Year: 2009
Some links and thoughts
I wanted to have a longer post up today, but the power’s been out in my apartment for about 12…
Read more »It’s All Working According to Manny’s Plan
Think Manny Ramirez is in a major jam right now? Think again. Manny left Boston because he wanted more than…
Read more »Early trends from Brewers’ camp
With 5 Cactus League games now in the books, here are some early trends from Maryvale for the 2-1-1 Brew…
Read more »Spurscast #148: State of the Spurs
Updated:After recapping the Spurs-Cavs game, Michael and Jeff give our State of the Spurs address with analysis and grades of…
Read more »Links of the Day 3/2/09
Four boaters have gone missing off of Florida’s Gulf Coast, including two NFLers. B&C breaks down the Team USA WBC…
Read more »Do You Like Live Blogs? Good, Cause We’ve Got More Where That Came From!
Wasn’t that Guerin liveblogathon a lot of fun? We thought so. Hopefully you did too. So come join us on…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 3/2
It’s game day for the No. 1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball team as they are in lovely Piscataway, New Jersey…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 3-2-09
Updated:DUR, hur hur hur hur hur. Links: Teleconference hall of shame. [The Sports Culture] Not your daddy’s Pistons. [Hardwood Houdini]…
Read more »LBer/LBer/LBer
Hope springs eternal. This is said with ALL HONESTY… I would not care if the Giants drafted LB/LB/LB with the…
Read more »How dependent are we on Mike Lowell?
Mike Lowell is prepared to hit the field and play in a game in two weeks, he reported yesterday. Although he hasn’t suffered any setbacks with his right hip, he also hasn’t been running the bases yet, which could make or break his progress.
It’s very possible, although no noise has been made about it, that Lowell could suffer a setback which would either a) postpone his regular season debut or (worst case) b) knock his 2009 season out entirely.
Should Lowell not be able to start on Opening Day, this means Julio Lugo would start at shortstop with Jed Lowrie manning third base. There’s a problem with this, however.
Read more »Is Post Help Coming?
The Blazers kicked our teeth in Sunday night, but might we be getting some front line help soon? Both Joe…
Read more »Orlovsky Signs With Texans
Former UConn Huskies and Detroit Lions quarterback Dan Orlovsky has decided to sign a 3-year, $9.1 million contract with the…
Read more »Houshmandzadeh to ‘Hawks: Raiders to take Crabtree?
In what turned out to be a tougher decision than expected, wide receiver TJ Houshmandzadeh finally chose the Seattle Seahawks Monday…
Read more »Wolves Updates 3/2
Stephen Litel/Downtown Journal talked to Jim Stack about Al Jefferson: What is his biggest weakness as a franchise player? “I…
Read more »The Titanic task of replacing Big Albert Haynesworth
Thanks to a brand new $100 million contract courtesy of Daniel Snyder’s seemingly bottomless wallet, the Tennessee Titans are now faced with…
Read more »What’s brewing? Two Squawker radio appearances
Quick note to let you know that I will be on Blog Talk Radio tonight on the Brew and Bill…
Read more »Wolves/Rockets Podcast Wrapup
Wolves lose their 5th straight and 11th out of 12 tonight at Target Center. Neil chats about it. {audio}http://twolvesblog.com/podcast/rockets31.mp3{/audio}
Read more »Depth a Real Problem
Updated:The Celtics medical staff has officially diagnosed Brian Scalabrine with his 3rd concussion in less than a month. He’s out…
Read more »The New Lucky
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmiS0RNNp28] I was at the Celtics game last Friday when during a time-out, this video was played on the…
Read more »Pruitt Returns
He practiced today, and is available on Wednesday. He also talked about his arrest. "This is the first time…
Read more »Chris Bosh = RuPaul?
Shaq is taking his war of words with Chris Bosh to another level: "I heard what Chris Bosh said, and…
Read more »Did Danny Blow It?
Danny Ainge pulled some genius moves last year to get the Celtics Banner 17. But that magic hasn't quite carried…
Read more »Power Rankings
Updated:I apologize – it’s been a few weeks since my last Power Rankings. For the thousands of readers who emailed…
Read more »Wolves 94, Rockets 105
Updated:Wolves record:18-41 Box Score Stephen Litel/Minnesota Score posted game notes after each quarter From Don Seeholzer/Pioneer Press: Facing another much…
Read more »No big ifs, and no buts about it.
Following is a ‘cut and paste’ of the big “ifs” in the latest “Mazz” piece . . . or was it Ryan? Whoever, he predicted success “if” the following happens”.
Read more »Free Agency: Slowdown
After a busy first 24 hours of free agency, things have mellowed out a bit. If this is your first…
Read more »Cavaliers stun Atlanta, pick up ground
This was a verrrrrrry good day for the Cavaliers. Let’s recap it quickly; A last-second victory over the Atlanta Hawks,…
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