New Weapons Should Balance Cincinnati Bengals Offensive Attack

Posted: 13th July 2010 by Grant Freking in NFL
This off-season has had a different feel for the Cincinnati Bengals. Coming off a season where they won only their third division title in the last twenty years, the Bengals spent the winter and early spring filling a few holes in their roster and bolstering their depth chart. One of the focuses of the off-season was improving a pass offense which ranked No. 26 in the NFL last season ...

The Top 10 Pittsburgh Steelers Wide Receivers of All Time

Posted: 13th July 2010 by Nick Signorelli in NFL
When you are a team that has the history of being the greatest defensive team of all time, it is hard to get a lot of credit when you are an offensive player. Then, when your offense has always been known as a run-oriented team, it becomes even harder for you if you are not a running back. Currently, the Pittsburgh Steelers have two players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame ...
On July 30, 2009, the Red Sox played a day game against the Oakland Athletics at Fenway Park. Little did David Ortiz, or anyone, know that day would change how people would see "Big Papi" for the rest of his life. On that day, Ortiz and his former teammate Manny Ramirez tested positve on a performence enhancing drug test conducted in 2003. Ortiz treated this situation like the man he was, calmly. He told the media ...
The Home Run Derby is known as a great opening event to the All-Star game, yet it is unfortunately losing popularity amongst players. Many players have opted not to take part in the event, as they believe it will affect their swing during the second half of the season.  That's a bogus excuse, and I'll tell you why. The MLB is an organization of professionals who work day-in and day-out, and the Home Run Derby is nothing more than heavy ...

2010 Home Run Derby: A Round-by-Round Breakdown

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
The players are swinging for the fences tonight and the big sticks are getting broken out. The only things fans aren't real happy about is the fact that besides Matt Holliday, David Ortiz, and Miguel Cabrera, there aren't those big names participating that can put on a show for the fans in Anaheim. Guys like Chris Young, Vernon Wells, Corey Hart, and Hanley Ramirez don't really make the every day Home Run ...

The Questions From a Penguins Fan Answered

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Amber Alexander in NHL
I follow fans of the Penguins on Twitter and have read countless articles as well as Q&A's from fans about the "revised" Penguins.    Now as a fun use of free time, I'm going to give my opinions on questions a lot of Penguin fans want to ask.    Why does Shero want to combine Staal and Geno?   Staal is ready for a top 2 line year.  He has served as center of what has ...

Five Most Likely Destinations For Simon Gagne

Posted: 12th July 2010 by Cam Maillet in NHL
With the new addition of Nikolai Zherdev and the need for a starting goaltender, the money-tight Philadelphia Flyers have decided the Simon Gagne is their most expendable piece and have been exploring trades for the injury-plagued winger. The reasoning here appears to be to clear $5 million off the Flyers' cap giving them the opportunity to re-open talks with goalie Marty Turco and have enough cap space left to re-sign one, ...
Someone asked me an interesting question recently. They asked what I thought of Brian Burke as a GM and my immediate response was “so far, so good.” My friend responded by telling me that that summation wasn't fair because it left the door open for me to change my mind if Burke screwed anything up. He was right, it does. It got me thinking though. I understand Brian Burke has won a ...

The Landscape of Goaltending In Today’s NHL

Posted: 11th July 2010 by James Crider in NHL
If one position has redefined itself in the five post-lockout NHL seasons, that position is goaltender. Previously, goaltending was the crux of an NHL team; having a marquee goaltender in net was a must for any team to have any reasonable chance of success. The 10 seasons from 1995 through 2004 only saw five different NHL teams hoist the Stanley Cup; Colorado (1996, 2001), Dallas (1999), Detroit (1997, 1998, 2002), New ...

NHL Super Friends To Come in 2013?

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Dave Haine in NHL
This past week the NBA changed sports forever.  LeBron James conspired with Olympic friends Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to join forces on one powerhouse team in the NBA—the Miami Heat. This event was hyped to new levels, which included an hour long ESPN special where LeBron announced where he would be calling home from now on.  How will this affect the NHL going forward?   This will be looked at in two ...