Year: 2008

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

A few days ago the NY Times Fifth Down asked the question- which team/s have the ability to beat the…

BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox congratulate Dustin Pedroia on winning the American League Most Valuable Player Award in just…

Kevin Youkilis came in third place for the American League MVP here’s how his numbers broke down (from MLB.com) Youkilis…

From the Timberwolves site: The Minnesota Lynx today announced the team has hired Jim Petersen as an assistant coach. Petersen…

Per the NFL network, there is a rumor going around the NFL that Spurrier is going to retire at the…

Brad Mills and DeMarlo Hale will have to wait for another team. The Seattle Mariners will announce Athletics bench coach Don Wakamatsu as their new manager.

While we’re here, what about John Farrell declining to interview with the Seattle Mariners? Have the Sox given him a handshake deal that he will succeed Terry Francona as manager?

Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia has won the American League MVP. Fenway West- The Western Home to Red Sox…

Notre Dame is hosting mega 5 star linebacker Manti Te’o from Hawaii this week for the Syracuse game. There was…

Yeah, we all remember this old lady, who got a Steelers logo tattooed onto her shoulder. Badass in its own…

Thanks to Joe Caporoso, who writes for The Cockpit, the New York Jets website on MVN. Joe has agreed to…

There is a new petition up at Sawxheads for MLB to go back to letting Johnny Pesky sit on the…

Through all of the BCS news, I almost forgot that the third webisode of Mayne Street was out today. This…

Maybe it doesn’t merit it’s own post, but #18 showed up on another MVP list today: Bucky Brooks has him…

Mackey Arena is not renowned for it’s dining. ESPN will be taking care of Bowl season from here on out….

Big Papi seems to be everywhere this off-season, here is his recent interview from NESN. DayPortPlayer.newPlayer({articleID:”3640″,playerInstanceID:”FA4BADDF-1121-2521-A713-8B4A46F1280D”,domain:”nesn.dayport.com”,rootCategory:”23″,categoryID:”3″}); Fenway West- The Western…

Week 11 Recap AFC Rundown The Jets beat New England to take hold of the AFC East…for now. Buffalo is…

Branching out a bit from the norm of the blog, here’s my predictions for how the Bull Crap Series will…

This is some great stuff. Pat over at AOL Fanhouse unveiled a “Choose Your Own Adventure” saga involving our very own Manny Ramirez. You have the power to have him sign anywhere he wants… where will you have him sign?

Since I’ve received the press release, I don’t need to monitor the conference call. This is the official press release…

This week’s Blogpoll Roundtable is hosted by CollegeGameBalls.com. 1. By now everyone has heard that if there is a three…

Ok, no fooling around. I’ll be live blogging the ESPN/BCS conference call at noon ET so let me provide some…

I wonder what that could be. It involves ESPN Dictator George Bodenheimer and BCS Coordinator/ACC Commish John Swofford. I think…

Apple Cup WOOOO! Poor thing. At least she doesn’t need someone to hold her hair back. She’s got it covered,…

The biggest news of the day yesterday for the UConn Huskies was that head football coach Randy Edsall has taken…

Bewildered. Little kid thought she knew everything about everything. Her toddler brain couldn’t believe they made horses that small. I…

The American League MVP will be announced at 2 pm Eastern (11 am Pacific) today. There is a good chance…

Dustin Pedroia has been named the 2008 American League MVP after being a force in every aspect of the game. His ferocious hitting, determined fielding and high character spurned Boston to within one game of the World Series.

Pedroia, 24, arguably had a better year than his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2007. He hit .326/.376/.493 with 17 HR, 118 R and 83 RBI in 653 at-bats.

Everyone knows this. I do not like to forget. The score is 20-10, the Giants have not scored in a…