An impressive fourth quarter comeback by the Miami Heat in the waning minutes of Game Five led them one step closer to all they were, perhaps prematurely, celebrating in the fall: an NBA title in their first year together. With […]
Category: Pro Sports
Seattle Mariners’ Michael Pineda looks good
Seattle Mariner’s pitching staff is looking like the Royal Family moved West. King Felix, Felix Hernandez, has a Fresh Prince – Michael Pineda. During the first two months of the season, the rookie hurler is dominating like Hernandez did when […]
Phillies knock off Reds in 19 innings
It took six hours, 11 minutes, and 19 innings for the Philadelphia Phillies to knock off the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Wednesday night (Thursday morning?) in a game that ended at 1:19am. The win went to Wilson Valdez, heroically moving […]
Twins honor Killebrew
The Twins Hall of Fame slugger is being remembered Thursday in Minnesota – today is Harmon Killebrew Day. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton made the declaration in remembrance of the player who hit 573 career home runs. He died, last week, […]
Honoring the Killer
In the past few days the Internet has been overwhelmed with pieces regarding the man, and the memories of Minnesota Twins hall of fame slugger Harmon Killebrew. Killebrew, who ended his fight against esophageal cancer and entered hospice care about […]
Dallas Mavericks advance to NBA Finals
The Dallas Mavericks are the 2010-2011 Western Conference Champions. Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks 100-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night. The Mavericks won the best-of-seven Western Conference Championship against the Thunder four-games-to-one. Dallas advances to the […]
Rapid Reaction: Mavs headed to the NBA Finals
The Dallas Mavericks are once again headed to the NBA Finals, defeating the Oklahoma City Thunder 100-96 in Dallas Wednesday night. It was a story not too dissimilar to Monday night’s. The Mavericks once again found themselves trailing most of […]
Coaches back players: End NFL lockout
The NFL Coaches Association isn’t interested in a work stoppage, either. They are backing the players’ fight against the owners. The NFLCA filed a brief with the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday. In the appeal, the coaches […]
New York Yankee Mariano Rivera pitches in 1,000th game
Mariano Rivera is the first pitcher in MLB history to appear in 1,000 games for one team. He trotted out of the bullpen against the Toronto Blue Jays in the ninth inning on Wednesday. He debuted with the Yankees May […]
Brian Rafalski retires
Brian Rafalski retired from the NHL Wednesday. The three-time Stanley Cup winner and two-time Olympic silver medalist decided to call it quits after a 11 NHL seasons. He was limited by injuries in 2010-2011 – scoring only four goals in […]