Vince Young was living the dream at Texas. After signing with the university in 2002, he finally broke out on a wide scale in 2004 with an 11-1 sophomore campaign that saw him net 1,849 passing and 1,079 rushing yards with 12 passing and 14 rushing touchdowns. He didn’t, however, stop there. The next season, as a […]

Though now one of the NFL’s top defensive players – a ferocious linebacker who recorded 13.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and an interception with the 2011 champion Green Bay Packers – Clay Matthews III wasn’t even a starter for his high school team in Agoura Hills, CA. His father Clay Matthews Jr., a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker with 19 years of NFL […]

For years, the Florida Marlins have struggled with attendance despite consistently fielding a quality product. That’s about to end next season with the opening of the Marlins’ new, 37,000-seat, retractable roof stadium located on the historic Orange Bowl site in Little Havana. The Marlins’ attendance is near the bottom of the league every year regardless […]

During the Florida Panthers’ introductory press conference last week newly-acquired forwardKris Versteeg was asked if he noticed any similarities between his time with Dale Tallon in Chicago and his current experience with the general manager now in Florida. “It was pretty crazy. When I was 21, we were all in the room [in Chicago] and this team [was] in […]

Last season, NBA fans quickly fell in love with the explosive athleticism and dunking ability of Los Angeles Clippers rookie Blake Griffin. This season, look for Wizards lottery pick Jan Vesely from the Czech Republic to dazzle crowds in Washington, DC – wearing his familiar red, white and blue. The Wizards, after years of mediocrity, will become a team […]

At the beginning of July, when final voting results came in for yesterday’s MLB All-Star Game, legendary New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter held a 450,000-vote edge over Asdrubal Cabrera at the position, despite a less than legendary 2011 season. Jeter, who would eventually log his 3,000th hit but little else, was set to take […]

Since bringing the beloved sport of puck back to the State of Hockey, the Minnesota Wild have consistently been labeled a conservative team – and for good reason. They played the trap under Jacques Lemaire, rarely made blockbuster trades and had, or so it seemed, settled into a routine of making predictable offseason moves. In an effort […]

Week 3 of the NBA lockout begins just as the last, with mudslinging back and forth while zero negotiations actually take place. David Stern is a lawyer by trade, and this is important information to remember as the proceedings of this lockout are played out slowly, methodically and painfully. While the NBA squabbled with a New York Times report that doubted […]

Before Bobby Ryan was known as the dynamic power forward for the Anaheim Ducks capable of pulling off mystifying dekes, he was considered an equally dangerous inline hockey player — one that turned heads across the United States. Inline hockey, often referred to as roller hockey, is a growing sport that is very popular in certain […]

Compared to Ohio State’s tattoos, cover-ups and firings and Oregon’s scouting, recruiting and sneaker issues, Nebraska’s self-reported textbook violations haven’t received much attention by comparison. From a perspective of what they’ll mean to the program, that’s fair; these don’t seem likely to cause much harm to the Huskers, and their fans have more important things to worry about this […]