From Yahoo! Sports: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)—Kelenna Azubuike scored 18 points, all in the second half, and Brandan Wright added 16 points and the Golden State Warriors defeated the Portland Trail Blazers 110-95 Wednesday night. Portland center Greg Oden, the first […]
Month: October 2008
Pac-man Jones involved in fight
Jeff Carlton of the AP is reporting: DALLAS (AP)-Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner […]
Introducing a Fresh, New, Yellow Face
Greetings, all! I have been recruited (well, more Iike I asked Nick) to contribute to The Five, as the resident expert on nothing and everything. Specifically, I am an expert on the random, strange, and bizarre. Armed with nothing but an insurmountable supply of […]
Lions WR, Roy Williams being shopped
From Phill.com: Adam Schefter of NFL Network reported Tuesday that some teams are saying that the Lions are shopping wide receiver Roy Williams. According to Schefter, back in April, the Lions were requesting two first-round draft picks for Williams. The […]
Marvin Harrison is getting sued
From Philly.com: Marvin Harrison’s life just got more complicated. The NFL star, who was linked to a springtime North Philadelphia shooting that left one man wounded, is being sued by the alleged victim, Dwight Dixon. Harrison was never charged in […]
Catching a glance at Greg
I will (hopefully) be at the Portland Trail Blazer game tonight and have a chance to see Oden first hand. It definitely plays to his favor – in the eyes of the fans – that he won the tip off […]
Oden’s debut a good one
Anne M. Peterson of the AP writes: PORTLAND, Ore. (AP)-Greg Oden announced his delayed arrival to the NBA with a dunk two minutes into the preseason. Oden debuted to a standing ovation, as did the rest of the young Portland […]
Three words
Run the football. Really, there isn’t much need to for a column here – those three words sum it up, real nice. I can overlook a disastrous day by Justin Kahut, who is now 3-7 on FG attempts on the […]
The [Five] College Football Top 20: 10 / 6 / 2008
Rank (LW) Team Name 1. (1) Oklahoma (5-0) 2. (2) Missouri (5-0) 3. (3) Alabama (6-0) 4. (4) Texas (5-0) 5. (5) LSU (4-0) 6. (6) BYU (4-0) 7. (9) Penn St.(6-0) 8. (8) Texas Tech (5-0) 9. (7) Georgia […]
Cubs pick up Lou Pinella option through 2010
The AP is reporting: Manager Lou Piniella plans to stick with the Chicago Cubs for a while. The Cubs picked up their $4 million option on Piniella’s contract for 2010 on Tuesday, a day before the NL Central champions open […]