Year: 2008

This work computer has got to go. It’s taken me two hours just to get things going and started up….

Sports have been pretty dark lately. Guys shooting themselves in the leg, other guys getting shot and paralyzed, steroids, suspensions…it’s…

Seems the deal to bring the former Mississippi State Assistant Coach and OC over to USC has ended. Not sure…

The Vikings’ two defensive tackles, the “Williams Wall” were suspended. The Lions will still finish in last. This is a…

Yesterday the Phoenix Coyotes released some pictures of the many, many options they were considering when designing their new third…

In driving around town the last couple of days, I put on my audio copy of Super Bowl XLI. It…

Whoever owns that hand…rules. Fences, walls and the like should never keep you from feeding or petting a mini pony….

The Boston Herald has a great article breaking down the Red Sox payroll for ’09. In ’08 it was $133…

There’s been a common trend throughout Major League Baseball for teams to lock up their young talent early giving them more front loaded money in longer term deals, while effectively buying potential free agent years at a discount. This strategy allows a team to lock in young talent at reasonable annual dollar amounts over the long term. In Boston, you might say “they just “Nomar-ed” him into a long term deal”.

While most teams have taken this strategy against players they have a “high degree of confidence” will be above average players over the life of the deal (i.e. Evan Longoria or Troy Tulowitzki), the Red Sox have the luxury of extending such an offer to the reigning American League MVP, Dustin Pedroia.

Thanks to a six year, $40.5 million dollar contract extension that will be formally announced at a 3 pm press conference today, Dustin Pedroia will be manning second base at Fenway Park for the foreseeable future. The contract, which has been in negotiation since mid-August, includes both a $1.5 million dollar signing bonus and a club option for the seventh year at $11 million dollars ($500,000 team buyout).

I’m going to turn this morning’s squawk over to reader Jonmouk71, who suggested these blog topics in a comment on…

It is a secret, but we have been saying for a while now that Corey Webster is playing great at…

In my interview with Peter Gammons, he mentioned the possibility of Lars Anderson playing the outfield should the Sox sign Mark Teixeira. But did Lars have outfield experience? I asked him. He says: “I played left for two years in high school but they haven’t mentioned
it…I haven’t really concerned myself with much of that talk this
offseason.”

My article on why the Red Sox should not sign Mark Teixeira certainly got a bit of debate going. Paul over at Yanks Fan Sox Fan wrote a nice article rebutting my claims. Check it out.

In Part I of this week’s question & answer exchange, NXNN of MVN’s Browns Bites responded to our inquiries about…

The winter meetings start next Monday, which means that it’s time for general managers to start denying their interest in…

Hello Cougar Nation. First and foremost, to all of you who come here to read exclusively about WSU Football, please…

By Jock Thompson – Angelswin.com Columnist The 2008 season ended too prematurely once again for the Angels. But even as…

I suppose every GM has a weakness. For a over year now, I’ve been intrigued watching Neal Huntington try to…

Isn’t 1440 pounds of food a bit excessive? There are 43 of you on the left sidebar. There are another…

Good day sports fans and welcome to the sweet sixteen edition of The NNISN. As usual we here at the Disassociated Press…

Ugly. I have a nephew that played Mini ball a few years ago. One of the rules was that if…

  Click here for the forum’s thread on tonight’s game at Orlando Game previews: Associated Press Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune From…

Tony Allen came back from his sprained ankle last night… but it's not 100%.  Doc Rivers says Allen might miss…

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRJM62rsDeg] Rajon Rondo has been a Reebok guy… until this season.  Reebok… the company that put out these "Rondo'd" ads,…

Fresh off a weekend trip to Santa’s Village with the family, I’ve decided to forego a blog analyzing the match-ups…

I'm going to guess our normal Lakers trolls won't be coming around to celebrate this: INDIANAPOLIS (AP)—Danny Granger scored 32…

Jeez… a couple of losses and the bitching already begins in La La Land.  The man who has been touted…

Ok, with a lot going on today especially with Plaxico Burress, I’ll provide you with linkage. There’s a lot today….

1) From NFL.com: Police also want to talk to Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw, who they now believe was at…