Archive for June, 2010
Keys To a More Successful Season for the Dallas Cowboys in 2010
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Michael Dunham in NFL
The 2010 off-season has been a fairly quiet one for the Dallas Cowboys, especially by their standards. Outside of the drafting of highly touted wide receiver Dez Bryant and the release of the highly criticized Flozell Adams, there have not been any major happenings in Cowboy camp. Here are five moves the Cowboys need to make by the end of the off-season to have a more successful season ...
NFL History Lesson: The 10 Largest Stadiums of the Past
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Daniel Wolf in NFL
Out with the old and in with the new.
NFL stadiums are just getting bigger and bigger.
In 2009, the Dallas Cowboys moved into their new home at Cowboys Stadium which seats 80,000 fans and can increase that number to 111,000 with standing room ticket sales.
This season brings another large stadium which is opening and that is the New Meadowlands Stadium (pictured while under construction) and can hold 82,566.
It is the second ...
MLB Trade Rumors: David DeJesus To Boston Developments
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Peter Douglas in MLB
Kansas City Royal outfielder David DeJesus has reportedly been on the block for some time now, and the injury-riddled outfield of the Boston Red Sox has been suggested as a possible destination.
Since the beginning of June, the San Francisco Giants and the Atlanta Braves have also been linked to trade discussions involving the 30-year-old DeJesus and his mere $4.7 million salary. However, Boston's need is quickly eclipsing that of an offensively soft ...
Johan Santana Falters Early, Mets Can’t Get Going Against Carl Pavano
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Sammy Makki in MLB
NEW YORK—Entering today, Johan Santana had beaten every team in the Majors except his former club, the Minnesota Twins. Santana had never faced them before and will never want to face them again.
He got rocked in the first inning, as he gave up four runs on three doubles. After getting Denard Span to pop up to begin the game, Orlando Hudson doubled to left-center. Joe Mauer drove him in with a ...
There was a time when the Portland Trailblazers were a good team verging on the great. They were good enough to hold a 4th quarter Game 7 double-digit lead. It is a revisionist lie to say they did not have fans. The Rose Garden still sold out with regularity. But it is also not a truth to say they were loved. It was hard to like a ...
2010 NHL Entry Draft: Say Hello To the Newest Maple Leafs
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Jeff Langridge in NHL
Here are the newest Toronto Maple Leafs:
43rd overall: Brad Ross
Pick was acquired from Chicago for an unsigned draft pick, so we really didn't lose anything. GM Brian Burke wants toughness, well this kid has it. Ross was the "other guy" on the line with Ryan Johansen and Nino Neiderreiter with the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL.
09-10 Stats: Games Played:71 Goals:27 Assists:41 Points:68 PIM:203
62nd overall: Greg McKegg
From London, Ontario, ...
Calvin Pickard, Michael Bournival Headline Rounds 2-7 for Colorado Avalanche
Posted: 26th June 2010 by James Crider in NHL
On the second day of the 2010 NHL Entry draft, the Avalanche wrapped things up by selecting seven times in rounds two through seven.
Throughout the day, the Avalanche made three trades. Moving down two spots, they traded the 47th overall pick to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for the 49th and 109th overall picks; later, they moved up, trading the 77th and recently-acquired 109th overall picks to Dallas in ...
2010 NBA Draft Results: Luke Babbitt Was the Steal of the Draft
Posted: 26th June 2010 by FootBasket in NBA
Luke Babbitt slipped all the way down to pick 16 in the NBA Draft. I thought he would have gone to Utah at nine.
Babbitt was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves, but his rights were later traded to Portland for Martell Webster.
Reports say the Blazers will release the player traded with Babbitt, Ryan Gomes. So that leaves just Babbitt for Webster.
I see Babbitt having great success with the Blazers. He will ...
Pittsburgh Pirates: Interleague Play Hurts Their Relative Standings
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Tom Au in MLB
The Pittsburgh Pirates are 2-11 so far this year in Interleague play against the Detroit Tigers, the Chicago White Sox, the Texas Rangers, the Cleveland Indians, and the Oakland As. The only bright spot was the 2-1 series against the comparably bad Cleveland Indians.
Even if they split the next two games with the As (which is expecting a lot), they would be 3-12 against the American League. Worse, Neil Walker ...
Brian Burke Cuts A Deal For Second Round Pick: Who’s In, Who’s Out?
Posted: 26th June 2010 by Mark Ritter in NHL
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Brian Burke pulled off a deal with the Chicago Blackhawks that sent the Leafs prospect Jimmy Hayes—brother of Kevin Hayes, who the Blackhawks drafted yesterday—to Chicago in return for the 43rd overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Burke used the pick to select forward Brad Ross, who played with the Portland Winterhawks last season, registering 27 goals and 41 assists for a ...