Now that the dust has settled on the free agent market and all of the big name players have been snatched up, the true contenders – from a pre-season standpoint at least – are beginning to emerge. While some teams such as the New York Rangers added to their roster by signing high profile free […]

Michael Beasley is better than Kevin Love at rebounding… on his Xbox. This was among the things that Beasley shared with the Minneapolis-based CBS affiliate WCCO-TV last March. “My favorite thing from my childhood is video games. I play NBA 2K11 now. I play with the Minnesota Timberwolves and I shoot every shot with myself, so that’s my favorite thing to do. […]

Few baseball fans know a lot about Koji Uehara, but the Texas Rangers knew exactly what they were getting when they acquired the Japanese right-hander at the trade deadline at the end of July: one of the best relief pitchers in baseball. People are only starting to realize just how effective Uehara has been this season, and that effectiveness certainly […]

In the world of college football, few programs can provoke so many extreme reactions from so many different types of fans as the University of Notre Dame. To some the Fighting Irish are “America’s Team”, winners of eight Associated Press national championships, the subject of movies old and new. For others, they are the NCAA equivalent of the New York Yankees or […]

Like in life, age catches up to you in the game of hockey. Every year the hockey world watches its fair share of productive veterans see their point totals drop significantly in large part due to the rigors of the NHL grind finally catching up to them. Some who fell victim to Father Time last […]

With an improved ability to induce ground balls and cut down line drives, newly-acquired Tiger Doug Fister has evolved into one of Major League Baseball’s top pitchers in 2011 – despite the fact that until last week, his win-loss record sat at 3-12. The third-year pitcher’s success on the mound can be attributed to an […]

Andy Reid doesn’t look very agile, but his stealth this offseason has Philadelphia pulling off a huge heist. The Eagles got two talented cornerbacks when they signed Nnamdi Asomugha to a five-year contract and received Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie from the Arizona Cardinals in a trade involving Kevin Kolb. These two acquisitions could potentially solidify the Eagles’ secondary as the best not only in their division or […]

“Football is back.” With those three words, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, in his mind, obliterated the past few months of NFL media coverage. Of course, it was Goodell who insisted on calling the league-initiated lockout a work stoppage, a euphemism remarkable for the disingenuous nonchalance with which it was intended to absolve the league of its creating the […]

While the gossip magazines see New Jersey Nets power forward Kris Humphries as a combination mannequin-slash-boy toy in his upcoming nuptials to high-profile fiance Kim Kardashian, basketball fans who’ve been able to see through the sheen of his reality TV queen have witnessed a nimble 6’9″ veteran emerge as a legitimate power forward force in the […]

Toronto Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero played a key role in Toronto’s 5-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on June 26. Most of Romero’s contribution came from the mound – a complete game, four-hitter – but a portion of it came from home plate. In the sixth inning, Romero hit a key two-run single, […]