Archive for January, 2010
Oakland Raiders: What a Difference a Point Makes (Points Differential Study)
Posted: 9th January 2010 by Damali Binta Yael in NFL
There are so many opinions and so many ways to aggregate the data to describe the history of the Oakland Raiders.
This articleáfocuses on the point-differential per season. It measures the amount of points the Raiders allowed their opponents to gather during each season.
Several observations can be made:
1. In 1969, the Oakland Raiders outscored their opponents by 235 points.
2. In 1968, there was another all-time high of plus 220 points. In ...
In 1998, when Paul Pierce was selected tenth in the NBA draft, it was looked upon by many Celtics fans as a short consolation prize for the unlucky drop of the lottery balls in 1997. A year later, Pierce instead of Tim Duncan, would join Celtics star Antoine Walker. Averaging 16 points and 6 rebounds per game, Pierce was named to All-Rookie team in 1998. A team packed with three ...
Written By: Mark ôThe Hard Hitterö Ritter NHL.com is reporting that the Philadelphia Flyers are set to loan goaltender Ray Emery to their AHL affiliate, the Adirondack Phantoms, for conditioning purposes. Emery, who has been sidelined with a tear in his abdominal region, has missed 16 games. The Flyers went into a downward spiral when Emery went down, highlighted by a seven-game losing streak in mid ...
The Philadelphia Eagles arrived in Dallas yesterday for Saturday night's prime time rematch after being dominated by the Cowboys in a battle for the NFC Eastern Division crown.á Sunday night's loss afforded coaches and players little precious time to figure out what went wrong and then to formulate a new plan aimed at gaining a different outcome.á
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Eagles fans hope that Andy Reid and crew are a quick study as just ...
Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs has announced he will not play in the 2010 Pro Bowl, according to the Chicago Tribune .
The Tribune did not cite the reason why Briggs decided to participate in the NFL's all-star game, but it most likely is due to injury, as Briggs has battled a back injury for much of the season.
Briggs in the Bears' only Pro Bowler and recorded 118 tackles, two-and-a-half sacks, ...
Last week was a preseason game for the orange and black. But they did get embarrassed badly, 37-0 and it wasn't even that close. Domination on the Jets behalf.
But the Bengals weren't worried about last week. They were already thinking about the next week.
The Bengals rested three of their four defensive captains and their workhorse running back.
In fact, the possibility of losing to the Jets on Sunday and playing them ...
Back in January of last year (actually almost one year to the day), I wrote a post: ôLooking at 2010 to predict 2009.ö The idea was to see which players would have a big year in 2009, based on their free agency status after the season ended.
I called this big year the ôAdrian Beltre year.ö
The pitcher I had targeted to have a big year, or an ôAdrian Beltre yearö ...
Houston Astros Ink Righty Brett Myers to One-Year Deal
Posted: 9th January 2010 by Denton Ramsey in MLB
Remember how there was a possibility that Houston could make a major trade or signing to boost their starting rotation come Opening Day?
Well, that option appears to have occurred late Friday when the Astros signed free-agent right-hander Brett Myers to a one-year deal.
Myers, who made $12.1 million last season with Philadelphia, went 4-3 in 2009 with a 4.84 ERA (over a span of 18 games and 10 starts).
According to Houston ...
Delivering heartbreak to the Cowboys Saturday night and extending their playoff winless streak to a 14th season would be oh-so-sweet for every single Eagles fan.
Clearly, being faced with a road game against a team that has handled them twice is not an advantage for the Eagles but as my preseason pick to win the Super Bowl, I feel obligated to defend said prediction.
1.áááá Andy Reid & Donovan McNabb have ...
Is Roethlisberger’s True Allegiance To Himself Or Is His Team Put First?
Posted: 9th January 2010 by Timothy Kessler in NFL
Despite all the speculation surrounding the release of Bruce Arians from his duties as offensive coordinator for the Pittsburgh Steelers, it has not come to pass. He will finish out the final season of his four-year contract.
With his being kept on staff,ámore speculation has since come to surface.
One debate centers around who really runs the show in Pittsburgh.
-Did Mike Tomlin keep Arians simply to pad his own stats, as a ...