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 [...]
The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded former Super Bowl MVP and current marijuana smoker Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets in exchange for a fifth-round pick. In addition, it’s been confirmed that the former first-round pick will be suspended for four games to start the season for violating the league’s substance abuse program. That’s probably [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles have reached an agreement to trade Pro Bowl quarterback Donovan McNabb to the Washington Redskins, according to multiple sources close to the situation. The Eagles receive the Redskins’ second-round pick in 2010 (#37 overall) and a fourth-round pick in 2011 that can jump to a third rounder. The fact that McNabb was [...]
Big news day in Seattle, huh? The Seattle Seahawks traded a second-round pick in 2010 and a third-round pick in 2011 to the San Diego Chargers in exchange for QB Charlie Whitehurst. The Seahawks then turned around and gave him $10 million over two years, according to Adam Schefter. “Seahawks gave QB Charlie Whitehurst a [...]
Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com is reporting that the Philadelphia Eagles have sent hybrid DE/OLB Chris Clemons and an undisclosed draft pick to the Seattle Seahawks in exchange for DE Darryl Tapp. Tapp, 25, signed his restricted free agent tender a day or so ago and then tweeted, “”it is truly a blessing to have a [...]