In overtime of the Louisville-Pittsburgh game, A few cheerleaders ran onto the floor after a Louisville basket – which put the Cardinals up 62-57 – and threw the basketball into the air. Officials called Louisville for a delay of game […]
Pre-Game. In-Game. Post-Game. Analysis. Opinion.
The 200th post – wow
On a night of countless awards (read: Oscars), I never thought The [Five] would reach a point where we would throw up 200 articles, posts, podcasts, vodcasts, updates, etc. in a single month. Boy, we’ve come a long way. I’d […]
30 Clubs in 30 Days: No. 21 Washington Nationals
The team I call the Ratty Nattys will certainly be less ratty in 2011. However, the hype that’s been generated in DC will come to fruition at some point, just not now. Big name acquisitions and young talent are the […]
Round The ‘Block: 2/27/11
Dear Readers, Pardon the phrase, but, holy crap. This past week has been a roller coaster of emotions. A lot of good, some bad. All-in-all a ton of fun. Props to Mike Lederer, Jurassic Paque, Terry Horstman, Matthew Harris, Casey […]
Chase Utley out with Patella Tendinitis
Philadelphia Phillies fans will have to continue to wait to see star second baseman Chase Utley take the field this spring. According to General Manager Ruben Amaro Jr, Utley had an MRI yesterday on his right knee and has patella […]
Runner collapses during race in Tampa
It was hot. A little too hot. For one 54-year-old racer in Tampa, Florida a 15km race was too much. Race-watchers performed CPR on the runner after he collapsed during the Gasparilla Distance Classic. It took the efforts of two […]
Rangers acquire Bryan McCabe
The Florida Panthers have traded veteran defenseman Bryan McCabe to the New York Rangers for Tim Kennedy and a 2011 third-round draft pick. McCabe has long been rumored to be a target of the Rangers and he gives New York […]
NFLPA plans to decertify
The labor negotiations between the NFL Players Association and the Owners is about to get a whole lot uglier. According to multiple sources, the NFL Players Association plans to decertify by Thursday in an effort to pre-empt an owners-generated lockout. […]
St. Louis Rams scout, Luke Driscoll, busted
An 11-year veteran for the St. Louis Rams vfront office was arrested Friday morning for a handful of crimes in Indianapolis. Luke Driscoll has been accused of public intoxication and public indecency after urinating on an Indianapolis building. The 33-year-old […]
30 Clubs in 30 Days: No. 22 New York Mets
The Mets aren’t in a very good situation and quite frankly I’m surprised it’s taken me this long to get to them. They have a new GM in Sandy Alderson, a new manager in Terry Collins, and they probably will […]