Archive for July, 2010

2010 NHL Free Agency: The Ilya Kovalchuk Saga Continues

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Derrick Lightfoot in NHL
The World Cup is over, and I'm not that big into baseball, so the only thing I can cling to sports wise right now is the Kovalchuk saga—but it's safe to say most want this story to end (the New York Post even reported a Canadian national TV outlet has proposed a LeBron-esque one-hour special as to where he will play, but this is the same post that reported Kovalchuk ...

2010 NBA Free Agency: Why Luis Scola is the Forgotten One

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Patrick Harrel in NBA
In an offseason of exorbitant contracts, nearly every top free agent has been able to sign a contract to their liking as teams seem willing to overpay for top talent. Amir Johnson received $33 million, Drew Gooden managed to get $32 million, Joe Johnson parlayed a terrible offseason into a $120 million contract, and even Darko Milicic walked away with $20 million.  Surely a free agent power forward who had 16 points ...
When a quote unquote Dynasty gets manhandled to the tune of 33-14 in a home playoff game that's about the time it becomes patently obvious that a fairly major overhaul of the franchise in question is required. I'll tell you one thing I'll never do; claim to know more about football than "the hoodie."  That being said, I believe he's even more aware than us fans that something needs to change to return this ...

Why Cliff Lee Going To Texas Is Good For Phillies GM Ruben Amaro, Jr.

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Asher B. Chancey in MLB
Philadelphia Phillies General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr. can breathe a sigh of relief. Now that former Phillies pitcher and fan favorite Cliff Lee has been traded to the Texas Rangers, Phillies fans will no longer be scoreboard, watching every five days wondering "what if?"   Lee's starts will no longer be Chinese water torture for a Phillies team with three reliable starters and two train wrecks.   Phillies fans will no longer calculate ...

Trade Deadline Needs: American League West

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Adam Bernacchio in MLB
The last stop on our trade deadline needs tour is in the American League West. The West has two teams that will be buyers and those teams are the Texas Rangers and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. We have already seen how serious the Rangers are this trade season as they acquired Cliff Lee from division rival Seattle earlier in the week. Here are the deadline needs for the Rangers ...

LeBron James: Five Things We Know Now that We Didn’t Before

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Benjamin C. Klein in NBA
Regardless of what you thought you knew about LeBron James when he was with the Cavaliers, that has changed now that he is with the Heat. The following is a list of five things that we thought weren't true about LeBron when he was with the Cavs, but now know to be fact with the Heat.   1. LeBron James Lacks The Competitive Fire To Be On Kobe's Level In terms of competitive ...

Cleveland Cavaliers Fans Need a Dose of Reality

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Ben Steigerwalt in NBA
In the past year, the following things have taken place in the world of sports: Ben Roethlisberger allegedly committed date rape and was aided in covering it up by bodyguards and police officer friends. Lawrence Taylor has been indicted on charges of third-degree rape and patronizing a prostitute. Tiger Woods has been disgraced and (to some degree) lost his golf game due to a variety of non-golf issues. LeBron James has left the city ...

Joba Chamberlain: Throwing Fuel in the Fire

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Scott Gyurina in MLB
To tell you the truth, I loathe to even broach this subject. It has been debated to death by every fan, writer, media pundit, and cab driver with even a modicum of interest in the New York Yankees. Unfortunately, the issue must be addressed, and the time is now. What do the Yankees do with Joba Chamberlain? This isn't a re-visitation of the tired discussion of whether Joba is best ...

2010 Fantasy Football Sleeper Spotlight: Early Doucet

Posted: 11th July 2010 by Ryan Lester in NFL
A typical fantasy football league consists of 12 teams, nine starters (QB, two RBs, three WRs, TE, K, D), and anywhere from five to seven bench players. If you go with the latter bench allotment, you’re looking at 16 roster spots or 192 draft picks. By that definition, any sleeper should have an average draft position about 180 or lower.   Arizona Cardinals WR Early Doucet sports an ADP of 263 according ...
The Orlando Summer League may have opened the eyes of many NBA executives around the league to the skills of Luke Harangody.   Harangody backed out of last year's draft because he was projected to be a second rounder.  This year the same doubts about him surfaced and he was unable to bolster his draft stock.   The Celtics took him with the 52nd pick, knowing that it was a low-risk, ...