Obviously, last season did not go the way the Kansas City Chiefs would have liked it to as they finished with just two wins–which earned them the No. 1 overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. Still, despite last year’s disappointing record, expectations are high for the Chiefs heading into 2013 after an offseason filled [...]
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 [...]
Eli Manning was quoted speaking to Newsday about the status of Victor Cruz’s contract hold-out with the New York Giants yesterday at a charity event in Westchester saying, “We get into some real practices next week so hopefully as we get into those live going-against-the-defense practices he’ll get back in so we can get back to work.” Manning was referring to [...]
With the Philadelphia Eagles rebuilding under a new head coach and the Dallas Cowboys being the Cowboys, the 2013 NFC East Division will come down to a horse race between the Washington Redskins and the New York Giants. That being said, the most important games of the Giants season will be played Week 13 and 17. The Giants by no means have an [...]
Last year, the New York Giants’ defense was abysmal, ranked 25th against the rush and 28th against the pass. Recent moves of Giants’ GM Jerry Reese to sure up the teams underwhelming group of linebackers have the looks of a doomed reclamation project being spun along the lines of a feel good story. Yesterday’s signing of former Oakland Raiders linebacker Aaron Curry, the fourth-overall [...]
The New York Giants could sign former Chicago Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher, but should they? It would make sense and addresses the Giants’ depth needs at the position. Going into the draft many people thought Big Blue might draft Manti Te’o. Instead GM Jerry Reese decided to fill out the line on both sides of [...]
Eli Manning, the Rodney Dangerfield of NFL quarterbacks, has admitted he is addicted to winning Super Bowls and that’s a good thing. Talking with Brandon Steiner in a podcast posted May 5th, the New York Giants‘ quarterback was quoted as saying: “That’s the thing about championships – once you experience one or two, you never [...]
At 6’4, 375 pounds with uncommon athleticism, offensive guard Michael Jasper has been already nicknamed Roadblock by some New York Giants fans. Drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the 2011 NFL draft, Jasper only made the active roster once for the Bills playing nose tackle for the team before being cut by the team. Eventually, Jasper made his way to the Giants and switched [...]
Last season, former Pittsburg Steelers’ wide out Mike Wallace held out till the end of training camp in late August. He signed the tender the Steelers’ originally offered him and had an “off” season despite putting up decent numbers for the team. The Steelers’ never thought of Wallace as a true number one receiver and refused [...]
Contract negotiations on the NFL level may as well be in Greek, and Victor Cruz may as well be some sort of newt at this point as far as I know. Wait, did I just call New York Giants’ star wide receiver Cruz an amphibian? Let me explain. Currently, the Giants have extended a tender [...]
New York Giants’ wide receivers Victor Cruz and Hakeem Nicks are teammates on the field and adversaries, to an extent, off as Cruz remains a restricted free agent yet to be signed by the team. The 2013 NFL season also happens to be Nicks’s contract year with the Giants. Right now it’s a zero sum [...]
New York Giants’ coach Tom Coughlin now has his work cut out for him as the remaining picks from the third day of the 2013 NFL draft have been selected. They are as follows: Round 5 (152nd) – Cooper Taylor, DB, University of Richmond At 6’4” 224 lbs Taylor has been described as an athletic freak [...]
