The New York Rangers, who trailed the Boston Bruins 3-0 in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, appeared to have thrown in the towel in this do-or-die Game 4. Their superstar forward Brad Richards was a healthy scratch and two key defenseman (Marc Staal and Anton Stralman) were out with injuries. As a result, they started out sluggish. For about the first half of the [...]
The Minnesota Twins will be getting a promising starter back Friday in Samuel Deduno. Deduno made 15 starts last season for the Twins in his first year as a starter. The 29-year-old right-hander was steady last year for the Twins, logging 57 strikeouts in 79 innings. Deduno has a wide variety of pitches, which is [...]
Name: Gregory Echenique Age: 22 Height: 6-foot-9 Position: Center School/Country: Creighton Latest Stats: 9.7 ppg, 6.6 rpg, 1.7 bpg Within the Creighton Bluejays‘ front court, 6-foot-9 big man Gregory Echenique earned himself a valuable reputation. He was the anchor inside for a Bluejays squad that has been amongst the top non-power six programs in the country over the [...]
Heading into his eighth year as the leader of the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, Head Coach Rick Stockstill has to be proud of what he has built in Murfreesboro. After all, Stockstill’s team did make Rant Sports Top 100 College Football Teams in 100 days for 2013 at No. 99. What else could be better, right? [...]
I, along with many other basketball fans across the country I’m sure, was more than ecstatic to hear the announcement yesterday that Duke Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski would be returning to lead the 2016 version of the United States Olympic men’s basketball team. With whispers that he may not be returning, it was [...]
Aside from his recent contract demands, Green Bay Packers superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers is one of the classiest professional athletes of our generation. The man sat through a humiliating first round of the 2005 NFL Draft with the poise of a 10-year veteran and received what then-NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue called a “good thing” — an [...]
One of the biggest surprises this fantasy baseball season has been San Diego Padres SP Jason Marquis. The 34-year-old has been all over the place, as he has played for eight different teams in his 14 MLB seasons, but this has finally been his breakout season. He went practically undrafted in nearly every format outside [...]
Way back in 2003 when Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich purchased Chelsea from Ken Bates for £140 million, there was an outcry from supporters groups and MP’s who felt that Abramovich wasn’t a fit and proper person, and that his background was a little shady to say the very least. Fast forward 10 years, and Abramovich [...]
In the NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race last Saturday at Charlotte Motor Speedway the team of last year’s Sprint Cup Champion Brad Keselowski, Penske Racing, had an up and down night. Penske Racing last won NASCAR’s superstar event in 2010 when Kurt Busch still raced for the Captain Roger Penske. The reigning champ Keselowski came into the [...]
Last year was a huge season in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series for the Michael Waltrip Racing team. The team led and owned by racing legend Michael Waltrip picked up driver Clint Bowyer from Richard Childress Racing. Bowyer would hop into the driver’s seat of the No. 15 Toyota full-time in 2012. Bowyer was a shot [...]
After going seven races without a win in his last NASCAR Camping World Truck Series appearances, Kyle Busch went back to his winning ways in the series at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch captured his first Trucks-Series win of the season at Charlotte after dominating most of the race and making a comeback from behind after a pit road penalty. Friday night’s [...]
Penske Racing will have a few speed bumps to get over in the next couple of weeks following the latest appeal to NASCAR. Following their last and final appeal for penalties following the race at Texas Motor Speedway, Penske Racing walked out of their final appeal with a minor victory as they had some of [...]
After going through the appeals process, Penske Racing will be without many of its key personnel for two races instead of the six which they were initially penalized. The penalties are in effect starting this weekend at Darlington Raceway, and will run through NASCAR’s All-Star weekend, ending after the Coca-Cola 600, which occurs Memorial Day weekend. So, who exactly [...]
This weekend, NASCAR heads to Darlington Raceway, otherwise known affectionately as the Lady in Black, for the Bojangles Southern 500. Coming into this race weekend, Kyle Busch has had a streak of three weeks of terrible finishes. At Kansas Speedway , Busch’s Achilles’ Heel, he wrecked after colliding with ex-Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Joey Logano. Then at [...]
After a disappointing Sunday in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Aaron’s 499 for Matt Kenseth at Talladega Superspeedway, the penalties for his Joe Gibbs Racing team were eased at the NASCAR appeal board today. The penalties were levied against Kenseth’s team after post-race inspection from his win at Kansas Speedway revealed an engine rod that was [...]
After making an important and controversial statement Sunday on Twitter, NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski has regressed and rescinded his attack on Talladega race winner David Ragan. Keselowski had claimed that Ragan purposely altered his position on the restart to be in the outside lane, closer to teammate David Gilliland, and in the line that inevitably [...]
