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With Derek Anderson Out the Door In Cleveland, Is Brady Quinn Next?
Posted: 10th March 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in NFL
First, let me congratulate former Cleveland Browns quarterback Derek Anderson for picking a completely different way to leave his team than Jake Delhomme did a few days earlier.
Instead of going with the Kleenex, tears, sniffles and all out sobbing, Anderson decided to give Browns' fans a parting shot. A cheap shot that former Oregon running back LaGarrett Blount would be proud of.
After being cut by the team on Tuesday, after ...
Washington Nationals Need To Be Cautious With Stephen Strasburg
Posted: 10th March 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
A lot of baseball fans will remember the name Mark Prior. He was a young right-hander out of USC that burst on to the scene in 2003 with the Chicago Cubs. He made 30 starts that season, finished 18-6 with a 2.43 ERA and struck out an eye-popping 245 batters.
Prior was never the same after that, and after battling injuries through the next three seasons he hasn't seen a major ...
Is Ben Roethlisberger Guilty Of More Than Just Bad Judgement?
Posted: 9th March 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in NFL
Ben Roethlisberger is in hot water...again. Wasn't it this time last year that we heard allegations surface about Roethlisberger assaulting another woman? Didn't he also get himself into hot water for riding a motorcycle without a helmet? An accident that could have taken his life but by God's grace he came out of alive.
After the first time he was in this kind of trouble, you'd think he would have learned ...
2010 NFL Draft: Could Ryan Mathews Replace LaDainian Tomlinson?
Posted: 7th March 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in NFL
"With the 28th pick in the 2010 NFL Draft, the San Diego Chargers select Ryan Mathews out of Fresno State."
Those are words that a lot of people are wondering if they're going to hear, especially Mathews himself. There's no question that San Diego would be a great place for Ryan to play, and it's not far from the central California valley where he grew up. But where does Ryan want ...
Five Things That Will Turn Nolan Ryan into a Texas Rangers Prophet
Posted: 4th March 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
The Rangers have the right guy at the right time to lead this team into bigger and better things.
With Nolan Ryan finally getting to be the captain of the Rangers' ship, after a mutiny of former owner Tom Hicks, they can step into a future that is bright and full of contending years. Something this city hasn't seen in quite some time.
They have youth, along with veteran experience, just about ...
Spring Training Preview: Texas Rangers on the Verge of AL West Dominance
Posted: 18th February 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
As the sun rose this morning, a new feeling came over the city of Sunrise, Ariz.
A feeling, an excitement, was in the air that hadn't been there in quite some time.
Today was the day that baseball returned to the spring training facilities all over the state of Arizona.
For the Texas Rangers that feeling was one of possibility. A feeling that they could possibly be the team to beat in the ...
San Diego Padres Notes: Kevin Kouzmanoff, Brad Ausmus, Reed Johnson
Posted: 3rd January 2010 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
So far this offseason, the San Diego Padres have yet to make a change to their roster in trade or free agency.
According to Bill Center of the San Diego Union Tribune , that could change prior to players reporting to spring training next month.
Owner Jeff Moorad has already been quoted as saying the team has about $5 to $6 million to spend and with that money the team could go ...
Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs & San Diego Padres: Blockbuster Trade Brewing?
Posted: 27th December 2009 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
Though the trade talk between the Boston Red Sox and the San Diego Padres surrounding first baseman Adrian Gonzalez has died off, there could be a new rumor floating to the surface.
The Chicago Cubs have had previous interest in Jacoby Ellsbury; there's no question the Red Sox would love to add Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to their lineup; and the Padres have already asked for Clay Buchholz and top ...
San Diego Padres: Atlanta Braves Could Have Interest In Adrian Gonzalez
Posted: 23rd December 2009 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
The rumors don't seem to stop even when a prominant ESPN writer says not to take any of them seriously.
There was talk of the Boston Red Sox going hard after San Diego Padres' first baseman Adrian Gonzalez, then there were rumors that the Mariners and Orioles could possibly get involved. All three never seemed to get anything accomplished and the rumors died off quietly.
Now, there could be a new team ...
San Diego Padres: Adrian Gonzalez Will Not Be Traded Any Time Soon
Posted: 20th December 2009 by Todd Kaufmann in MLB
For the better part of two months, the only thing fans in Boston and San Diego were talking about was whether the two teams were going to work out a deal that would send Padres' first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox.
During that same amount of time, ESPN's Jayson Stark had continued to tell people not to put any stock in the rumors surrounding Gonzalez. Unfortunately for us rumor ...