Last season, one of the biggest surprises turned out to be Matt Flynn losing the starting job with the Seattle Seahawks to Russell Wilson–who played a key role in helping the team reach the playoffs last year. Now, Flynn is looking forward to a fresh start with the Oakland Raiders and while the competition may [...]
The storied divisional rivalry between the Chicago Blackhawks and Detroit Red Wings had to end the way it did on Wednesday night. It wasn’t pretty at all, with penalties, shoving and controversy in abundance, but in the end, the two teams, who will now be in opposite conferences, shook hands in the middle of the [...]
After a shaky start to the regular season, the Philadelphia Phillies are slowly working their way back to having a .500 record after another impressive win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday. For a team that has been dealing with too many injuries, the Phillies have had to overcome more than they would have [...]
This season the New York Knicks were able to win a playoff series and advance to the second round of the NBA postseason for the first time in over a decade before fizzing out against the Indiana Pacers. One of the reasons for the Knicks demise was their lack of a complementary scorer to Carmelo [...]
Although the Clemson Tigers are by no means considered a huge underdog in their August 31, season-opening contest against the Georgia Bulldogs, not many actually expect them to win the game. Hang with the ‘Dawgs? Yes. Beat them? No. However, this week the Tigers were bestowed upon them a gift, via the off-season misfortunes of [...]
Christian Watford may not be the most raved about player entering the 2013 NBA Draft, but he was great for the Indiana Hoosiers, even in his senior season when Cody Zeller and Victor Oladipo seemed like the only two talked about players on this team. Who knows if Watford will make it in the NBA, [...]
Over the last couple of years, photo bombing has become quite the popular trend with professional sports and whether you’re a fan of the acts or not–you can’t deny the fact that it’s hysterical to see athletes pull them off. One of the latest victims–Cam Newton of the Carolina Panthers. As you can see in [...]
Ripping Washington D.C. of its famous “Redskins” nickname is like taking the Cowboys out of Dallas and then renaming them the Dallas Sheriffs. Sure, the change might satisfy the radical groups who love to rain on parades, but dropping Redskins should not be in the plans of perhaps the most popular NFL team. Unfortunately, the radical groups [...]
A torrid start to the season for Baltimore Orioles 1B Chris Davis has continued all the way through May, and there is no end in sight for his fantasy baseball owners. Davis crushed his league-leading 18th and 19th home runs during a 4-for-4 night in Wednesday’s 9-6 win over the Washington Nationals Wednesday night. After [...]
I seriously hope that England has far more options to pick from later this year when the crucial World Cup qualifiers arrive, because from tonight’s performance, there was little to be hopeful about. Joe Hart — 6/10 Hart had a fairly uneventful outing. He was beaten by a great Shane Long header, which he can’t [...]
New York Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan kicked off week 7 on Monday big when said that he’s confident that his team can upset the New England Patriots. “I just think that I want [the Patriots] to know… and they know that I think we’re going to beat them,” Ryan told reporters on Monday. “I [...]
The NFL is looking into the Washington Redskins-Robert Griffin III injury situation from last week and the team could be facing a big fine from the league because of how they handled the situation. The league felt the Redskins downplayed the severity of RG3′s head injury in the media by simply saying he was just [...]
Sunday Night Football: Green Bay Packers inactives against the Houston Texans: Richardson, House, Manning, Van Roten, D.J. Williams, Jennings, Raji. Houston Texans inactives against the Green Bay Packers: CB Carmichael, CB Harris, SS Demps, T Gardner, G White, G Brooks, ILB Ruud. Late Games Inactives List: Buffalo Bills inactives against the Arizona Cardinals: QB Jackson, [...]
The New England Patriots have decided to increased the salary of WR Greg Salas from $149,600 to $465,001 recently after an NFL team made an attempt to sign him to their 53-man active roster. Salas is now making a single dollar above the league minimum for a second-year player on an active roster at a [...]
This off-season the Indianapolis Colts made a huge turnaround in their franchise by either releasing or choosing to not re-sign a large number of veterans who made huge contributions during their long success stretch of the 2000′s. Among the losses were: QB Peyton Manning, QB Dan Orlovsky, RB Joseph Addai, WR Pierre Garcon, TE Dallas [...]
The NFL has sent letters to several players around the league regarding their illegal actions from their week 5 game performance. New York Jets OG Matt Slauson was fined $10,000 for his illegal block on Houton Texans LB Brian Cushing, which ended his season. St. Louis Rams DE Robert Quinn was fined $15,750 for a helmet-to-helmet [...]
New England Patriots TE Aaron Hernandez is expected to travel to Seattle with the rest of his teammates following his second straight week of practice. Hernandez is expected to be active and play the Seattle Seahawks on week 6, it will be his first game action after sitting out the last 3 games with a [...]
Following a disappointing start to the season, the Houston Texans placed 5′-5″, 169-pound wide receiver and special teams standout, Trindon Holliday, on waivers yesterday. It didn’t take long for the Denver Broncos to place a claim on the small LSU product. The Broncos were able to claim him to the 53-man roster following the release of safety Duke [...]
There’s been a lot of changes in the New England Patriots Tom Brady led offense over the years, going from mainly a short passing game and a clock killing style running game to facilitate an elite defense during the 2001-2004 seasons to the advanced powerful passing game offense from 2005 to today. As [...]
