Archive for December, 2009

Reports: Buffalo Bills To Name Buddy Nix New GM

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Brandon K. in NFL
In what seemed like promising news for Buffalo Bills fans -- the firing of coach Dick Jauron and multiple statements made by longtime owner Ralph Wilson Jr. that the team would undergo a complete overhaul -- the Bills are set to announce Buddy Nix, current scouting director, as their new general manager. Multiple sources have confirmed the report, including ESPN.com . Once again, Wilson & Co. have decided to promote from within ...
It's next to impossible to be excited about the Redskins game this weekend. They have been out of the playoff running for a long time, and can't even say they're playing for respect, since its likly the Chargers will be resting they're starters for most the game. I don't see me watching this whole game, and this is from the guy who froze his butt off watching the whole Skins-Cowboys ...

2009 Denver Broncos Team Awards

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Sayre Bedinger in NFL
It has been a roller coaster ride of a season for the Denver Broncos, as cliche' as it may sound. After starting 6-0, the Broncos were sky-high heading into their bye week. They had just gone on the road and beaten the San Diego Chargers, and were ahead in the division by 3.5 games. Little did they know that history has a nasty habit of repeating itself. Coming ...

Report: Phillies Sign Tagg Bozied

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Tom Dougherty in MLB
According to MLBTR , the Phillies have signed first baseman and corner outfielder Tagg Bozied. Bozied batted .288/.360/.447 while hitting five home run and driving in 18 runs in 240 plate appearances last season playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates' Triple A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians, after starting the year in Taiwan. The 30-year-old will likely be added as minor league depth on a minor league contract. The details of this deal haven't ...

2009 NFL Season: Week 17 Rankings

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Lloyd Vance in NFL
The last week of the 2009 NFL regular season will either be a happy or forgettable event for some NFL teams.á Though 10 of the NFLÆs 12 coveted playoff berths have been claimed, there are several Week 17 storylines around the two remaining berths, plus the ôWhoö and the ôWhereö pieces of the playoff puzzle left to be decided.á The NFC playoff picture is pretty clear as all six playoff spots ...

Packers’ Grant Snubbed by Pro Bowl Voters

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Mark Strotman in NFL
As it is every year when the NFC and AFC Pro Bowl teams are announced, fans across the nation are up in arms over their favorite players not being selected to the team.á Sometimes these complaints are warranted while other times they are simply homer fans who just want to see their favorite players get recognition from the rest of the league. Charles Woodson is the only Green Bay Packer starting ...

Toronto Maple Leaf Player Grades: Mid-Season Report Cards

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Jon Neely in NHL
The first half of the Toronto Maple Leafs season has come and gone with no shortage of topics to discuss. Through 41 games the team has taken their fans (and Ron Wilson) on an emotional roller coaster ride of which the good people of Toronto have come to be accustomed to over the years. But this year might have taken it to a whole new level. A downright terrible start, followed by ...

Montreal Canadiens End Longest Road Trip Of the Season.

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Francois Gendron in NHL
The Montreal Canadiens will end a seven-game road trip tonight when they face the Florida Panthers. Montreal are on an interesting streak as they have won five of the first six games of this important road trip. Before the beginning of the sequence, I thought the Canadiens needed to win at least five of those seven games to stay in the playoff hunt in the Eastern Conference. The objective ...

Cubs Ink Marlon Byrd To 3-Year Deal

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Danny Sisto in MLB
Originally posted on: BringingHeat.com After long-exploring multiple trade and free agent options, the Chicago Cubs finally decided to sign 32-year old Marlon Byrd. Bruce Levine of ESPN reports that it will be a three-year contract worth $15 million. Byrd didn't hit his stride offensively until reaching Texas, having struggled previously in Washington and Philadelphia. Things changed when he became a Texas Ranger though. Over the lastáthree years, Byrd has hit .295 with a ...

Thirteen Things That Will Happen to The Houston Astros in 2010

Posted: 31st December 2009 by Richard Zowie in MLB
Ok, so I've spent a few blog postings whining about how Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane knows as much about baseball as ESPN columnist Rick Reilly (who famously has whined about how boring baseball is despite getting euphoric about that wonderful cure for insomnia, golf). I've also worried about Houston's off-season moves and how creamed cauliflower will have a better 2010 than the 'Stros will. Today, we take an acrostic look ...