getting Americans to watch hockey.  The main factor for this was the rematch between the U.S. and Canada in the gold medal game.  These are some impressive statistics about the game according to Media Daily News and The Sports Media Watch Blog: 27.6 million viewers [...] Read More →

Soccer

USA Faces Tough Task

March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

It is the moment we have all been waiting for. The USA will finally play a match that includes what should closely resemble their full World Cup roster and not just a group of fringe players and won’t be’s. The opponent couldn’t be more daunting: the orange blur that is the Netherlands. The match kicks off [...] Read More →

Fantasy

Fantasy baseball bargain pick of the day

March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

I don’t want to get into a large spiel about this player. More and more people are acknowledging what he did in 2009, and his unbelievable talent, so he’s beginning to get his due. Franklin Gutierrez. Know the name well. He’s the best defensive center fielder in all of the majors. Well, at least he was [...] Read More →

MLB

Professor Picks Braves To Win WildCard!

http://www.tomahawktalk.com − There is an interesting news tidbit out there today and if it proves accurate, Atlanta fans will be watching the Braves play playoff baseball come October! It seems that Bruce Bukiet, a professor of mathematical sciences and a dean at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, has developed a mathematical model that uses mathematical analysis to [...]

NBA

Mavs Streaking, Oh No Roethlisberger, No Suspension Edwards

http://www.dailystrikes.com − The Mavericks just won their 12th game in a row last night. I guess Mark Cuban knew what he was doing when he made those trades at the deadline. Dallas has the two spot currently in the powerful West. I’m not saying they’re going to the finals, but this latest streak is impressive nontheless. Only a [...]

NFL

Mavs Streaking, Oh No Roethlisberger, No Suspension Edwards

http://www.dailystrikes.com − The Mavericks just won their 12th game in a row last night. I guess Mark Cuban knew what he was doing when he made those trades at the deadline. Dallas has the two spot currently in the powerful West. I’m not saying they’re going to the finals, but this latest streak is impressive nontheless. Only a [...]

NHL

Ron Ron, Hockey Hit, and a Carr

http://www.dailystrikes.com − Lakers Verses The Magic. In a finals rematch Orlando beat L.A. The Lakers were out rebounded and for the most part out played, but that wasn’t the most shocking thing. That title went to Ron Artest’s Hair. Ron went all Rodmen and bleached his head and dyed some purple words in different languages in it. I [...]