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Wolves Updates 2/22
From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: When asked about not being traded Thursday, Walker said, "Yeah, I’m disappointed, because I’m not going…
Read more On the trade for Kirk Snyder
Associated Press on the Gerald Green trade: "We had kind of a logjam with the same type of player," coach…
Read more Gerald Green’s “Birthday Cake” Dunk
Gerald Green’s "Birthday Cake" dunk from the 2007-08 All-Star Slam Dunk Contest in New Orleans. A "10" for orginality, that’s…
Read more Wolves 99, Spurs 100
From the AP Recap: The San Antonio Spurs needed all of Manu Ginobili’s 44 points to hold off the lowly…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
College BasketballUMass at URI – ESPN2, 7 p.m.Pittsburgh at Notre Dame – ESPN, 7 p.m.UAB at East Carolina (women’s) –…
Read more A Brief Thursday Afternoon Update
Some more links on this Thursday, then I’ll do the Primetime and Late Night links. First, Joe Favorito’s Sports Marketing…
Read more Manny Speaks About the Future
Not only did Manny show up early but he spoke to the media. He says he wants to stay in…
Read more Thirty minutes that changed an entire perspective
At 2:50pm today, Cavalier diehards were on the edge of their seats. Danny Ferry, General Manager of the Cleveland Cavaliers,…
Read more The Pirates Are Even More Horrible Now
Prior to Pirates season, I’m usually in a pretty positive mood. I like to make outrageous claims that this year…
Read more Ken Hamlin Tagged
As expected, the Cowboys made the correct move here in keeping Hamlin at Free Safety. Now the Cowboys can continue…
Read more Green trade official
From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Timberwolves announced Thursday that the team has acquired 6-6 guard Kirk Snyder, a 2010…
Read more Some Thursday Links
Let’s give you some links as we can see the weekend at the end of the tunnel. Gotta get there…
Read more The Other Options: Twins Starting Rotation
Brian Bass, Ricky Barrett, Nick Blackburn, Zach Day, Brian Duensing, Philip Humber, Randy Keisler, Kevin Mulvey, Glen Perkins Well, there…
Read more Pitching Order For 1st Spring Games
The Boston Globe put up this list of pitchers from Tito’s press conference yesterday: Feb. 28 vs. Boston College (1:05…
Read more Sox Games In Japan Sell Out
According to ESPN.com the Red Sox games against the A’s to start the season in Japan have been sold out….
Read more Gerald Green to Houston?
From MyFoxHouston: HOUSTON — Minnesota Timberwolves guard Gerald Green tells FOX 26 Sports he has been traded to his hometown…
Read more Ugliest One Year-Old Ever
I’ve never been fan of first birthday parties, but women really seem to dig them, so in honor of our…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 2-21-08
You’ve got to know when to hold ’em…sorry. I’m test-driving this idea…MPotD in the morning. What better way to start…
Read more Linebacker- Staple or Buggy Whip?
Bill Parcells: “I like linebackers. I collect ’em. You can’t have too many good ones.” He said that in the…
Read more Power Please: Lars Anderson to answer our pleas?
For the first time since 2001, the Red Sox may have developed their own franchise first-baseman. During yesterday’s ESPN/Baseball America…
Read more Titans offseason positional review – quarterbacks
Tennessee Titans fans will enter this season with some trepidation as quarterback Vince Young will be trying to improve on…
Read more #39 – Nov. 8, 2005: Colon awarded Cy Young
By Adam Dodge -Angelswin.com Senior Writer Despite the dynamic runs of Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana in the ’70s and…
Read more Yankees Become Accustomed to 2nd Class
“This is the first year since I’ve been here in five years that we’re not the team to beat and…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 2-20-08
Wow…another small-ass MPotD. And by small, I mean late in the day. I might start mixing up the sequence of…
Read more Wolves Updates 2/21
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: If the Wolves do anything before today’s 2 p.m. trade deadline — Kevin McHale said something…
Read more Thomas coming to Spurs for Barry, Elson
Although we reported earlier that the Spurs were nearing a deal with the Sacramento Kings for Ron Artest, they instead…
Read more Tom Brady’s Replacement?
Dice-K throws a football as part of a pitching drillin Fort Myers today. (Boston Globe Photo) Fenway West- The Western…
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