Archive for January, 2010
Mike Blewitt’s NFL Power Rankings: End Of Season Edition
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Mike Blewitt in NFL
Since each NFL season carries with it the weight of expectations and the ultimate stark realities for every team and their fans, I tried something a little bit different for the final edition of NFL Power Rankings for the 2009 season.
With the end of the holiday season and the end of the NFL season running parallel to one another, I decided to get some of my friends, colleagues, and readers ...
Raiders Reload Musket: Al Davis Continues to Make His Team Irrelevant
Posted: 7th January 2010 by David Lowry in NFL
Al Davis is staring down the barrel of another offseason that begins with the organization at square one.
The previous five offseasons that have come since the firing of Bill Callahan have amounted to nothing of significance.
The Oakland Raiders have managed to make no improvement over seven years of attempted reloading. I say reload because Davis does not rebuild. He does not have the patience for it.
It should be painfully obvious ...
The agent for Browns WR/KR, Josh Cribbs, has confirmed his client's desire to be traded.
Under new direction (Mike Holmgren), the Brown's front office has reportedly offered Josh Cribbs a feeble raise to just $1.4 million per year, which Cribbs and his agent apparently scoffed at.
"If they had offered even something like $2.5 million per season we could have worked with them," Cribbs' agent, J.R. Rickert said.
Cribbs amassed more than 2,000 ...
Major League Baseball To Play Global World Series?
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Adam Bernacchio in MLB
Never hesitant to expand the game of baseball globally, Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig is working with Japanese baseball commissioner Ryozo Kato to play a Global World Series.
The idea is that the World Series winner from Major League Baseball would play the Japanese baseball champions in a Global World Series. When and where these games would be played is still up for debate, but Selig and Kato met ...
NBA Quick Shots (Jan. 7th): Gilbert Arenas Done For The Season
Posted: 7th January 2010 by kevin roberts in NBA
Gilbert Arenas Likely Done For the Year
Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting from unspecified sources that Gilbert Arenas is likely done for the season "at the very least."
Arenas making a mockery of his situation with teammate Javaris Crittenton has apparently infuriated NBA commish David Stern, and the point guard's prospects for playing anytime soon are getting worse by the day.
For more on Arenas, click here .
Pau Gasol Has ...
Raptors-Magic: Toronto Beats Orlando, the Referees, and Its Coach
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Stephen Brotherston in NBA
The Toronto Raptors took advantage of the slumping Orlando Magic Wednesday night to win their only game of the seasonÆs series, 108-103.
The Magic had defeated the Raptors three previous times already this season. Normally one would expect Raptors fans to be relieved and happy at finally stealing a game from their higher-rated rivals, but this game brought forth as much frustration as ecstasy.
The Raptors played well in this game and ...
You can never learn anything if you don't retrace your steps.
That's why, instead of merely assessing each team's standing in the rankings for the final Power Rankings of the season, this writer is looking back to Week One, both to judge the teams that failed us, as well as the writer's original thoughts on the team.
The original 2009 Week One NFL Power Rankings can be found here.
Take a look at ...
When the Green Bay Packers (11-5) take the field in Glendale to face the Arizona Cardinals (10-6) on Sunday, it will mark the 73rd meeting of these two franchises. This rivalry, one of the oldest in the NFL, began back in 1921 when the Cardinals were in Chicago. That game ended in a 3-3 tie.
From that first meeting in 1921 through last week's Packer victory over the Cardinals ...
What's the potential of the Pirates in 2010?
Let's take a look in this preview around the bases.
All projected stats are based solely on myself. A stat you may not recognize is home run percentage. This equation is simple it's at bats divided by home runs hit. In doing calculations for 2010 previous years are taken into account along with the possibility of improvement. Begin Slideshow
Mike Martz Could Be the New Offensive Coordinator for the Chicago Bears
Posted: 7th January 2010 by Andrew Maisonneuve in NFL
Mike Martz could be the new offensive coordinator for the Chicago Bears.á
Andy Maisonneuve, Bears beat reporter for the ôBearly Legal Showö on 670TheScore.com, has confirmed with an inside source in the Bears organization that Martz is likely to get the job.
Martz has not signed the dotted line yet; however, it's very close.
The Bears' general manager Ted Philips has denied the claim; however, timing is a critical matter in any new ...