Year: 2009

Blitzburgh Blog was founded in a dorm room sometime during winter 2007 by two gentleman under pen names Norm Johnson…

Mike Milbury and Tim Connolly have a bit of a history. Milbury drafted Connolly in 1999 when he was GM…

According to reports, Bo Scaife will attempt to gage his value by testing the potentially lucrative waters of free agency…

Now, I should probably preface this with the fact that I tend to react quickly and frankly to things, although…

Two American heroes caught my eye today. I think they are pretty much the same. Let’s take a look. Michael…

Update: From Brian Stensaas/Star Tribune: Craig Smith will not play tonight for Minnesota. Coach Kevin McHale said Smith has bruised…

Wow. What an incredible season. I’ve been wearing my Super Bowl Champions shirt for the last 3 days. To be…

Hockey players fight because they learn it from their parents. Just because, here’s the latest edition of Bracketology. Purdue vs….

Well, just when we had some good news about Dan Reeves joining the Cowboys as our official hall monitor, that…

Mark Kotsay had back surgery during the offseason and will now miss at least the month of April. The Red…

I’m not about to go as far as my friend Sean Leahy did and call this the goal of the…

Thanks to my buddy Rich for the tip. Hines Ward was so happy about winning his second Super Bowl ring…

It’s one thing not to want to sign Manny Ramirez to what could be the second-highest annual contract in baseball….

Tomorrow, February 5, is the first day teams can designate a player as their franchise player. The Titans agreed not…

Here is the press release from the UConn Huskies football program announcing the signing of 21 student-athletes to National Letters…

We were distracted last week by the story focusing on the Island folk bouncing around in time. Back to business…

Te’o is Irish. I’ll have much more on this inside the recruiting spectacular later this week. Until then, You can…

Here’s a quick look at what’s being discussed this Wednesday in Red Sox Nation: The Bottom Line looks at the…

The Boston Red Sox revealed today that Mark Kotsay underwent surgery Jan. 29th to remove a displaced disc fragment (H/T Extra Bases). This makes the Brad Wilkerson signing yesterday (minor league deal) make more sense. Wilkerson is likely ahead of Jeff Bailey, Chris Carter and Jon Van Every for a bench spot.

Calhoun County WR Alshon Jeffery will be a Gamecock per 107.5 the game here in Columbia. 

It’s been awhile since we had a vid for MPotD. This little guy is smart, and is trying to get…

Calhoun County WR Alshon Jeffery will announce a decision sometime between 9:00 AM and 10:00 AM at his school this…

ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith has updated his blog again this morning and he’s not budging. Stephen is standing by what…

Some links for ya – Kiffin, Vols losing prospects as Signing Day nears Clayton Hears From USC Geathers Won’t Sign…

It’s somehow appropriate that Jim Bouton has been defending Joe Torre as of late. Because not only did Bouton write…

Florida holds off Downey, Gamecocks in SEC battle 97-93 Seems the FT dilemma came back to haunt them late in…

Today is a very important day for the UConn Huskies football team. It’s what is known across the land as…

Jason Varitek, you ended my dream. It may have been a long shot, but it’s over. And although having you back at least fills the backstop, it does crush my desire to have nine league average hitters in the Red Sox lineup.

Was this a longshot? Yes. Having nine hitters be either average or better than average probably isn’t likely. Had the Red Sox acquired a catcher via a trade, they would have been counting on three young players to achieve their goal.

In 2005 and 2006, we would’ve all agreed that Zach Duke was a more promising pitching prospect than Paul Maholm….