The national media has done a great job of finding excuses for the Boston Celtics, who are facing a Game 7 elimination Saturday night against a Philadelphia 76ers team that really has no business getting this deep into the playoffs. One of the excuses is that the Celtics are without starter Avery Bradley, who is [...]
You know, you can’t make this stuff up. You’d think with all of the negative press that the Cincinnati Bengals have gotten over the years for having a collection of turds and/or felons, that they would lay off the players with character issues. Not the case. Not only did they sign undrafted rookie Vontaze Burfict [...]
I’ve found it kind of odd that so far in this 2012 season, Roy Oswalt has not been on a roster. It’s not because he can’t pitch anymore. Yes, he does have some injury concerns with that troublesome back, but he’d still be on of the better starters on most staffs. It has to be [...]
If you’re like me, you’ve been holding on to Michael Morse in your fantasy baseball league, waiting for him to come off the DL. He was shut down on April 11th with a torn lat muscle. Sounds painful. But, according to manager Davey Johnson, Morse will “for sure” be activated by June 8th for their [...]
Well, the good news is that this wasn’t much worse. Michael McKean, who is most famous for playing Lenny on “Laverne & Shirley” and David St. Hubbins from “This is Spinal Tap,” was injured in New York City on Tuesday when he was struck by a car. Reports say that he broke his leg, but [...]
Los Angeles Lakers big man Andrew Bynum is clearly one of the best centers in the NBA. He broke out this year in his seventh season with 18.7 points and 11.8 rebounds per game. He also made the All-Star team for the first time in his career. However, he isn’t sure what’s going to happen [...]
I’ve been wanting to write about this for a bit, but kept putting it off. There has been a recent trend developing in youth sports, where the parents and/or the league decide that they don’t want to keep score. “The kids are too young, and losing could damage them.” You have to be flipping kidding [...]
Well, this doesn’t sound good. Detroit Lions WR Titus Young showed some promise as a rookie, but this isn’t the way you’d want to start your second season. Young has been banned from the team’s facility for OTA’s after he got into a fight with safety Louis Delmas, according to beat writer Anwar Richardson of [...]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have been pretty clear that they don’t have TE Kellen Winslow, Jr. in their plans. It’s already been reported that they were trying to trade him to the Chicago Bears this past offseason, but the Bears were more interested in getting Brandon Marshall So now, the Bucs will probably take anything [...]
Ike Davis is considered to be one of the top young players in the New York Mets organization. The first baseman is being counted on to be one of the centerpieces of the franchise moving forward. Except that he’s been awful this year. He’s got 5 HR’s while hitting .160. Yep, .160. He makes Freddie [...]
Philadelphia 76ers power forward Elton Brand will continue to start games versus the Boston Celtics. That’s what Doug Collins said after the team’s come-from-behind Game 4 win. Brand has been completely ineffective and has been pulled early in games. He’s averaging just 4.7 points and three rebounds per game in just 16 minutes. Despite his [...]
While the offense of the Philadelphia Phillies has picked it up a bit as of late (thanks, Chooch), it’s still hardly a well-oiled machine. It’s not the one-run debacle that it was earlier this season, but they could use help. And according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, that help could be on the way in [...]
Did you miss the battle between Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel and home plate umpire Bob Davidson this week? It was pretty great. Manuel got upset that Davidson got in Brian Schneider’s way as he tried to grab strike three in the dirt. Schneider couldn’t get the ball and the dude was safe at first [...]
As if Facebook isn’t in the news enough, they are even more talked about this week than usual. Yep, they have that little IPO thing happening and apparently some people care. You think founder Mark Zuckerberg is awkward now? Well, in this 2004 CNBC clip where he describes his new company, he’s even more awkward. [...]
From good news to worse news for Oakland Raiders LB Rolando McClain. Yesterday, video surfaced of the incident that has him facing charges of third-degree assault, menacing, reckless endangerment and discharging a firearm. That’s bad enough, but now, his co-defendant has agreed to testify against him. Jaradious Williams has agreed to plead guilty to third-degree [...]
The 2012 season has not been too good to the Philadelphia Phillies. They’ve been in last place most of the season and just got their first three-game winning streak of the season on Tuesday. Not good for a team with a huge payroll and World Series aspirations. Now, the team gets some more good news. [...]
Whoops! When Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter named Jim Johnson as the team’s closer, we made light of it, saying basically “who the hell cares?” Boy, was OTR wrong…again (happens all the time, we’re used to it around here). While it may not last forever, right now Johnson is smoking hot. He closed out the [...]
Well, if this doesn’t warm your heart then you are just an ass. On Sunday, De Graafschap, a soccer team that no one has ever heard of, drew to a 1-1 tie in their second promotion/relegation game. It was after they lost their first game, and the club ended up getting relegated. Rogier Meijer was [...]
The 2012 season of the Philadelphia Eagles got off to a bad start in late March when Pro Bowl LT Jason Peters ruptured his Achilles tendon. There was a smidgen of hope that he might be able to play this year, but you can squash that talk. A league source tells Derrick Gunn of CSNPhilly.com [...]
After lighting it up for my fantasy football team in 2011, Tennessee Titans WR Kenny Britt decided it would be a good time to tear his ACL and MCL in his right knee. It not only ended his season, it ended my fantasy season. So, obviously Britt had surgery to repair the injuries, but it’s [...]
Ken Rosenthal’s report makes it clear that no trade is immediate, nor is one likely. But, he says that the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies have discussed possible trades including Cole Hamels and Shane Victorino. It sounds ridiculous, but not when you consider that the Phillies are in last place in the NL East [...]
Well, this isn’t good. In the early 2011 draft season, there were many mock drafts and experts who had Clemson DE Da’Quan Bowers as the No. 1-overall pick. Yep, the top pick. But, as we got closer to the draft, his stock fell due to concerns about his knee, which had microfracture surgery on it. [...]
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland Raiders WR Darrius Heyward-Bey has gotten himself into a bit of trouble. Specifically, he was charged Thursday with DUI after an incident last month. Heyward-Bey was pulled over around 2 a.m. on April 7 after his 2012 Range Rover was spotted driving erratically. He was given a field [...]
The Anaheim Ducks announced on Wednesday that they signed veteran center Saku Koivu to a one-year contract. The deal is believed to be $3 million and does include incentives. Koivu gets this contract despite the fact that he’s 37-years old and his production has steadily declined the last few years. He had 38 points last [...]
The Washington Nationals are having a good-news/bad-news type of day. The bad news is that they obviously had to place Jayson “I hate all Philadelphia fans and will firebomb that city when my wrist is healthy” Werth on the disabled list. You’ll remember that he broke his same troublesome wrist on Sunday night against the [...]
