Archive for May, 2008
Friday, May 30th, 2008
I have been meaning to do this since the 2008 draft lottery, but just haven't gotten around to it. Now with less than a month to go I figured why not now. This is my mock draft, who I think will fit the best with each team, not who necessarily ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Lakers 100 Spurs 92 - Los Angeles didn't want to go back to San Antonio. Down 17 points early, Kobe Bryant (39 pts) led the comeback that would end the defending champions reign on top of the NBA. The Spurs came out hot, using a 15-1 run to push the ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Pitching in the shadow of Cleveland's Cliff Lee, Aaron Laffey has been gotten off to an incredible start in his first 6 games of 2008. Laffey has a 1.59 ERA (2nd best in the AL, behind Lee), and he's only given up 7 earned runs in 39.2 innings pitched. He ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
With the possibility of Daisuke Matsuzaka's injury landing him on the disabled list for a short while, he now has something to do in between rehabbing. Non-profit organization Good Sports is auctioning off a dinner with the star pitcher, his wife, and three of your friends (translator included). The dinner ...
Posted in Lifestyle, MLB | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
JuicedSportsBlog came up with the list of the Top 100 most valuable sports blogs on the interweb. Deadspin is far away the leader of the pack. Part of the Gawker Media network that includes Gizmodo, ValleyWag, and Defamer they have branded themselves with great writing and excellent product placement. Other ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
In honor of Mariah Carey throwing the ball less than fifteen feet in Japan, we decided to bring you the bottom 3 ceremonial first pitches. It's like she didn't even try. The catcher sure liked it though!
Posted in Humor, MLB | 2 Comments »
Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Julian Tavarez lost something athletes work their whole lives for. He lost his World Series ring. After being designated for assignment by the Red Sox, he was later released and then signed for the remainder of the year by the Milwaukee Brewers. While cleaning out his locker, he somehow forgot ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Dan Steinberg over at the DC Sports Bog got a chance to tag along on a round of golf with Caron Butler, Roger Mason Jr, Darrell Green, and Rock Cartwright at the famous Congressional Country Club. Someone needs to get Roger some fitted clubs. Although the pants are hot!
Video after ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Celtics 106 Pistons 102 - Boston had everything running smoothly. Ray Allen (29 pts) was hitting open jump shots, Rajon Rondo was breaking down the defense, and Kendrick Perkins (18 pts 16 reb) was a rebounding machine. But in the fourth quarter all that changed. Up 15 points, the Pistons ...
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Thursday, May 29th, 2008
Penguins 3 Red Wings 2 - The high scoring Penguins were held scoreless for the first two games of these Finals. Henrik Zetterberg, Pavel Datsyuk and Tomas Holmstrom were mostly responsible for bottling up Sidney Crosby. But that changed when the Pens got back to Mellon Bank Arena. Crosby scored ...
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