The Philadelphia Flyers are already in a lousy situation against the New Jersey Devils. They are down 3-1 in the series, but it’s much worse than that. The Devils are killing the Flyers in most aspects of hockey. The Flyers can’t even carry it out of their own zone without a huge fight. And Game [...]
On Sunday night, Philadelphia Phillies stud Cole Hamels mowed down the Washington Nationals both literally and figuratively. He gave up just one run through eight innings, and also made sure he plunked Bryce Harper in the first inning. That wasn’t seemingly a big deal, except that he admitted after the game that he did it [...]
The Washington Nationals have been pretty damn excited lately and they’ve had good reason to be. They are off to an 18-10 start and own first place in the NL East. However, they’re taking on a bit of water. 3B Ryan Zimmerman is already hurt, as is Michael Morse, who was supposed to the be [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have gotten a ton of contributions from rookies this season. Guys like Matt Read, Braydon Schenn and Sean Couturier have all been phenomenal this year. Couturier, in particular, has been just insane on defense. Not many 19-year old kids are told to shut down Evgeni Malkin…and then are able to go out [...]
It is with a heavy pen that I write about the news of Beastie Boys co-founder Adam “MCA” Yauch passing away today. He was 47-years old and was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. I knew something wasn’t good when he didn’t make it to the group’s Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame induction last month. I’ll leave [...]
I can’t think of much worse news for the New York Yankees. On Thursday night, closer Mariano Rivera was in the outfield during batting practice before their game. That’s all well and great until he collapsed in a heap holding his knee and had to be carted off the field. The end result? A torn [...]
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New Jersey Devils forward Ilya Kovalchuk missed the team’s Game 2 victory on Tuesday night with a back issue. It probably helped the team win considering he was so god awful on defense in Game 1. But, on Thursday, he says he’s healthy and ready for Thursday’s Game 3, which will be played on Thursday [...]
As those of you who read OTR religiously know, Baltimore Ravens LB Terrell Suggs tore his Achilles tendon recently. Okay, so we never mentioned that, but you’re not a religious OTR reader anyway, so you wouldn’t know. So yeah, Suggs tore his Achilles recently and will have to have surgery to repair it. That usually [...]
So yeah, the New Orleans Saints got smacked down following their little bounty scandal. We already knew the fates of guys like Gregg Williams, Sean Payton and Joe Vitt, but today we found out what happened to the players. The big one for the players was Jonathan Vilma, the linebacker who apparently offered $10,000 to [...]
This is pretty great. No, it’s not great that this New Jersey mother, Patricia Krentcil, 44, was arrested on charges of second-degree child endangerment for allegedly taking her five-year old daughter to a tanning bed. But, it is great that we got to see Patricia’s picture. Where do you even start? Your daughter was found [...]
Responsible journalists usually handle these types of stories with caution, as you don’t want to rush to print a story about someone being dead when they aren’t. But, OTR wants no part of responsible journalism, so we’ll pass along what TMZ is reporting. According to TMZ, former San Diego Chargers and New England Patriots LB [...]
The New York Giants lost Brandon Jacobs this offseason to the San Francisco 49ers. It’s not a huge deal as he wasn’t cheap and wasn’t very good either. So, one had to figure that the G-Men would add a running back or two in the draft. But, the first round? Yep, they picked up Virginia [...]
Nothing sucks more than having to make an example out of a couple guys and punish the whole team. The Nashville Predators are down 2-0 to the Phoenix Coyotes in the best-of-seven second round series and could use all the help they can get. So, suspending a guy who is tied for team lead in [...]
It’s never easy when you get hurt and can’t help your team, especially during the playoffs. But, it must hurt that much more when your injury was self inflicted and the result of acting like an idiot. Yep, we’re talking about New York Knicks big man Amar’e Stoudemire. You probably heard that Monday night after [...]
Los Angeles Lakers forward Jordan Hill is in a bit of trouble. It would seem that he’s being charged with third-degree felony assault stemming from a February 29th incident when he was still with the Houston Rockets. He allegedly choked out a family member. Yikes. Hill is facing a $10,000 fine and 2-10 years in [...]
We first saw this on our buddy Cleveland’s Facebook page. He went to Game 1 of the series between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New Jersey Devils. When I saw this picture, I just thought “that guy has some balls.” If you haven’t figured it out, No. 17 Wayne Simmonds of the Flyers is black. [...]
A couple days ago Detroit Tigers OF Delmon Young had a little incident that involved a physical skirmish, booze and racism. Needless to say, the Tigers and MLB didn’t appreciate it. Young was placed on the restricted list and, according to Danny Knobler, will be re-evaluated on Monday. “Dombrowski says if Delmon is cleared by [...]
On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys jumped up to the No. 6-overall pick so they could grab LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne. They also signed Brandon Carr this offseason and have Orlando Scandrick as their slot guy. So, where does that leave former first-round pick Mike Jenkins? On the trading block, according to Profootballtalk.com. “Per league source, [...]
The Cleveland Browns are obviously not thrilled with the progress of Colt McCoy. If they loved him so god damned much, they wouldn’t have drafted OSU QB Brandon Weeden with the No. 22-overall pick. So what do they do with him? Well, according according to Scout.com, they are considering trading him to the Green Bay [...]
Good news, Yankees fans! Remember how excited you were when you sent Jesus Montero and others to the Seattle Mariners for Michael Pineda? Yeah, unless you run into him in a bar or restaurant, you won’t be seeing him for quite a while. Pineda developed arm issues and the diagnosis is pretty bad. According to [...]
We mentioned yesterday that the only thing holding up a trade that would send Philadelphia Eagles CB Asante Samuel to the Atlanta Falcons was the re-working of Samuel’s contract. Samuel was due to make about $10 million this year, and he wasn’t thrilled about the idea of drastically reducing that. Well, according to Jeff McLane [...]
During the last six months or so, when the topic of linebackers and the 2012 NFL Draft came up, Arizona State’s Vontaze Burfict was always discussed. He was considered to be towards the top of the class and a potential first-round pick. But, that seems like forever ago. And now, teams don’t seem to care [...]
At this point, is anyone surprised by any new information that comes out about Gregg Williams and the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal? We’re not. But, it still doesn’t do any good for Williams or the Saints to have more and more damning evidence come to light. After all, Williams would like to be reinstated [...]
It’s widely known that the Philadelphia Eagles are trying to move cornerback Asante Samuel. Fans know it, the media knows it, Asante knows it and dogs know it. The Atlanta Falcons are the latest team interested and it sources tell Philly.com that trade compensation isn’t what is holding the deal up. Apparently, it’s Asante’s willingness [...]
