Year: 2008

  Cross-posted from NBA Outsider I got a chance to talk to Ryne Nelson of SLAMonline, Stu Holdren of NBA Noise, Zach…

11:59- Two things of interest to note to start the day (both from Dejan): the Pirates are close to signing…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1Us_N7xZA&w=425&h=344] Back in July, I told you about this one bird that was a Steelers fanboy. That bird should totally…

Last night Ken Rosental reported that the Red Sox were making good progress with Teixeira but this morning Jon Heyman…

From Mitch Hedberg’s latest cd (r.i.p.): If I was the Headless Horseman’s horse, I would totally f**k with that guy….

The Timberwolves fired their former head coach, and replaced him with their general manager, who was apparently a basketball player…

As we found out yesterday, UConn Huskies running back Donald Brown was named the Big East Offensive Player of the…

The baseball hot stove is bubbling over with a plethora of signings and trades. So there’s a lot to squawk…

ESPN is reporting that the Red Sox are talking with the Diamondbacks for a trade of Julio Lugo for Eric…

The Red Sox selected right-hander Miguel Gonzalez from the Los Angeles Angels in the Rule 5 draft today.

In the minor league portion of the draft, the Sox selected righty Jason Rice from the White Sox and Miguel Marquez from the Seattle Mariners.Read about the two players…

Ultimatenyg New York Giants Football Blog welcomes “Wonder” as its second blogger. This is meant as no disrespect to ANY…

1. Jints- the Burress distraction was bound to hit us at SOME point this year..better week 14 than in playoffs…as…

It requires little explanation because it speaks for itself.  We kill Bob when he’s wrong, but I can’t see that…

Paul Schwartz points out that the Giants got 30 sacks in the first 8 games, and have gotten 7 sacks…

The big story yesterday during the winter meetings was CC Sabathia’s acceptance of the New York Yankees’ offer to become their ace pitcher.

I look at the projected 2009 Yankees team, including Sabathia and whatever their second pitcher is, and I’m not particularly intimidated. They will still be a good team (like they were last year) and should get about 92 wins, but unless they add a serious thumper to this lineup, they may be burned relying on their injured, aging stars much like they relied on their unproven, young starting pitchers in 2008.

Also, what’s to stop CC from opting out after three years? This is as golden as it gets for CC, and you can take it to the bank he will opt out.

ESPN’s Steve Phillips is reporting that the Red Sox are in conversations with the Arizona Diamondbacks surrounding a Julio Lugo for Eric Byrnes swap. Byrnes is due $11 million dollars in 2009 and 2010 and would be brought in to replace Coco Crisp in the fourth outfielder role. He could also, in theory, provide some coverage in the outfield in 2010 should the Red Sox and Jason Bay part ways after this season.

Jon Krawczynski/AP Sports on McHale being made the team’s head coach: Basically, it opens the door for McHale to say…

Wolves record: 4-17 Box Score From the Associated Press: Carmelo Anthony had an easier time matching the NBA record for…

In the 2007 All-Star Game, Francisco Rodriguez got the save. His setup man was fellow star closer J.J. Putz. Such…

With the way that the Winter Meetings have gone to this point, it’s not really a surprise that we’re starting…

The Red Sox seem pretty confident that they can re-sign Jason Varitek. They made an offer to him today and…

Good Day sports fans. LDizzle here to talk TFDS and it’s readers off the ledge…at least until Sunday. So sit back,…

Watch Theo Epstein react to the C.C. deal and the Red Sox progress at Winter Meetings: DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”3923″,playerInstanceID:”FA4BADDF-1121-2521-A713-8B4A46F1280D”,domain:”nesn.dayport.com”,rootCategory:”23″,categoryID:”3″}); Fenway West- The…

Scott Boras must be loving life right now as 4 Major League teams are involved in a pissing contest over…

The Yanks are going big after A.J. Burnett who has ruled out the Red Sox, and they’re not done yet:…

Like this guy… who has a mild distaste for the Celtics. I HATE THE BOSTON CELTICS. I HATE THE BOSTON…

When a web site like funwithscal.com exists… you have to share. It’s basically a site that features photoshopped images of…

The NBA has released the current voting tally for the All-Star game, and the results are not pretty for Celtics…

As usual, I research and scout the opposing team before every Celtics game. Today, I uncovered some interesting facts about…