The New York Jets have one of the most interesting situations heading into training camp as nobody knows what to expect from the quarterback position. At the moment, it’s safe to say the starting job is Mark Sanchez‘s to lose and now that David Garrard is out of the picture–should the former first-round pick be [...]
It’s no secret the Ottawa Senators want to play with an edge. But their physicality could end up backfiring, resulting in stupid, costly penalties. That was certainly what happened in Friday night’s 4-3 loss to the seemingly unstoppable Pittsburgh Penguins. After seeing the Penguins vault out to an early 2-0 lead, the Senators likely wondered if this game [...]
I remember a player from the 1980s named Bob Horner that always looked like he was about to get a big hit. The Kansas City Royals of current day have someone like that in star DH Billy Butler. Butler has led the charge as the Royals begin to heat up again and make a run [...]
The Charlotte Bobcats have started the process of changing their name back to “Hornets,” according to CBSSports.com’s Will Brinson. There is currently no timetable as to when the change will be made, but Adam Silver, David Stern’s replacement as commissioner of the NBA, made it clear that a name change would take around 18 months to process. Silver told season-ticket holders re-acquiring [...]
Coming off a 2012 season that would have seen a trip to the ACC Championship Game had it not been for sanctions preventing that from occurring, there’s a lot of buzz surrounding the North Carolina Tar Heels football program heading into 2013. The bulk of that buzz is mainly due to the fact that the [...]
Kyle Wiltjer will be a junior in the 2013-14 college basketball season for the Kentucky Wildcats. With so much talent coming in, can Wiltjer be a leader for this team? Although Wiltjer will be a veteran, it may be hard for him to get playing time. It’s not like John Calipari is just going to [...]
Let’s be honest–Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel is living the dream at the moment as he’s sitting on top of the college football world after winning the Heisman last year. Manziel’s celebrity status has taken off over the last year as he’s become a national icon just about anywhere he goes and after he was [...]
Two years ago, Lucas Nogueira declared for the 2011 NBA Draft at the age of 18. However, it was a shaky decision and Nogueira eventually retracted his name from contention to better prepare himself for the professional level here in the United States. Now, at the age of 20, Nogueira is re-entering his name with [...]
It has been almost 14 years since an Atlético Madrid team defeated Real Madrid. In those years, they have played 25 times with Atlético Madrid failing to register a win in the Derby Madrileño. Yet the run of going winless against their bigger, richer and more attractive city rival came to an end on Friday night as Atlético [...]
Matt Kenseth, driver of Joe Gibbs Racing, won the 64th Annual Bojangles’ Southern 500 but his teammate Kyle Busch lead a race leading and dominating 265 of 367 laps. Kurt Busch started the race on the pole and proceeded to lead the first 51 laps during one of the longest green flag runs at Darlington. [...]
This weekend NASCAR made its way to Talladega Superspeedway for the Aaron’s 499, which was the first race of the year at the restrictor plate track. The track is known for the draft as well as wild late race finishes. This year’s green-white-checkered finish certainly didn’t disappoint, but even before that the Big One hit [...]
Matt Kenseth had one heck of a weekend in Kansas Speedway for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race. He started by running in the top 10 during practice. His team worked on the car to the point that he was able to not only get the pole but also set a new track record. This is [...]
Matt Kenseth, who is not known as the best qualifier, took his new team and his new Toyota and won the pole for the STP 400 at Kansas Speedway. This is only Matt’s ninth pole in 480 NASCAR Sprint Cup starts. Matt said, “It’s not me, it’s everybody at TRD (Toyota Racing Development), JGR (Joe [...]
Rookies are enigmas, but each one brings unique twists and a compelling story to the series which they compete in. Over the past few years the rookie classes have become consistently weak, including previous winners Stephen Leicht, Andy Lally, and Kevin Conway. Realistically, Joey Logano was the last Rookie of the Year that is still [...]
The time to begin his quest in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series has arrived for Timmy Hill. Beginning at the race weekend at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Hill starts his 2013 season as well as his rookie year in cup. Compared to his fellow rookie competitors Hill, will begin to make up for time [...]
The 2013 NASCAR season meant new beginnings for Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and so far he’s achieving great things. After competing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for three full time seasons, Stenhouse made his way up within NASCAR when the chance to race in the Cup Series came about. Now behind the wheel of the No.17 [...]
Usually, drivers with multi-million dollar sponsorship packages tend to run upfront. Well, at least those who have earned it after being involved in NASCAR for quite some time. Danica Patrick is one of a select amount of NASCAR drivers with a sponsor backing her for the majority of the season. It’s fair to say that [...]
Jerry Lai-USA TODAY Sports Jeff Gordon passed Danica Patrick on the second turn of the first lap to ruin her hopes of leading the first lap of the 2013 NASCAR season. It wasn’t her fault that Gordon clearly had a great car as he led each of the first 28 laps of the Daytona 500. [...]
The 2013 NASCAR season will be a comeback year for Roush Fenway Racing. As the official start of the season is just less than days and hours away, Roush Fenway Racing is getting ready to see if all of their latest changes and accomplishments will be successful in 2013. Heading into the new year RFR [...]
