I’m going to break from the regular format this afternoon and briefly wade into the shark-infested waters of statistical analysis. Yes, I know that only fervent members of PETA are more rabid than stat geeks but it’s a risk I’m willing to take.
First of all, let me unequivocally state that I don’t share the same views as Joe Morgan & [...]
Archive | July, 2009
Lies, Damn Lies & Statistics: Can John Hollinger Be Trusted?
Written by Pacman Jonesin' | Running from the Name...and its Ghosts | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Pacman Jonesin'
Morning Wake Up Call: Lamar Returns To The Lakers, NFL Twitter Police & King James
Written by Pacman Jonesin' | Running from the Name...and its Ghosts | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Pacman Jonesin'
Subway $5 Footlong Faux Tweet Of The Day
I’m very happy to be staying in Los Angeles. There is no way in the world I want to miss even one minute of the Ron Artest freak show.
Lamar Odom July 31st
**Hey there. I’m Jay Bilas. Since Jared wanted too much jack, Subway hired me to provide expert commentary [...]
Player Profile: Jose Calderon
Written by KC Roberts | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Raptors Rapture (Raptors)
With the offseason slowing down, for the Raptors at least, it’s time to change gears here at Raptors Rapture. If you noticed a complete lack of articles recently, well then you have a good eye. With the Raptors and Bryan Colangelo all but done making offseason moves, Marco Belleni was signed last night but I [...]
The All Ex-Cavs Team
Written by MK Snyder | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | King James Gospel (NBA)
Michael Vick Is Reportedly Close to Signing With An NFL Team
Written by kevinferguson | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | NFL, SideLion Report (Lions)
It’s a curious and complicated situation.
Pro Football players do bad things off the field all the time. ALL the time. *ALL* *THE* *TIME*
Donte Stallworth is currently in jail for killing a guy while drunk driving (I’m not even going to get into that here, I am however trying to put something informative and entertaining about [...]
Scotty Bowman’s one year running the ‘Hawks. Wait…
Written by Jeffrey Bartl | July 31, 2009 | Comments Off | Blackhawk Up (Blackhawks)
On July 31, 2008, the Chicago Blackhawks hired 9-time Stanley Cup-winning coach Scotty Bowman as their Senior Advisor of Hockey Operations. That’s a nice little title. Sounds important, but not too important. Yeah, I don’t buy it.
For one year to the day now, the elder Bowman’s influence has been felt throughout the ‘Hawks organization. The [...]
The Ocho’s new toy…
Written by natewilkinson | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | Stripe Hype (Bengals)
Chad Ochocinco has found a new toy and is using it like a kid on Christmas. Of course that’s assuming the toy is a pair of scissors and the kid is running around the house with them. Not satisfied enough by Twitter alone, Johnson has added streaming video to his Twitter page via Ustream. It’s only [...]
My Final Word on Washburn
Written by Griffin Cooper | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | SoDo Mojo (Mariners)
So, here we are. There are roughly 16 hours until the trade deadline, and Jarrod Washburn is, as far as we know, still a Mariner. Many of the teams that were being linked to him a few days ago, no longer make much sense.
The Brewers have fallen far enough back in the standings, that it’s [...]
Truck Driver Carmichael Shows Up in Step Up; Gold Medals at X-Games
Written by hopper | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | NASCAR
Here at Stock Car Spin, I typically only report on 4-wheel vehicles. In fact, I’ve never reported on any other type of vehicle besides those with 4 wheels. Until tonight, when a 2-wheel sport involved a NASCAR stand-out.
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series rookie Ricky Carmichael hails from motocross. So it was no surprise to see him [...]
Derek Holland two hits the Mariners
Written by Chad Lewis | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | SoDo Mojo (Mariners)
The big story in the Mariners news today came from a 22 year old left handed pitcher in Derek Holland.
He had the Mariners hitters off balance all night long. He did an amazing job of switching his pitches up and changing speeds. He carried a perfect game into the 5th where Jack Hannahan hit a [...]
Marks Signs… Training Camp Starts Tomorrow!!!!
Written by Nick Bishop | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | BuffaLowdown (Bills), FanSided, NFL, Titan Sized (Titans)
Alright, we’re about ready to get back into the full swing of things with training camp starting up tomorrow. This is always a fun time of year, but the anticipation for week one can get to you after a while. Thanks goodness we don’t have to wait too long for some “real” football, as the [...]
Bears Training Camp Opens amid Urlacher-Cutler Drama
Written by Boomer | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | Bear Goggles (Bears)
Some are calling it Camp Cutler, but the way things have started off, I think it might be better to call it Jays of Our Lives. The Brian Urlacher-Jay Cutler show, with special guest Bobby Wade moved to Bourbonnais on Thursday, as training camp opens on Friday.
Urlacher addressed the media and brushed off the latest [...]
Linktastic
Written by Fetch | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | Puckett's Pond (Twins)
I am amazingly not excited to go out of town tomorrow, if only because the trade deadline is tomorrow and I want to be able to refresh MLB Trade Rumors 1,000 times. But such is life. Time for the weekend edition of the stuff you should be reading:
If you want to read about tennis. Go [...]
Jose Tabata ”Absolutely Mastering AA”, Dumatrait Rehab Tomorrow at Altoona
Written by smitty | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | Rum Bunter (Pirates)
Jose Tabata is tearing up AA baseball. Just a few months ago, not many thought that would be possible. In Tabata’s last ten games, he is hitting .400 with 16 hits, 7 runs, 5 doubles, a triple and 4 RBI. It’s time for a promotion.
We wrote yesterday that the Pirates are in hell. Well, sure [...]
The New Blood (Again) – Brian Boucher – And Some News
Written by Paul Pickett | July 30, 2009 | Comments Off | Broad Street Buzz (Flyers)
As I sit to write this installment of The New Blood, I have come to realize a couple of things.
1. I’m not sure if Brian Boucher should be considered, “New Blood” since this will be his third tour of duty with the Flyers organization,
2. I honestly never knew that Brian was a 1st round draft [...]
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