By now, the football world knows exactly what happened with the Green Bay Packers in their game against the Seattle Seahawks tonight. On the final play of the game, rookie quarterback Russell Wilson heaved a Hail Mary that was ruled a touchdown catch by wide receiver Golden Tate, which gave the Seahawks an improbable 14-12 [...]
The New York Rangers appear to be one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup if and when the 2012 NHL lockout ends. As the top seed in the Eastern Conference last season, the New York Rangers proved they are an elite team. This offseason, they only got better by trading for Rick Nash. Immediately, “Stanley Cup [...]
The Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde routine continued for Derek Holland on Monday night in Arlington. In an important start against the Oakland Athletics, Holland could only record nine outs before being removed, but not until he had given up three runs on two home runs, and put the Texas Rangers in an early 3-1 hole. The [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves appear to have finally completed their quest to add a free agent big man for the league’s minimum salary, with Monday’s reported signing of forward Louis Amundson. He had drawn some interest from the New York Knicks and Charlotte Bobcats as well as a team in Greece, but ultimately decided to stay in the [...]
Someone needs to step in and do the right thing, whether that is University of Arkansas Athletic Director Jeff Long or John L Smith, himself; the time has come to end Smith’s tenure as head coach of the Hogs. Smith has experienced plenty of criticism, and deservedly so after the Razorbacks struggles early in 2012, [...]
It’s not quite Lil’ Romeo or P. Diddy’s son, but the Pac 12 will have another celebrity participate in it’s athletics this year. Following in the foot steps, sort of, of Romeo Miller at USC (basketball) and freshman Justin Combs at UCLA (football), Dion Overstreet Jr. will be walking-on to the Washington Huskies basketball team [...]
As if the song “Call Me Maybe” by Carly Rae Jepson hasn’t gone viral enough this year, it has happened yet once again. This time it’s to bash on the horrible NFL replacement refs of course. This version was first heard on the Common Man Progrum out of KFAN 100.3 in Minneapolis. Make sure to watch [...]
3. Tennessee Titans Over Detroit Lions Not only did the Titans pull off their first victory of the season with a huge win against the Lions, but these teams combined for 46 points in the fourth quarter–which is a lot of touchdowns. Jake Locker had the best performance of his young career after throwing for [...]
The picture says it all. The New York Jets have lost CB Darrelle Revis for the remainder of the season, after tearing his ACL in his left knee during the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Miami Dolphins. There is no question that he is the most important player on not just the Jets secondary, but [...]
The Primera Division, or La Liga, is known as one of the slickest, most entertaining leagues in soccer. Yet even those that cover it locally are forced to point out the league is subject to “Crazy kickoff times, atrocious debts, falling attendance in the stadiums, sabotage at a game that was declared high risk, clubs [...]
Trent Johnson became the 21st head coach in the history of the Texas Christian Horned Frog men’s basketball program. He previously was head coach at LSU for the last four seasons. He has had prior experience as head coach at Stanford for 4 seasons and Nevada for 5. He has been to eight postseason appearances [...]
It is a fact that Baylor Bears head coach Scott Drew is asking his 7-foot-1 center to step put to the line and toss up shots from the 3-pt line. He may be the only one in the country that is 7-ft that is asked to do this. How many 7-foot-1 centers will not only [...]
Scott Drew, Baylor men’s basketball head coach, hopes the 27 hours his team spent at the Fort Hood Army base adds some leadership and discipline to his team. During the time spent, they attended a Leadership Reaction Course and a simulation training in weapons and then made their way through six obstacles on the air Assault [...]
The 60-year old Lon Kruger is looking forward to the start of the Oklahoma Sooners 2012 – 2013 season. Despite having his run of five straight seasons with 20+ wins, Kruger and his staff are upbeat on what the season could bring. The Sooners have three seniors, but six juniors on their 2012 – 2013 roster. [...]
Does Money Mean Success in the Big 12? Here is a list of schools currently participating in the Big 12 and the amount of money they spend for Men’s Basketball and how much is allocated for recruiting. As you can see the Kansas Jayhawks are the 11th biggest spender for recruiting athletes to their basketball [...]
One of the top players in the class of 2014 signed with the Baylor Bears on Monday evening. Head Coach Scott Drew was thrilled when he was told Leron Black was going to play his collegiate basketball in Waco. Black is a 6’7 forward from White Station, Tennessee. Black elected to play his college basketball [...]
Bruce Weber and the Kansas State Wildcats added a fourth member to their 2013 recruiting class. Following the signing of Alex Etherington, Darrell Johnson and Marcus Foster, the Wildcats received a commitment from 6-foot-6 wingman, Wesley Iwundu. Iwundu was considered a 3-star prospect by many. He has been one of the top players in the [...]
The Kansas State Wildcats are excited about being selected to host a portion of the Pre-Season NIT this coming season. The Wildcats will host Alabama-Huntsville, Lamar and North Texas on November 12th and 13th. The Wildcats are seeded third in the event, and will take on Lamar, who won the Southland Conference a season ago. [...]
The Big 12 Basketball Conference got great news at the end of last week, as they signed a mega contract with ABC/ESPN and Fox to a 13-year media rights deal. All in all, the deal is worth over $2.5 billion and $200 million per year. It also aides each school with nearly $20 million per [...]
Fred Hoiberg wants to be planning his practices for the early portion of the 2012 – 2013 college basketball season. The Iowa State University head basketball coach has other things to deal with following an arrest of one of his players. Babu Palo and another man from Ames, Iowa were arrested Friday on charges of [...]
