Year: 2009
Project Spurs Western Conference Top 5 Teams for Week of Jan. 26, 2009
1. Lakers — After beating the supposed team that can beat the Lakers in the West (yeah right) the Spurs,…
Read more »Inferno? Purgatorio.
Are you then that Virgil, and that fountain, that pours out so great a river of speech? O, glory and…
Read more »Monday Gamecock Reading 01.26.09
Alright kids… sorry but work got the best of me here lately. I will try to update what has been…
Read more »Week 3 – SEC Power Poll for Basketball
Updated:A little late getting this up but make sure to view the SEC Power Basketball Poll results for Week Three…
Read more »“I like Quebec and I like speed”
Those are the immortal words of Arttu Pihlainen, men’s champion of Red Bull Crashed Ice ’09 in Quebec. First off,…
Read more »Under Pressure
We start off our Super Bowl preview rocking out with Freddy Mercury To start our comparison of the two teams,…
Read more »Mountain West Seeking BCS Bid
In response to this story today, I posted an idea that’s been bouncing around in my head over on the…
Read more »SUCKA FREE 6: Who didn’t suck in the NBA last week
Kevin Durant of the OKC Thunder didn’t suckLast week: 35pts, 13 rebounds, 4.5assists, 2.5 stealsDurant had a career-high 46 pts,…
Read more »Wolves Updates 1/26 Part 2
The Wolves move up to #16 in Marc Stein’s weekly power rankings. So do you think Al Jefferson, with help…
Read more »Spurs-Lakers links
Updated:Game recap from Spurs.com Lake Show Life gives us 10 reasons he hates the Spurs The Sporting Globe says the…
Read more »Skipping town…..again
Updated:This Friday, I’ll be hopping on a plane and taking off for another mini-vacation. But this time, I’ll be blogging…
Read more »I’m Next
Big thanks to my buddy Eric, formerly of one of my favorite, now-defunct sites, Extrapolater and now of the fantastic…
Read more »Skipping town…..again – also, some site news!
Updated:This Friday, I’ll be hopping on a plane and taking off for another mini-vacation. But this time, I’ll be blogging…
Read more »It’s feeling like 2003
From Pirates.com: “The free-agent market is not over,” president Frank Coonelly said during the second question-and-answer session with management this…
Read more »This Bear Can Cut A Rug
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLhx5oH9Qb4&hl=en&fs=1 I’m swamped at work, so you’re gonna have to deal with very little commentary on this video. From what…
Read more »The Victoria Times Match Game!
With sports generally at a stand still (even if you enjoy the NBA or NHL) for the next couple of…
Read more »Links of the Day 1/26/09
So, the All-Star game was pretty good. HHR interviews the guy who invented instant replay. He’s 75, so the fact…
Read more »The Hardball Times 2009 Season Preview
It’s that time of year again. I just got word from the Hardball Times guys that they’ve finished printing the…
Read more »Is Joe Torre the real ‘Single White Female’ when it comes to Alex Rodriguez?
It’s all Joe Torre, all the time, in the sports media world (and in Subway Squawkers!), thanks to the revelations…
Read more »The All-Star Shootout
I don’t know what it is with the NHL, but the league always seems to get great games when it…
Read more »Mini Pony of the Day 1-26-09
Updated:Big boy in the back is confused by the group of minis. Link time: Oh, the Cardinals… [OFTOT] I hate…
Read more »Offer to Tek is Low and Comes With a Deadline
The details of the offer made to Jason Varitek from the Boston Red Sox are now coming to the surface….
Read more »2009 Brewers’ roster almost a done deal
With last week’s addition of Craig Counsell as the reserve middle infielder, the 2009 Brewers roster is almost complete–here is…
Read more »The Curious Case of Vince Young and the Tennessee Titans
Chris Mortensen’s latest report shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Mort suggests that Jeff Fisher has already promised Kerry Collins…
Read more »Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 1/26
It’s game day for the No. 1/1 UConn Huskies women’s basketball as the No. 7/10 Louisville Cardinals come to Gampel…
Read more »Games of the Week (1/26-2/1)
A look ahead at the Spurs games for the week. Date: Tuesday, January 27 (8:00) Team: Utah Jazz (A) TV:…
Read more »Could Jon Lester regress?
One of the better stories of the 2008 season was the maturation of Jon Lester into a pitcher very much to be reckoned with.
There are three pressing questions when attempting to evaluate Lester’s chances for 2009: control, workload and xFIP.
Fire Brand takes a look at each component and attempts to answer the question.
Read more »Wolves Updates 1/26
Updated:Check out new Timberwolves blog The 600 Project. Previews for tonight’s game at Milwaukee: Associated Press Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune …
Read more »Bagpipe Monday… The Battle Draws Near
The recruiting wars are becoming things of legend. Signing day is 9 days away and things are getting tense. Last…
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