Archive for March, 2010
Eight Simple Rules for Developing My Teenage Goalie: A Jonathan Bernier Tale
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Derrick Lightfoot in NHL
Like most NHL goaltenders taken in the first round of the entry draft, Jonathan Bernier had immediate expectations thrust upon him—especially for a franchise who hasn't really had a good goalie since the turn of the century in Felix Potvin and Roman Cechmanek. But sometimes these expectations can really take a toll on these goalies. Sometimes when a rookie goalie comes in and wins a few games immense ...
New Orleans Saints Third and Final Mock Before the Draft
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Mack Bonner in NFL
It's just over a month since the New Orleans Saints lifted the Lombardi trophy and already the team looks to have a few different faces for the 2010-2011 season.
Scott Fujita, OLB, has found a new home in Cleveland. RB Mike Bell has left for Philly. DE Charles Grant is testing free agency and so is FS Darren Sharper. To the average person, these may seem to be easily replaceable ...
2009 NBA Top 15 Redraft: Where the Stars of the Future Should’ve Gone
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Patrick Harrel in NBA
The 2009 NBA Draft was certainly a weekend full of major stories. From a near miss trade between the Warriors and the Suns to the puzzling draft David Kahn and the Timberwolves had, the draft was one to remember.
In a draft labeled as the “draft of the point guards”, the rookies have certainly lived up to that expectation, as four of the first five and six of the first ...
The 10 Greatest Seasons By a Defensive Player In NFL History
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Bryn Swartz in NFL
It doesn't receive the same glory, but a great defensive season is just as valuable as a great offensive season.
After all, defenses win championships.
Below I composed a list of the ten greatest individual seasons by a defensive player in NFL history (with one honorable mention).
It is a list so profound that it doesn't even include such seasons as Ray Lewis in 2000, when he earned Defensive Player of the Year ...
While nobody expected a complete rebuild of the Cleveland Browns, it appears that is exactly what's happening.
When Mike Holmgren came in there was minimal talk of a total rebuilding process needing to take place. Just three months later, Cleveland has already taken on a new look and feel.
For a team expected to do most of its building through the draft, the Browns have been awfully busy already. To catch you ...
Josh Smith Leading the Atlanta Hawks and Outplaying All-Star Counterparts
Posted: 21st March 2010 by John Boller in NBA
At the start of the 2009-2010 Josh Smith had a few goals he hoped to accomplish this season. Some of those goals were personal and some were team goals.
One of those goals, making the NBA All-Star game, seemed like a sure thing for Smith, as he was having one of the best seasons of his career, while being one of the leaders on a Hawks team that was playing ...
Sam Bradford: The New Face of the Cleveland Browns?
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Daniel Kablack in NFL
It seems like Sam Bradford, the 6'4", 230-pound Heisman Trophy winner, is gaining a lot of extra attention from the Cleveland Browns coaching staff.
"He's a big kid, he's accurate, he won a lot of football games, he is a leader," Brown's General Manager Tom Heckert said during the NFL Combine just a few weeks ago, "That pretty much sums it up. He has all the tools to put it together. ...
Seattle Mariners Need To Sign Jarrod Washburn or Trade for Starting Pitcher
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Todd Hayek in MLB
The Mariners traded for Cliff Lee and signed Felix Hernandez to solidify the top of their rotation, but the back end of the rotation was still a glaring weakness that has many questioning how good the M’s could be.
After a couple weeks of spring training, not only have the questions not been answered, but more questions are piling up.
So far this spring, Cliff Lee has had minor foot surgery, pitched ...
Why Philadelphia 76ers Coach Eddie Jordan Never Had a Chance
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Bryan Toporek in NBA
At this point, it's all but a formality that the Sixers will have a new coach next season.
Eddie Jordan's reign of terror over the Sixers will be over within the next month, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Jordan, he of the Princeton offense, the priceless postgame quotes, and the completely unpredictable rotation switches, has driven a team that finished seventh in the Eastern Conference last season completely into the ground.
"The apathy ...
Detroit’s Austin Jackson Takes Center Field, Baseball’s Most Glamorous Position
Posted: 21st March 2010 by Greg Eno in MLB
It’s the most romantic, glorified position in our most romantic, glorified sport.
Even when baseball was played with mushy balls by men wearing baggy uniforms and pillbox hats, and you traveled to the ballpark by horse and buggy or traipsed there by foot, center field was the glamour position.
Ty Cobb started it, pretty much.
Cobb used his freakish speed and sheer determination to patrol center. And he slap base hits all over ...