Wow, one of the top football recruits in the nation has committed to Mizzou! Dorial Green-Beckham, a 6-6 WR widely regarded as the nation’s best, will stay in his home state of Missouri and play for coach Gary Pinkel’s Tigers next season. This gives the Tigers a legitimate inside and outside threat, and should significantly [...]
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NFL players will be allowed to tweet during this year’s Pro Bowl game if they want. The NFL will set up computers on each sideline to encourage players to tweet to the fans or each other during the game. Normally the NFL prohibits the use of all social media for a period of time before, [...]
Okay, there are two great NFL games on the schedule today: New England vs. Baltimore and SF vs. NYG. I hate the Patriots, so even though I have no real rooting interest in Baltimore, I want them to win today. And how can I not be behind the 49ers and everything Jim Harbaugh has done [...]
Freestyle skier Sarah Burke died yesterday after suffering massive internal injuries in a practice crash on January 10 in Utah. Burke, a multi-time X-Games champion, had also lobbied successfully to get superpipe accepted into the Olympics (where it will debut in Russia in two years). She leaves behind a husband, Rory Bushfield (also a freestyler), [...]
With as many snipers as the Hawks have on their team, I’m surprised they don’t get a lot more hat tricks in any given season. Toews has two in his career, Kane has one. I’m not sure how many Sharpie has in his career, but I don’t think he’s racked one up in the last [...]
One of the very FEW bright spots for the Hawks in the first week of 2011 has been the play of callups such as Jimmy Hayes. The team has dropped 3 in a row to start the new year, but at least the youngsters look like they have something to offer.
Well, I guess that meaningless win against the Vikings a couple days ago didn’t do much good after all. Not for GM Jerry Angelo and OC Mike Martz, anyway. Both of those men have been relieved of their duties as of today. Angelo leaves after 11 years at the helm, while Martz’s term covered just [...]