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The General Presents: Jocks and Paparazzi
In today’s episode we find many NFL teams on the prowl for new talent. Some players are hitting the street-corners looking for new homes, and the General is asking all the right questions…
Remember that show on USA—“Silk Stalkings”—I loved that show. It was cool, and there WAS a lot of stalking in it, and some [...]
Benitez Can Help Liverpool No Further
It is nearly a year ago since Liverpool had their little resurrection.
Coming out with play not seen since their 90s days, they managed to absolutely slaughter top teams Manchester United and Real Madrid.
Just a few days ago, however, they suffered defeat at the hands of lower-level team Wigan, in a humuliating 1-0 loss. Fans were [...]
MLB: National League Divisional Predictions
Baseball’s National League is old school in the sense that pitchers still hit for themselves. That is also why the NL average ticket price is considerably lower than the AL.
No one wants to see Cole Hamels holding “the wood”, unless it is kindling for a camp fire.
The NL recently got the AL’s best pitcher [...]
The NFL Quarterback Market Won’t Work Out
The Quarterback market in the NFL this season is starting to look untenable. There are too many guys who need homes and not enough spots to go around. I suppose I should rephrase that: There are not enough starting spots to fulfill huge egos.
The market is going to get saturated after the Draft because we’ll [...]
MLB: AL Players That Will Leave Their Impression in 2010
One of the greatest things about sports is the memories they give us. Each year in baseball a lot of the same names give us something to remember and each year new player’s break onto the scene with memorable performances.
The guy that made baseball special for me was Sammy Sosa. In ’96 and [...]
Is It The End Of English Football?
Let’s do a quick reality check -
Manchester United are in over £700 million debt, the average team is blowing 70% of it’s revenue on player’s wages, and more than ever, teams are constantly looking
at administration.
So why are all these teams on the brink of implosion, and moreover, why the hell aren’t they doing anything about [...]
Do Any NBA Teams Have The Luxury Of A Break?
So, the Lakers and the Heat were tangling the other day and the Lakers were down pretty much most of the game. The game went into overtime and Twitter exploded with tweets of every kind talking about the game.
Some guys were going nuts that the Lakers might lose. Others were going crazy because the Heat [...]
This “Uncapped” Offseason Is Bad News
We have officially entered the “uncapped” trade waters. The winds of cash are blowing every which way in the NFL and some teams are about to get themselves into trouble.
I think I’ve got the 5 scenarios that illustrate why this can turn out really badly. Not because people won’t get paid, but because it will [...]
NFL: Teams Open Arms and Wallets Early in Free Agency
The NFL off season is like a dog fight, Michael Vick please excuse the analogy. So many teams have a short period of time to bulk up their roster and try to make the team as competitive as possible.
The teams that are always the most successful are the teams that live by high risk, [...]
NFL Players Have Feelings Too
Finally, I’ve seen the face of reason. Jake Delhomme has been cut by the Carolina Panthers to allow Matt Moore to become their new starter.
I was beginning to think that Jake Delhomme was going haunt me well into my 40’s with his horrific play on a fat contract. Alas, the Panthers finally got smart!
In the [...]
Arsenal Under Fire: Is Aaron Ramsey Just Another Coincidence?
It’s been two years since Eduardo had his great fall.
It was at a fairly normal, even game against Birmingham City when Eduardo was aggressively tackled by Martin Taylor, causing him to sustain a double-leg break. Arsenal fans were horrified by this.
But the man who was truly devastated by this news was Arsenal captain William Gallas, [...]
Actor Sean Patrick Flanery – Brazlian Jiu-Jitsu Black Belt
I was in an interview with Troy Duffy the director of The Boondock Saints 2: All Saints Day, sequel to the cult classic The Boondock Saints, released ten years earlier.
I flippantly asked Duffy if he worked out in hopes of finding another angle to sell my interview. He chuckled and said loudly “No!”
But, he told me [...]
MLB: American League Divisional Predictions
Major League Baseball has several strong teams in the American League. They hold a slight edge over the past 10 World Series, 6 – 4.
With a 162 game regular season things can fluctuate more than Oprah’s weight. All of the teams have the same uniforms but some teams have very different looking rosters.
The Yankees [...]
NBA: Superstars Welcome and Farewell
Updates and developments in the NBA tend to move quicker than a Golden State Warriors fast break.
This past week in the league we have had some welcoming and some farewells. They all have to do with some of the most trend setting players in the sport today.
Thanks to social media we get a much [...]
The Crisis of the English Football Team
The aftermath of all the scandalous events hindering the progression of the English football team have just begun to set in.
John Terry Is a Womanizer
The pure chaos of the whole English team right now has been closely followed by the British press. After first discovering that captain John Terry had been having an affair with [...]
NBA: Nothing But 4 (Injuries)
I was perusing some basketball news the other day and all at once I saw 4 injuries on my screen. These 4 guys aren’t the 4 most important people in the NBA–not by a long shot–but they are 4 injured dudes who are harbingers of bad news.
Who am I talking about? Michael Redd, Allen Iverson, [...]
NFL Running Backs: How Will the Teams be Dialing Them Up
NFL experts say the shelf life for a running back is six to eight years. If that is the case then we need to check out some of the products that these teams have to choose from.
Currently teams seem to be breaking up with some of the members of their backfield like a middle [...]
Hinders in Racquetball
I still get baffled and even frustrated by hinder calls in racquetball. If you are a racquetball player you understand what I mean. Hinders are the calls that truly separate the good players from the mediocre players.
During my years of playing, I have experienced some of the most ridiculous hinder calls ever. I have even been in a [...]
NFL: The Big 3-Pacman, Turrull, and OT
Don’t you just hate it when the NFL announces it’s going to start tinkering with playoff overtime rules and they call it “OT”? Then you’re trying to figure you out what rules there are for offensive tackles?
They’re big dudes who take up space: What possible trouble could they get into, right?
Anyways, we’ve got a pretty [...]
MLB: The Diamond is a Drugs Best Friend
For the past six years Major League Baseball has been plagued by the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs. The games biggest names have been accused, suspended, or admitted to using a PED.
Another scandal is starting to surface in baseball over the drug Actovegin. This particular substance is a free protein extract obtained from [...]
