The San Diego Chargers had a horrific rushing attack in 2012 that ranked 27th in rushing yards, 31st in yards per attempt and their four rushing touchdowns were tied for last with the Oakland Raiders. San Diego’s receivers were not much better as they ranked 22nd in receiving yards and 30th in yards per reception. [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers made a splash this postseason after they acquired the rights to New York Islanders defenseman Mark Streit last Thursday. In exchange, the Flyers gave the Islanders prospect Shane Harper and their fourth-round draft pick in the 2014 entry-level draft. Despite that the Flyers have traded for a much needed defenseman, they have yet [...]
Unfortunately for Houston Astros fans, the brooms had to stay in the closet for the final game against the Chicago White Sox. The Houston players cannot feel too down on themselves, as Monday’s loss to the Sox was their first since last Wednesday. Bo Porter’s boys definitely have a number of things to hang their [...]
A major question the Indiana Pacers will have to answer during the offseason is if they’re set at the guard spot with Lance Stephenson. It’s possible the Pacers will look to make a deal to strengthen that spot, unless Stephenson gives indication he’s ready to turn his game up a few notches. Stephenson did improve [...]
Last offseason, while college football realignment rumors were spreading like wildfire all over the place to keep our football-crazed minds occupied, you could hear small whispers from folks about how it would be beneficial for the Florida State Seminoles to try to align themselves with the ever-powerful SEC. And yes, in the end that’s all [...]
The Ole Miss Rebels won the SEC tournament this past season, but it would take a miracle for them to do the same thing in the 2013-14 college basketball season. There will be many teams predicted to finish ahead of Ole Miss in the conference entering the season, to say the least. Kentucky and Florida [...]
Three Atlanta radio hosts were fired today after mocking former New Orleans Saints special teams player Steve Gleason and his battle with ALS. On the morning show “Mayhem in the A.M.,” hosts Stephen “Steak” Shapiro, Chris Dimino and Nick Cellino took exception to the fact that Sports Illustrated writer Peter King had given Gleason his [...]
Tim Tebow Was Almost Drafted By the Los Angeles Angels It’s hard to imagine Tim Tebow doing anything but waddling out onto a football field and throwing the football with that weird, left-handed motion of his (and making headlines for all kinds of stuff he’s never done and likely never will), but Tebow Mania was almost [...]
Newly acquired Atlanta Falcons’ running back Steven Jackson is quite an intriguing player for the fantasy football 2013 season. Jackson, in recent years, hasn’t been viewed as a big-time running back in fantasy leagues. The 29-year-old running back is entering his 10th season in the NFL and while not posting record shattering numbers, Jackson has [...]
Mexico and Italy opened up their Confederation’s Cup campaign in a decently entertaining match which saw the Italians come out on top. The match brought us chances, passes, tackles, goals and of course mistakes. In the end, the side with the more mistakes gave up all three points for their first loss of 2013 – [...]
The San Francisco Giants came into the series hoping to repeat a sweep of the Colorado Rockies, however those hopes were crushed on the first day as the suspect offense of the Giants was exploited by Rockies starter Tyler Chatwood and three other pitchers who held the lineup to only three hits and gave his team [...]
The last time the San Francisco Giants and Colorado Rockies met, it was last weekend. It was all smiles for the good guys, as the Giants ran away with the series at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. The San Francisco Giants laid the wood on the Rockies every chance they had the last time around. They scored [...]
Thursday the San Francisco Giants fell to the St. Louis Cardinals 3-1 in a game where Cardinal starter Adam Wainwright went seven innings deep and only allowed a single run. The loss split the series between the two, but it was enough for the Giants to pick up a half-game on second place Los Angeles Dodgers. the Cardinals [...]
Barry Bonds spoke to MLB.com writer Barry Bloom and told that he believes he deserves to make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame when his name is up for voting next winter. Bonds is the ‘lead man’ for great players in the 80′s and 90′s who are convicted in the public eye of doing PEDs. [...]
The San Francisco Giants lost the opening game of the four game series Monday night but was able to pull off a two run win Tuesday night to split the first two games against the St. Louis Cardinals. On Tuesday the Giants were able to out battle the Cardinals. Buster Posey hit his second home run in as [...]
With both teams coming off series sweeps, the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals bring momentum into the important weekday series. The Cardinals are working on staying within striking distance of at least a wildcard spot. They are currently only two and a half games behind the Pittsburgh Pirates. They are seven games behind [...]
The San Francisco Giants completed a sweep of the Colorado Rockies Sunday afternoon by a score of 8-3. Starting pitcher Tim Lincecum (6-11) notched his second win in a row by throwing six innings while only allowing a single earned run. Since the All Star Break, Lincecum has accumulated a record of 3-1 in five starts and [...]
The Giants made two major moves to try to sure up their offense. There was never any question whether their starting pitching was good enough, however their bats needed some help: enter Marco Scutaro and Hunter Pence. Scutaro was traded from the Colorado Rockies and Pence from Philadelphia. Marco Scutaro was traded from the Colorado Rockies on [...]
The San Francisco Giants bats woke up Friday night and produced a season high 16 runs to lead them over the Colorado Rockies 16-4 in the first game of the three game, weekend series. The blowout not only entailed the most runs scored by the club this season, but also the twelve run difference was the largest [...]
The San Francisco Giants have lost six of their last seven games. Their division lead has fallen from three games to only a half of one, and at one point was tied for with the Dodgers atop of the west. The Giants have lost in almost every way possible in this tough stretch. They stared [...]
