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Former Syracuse Orange PG Jason Hart Traded to Phoenix
Posted: 30th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
The Minnesota Timberwolves' website announced two trades involving former Syracuse point guard Jason Hart yesterday. One of the deals actually went through. From the AP:
Hours after mistakenly letting a release leak on the team Web site announcing a trade with New Orleans that never came to fruition, the Timberwolves did ship Hart out after all, to the Suns. Instead of ending up with Devin Brown from the Hornets, ...
New York Knicks Want Tracy McGrady: Let’s Go to the Trade Machine!
Posted: 30th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NBA
One of my favorite features over at ESPN.com is their NBA Trade Machine . It gives you a very sour taste of just how frustrating life as a GM in the NBA can be. Between the salary cap and the various amounts of restrictions on trading newly-acquired players, deals can be tricky to pull off, especially blockbusters. Today, I am inspired by this article in Tuesday's New York ...
The Boltcheats tore through the 2009 regular season of the Caw NFL.com Fantasy Football League with just one blemish on their record. It came on my watch, as team VOTL sent the 'Cheats to the bowels of defeat back in week nine by a score of 93-79.
Unfortunately, VOTL went on to lose four of its last five regular season games and barely won the West division title with a ...
Jon Gruden and Ron Jaworski Bringing “Tension” to MNF Booth?
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NFL
I didn't see the open of this week's Monday Night Football on ESPN, but I was made aware of a heated exchange between commentators Ron Jaworksi and Jon Gruden via Deadspin scribe Drew Magary's Twitter account .á Thankfully, someone had the good sense to upload said exchange onto YouTube.
Are the MNF producers encouraging Jaws and Chucky to bark at each other, or is there some legitimate animosity?á It's ...
Officially Endorsing Brett Leonhardt for Washington Capitals’ Captaincy
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NHL
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Former Oswego State goaltender and Washington Capitals web producer Brett Leonhardt tweeted about a half hour ago that his Vegas odds for becoming captain of the Washington Capitals now sit at 100,000-to-1. You may remember Leonhardt as the 6'7" behemoth who sprang into action for the Capitals last season when the backup goaltender who had been called up to the roster had his flight delayed.á Leonhardt ...
Vancouver Canucks forward Mikael Samuelsson did not make the Swedish Olympic roster for 2010 despite helping them to the gold medal in 2006.á Thankfully, the Vancouver Sun reached him for comment.
"They can go f*** themselves ," Samuelsson said. "That's what I really think."
Samuelsson currently has 10 goals and 14 assists on the year for the Canucks.á He is in the first season of a three-year deal he signed with Vancouver ...
Columbus Blue Jackets Acquire Clark and Jurcina: What Does That Mean for Crunch?
Posted: 28th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in NHL
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A deal was made today between the Washington Capitals and Columbus Blue Jackets -- and it did not include Nikita Filatov .á Instead, Washington Captain Chris Clark (pictured) and defenseman Milan Jurcina were shipped to Columbus in exchange for forward Jason Chimera. With two bodies headed to Syracuse's parent club in exchange for one, there is an assumption that the Crunch will be getting an addition to ...
A source close to the Oswego State Lakers hockey program says that sophomore defenseman Jared Anderson will not play again this season.á
The former Wellington Duke injured his shoulder in the first game of the season, a 7-3 win over Elmira, and has not dressed in the 11 games since.
He played in 20 games as a freshman and accumulated four assists. The Lakers have managed to play well thus ...
Yankees Bullpen Departures: First Phil Coke, Now Brian Bruney
Posted: 10th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in MLB
New York Yankees' General Manager Brian Cashman appears to be giving the New York Yankees bullpen a face-lift. Already faced with the uncertainty of whether or or not Phil Hughes and/or Joba Chamberlain will rejoin the starting rotation, Cashman has unloaded relievers Phil Coke and Brian Bruney.
Coke went to the Tigers in Wedesday's deal that landed Curtis Granderson in the Bronx. Today, Bruney was dealt to D.C. in exchange ...
New York Yankees: Bye, Bye, Matsui and Damon. Hello, Versatility.
Posted: 8th December 2009 by Ryan Maloney in MLB
The New York Yankees didn't even wait for the champagne-drenched clubhouse to dry before they made an addition to it.
The Seattle Post-Intelligence reports that the Yankees gave up prized prospects Ian Kennedy (pitcher) and Austin Jackson (outfielder) in addition to reliever Phil Coke to get All-Star center fielder Curtis Granderson from Detroit. The move is part of a three-team deal that includes Arizona.á Kennedy is the only Yankee ...