With the NFL Lockout well underway, current players are turning their attentions to other areas to find things to do. Washington Redskins quarterback and former college basketball player Donovan McNabb will serve as an in-studio college basketball analyst for Comcast […]
Month: March 2011
Placido Polanco suffers elbow injury
Philadelphia Phillies 3rd baseman Placido Polanco left Tuesday’s Spring Training game in the bottom of the 2nd inning after hyperextending his left elbow. A Phillies media relations representative said the injury is not related to the November surgery Polanco had […]
March Madness Preview: No. 6 St. John’s vs. No. 11 Gonzaga
Special Contributor // Ian Harmand THE MATCHUP: This is one of the toughest first-round games to gauge. The Bulldogs have turned it on lately, but the rejuvenation of the Red Storm may be the story of the college basketball season […]
30 Clubs in 30 Days: No.6 Texas Rangers
Another team that is going to make me look foolish as hell for ranking them where I have them, the Texas Rangers have the potential, the talent, and the power to repeat as American League champions. The Ranger hitters are […]
No. 8 George Mason vs No. 9 Villanova
The Matchup: Two “running” teams square-off in what should be a high-percentage shooting, high-scoring affair. George Mason The Patriots watched a 13-game winning streak come to an end with a loss to VCU in the semifinals of the CAA tournament. […]
Flyers D Pronger out 3-4 weeks with hand injury
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Chris Pronger is scheduled to undergo surgery on his right hand Tuesday, and is expected to miss three to four weeks. Pronger, 36, has missed the Flyers’ last three games because of an injury to his hand, […]
The [Five] 25: College Baseball (March 14)
Not much has changed from last week. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi is gone and Fresno State finally pushed into the rankings. We’ve got a new team at number one (Vanderbilt), and UCLA continues to free fall. The Bruins were No. 4 […]
No.3 Connecticut vs No.14 Bucknell
Special Contributor // Ian Harmand THE MATCHUP: Taking simple math into account, it seems that Bucknell’s ten-game winning streak trumps Uconn’s five-game sprint through the Big East Tournament. Things won’t be twice as nice for the Bisons, however, as the […]
NFL Lockout: Preliminary Injunction, April 6
We’ve got our next date to circle on the NFL labor calendar. The preliminary injunction hearing to possibly lift the NFL lockout is scheduled for April 6 before Judge Susan Nelson. As Daniel Kaplan of the Sports Business Journal notes, […]
NFLPA to boycott draft?
The NFL Players Association is putting into place a plan that would prevent each top college prospect from attending next month’s draft in New York, according to multiple league sources. The NFLPA already has contacted 17 top prospects that ordinarily […]