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MLB Trade Rumors: Five Florida Marlins Who Could Be Dealt

Posted: 10th July 2010 by Christina De Nicola in MLB
Fredi Gonzalez is gone, but the Florida Marlins keep losing ground. As the Atlanta Braves slowly walk away with the National League East, the Fish remain 10 games out of first, and four games below .500. With the Midsummer Classic in a few days, Larry Beinfest and Co. must decide whether to become a buyer or seller. Can the team pull off a win streak and stay in the race? At this point ...

2010 MLB All-Star Game Lineup: 10 Players Snubbed From the NL Roster

Posted: 4th July 2010 by Christina De Nicola in MLB
You can't please everybody. That is, unless you picked the most deserving players. With the MLB All-Star Game just around the corner (July 13), lineups were announced today on TBS. National League mainstays like David Wright and Hanley Ramirez were voted in by the fans, while the rest were left up to their fellow peers and Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. There are questionable players on the roster and, with that, deserving guys who ...

NBA Free Agency 2010: Top Destinations for Chris Duhon

Posted: 2nd July 2010 by Christina De Nicola in NBA
All the talk these days has been about who will join the New York Knicks this summer. But who will be on his way out? All signs seem to point towards guard Chris Duhon—who struggled in his second season with the team—heading out of town. After playing college ball for the Duke Blue Devils under Coach K, it wouldn't be a surprise if Duhon had gotten enough of the Knicks' losing ways. Duhon opted ...

Lady Gaga: Strangest Fan of MLB’s New York Yankees, New York Mets

Posted: 21st June 2010 by Christina De Nicola in MLB
Who else would be allowed into Yankee Stadium or Citi Field in that outfit? That's a rhetorical question, so no need to answer it. Who else could manage to sneak past security and talk to players inside the clubhouse after a loss? Maybe only a handful of celebrities come to mind. Who else could make New Yorkers suddenly consider the middle finger to be an obscene gesture after years of it? Only a pop singer ...

First Act: NL East Foes Florida Marlins, Atlanta Braves to Finally Meet

Posted: 25th May 2010 by Christina De Nicola in MLB
In late September the Atlanta Braves lost two of the three to the visiting Florida Marlins to close out the regular season. By then, the Philadelphia Phillies had already closed out the National League East division and the battle at Turner Field was for second place. Fast forward eight months later. The two teams are a half game apart in the standings and will once again face each other Tuesday night at Sun ...