According to a USDA report released on Friday, Michael Vick placed family pet dogs into the ring with his trained pit bulls and laughed as the dogs “caused major injury” to the pets at Bad Newz Kennels.
The report provides new insight into the sadistic and vicious happenings at 1915 Moonlight Rd., where Vick operated the [...]
As reported on ESPN, “ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013.”
This means the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, plus the BCS Championship Game, will be [...]
The National League announced its MVP for the 2008 season and his name is Albert Pujols. Not terribly surprising, we knew it would be between Pujols and Philly’s Ryan Howard. In the end, however, baseball writers don’t like it when a guy strikes out 200 times and plays shaky defense. That said, the Phillies don’t [...]
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I can barely even talk about the Eagles right now. I am still fuming over Sunday night’s game. Every time I think about it I just see red. The team’s flaws are so obvious; they have been exposed for everybody to see. The Eagles are good enough to compete against any team in the league but they certainly [...]
NFL sources tell the Boston Globe that Tom Brady returned to Boston for a checkup on his surgically repaired left knee. The same sources confirmed that Brady has suffered from a postoperative staph infection that has slowed his rehab process.
The good news is that, in all likelihood, the patella tendon graft will be kept and [...]
Major League Baseball has announced Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria has won the AL Rookie of the Year, while in the NL, the award goes to Chicago Cubs C Geovany Soto. No real surprises here.
“I had a great year, bar none,” Longoria said. “I know I have the ability to do more.”
Longoria hit .272 [...]
Every now and then we like to throw down a mention about sports cards and trading cards.
Pay attention to Upper Deck 2008-09 Basketball, if you’re a fan of that side of the hobby. Whole boxes are coming out dirt cheap. It’s a 200-card base set without many bells and whistles — great for a younger [...]
The Redskins have signed former Falcons and Raiders cornerback DeAngelo Hall to a one-year, $1 million deal, which will be prorated for the rest of the season.
“It’s a one-year deal for now, but we’ll work something out long-term,” Hall told FOXSports.com. “That’s why I chose them. I don’t want to hit the market in the [...]
The National League announced their 2008 Gold Glove winners on Wednesday:
Nate McLouth, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Carlos Beltran, OF, NY Mets
Shane Victorino, OF, World-Champion Philadelphia Phillies
Greg Maddux, P, San Diego Padres/LA Dodgers
Yadier Molina, C, St. Louis Cardinals
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, San Diego Padres
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinnati Reds
Jimmy Rollins, SS, World-Champion Philadelphia Phillies
David Wright, 3B, NY Mets
As I half-assed promised earlier in the week, here are my AFC mid-season report cards.
AFC East:
-New York Jets (5-3):
Say what you want about the Jets, they are still boring to watch. They added a slew of talent (what do Mangini and Tannenbaum care, if they don’t go all in, they are out of here anyway. [...]
If anyone can explain this situation, I’m all ears. Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni and team president Donnie Walsh have said that they have no plans to trade, waive or play guard Stephon Marbury this season.
Marbury, who is due to earn $21.9 million this season, met with D’Antoni and Walsh on Monday to discuss his situation. [...]
Well, that didn’t take too long. The Cleveland Browns have decided to send QB Derek Anderson to the bench in favor of 2007 first-round pick Brady Quinn.
Asked just hours earlier if he planned on benching Anderson after his 17-for-33, 219-yard, 2-TD performance against the Ravens, head coach Romeo Crennel said he wasn’t planning on it.
“No, [...]
We’re about halfway through the season right now so I thought I’d take a look and handout my NFC mid-season report cards. As far as you know, later in the week I’ll post my AFC report cards.
NFC East:
-New York Giants (7-1):
So far, the Giants have benefited greatly from a weak first-half schedule. They played Washington [...]
An NBA official says that mercurial guard Allen Iverson has been shipped to his third team in roughly three years. On Monday, the Denver Nuggets sent the 33-year old Georgetown product to the Detroit Pistons for guard Chauncey Billups and forward Antonio McDyess (an ESPN News report also says that center Cheikh Samb is [...]
What do you get when a small-market team plays the Philadelphia Phillies in October? You guessed it, the worst-rated, least-watched World Series of all-time.
In the past ten years, the five best-rated World Series are 1999 (16.0), 2004 (15.8), 2001 (15.7), 1998 (14.1), and 2003 (12.8). Other than 2004 which featured the Boston Red Sox and [...]
Philadelphia was ready to celebrate their first championship in 25 years on Monday night. The table was set with their ace on the mound and a 3-1 series lead. Then the winds and rains came, suspending not only the game, but a party and celebration only the Philadelphia faithful could host. The snow and [...]
For those of you outside the Philadelphia area, the Phillies have one of the most legendary voices calling their games in Harry Kalas. He is a Hall of Famer and here he is closing out last night’s game (that’s Chris Wheeler in the background. He knows his stuff but is kind of a [...]
After 25 years, Philadelphia has finally won a championship as the Phillies took down the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 in the completion of Game 5.
The Phillies win the 2008 World Series four games to one and if anyone thinks I’m going to sit behind this computer to type out a bunch of articles this evening [...]
There are several important questions that have arisen regarding the exciting conclusion to Game 5 of the World Series tonight at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.
First of all, will there be a singing of the national anthem? We all know that every sporting event kicks off with “The Star Spangled Banner,” but what about [...]
Julio Rodriguez, a barber from Lawrence, Mass., pleaded guilty Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an October 2004 he killed a man and wounded two others over a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game
The Associated Press reports that Rodriguez, 62, was sentenced to five years in prison and credited for the four he has already served since he [...]
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