Any of the optimism regarding the San Diego Chargers’ chances in 2013 can be thrown out the window. The Chargers in all likelihood have lost outside linebacker Melvin Ingram for the entire 2013 season after the second-year player tore his ACL in his left knee during the team’s organized team activities. The only good news [...]
The three finalists for general manager of the year were announced by the league on Monday, and while a case could be made for any one of the three names on the list, Marc Bergevin of the Montreal Canadiens should be the easy choice as the winner of the award. The things Bergevin was able [...]
New York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson played his first game of the regular season on Tuesday night against the Seattle Mariners after sustaining a forearm injury in the first game of spring training. There has been much talk and bated breath awaiting Granderson’s return. There are those who couldn’t wait for him to come back to the [...]
Damian Lillard has gained the coveted NBA Rookie of the Year award in a sensational pro debut season for the Portland Trail Blazers. Now, it could be within just a year or two that Lillard is good enough to qualify for the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award. Many that have received the top rookie acclaim go on to take [...]
Butch Jones has officially held the position of head coach at the University of Tennessee for over six months. In that span, Jones has already made excellent progress to the downtrodden Volunteer football program. Though it is too soon to put a grade on the hire made by athletic director Dave Hart and the Tennessee athletic department, Jones’ first offseason [...]
The Xavier Musketeers may have missed out on the 2013 NCAA Tournament, but at least Semaj Christon played huge in his freshman season. Christon led the team in both scoring and assists, with 15.2 points per game and 4.6 assists per game. He also shot 44.4 percent from the field. As good as those number [...]
It was a first round full of bloody skates, broken bones and overtime thrillers, yet the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs are going to be just as exciting for sure. Although both of the number one seeds are still alive, the shakeup in both conferences has been totally unpredictable to say the least. [...]
It’s May 15th, tax day was a month ago, so that can only mean one thing. The prospects are coming, the prospects are coming! Yes, as we scoot ever so much closer to June and the arbitration deadlines pass, clubs will be calling up some of the game’s biggest prospects who might be able to [...]
A 4-1 win against Wigan Athletic now leaves Arsenal requiring one more win to assure Champions League status for the 16th season in a row. Fresh off their FA Cup win over Manchester City over the weekend, Roberto Martinez‘s side were high on spirits but at the same time fatigued while the Gunners had a 10 day break and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Nothing like being a driver of a top NASCAR Sprint Cup Team; nothing like being an owner of top NASCAR Sprint Cup teams, teams that are expected to compete at the highest level and win races. Nothing like being all of that but not competing at the highest level or winning races. That is the [...]
It seems as if the 2013 NASCAR season is giving Stewart-Haas Racing a bit of a headache with just a few races in. As the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season progresses, some drivers have been able to find some luck and turn things around from the previous season. Meanwhile, others haven’t been so lucky in the case of Tony Stewart, Ryan Newman and Danica [...]
The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series left Martinsville Speedway without any real serious controversies. The only thing close to a controversy was Jimmie Johnson not stopping for Dale Earnhardt Jr. when he spun around and was blocking the track. Instead of controversies then here are some observations on the NASCAR Cup Series Season so far. First, [...]
Blocking has come to front as a NASCAR issue once again as the community looks back to last week’s confrontation between Tony Stewart and Joey Logano after Stewart blamed the younger driver from keeping him from the lead. The older veteran nicknamed Smoke charged over to Logano’s car to give him a piece of his [...]
Kyle Busch will start the NASCAR Food City 500 from the pole position. He broke the track qualifying record that was set in 2003 by Ryan Newman. Kasey Kahne will start second followed by Denny Hamlin third, who also beat Ryan Newman’s record. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. in the No. 17 Ford lost an engine if [...]
Jimmie Johnson hung around in the pack all afternoon at Daytona International Speedway but put himself in position to win his second NASCAR Daytona 500. Danica Patrick led the field to green but gave it up to Jeff Gordon. Eventually Danica made it back to the front and led five laps. She is the first [...]
This time of the year members of the media and race fans attempt to make predictions as to who will win the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup. I am no exception. Unless you picked Jimmie Johnson for a few years the odds of actually predicting the champion are pretty slim. Nevertheless, we will try [...]
The 2013 NASCAR season is nearly here. Man, that what quick. It seems like Brad Keselowski was just raising the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship trophy above his head at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. 2012 was a crazy year for NASCAR. Fighting, suspensions, penalties, you name, it happened in NASCAR. This year, the sport is making several [...]
