Archive for June, 2010
1986 New York Giants: Third Best Team of the 80s Bull Market Era
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Tim McGhee in NFL
It's a great quarterback nickname, coined by the cynical New Yorkers of the late 1970s.
"Parkway Joe" Pisarcik, was described by the tabloids' sportswriters as "the bargain basement quarterback."
No $427,000 bonus here. No photographs of Parkway on...a Parkway. No Super Bowl victory guarantees. No Super Bowls.
Then, the following year it was, “Where the hell is Morehead State University?”
Tough room, here in Jersey.
It's in Morehead, on I-64, about an hour east of ...
New York Jets WR Braylon Edwards Eludes a Suspension in 2010
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Daniel Wolf in NFL
New York Jets wide receiver Braylon Edwards just caught a break.
At least he cannot drop this one (sorry, couldn't resist).
Reported by NBC Sports, Edwards will avoid any suspension from Roger Goodell and the NFL league office for getting into a fight with a friend of NBA Superstar LeBron James at a Downtown Cleveland nightclub just days before getting traded to New York.
Rumors were circulating around the NFL that Edwards would ...
It felt like a heat wave in New York City on that October 8 night back in 2007.
Fans were funneling into Yankee Stadium extra early for Game 4 of the ALDS .
The prior evening, I had watched my Yankees pull out a win to avoid getting swept.
Which, was all thanks to a home run hit by Johnny Damon in the seventh inning. I remember ...
Inter-League Soap Opera: Dodger Blue vs. Yankee Pinstripes
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Kate Conroy in MLB
With inter-league play concluding this weekend, the New York Yankees head into Dodger Stadium for three-games.
It's an unfamiliar place, as the Bombers last visit was in 2004. The two franchises have a torrid history. They have faced each other 11 times in the World Series in which the most recent dates back to 1981.
On the other hand, there will be no shortage of familiar faces, ...
Ever since the Washington Nationals franchise came into existence in 2005 they haven't had much luck go their way to say the least. From 2005-present day, the Nationals have won 376 games, but have lost a dismal 507 games (record includes 2010 season). In the five year span the Nationals have wound up in last place in the National League East every year but once and often find themselves ...
After the second day in the NHL Entry Draft, there are pretty clear pictures of who did well, and who didn't.
Of course, we really won't know who really won and lost for about four years.
But this doesn't mean we can't try.Begin Slideshow
NFC South Preview: Tradition of Surprises Will End in 2010
Posted: 26th June 2010 by John Breitenbach in NFL
Quarterbacks
What more is there to say that hasn't already been said about Saint Brees? He truly elevated himself into the top NFL echelon and now has a ring to prove it.
Undoubtedly a top 3 guy, Drew Brees moved himself ahead of Brady in my rankings and is tied with Peyton Manning.
Falcons' QB Matt Ryan is the best "young" QB around. He had an incredible rookie year leading a team seemingly ...
With the anticipated return of Edinson Volquez. longtime Reds' fans wonder whether he will be able to come back after Tommy John's surgery, or whether he will be just another half-year wonder. Most of Volquez's success in 2008 was before the All Star break.
He gave up a two-run homer that cost the game and home field advantage in the world series. It did not matter since the Phillies finished off ...
New England Patriots Troy Brown and Wes Welker: One and the Same
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Joe Gill in NFL
As went Troy Brown and Wes Welker, as went the Patriots offense.
If the Patriots needed a tough catch, Tom Brady would seek out No. 80 then and No. 83 now.
Just as Drew Bledsoe had Ben Coates, Brady has been blessed with two players in his career that seemed to read his mind.
Brady threw it and they caught it.
Simple as that.
Brown and Welker were cut from the same cloth and ...
Defense Wins Championships: San Jose Sharks Should Look To the Blue Line
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Patrick Goulding II in NHL
NHL hockey is a game generally played every other day. Apparently, San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson is carrying that rhythm into the 2010 off-season.
The Sharks entered the off-season with a handful of high profile free agents, knowing they would need to make some tough decisions. On Tuesday, the team announced they were parting ways with Evgeni Nabokov . The announcement was not a surprise to many, but the ...