Archive for November, 2009
Firing Lawrence Frank May Cost Parsimonious New Jersey Nets Ownership in 2010
Posted: 30th November 2009 by Robert Kleeman in NBA
Boyish looking basketball coach Lawrence Frank lasted through all of his New Jersey Nets' agonizing 16 consecutive defeats.
Why did ownership pick the eve of what would be a dubious record-tying 17th loss in L.A. to fire him?
Why now, after most players and Thorn rushed to his defense?
Lost in the talk of how Frank was not responsible for the squad's winless mark is what his ill-timed dismissal could mean for the franchise next summer.
Many had speculated ...
I was invited to hostáComcast SportsNet'sáLive Chat for the Washington Redskins at Philadelphia Eagles game today. Here are four things I learned about the Skins after chatting with fans:
Redskin fans like this Redskin team.
Fans said the Redskins are playing with a greater sense of teamwork and heart since the second half of the Atlanta Falcons game. Washington is still losing but the subs are a scrappy bunch who ...
Ray Lewis has played for the Ravens since 1996, he's been selected to 10 Pro Bowls, and won the NFL defensive player of the year award twice, in both 2000 and 2003.á
Lewis boasts more than 1,700 career tackles and over 35 career sacks.
He's known as one of the most dominant middle linebackers in the history of the NFL.á
But it's not all of these accolades that make him so important to ...
NFL punters rarely steal the headlines. After all, they only get on the playing field five or six times a week; but sometimes these can be the plays that make the difference between winning and losing. And so was the case yesterday with the Bills' Brian Moorman. The Bills and Dolphins were fighting tooth and nail, wrangled up at 14 apiece late in the fourth quarter of yesterday's ...
Edgar Martinez has made the final list of eligibility for the 2010 MLB Hall of Fame, and itÆs a deserving achievement.
Martinez is deserving to be in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, and when the voters sit down to decide if he should have their vote, they should make the correct decision and induct him.
During the 1990s, Martinez was one of the two most feared right-handed hitters in the game, ...
Edmonton Oilers Have Five Long Days To Think About Things
Posted: 30th November 2009 by Jim Parsons in NHL
While the shot counter was deceivingly close, the Oilers were bombed in a 7-3 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on the first of a long road trip. This loss puts the Oilers at an embarrassing third from last in the Western Conference, above only Anaheim and Minnesota, both of whom have three games in hand on Edmonton. This has not been the best of times, as the Oilers are now 4-11-3 ...
Brett Favre Proving that the Elway and Montana Principles Do Hold True
Posted: 30th November 2009 by Chaz Mattson in NFL
Considering all the great quarterbacks in NFL history, without a doubt, Brett Favre has proven that he is among the best.á
He sits along the legends of the NFL lore in John Elway, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Roger Staubach, Terry Bradshaw, Peyton Manning, and Tom Brady.
Say what you will, Cheesehead Nation, you never wanted to see a No. 4 FAVRE jersey come into the frozen tundra in any other color scheme ...
Cleveland Browns Have Issues Evaluating Some of Their Rookies
Posted: 30th November 2009 by Daniel Wolf in NFL
Another Sunday, another loss for the Cleveland Browns, but there is a bigger issue that is arising in the organization and that is with the weekly evaluation of their current rookies on the roster.
You may be asking yourself what this means.
This past Sunday against the Cincinnati Bengals the Browns, once again, had half of their drafted players from the 2009 NFL Draft sitting on the sidelines without pads and ...
After several weeks of big upsets and topsy turvy results, we finally had a weekend that really separated a lot of playoff wheat from chaff.á A few surprising results ensued, as always, yet the biggest factor is the number of teams taken out of the race.
Cowboys beat RaidersùWith the Eagles taking a victory against the Redskins, Dallas used the victory to maintain a one game advantage with five games remaining. ...
NFL Week 12: You Crapped The Bed
Posted: 30th November 2009 by DMtShooter Five Tool Tool in MLB, NFL
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