Archive for May, 2009

Zambrano

Carlos Zambrano has been suspended for 6 games following a temper tantrum against the Pittburgh Pirates this week. This is what happened: he threw a wild pitch. When the catcher went to fetch it, the runner on third charged forward and Zambrano came up to cover the base

Cavs Stave Off Defeat

The Cleveland Cavaliers were completely untested throughout the playoffs until this series against the Orlando Magic. It’s going to be a fun series going forward, although the Cavs dropped to 3-1.

The New Attitude in Cincinnati

In case you haven’t noticed there’s a new attitude in Cincinnati. It’s marked by confident , hard-working, young talent bearing the names of Votto, Bruce, Volquez, and Cueto, complemented by quality veteran leadership like Hernandez, Harang, and Arroyo.

Stanley Cup Set

The Stanley Cup Finals begin on Saturday, which is a little bit faster than was previously expected. They expected to start sometime later next week, but instead it was decided that it would be better to start sooner, since both of the teams completed the conference finals in 5 games or less. The predictions are already in

The NHL needs some Pride

A week ago the NHL issued a press release stating the start dates of the upcoming Stanley Cup finals. If both Conference Final series have been decided by Tuesday, May 26, the Western Conference winner would host Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Final on Thursday, May 28.

In the NFL - Expect Nothing; Prepare for Anything

From top to bottom, the NFL is the most competitive of the major sports. When the word expectations are brought up, smart analysts take a second before spouting off predictions and forecasts. Asking the expectations of the Bengals this season is like asking what you may have for dinner in three weeks, or if it will be an especially snowy winter; it all depends on a lot of things

current free agent list from NFLMedia.com

2009 NFL UNRESTRICTED & RESTRICTED FREE-AGENT SIGNINGS AS OF 5/21/09 (Based on official notification to NFL office) 1) 125 UNRESTRICTED free agents have signed with a NEW team: TEAM PLAYER FORMER TEAM DATE REPORTED Arizona Cardinals CB Bryant McFadden Pittsburgh 3/11 RB Jason Wright Cleveland 3/18 Atlanta Falcons LB Mike Peterson Jacksonville 3/11 C Brett Romberg St. Louis 3/10 Baltimore Ravens C Matt Birk Minnesota 3/5 CB Chris Carr Tennessee 3/18 CB Dominique Foxworth Atlanta 2/27 TE L.J.

A Quarter of the Way In

Now that we are as far as 25% of the way into the season, it’s time to take stock of what’s going on in the Major Leagues . The first thing that you notice when you look at the standings today is that the west coast divisions are an absolute disaster

Lakers Struggle

Now that the Western Conference Finals have gone 4 games so far, we can certainly see that there are some kinds of interesting patterns coming up. Each time the Lakers win a game, they seem to fall asleep

Leafs, Sabres do not have veto rights

There seems to be some misinformation out there regarding territorial rights of the Sabres and Leafs. There is still a lot of speculation that either the Leafs or the Sabres will attempt to block the move of the Coyotes, or any team, to Hamilton

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