The Florida Marlins just continue to baffle everyone. Last week, they sold off once-promising outfielder Cameron Maybin to the San Diego Padres. Now, they’ve handed the division rival Atlanta Braves Dan Uggla. They sent the second baseman to the Braves in exchange for a pair of cellphones that flip open and closed. It was actually [...]
Looks like the grass is greener in Cleveland. In what is essentially an exchange of crappy RB’s, Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com reports that the Philadelphia Eagles have sent Mike Bell to the Cleveland Browns for Jerome Harrison. Harrison couldn’t take over the job when it was handed to him on a silver platter, and the [...]
There has been speculation for quite some time now that the Buffalo Bills were trying to move Marshawn Lynch. When Ryan Grant went down for the year, the Green Bay Packers wanted him. When LeSean McCoy showed up on the injury report with cracked ribs, the Philadelphia Eagles wanted him. Or so we thought. It [...]
Apparently satisfied with the 72 marginal running backs they have in their backfield, the New England Patriots felt they no longer needed 2006 first-round pick Laurence Maroney. They have traded him to the Denver Broncos for undisclosed compensation. Usually, the term “undisclosed compensation” means two first-round picks and Tim Tebow. We don’t think this has [...]
The New York Mets find themselves only 12 games back out of first place in the National League East and nine games back in the wild card. So, with 30 more games left in the season it was time for the Metropolitans to make one last move to give them that extra push in hopes [...]
A source tells Matt Barrows of the Sacramento Bee that the San Francisco 49ers have solved their little problem with AWOL Kentwan Balmer. The source says that the Niners have traded the former first-round pick and current first-round bust to the Seattle Seahawks, who seem to like collecting other people’s junk lately. Terms of the [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies took yet another hit to their infield when they had to shelve first baseman Ryan Howard on the 15-day DL. They brought up John Mayberry, Jr. from Triple-A, but they needed to do something else. That something else was trade for Mike Sweeney from the Seattle Mariners. When Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles had notoriously awful linebacker depth last year. But, apparently they feel like with Stewart Bradley back, they have a full stable of capable backers. They must, or else they wouldn’t have cut Alex Hall this week and then traded Joe Mays to the Denver Broncos for J.J. Arrington and a 2012 conditional [...]
Finally, the rumors are over and the deal is done. According to Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com, Roy Oswalt is the newest member of the Philadelphia Phillies. And yes, that includes even Domonic Brown, who just came up to the team yesterday. “The players in the Oswalt deal, which is still not official: J.A. Happ, OF [...]
The Minnesota Timberwolves have acquired Delonte West, Sebastian Telfair, a 9mm Beretta pistol, a 357 Magnum, a Remington 870, a loaded .45 caliber handgun, and a guitar case from the Cleveland Cavaliers for Ramon Sessions, Ryan Hollins, and an unspecified draft pick. PHOTO CAPTION: The Timberwolves are also looking to land Gilbert Arenas and an [...]
To little surprise, the Arizona Diamondbacks have traded Dan Haren to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim or whatever the hell they call themselves these days. Remember when they were the California Angels? Anyway, we’ve been predicting that this would happen for years. In return the Diamondbacks get pitcher Joe Saunders, left-handed pitcher Patrick Corbin, [...]
The Philadelphia Flyers have continued their busy offseason today. Over the salary cap and in need of a salary dump, they have traded Simon Gagne to the Tampa Bay Lightning for Matt Walker and a fourth-round pick. This gives the Lightning quite an attack with Gagne, Vincent Lacavalier, Martin St. Louis and Steven Stamkos. And [...]
According to Doug Jones of the Toronto Star, the Phoenix Suns have sent the Toronto Raptors Leandro Barbosa in exchange for sharpshooter Hedo Turkoglu. The Raptors also get D-League center Dwayne Jones. This deal has been around for a while now, but the NBA finally signed off on it. Photo Caption: Turkoglu was never voted [...]
While Dustin Byfuglien didn’t do much against the Philadelphia Flyers in the Stanley Cup Final, he did help the Chicago Blackhawks tremendously in their journey to that point. And yesterday, they rewarded him by trading him to the Atlanta Thrashers, along with Brent Sopel and a bunch of others. They sent Byfuglien, center Ben Eager, [...]
For those Philadelphia Flyers fans who want to upgrade the goalie position to get over the hump, they just lost one potential option. The Montreal Canadiens sent Jaroslav Halak to the St. Louis Blues. That means that Carey Price will be the guy and no longer will be looking over his shoulder (or simply watching [...]
The Philadelphia Daily News has confirmed that the 76ers have traded center Samuel Dalembert to the Sacramento Kings for Andres Nocioni and Spencer Hawes. A source tells the Daily News that both teams have agreed to the deal, but it hasn’t been officially approved by the league. The NBA will probably be looking at this [...]
A source tells Ed Price of AOL Fanhouse that the Detroit Tigers have traded Dontrelle Willis to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Willis was designated for assignment recently for stinking. We don’t know the details of the deal yet, but one would have to think that the Tigers are going to eat the remaining portion of Willis’ [...]
A source tells ProFootballTalk.com that the Miami Dolphins have traded guard Justin Smiley to the Jacksonville Jaguars. PFT doesn’t say what the Dolphins will get in return. The deal is contingent on Smiley passing a physical, which isn’t a lock to happen. Smiley has had shoulder issues recently and that could block the trade if [...]
The Oakland Raiders will send a 2012 fourth-round pick to the Washington Redskins in exchange for QB Jason Campbell. The trade was completed a short while ago and it’s believed that the Raiders have extended Campbell’s contract. “I talked to [Raiders owner] Al Davis, and he said he wants me there,” Campbell told Jason Reid [...]
The Seattle Seahawks have been busy beavers today at the NFL draft. And we could argue that they got immediately better in their backfield and did so with picks that they never made. They traded a fifth-round pick to the New York Jets to get Leon Washington (and a seventh rounder) and slid down a [...]
The St. Louis Rams think so much of 2007 first-round pick Adam Carricker, that they decided to ship him to the Washington Redskins in exchange for a bag of footballs. Actually, they swapped fifth- and seventh-round picks. Something tells us that the Rams don’t think they’ll ever get anything out of Carricker. But supposedly, Redskins [...]
The Pittsburgh Steelers are pretty well aware that they won’t have their QB Ben Roethlisberger around for a couple games at the start of the season. The NFL has made it pretty clear that they look down upon people who run around raping girls. While they have Dennis Dixon on the roster and he might [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles have a ton of holes to fill on defense in this upcoming draft. Their biggest problems are with the pass rush on the defensive line and in the secondary. But make no mistake, their LB’s need a huge upgrade too. Well, the Eagles have addressed a major need and have done so [...]
The Miami Dolphins acquired a top-flight WR in Brandon Marshall on Wednesday this week. And on Friday, they shipped one out who was supposed to be because they simply didn’t need him anymore. That’s right, the Dolphins sent former #9-overall pick Ted Ginn, Jr. to the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for a fifth-round pick. [...]
The Denver Broncos have shipped mercurial wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Miami Dolphins for a second-round pick and what is believed to be a second-round pick next year as well. The Dolphins apparently don’t care about his history of poor behavior because they gave him a five-year extension worth $50 million, putting him Larry [...]
