Year: 2008

  Click here for the forum’s thread for tonight’s game at Dallas Game previews: Associated Press Eddie Sefko/Dallas Morning News…

At first, I wasn’t worried that ESPN’s Buster Olney was reporting that the Mets were interested in Dodger disaster Andruw…

Wolves record: 6-24 Box Score Ronald Tillery/Memphis Commercial Appeal game recap   From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: Kevin Love challenged O.J….

That's the question being asked by Jeff on Celtics Blog For one thing, the guy has paid his dues.  He…

Marc Spears reports PORTLAND — Blazers guard Brandon Roy (hamstring) did not participate in the team's shootaround this morning, while…

Cross him off the list. HOUSTON—The Houston Rockets have re-signed 42-year-old center Dikembe Mutombo for the rest of the season….

Here are some excerpts from Geoffrey C. Arnold's column in the Oregonian: In the Dec. 5 game in Boston, the…

Kevin Garnett has been playing a lot more than usual lately.  And it might have caught up to him out…

Anyone else tired with all the bitching about the Lakers around here? I’m turning over a new leaf and ready…

As you may recall, in our team previews at the beginning of the year we took a shot at predicting…

Baseball is skewed, so we’re all skewed.

Mark Teixeira’s new annual average contract with the Yankees is comparable to the entire 2008 payroll of the Florida Marlins. (A-Rod’s is more.)

CC’s & AJ’s combined new annual average contracts with the Yankees are comparable to the entire 2008 payroll of the AMERICAN LEAGUE CHAMPION Tampa Bay Rays.

Their three combined annual average salaries, so appropriate for the Evil Empire, total $66.6M. Just kidding, it’s actually more than that; and is more than the combined payrolls of 1/3 of all baseball, ten (10) MLB teams. Add A-Rod’s $28M average and these four players make more than the entire payroll of seventeen (17) teams with $95M payroll or less.

That these four players make more than the payrolls of more than half the teams in baseball is stunning. OK, you can say there is a big difference between the big market teams and the small market teams, and the ballyhooed Luxury Tax compensates. True as far as it goes, but this imbalance also applies to the Yankees vs. “Big Market” teams.

31 0 Pittsburgh music legend B.E. Taylor rocks out the national anthem in one of the fastest anthems of the…

Quick update from MLBRumors, quoting SI, after losing out on Teix, the Sox made a run at bringing back Hanley…

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The Road to 17 is a longer-form look at each losing season that the Pirates have had since their last…

With the Cowboys horrendous season in the books its time to look forward to the 2009 Draft. Our draft picks…

In the aftermath of the Winter Meetings, its time to look toward the bright future of the organization, and one of the newest members via the Rule-5 Draft, Miguel Gonzalez.

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We spent the holiday season hoping to numb ourselves from the stark reality that the New York Yankees not only stole the one player that would have made waves in Boston this offseason, but in doing so secured the top three free agents on the Hot Stove. Listen to the show and you’ll see which one of us succeeded and which one of us is still spitting fire. Trust me, Brad Penny and Josh Bard didn’t do anything to calm him down.

Now Roger Clemens* can’t get any love in his hometown….even after giving $3 million: HOUSTON — The Roger Clemens Institute…

Can the Lions be fixed? Keep in mind, they need 8 more wins next year to finish .500. Go Eagles!…

Seriously, what is with that damn lamp? Back in October, we found out about some little kid who loved to…

Some interesting news out of Colorado the last few days… Fantasy Hockey Legend and Master of the Universe Paul Stastny…

To get everyone thinking about the UConn Huskies football team again since they play in the 2009 International Bowl against…

Here’s a list of current players set to hit the market this coming offseason: QB     Brooks Bollinger UFA WR…

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In any other off-season fans might be happy with what Theo has done; the team that came within one game…