by Matt Verderame | Dec 15, 2014
In two weeks, 20 teams will be home for the holidays with many others soon to follow. For those organizations, the internal evaluations will begin, with some leading to changes among the front office and coaching staffs. For others, it will be a time to pour over the...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 15, 2014
In two weeks, 20 teams will be home for the holidays with many others soon to follow. For those organizations, the internal evaluations will begin, with some leading to changes among the front office and coaching staffs. For others, it will be a time to pour over the...
by Ian Casselberry | Dec 15, 2014
How important is an ace at the top of a starting rotation for a playoff hopeful or contender? The Boston Red Sox could provide some intriguing answers to that question next season. The first impulse is to believe that even the Red Sox believe in the importance of an...
by Chase Thomas | Dec 15, 2014
With the 2014-15 NBA season a fourth of the way completed, time is running out for head coaches leading underachieving squads, like, Monty Williams of the New Orleans Pelicans for instance, but essentially nobody expected the proverbial hourglass to be empty for...
by Joe Lucia | Dec 15, 2014
When you’re a pro athlete making tens of millions of dollars per year, you can generally afford anything you want. New Tigers outfielder Yoenis Cespedes has taken his material ownership to the extreme – he owns a Lamborghini that shoots fire like the...
by Matt Zemek | Dec 15, 2014
You know what the main stories will be when the College Football Playoff arrives on Jan. 1: Can Mark Helfrich not get destroyed in the coaching matchup with Jimbo Fisher? Can Cardale Jones lead Ohio State’s offense with distinction? Can Oregon’s offense...
by Matt Zemek | Dec 15, 2014
You know what the main stories will be when the College Football Playoff arrives on Jan. 1: Can Mark Helfrich not get destroyed in the coaching matchup with Jimbo Fisher? Can Cardale Jones lead Ohio State’s offense with distinction? Can Oregon’s offense...
by Matt Yoder | Dec 14, 2014
So this is a thing that happened. Coming out of commercial during the first quarter of Seahawks-49ers, “America’s Game of the Week” (#trademark #branding), Joe Buck took the occasion to shred Johnny Manziel after his first career start. From out of...
by Matt Yoder | Dec 14, 2014
So this is a thing that happened. Coming out of commercial during the first quarter of Seahawks-49ers, “America’s Game of the Week” (#trademark #branding), Joe Buck took the occasion to shred Johnny Manziel after his first career start. From out of...
by Matt Yoder | Dec 14, 2014
Outside the Lines and Olbermann have been after the NFL with bulldog like intensity over the league’s mishandling of the Ray Rice case. It’s a major reason why the hour-long block of programming is one of the best in sports television. The combination of...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 14, 2014
The National Football League has given plenty of people second chances. In the past, players such as Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress have been imprisoned only to return to an NFL field. In comparison, Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, who struck their fiancee and child...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 14, 2014
The National Football League has given plenty of people second chances. In the past, players such as Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress have been imprisoned only to return to an NFL field. In comparison, Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, who struck their fiancee and child...
by Matt Verderame | Dec 14, 2014
The National Football League has given plenty of people second chances. In the past, players such as Michael Vick and Plaxico Burress have been imprisoned only to return to an NFL field. In comparison, Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, who struck their fiancee and child...
by Matt Zemek | Dec 13, 2014
There are many storylines attached to Marcus Mariota’s Heisman Trophy victory on Saturday night in New York. Dale Newton of Bloguin’s Oregon site, The Duck Stops Here, placed the event in a University of Oregon context. TSS contributor Ryan Palencer wrote...
by David Rogers | Dec 13, 2014
The NHL hasn’t even decided on whether or not a team will be calling Las Vegas home, but that hasn’t stopped one prospective owner from thinking about team names. William Foley, the man linked to a Vegas club, had an interview with Elliotte Friedman and he...
