There was so much written about, talked about, and surmised, about the two quarterbacks before yesterdays Super Bowl and it now appears that most of the prognostications turned out to be close to the mark. The Colts were favored, won, and the jinx that Peyton Manning was said to be carrying around w...
In one of my previous NHL articles I had mentioned that I didn’t feel Wayne Gretzky was the coach that the Phoenix Coyotes needed to be a successful franchise. Well you can tie me up against a cactus in the desert and shoot pucks at me because it’s starting to look like he has turned this team aroun...
The Minnesota Timberwolves fired their coach Dwane Casey yesterday after only one and a half years on the job. Assistant Randy Wittman replaced him temporarily. Some in the know feel the person that should have been fired is the Vice President of Basketball Operations Kevin McHale. However, in a way...
I can’t help but feel that some NFL management are having second thoughts about some of their less than brilliant off-season and seasonal moves this year.
After the Knicks and the Nuggets tried out their version of “The Gangs of New York, Two,” at the recent Friday Night Fights at The Garden, the Nuggets quickly completed a long awaited trade acquiring Alan Iverson from the Philadelphia 76’ers. I had it set in my mind that the T’Wolves would be the te...
The National Basketball Association Players Union has filed two suits with The National Labor Relations Board. One dealing with the new ball and the other with on court etiquette.
The Los Angeles Dodgers recently added some blazing speed at the front end of their batting order by signing center fielder Juan Pierre out of free agency. The much travelled twenty-nine year old will be joining his fourth club after stints with the Cubs, Rockies and Marlins. Last season with the Cu...
When you get these two teams together on the football field, you can almost always expect a game that will excite college football fans everywhere. This year is definitely no exception. One of the most storied rivalries in sports, these schools played their first game against each other in 1897.
The NBA begins its season today with a new ball and high expectations. Everyone is looking to dethrone the champion Miami Heat and of course the Heat are looking for a “Heat Repeat.” Looking back into the NBA record book, there have been a number of doubles and “threepeats” over the years, the Bulls...
The most obvious unexpected occurrence in the NHL this year would have to be the Buffalo Sabres and their astonishing 10 and 0 start. I use the word astonishing, because I really had a hard time coming up with how to describe their amazing jump off to the start of this season. Ten wins and no losses...