January 2011
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Heeee's Baaaackk Part 2
I’ve already said my goodbyes to Hideki Okajima. Thank god I punctuated it with a question mark.
Because in the New Year, everything new is old again.
Hideki Okajima has agreed to return to Boston, reports Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com
After being a key piece to Boston’s bullpen, surprising many who thought he was brought in to be Dice-K’s buddy,* Okajima...
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Free agent Lee agrees to one-year deal with the...
Derek Lee has agreed to a one-year deal with the new look Baltimore Orioles.
This deal has been brewing in rumor mills for a few weeks now, as the Orioles were obviously in need of a starting first baseman with some power, an abundant resource in the free agent market.
While Lee isn’t the hitter he once was, recording a 10-year low 19 home runs and a .260 batting average,...
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Sportsmen (and woman) of the Year
6) R.A. DIckey, New York Mets
It’s one thing to resort to the knuckleball to revive a non-career waiting to happen. Nobody but the Niekros and Tim Wakefield has done it better in a long time. Too much of a hassle to catch, too subservient to weather conditions, too unstable.
And yet people have tried, and mostly failed, including former outfielder and Joe Niekro’s son Lance,...
December 2010
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WWRSD (What Would Rafael Soriano Do?)
Despite a stellar All Star season where he was statistically the best closer in baseball, and having the distinction as the second best free agent in a spendthrift off-season, former Tampa Bay Rays closer Rafael Soriano is no closer to getting picked up.
The 31-year-old saved 45 games, allowing just 12 earned runs in 62.1 innings, for a 1.73 ERA and a ridiculous 0.802 WHIP. Usually, that...
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WWRSD (What Would Rafael Soriano Do?)
Despite a stellar All Star season where he was statistically the best closer in baseball, and having the distinction as the second best free agent in a spendthrift off-season, former Tampa Bay Rays closer Rafael Soriano is no closer to getting picked up.
The 31-year-old saved 45 games, allowing just 12 earned runs in 62.1 innings, for a 1.73 ERA and a ridiculous 0.802 WHIP. Usually, that...
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80's Relic Retires at 52
Remember Ron Anderson?
Probably not.
I remember him as the basketball card no one wanted, as in “I’ll trade you a Ron Anderson for a Utah Jazz Jeff Malone,” and the kid would still say no. And his NBA Hoops cards were common as rats in a New York KFC.
Open the pack, and out of the 15, you’d get two of him. Seriously.
I hadn’t seen the guy play, but...
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80's Relic Retires at 52
Remember Ron Anderson?
Probably not.
I remember him as the basketball card no one wanted, as in “I’ll trade you a Ron Anderson for a Utah Jazz Jeff Malone,” and the kid would still say no. And his NBA Hoops cards were common as rats in a New York KFC.
Open the pack, and out of the 15, you’d get two of him. Seriously.
I hadn’t seen the guy play, but...
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Milton Bradley Meltdown of the Year Award
This guy.
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Because all good things must come to an end ...
Eighth seeded Stanford upsets No1 UConn, 71-59.
Coincidence or not, Stanford was the last team to beat the Huskies, in The 2008 Final Four, 82-73.
It’s going to be a long, long time before any team, male or female, breaks the Huskies’ historic run, if at all.
Maya Moore and her teammates were as good as it gets, regardless of gender. The Huskies will go down as one of...
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Does this man belong in the Hall of Fame?
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Clash of the Titans
Dwight Howard: 24 points, 18 rebounds (9/9), 1 technical foul
Amare Stoudamire: 30 points, 4 rebounds (ha!), should have gotten 2 technical fouls
Carmelo Anthony can’t come home to the Garden soon enough. The Knicks have lost 5 of 7 after pulling off an eight game winning streak.
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White Men Can't Jump
At least J.J. Redick can’t.
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Six shocking, surprising moments of 2010
Pretty self-explanatory, so have a look-see.
6) Clippers tickets offer the most valuable seats in all of sports
If Clippers owner Donald Sterling was selling tickets seats like real estate, he’d be Donald Trump, and all because of a rookie forward who’s single-handedly erasing the stink of Clipperville.
Blake Griffin is the most exciting, most explosive, and most...
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There's hope, even in post-apocalyptic Sacramento
Sacramento Kings sophomore guard Tyreke Evans has had a terrible year. After winning the rookie of the year award last season, he’s lost his shot, his team sucks, Damarcus Cousins’ worst case scenario panned out, and he missed what could have been the game-tying free throw, failing to capitalize on the Clippers’ Ryan Gomes’ boneheaded foul.
Because face it. If...
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There's hope, even in post-apocalyptic Sacramento
Sacramento Kings sophomore guard Tyreke Evans has had a terrible year. After winning the rookie of the year award last season, he’s lost his shot, his team sucks, Damarcus Cousins’ worst case scenario panned out, and he missed what could have been the game-tying free throw, failing to capitalize on the Clippers’ Ryan Gomes’ boneheaded foul.
Because face it. If...
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Unsportsmen of the Year
For every great human being like Armando Galarraga, there’s always a Nyjer Morgan crapping on the field. And for every heroic Drew Brees bringing hope and jubilation to a city that’s seen its share of tragedy, is a corresponding subhuman swine of a villain like Brett Favre, who bring even more misery to an already gut punched sports city like Minnesota.
Sports is a microcosm...
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Unsportsmen of the Year
For every great human being like Armando Galarraga, there’s always a Nyjer Morgan crapping on the field. And for every heroic Drew Brees bringing hope and jubilation to a city that’s seen its share of tragedy, is a corresponding subhuman swine of a villain like Brett Favre, who bring even more misery to an already gut punched sports city like Minnesota.
Sports is a microcosm...
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Baseball Moment 1: The 28 Out Perfect Game
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga will never be as great as he was in June 2010.
He probably won’t reach even a third of a masterful performance against the Cleveland Indians. He retired 26 consecutive batters. He walked none. The only threat came in the ninth, when centerfielder Austin Jackson caught a ball over his shoulder, robbing Mark Grudzielanek and preserving the...
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Baseball Moment 1: The 28 Out Perfect Game
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga will never be as great as he was in June 2010.
He probably won’t reach even a third of a masterful performance against the Cleveland Indians. He retired 26 consecutive batters. He walked none. The only threat came in the ninth, when centerfielder Austin Jackson caught a ball over his shoulder, robbing Mark Grudzielanek and preserving the...
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“It is a muscle injury, not a knee. You always worry when a guy goes down without...”
– Doc Rivers, Boston Celtics Head Coach
So … can I breathe again? I think the phrase here is cautiously optimistic.
X-Rays taken found no fractures or breaks, and that more likely, it’s a muscle related injury around the calf area. MRIs will be conducted today.
No reason to force the...
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Just have to wonder ...
The Los Angeles Lakers are set to break a three game losing streak, all blowouts, by doing the same to the New Orleans Hornets.
Kobe needed someone else to drop 20 aside from him. So Lamar Odom did, scoring 24 points so far off the bench. Which is good for the Lakers, and maybe a tad bit bad for Odom.
Does this mean he’s going back to the bench, where he’s more effective...
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D-Fish showing us that old guys can play defense...
After being fed a pair of nuts for Christmas Dinner, Derek Fisher resolved never to be embarrassed again. His New Year’s resolution? Play better defense.
Presenting: Hack-A-Face.
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The Birdman looks like a cross between The Miz and...
In other news, the guy with the ball is Martell Webster. Yawn.
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Secret's Out, the Nuggets are collapsing on Love
Kevin Love, getting no love … blocked by another relative unknown. On the bright side, the NBA respects Love now.
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Isiah Thomas' crowning achievement is still in the...
I thought Renaldo Balkman would be scrounging up loose balls like change from an old man’s penny jar in the Chinese Basketball League by now.
Lo and behold, he’s still in the NBA. With the Nuggets. Blocking Kevin Love’s shot.
No reason to stay up for this one, although the score’s closer than you might think, especially with a Carmelo-less Nuggets, who...
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SONOFABITCH!
Scary moment for the Celtics in the first quarter. KG’s knees, the knees, those million dollar, glass made knees.
Update: From the Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn.
They’re saying KG tweaked his right leg following a dunk. He then intentionally fouled Tayshaun Prince to get out of the game.
He’s getting X-Rays and won’t be back for the game. Goddamnit, I...
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“My client and I are extremely disappointed, but not surprised, at today’s...”
– Joseph Conway, lawyer of Jenn Sterger, on the NFL’s decision not to suspend Vikings QB Brett Favre.
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Donkey's all decked out
Courtesy of Shaq, Nate Robinson got a nice Mink fur coat to keep his body warm and his offense hot.
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High(or low)lights from the always classy Oney...
hahah memo to bobby jenks get a clue u drink to much and u have had marital problems hugeee ones and the sox stood behind u
they did not air out ur dirty laundry, u came to srping not drinking and then u sucked and started srinking again be a man
if it wasnt for u and mainly u freddy garcia would have like 17 wins and the sox would have beat the twins
oh and yes i remember clearly u blowing a...
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Baseball Moment 2: From haggard Prostitutes to...
Forget for a moment, that the San Francisco Giants had the best pitching rotation going into a postseason it barely made.
The Giants, after all, still had to score runs, against the likes of H20 and Cliff Lee.
Forget for a moment, that the Giants had rookie of the year Buster Posey anchoring its lineup.
Greater teams with high priced sluggers didn’t get as far as the Giants...
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Palmeiro denies taking steroids
Rafael Palmeiro was coasting through an unspectacular but statistically plausible Hall of Fame career when he got in front of Congress and strongly denied that he’s ever used steroids, PERIOD.
It was a career defining moment for Mr.3,000/500. We may never remember any of his 569 home runs, much more any of his 3,000 plus hits, but we’ll forever remember his finger wagging...
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Something special's happening in Clipperville
Whenever the team chokes, like Ryan Gomes did fouling the Sacramento Kings’ Tyreke Evans on a three-point non-attempt, the enemy chokes back.
Shades of another rookie of the year, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, missing the game tying free throw a couple weeks back.
Overtime averted.
Clippers win, Clippers win.
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Something special's happening in Clipperville
Whenever the team chokes, like Ryan Gomes did fouling the Sacramento Kings’ Tyreke Evans on a three-point non-attempt, the enemy chokes back.
Shades of another rookie of the year, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls, missing the game tying free throw a couple weeks back.
Overtime averted.
Clippers win, Clippers win.
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American Kobe (or Kobe Kobe) vs. the Argentine...
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American Kobe (or Kobe Kobe) vs. the Argentine...
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Baseball Moment 3: Only Roy can top Roy
Roy Halladay has toiled in near anonymity with the Toronto Blue Jays. In his career, he’s always been second to someone else — behind Johan Santana, CC Sabathia, freakin’ Josh Beckett, yada yada blah blah.
Like the Winky Wright of baseball, he was left out of discussion because the best teams, those that make the playoffs, have always avoided him. Nevermind that...
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Baseball Moment 3: Only Roy can top Roy
Roy Halladay has toiled in near anonymity with the Toronto Blue Jays. In his career, he’s always been second to someone else — behind Johan Santana, CC Sabathia, freakin’ Josh Beckett, yada yada blah blah.
Like the Winky Wright of baseball, he was left out of discussion because the best teams, those that make the playoffs, have always avoided him. Nevermind that...
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Kobe can run his mouth, but so far, it isn't...
It’s easy to call the current Lakers slump a window into its quest for a three-peat: as it stands, those chances look slim.
Kobe Bryant willed 21 points, but was out of the game long before the final horn sounded. The San Antonio Spurs may be old, but its players aren’t dead. Led by Tony Parker’s 23 points, the Spurs cruised past the defending champs 97-82.
As San...
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Kobe can run his mouth, but so far, it isn't...
It’s easy to call the current Lakers slump a window into its quest for a three-peat: as it stands, those chances look slim.
Kobe Bryant willed 21 points, but was out of the game long before the final horn sounded. The San Antonio Spurs may be old, but its players aren’t dead. Led by Tony Parker’s 23 points, the Spurs cruised past the defending champs 97-82.
As San...
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