SEC and Big East Clash at MSG

The major conferences in the NCAA have entered into rivalries/partnerships within the last decade. The Big Ten and ACC, the Big 12 and the PAC 10 and the Big East and SEC have scheduled interesting matchups. The last of the three groupings scheduled a doubleheader at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday evening.
The opening contest featured [...]

Mickey Mantle Is Going To Heaven, But What About Fritz?

“Best Wishes,  Fritz Peterson #19″  That’s how my copy of Mickey Mantle Is Going To Heaven starts.  It is a book written by a famous former New York Yankee pitcher.  He was an All-Star.  He won 20 games once.  He played with Whitey Ford and Mickey Mantle – legends, not just Yankees legends, but baseball [...]

Top 6 Most Shocking Games of All Time: Part 2

If you had to pick a handful of games played over baseball’s rich history, which ones would stand out the most?  You’d possibly be a little biased and focus on the era you grew up in, only because of the familiarity. Or you’d be focused on games that took place closer to where you’ve lived, [...]

Off-Season Baseball Awards

As winter approaches and the ’09 baseball season fades into memory, we once again recognize/reward some deserving individuals: *The first annual EARL WEAVER/FULL PACK Award:  Chris Ray of the Orioles.  Formerly an effective closer, the guy gave up 64 hits and surrendered eight HR’s in just 43 innings this year while pitching to an ERA of 7.27–giving Orioles fans more [...]

Boxing Notebook

A home coming win for Hopkins and Roy Jones could be next: Bernard Hopkins hoped to get Roy Jones Jr. as his next opponent in May. After he defeated Mexico’s Enrique Ornales with a unanimous 12-round decision at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wednesday evening, there were doubts about the fight with Jones. When [...]

NFC South Recap

New York Jets 17 Carolina 6
Somehow some way Carolina quarterback Jake Delhomme finds a way to get the ball in the hands of his opponent. Sometimes he does that a little too often, like he did Sunday when he threw four more interceptions and was a miserable 14-34 for a mere 130 yards. He looked [...]

AFC South Recap

Tennessee 20 Arizona 17
When we last saw Vince Young and Matt Leinart on the big stage it was 2006 in the Rose Bowl. It was an epic battle between two of college football’s best players and it came down to the final drive. On that drive Young would basically will his team down the field [...]

Whittenburg Out at Fordham

Bronx – It was a matter of time and expected, but not five games into the season. The Fordham University men’s basketball program is once again looking for a new head coach after it was announced Thursday that Dereck Whittenburg was let go. Fordham is once again headed for another dismal season with a 1-4 [...]

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