Sports Look: NBA top 20 Free Agents for the week of August
4th
The list of available free agents is starting to turn into
a ‘fill your roster’ type situation. Besides Josh Smith, Andre Iguodala and Ben
Gordon, each of the players in the top twenty are role players that will be
coming off the bench. Most of them can help a team though and could step in and
get starters minutes in case of injury. Look for more and more of these players
to start taking larger contracts overseas instead of the veteran minimum...
more
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sports world. There are many types of betting involved, which makes watching
sports turn into a
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United Kingdom, this has been a traditional cultural past time making the
world’s most popular sport, football / soccer the game of choice to bet on.
Research the games, and check out the stats before you play, here on
SportzNutz.com.
By: Dwan Samuel
Aaron Rodgers was “The Guy” just a few weeks ago, but why? Maybe it was
because he boasts a record that Brett Favre cannot hold a candle to. No,
that does not seem to be the case. Well, maybe it is because Rodgers has 16
seasons with the Packers of guts and glory left on the fields of every NFL
team. Oops, that is not it either. So, what made Aaron Rodgers “The Guy”
all of a sudden, while Brett Favre was forced to continue practicing with a
high school team in Mississippi as if he were an accountant all of his life
and was suddenly begging the Packers for a walk on spot as the starting
QB?...
more
Internet
and Sports Gambling
Sports gambling has become increasingly popular over the past
few years. With the soaring popularity of online gambling as well as online
betting, sports betting has never been easier, or more straightforward. All you
need is the internet. The internet allows gambling on many different levels from
playing games like roulette and blackjack, to betting on your favorite sport.
With so many places to bet and gamble on the internet you are sure to find
something to suit you individual needs.
The 19th Hole: This Is the
World’s Best?
Last year, Firestone yielded just one
player to finish under par at the WGC
Bridgestone Invitational. That was
Tiger Woods and he won by a dominating
eight shots over the field and, in the
process, silenced Rory Sabbatini for
good. The conditions were ridiculous
and player complained....
more
Full
Court Press Ray Allen had a season long homecoming, the former University of
Connecticut star returned to the New England area in a June draft night
trade. Allen's mother and stepfather meanwhile have been battling for
over 5 years to bring justice to the man who attempted to murder his
stepfather. This is their story...
Watch
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Quick Hits
Upon
Further Review
By: Matt Yoder
Welcome to the latest
edition of “Upon Further Review” and can we officially say it’s
over now? The Brett Favre Saga... it’s done right? Green Bay is
happy, the Jets are happy and Favre is left wondering why the
heck he decided to come back and play now (see, I told you he
should’ve just stayed retired). Can we all just stop talking
about it and him now?...
more
MLB
Insider
By: Althea Pashman
MLB Insider: Chicago – Cuban Style…
Dogs Days of Summer… Rays’ Rock The House Mark Cuban is still alive, well and remains among the potential buyers
for the Chicago Cubs. Cuban survived the first cut of the original list of
10 prospective buyers to make the final five.
TheChicago Sun Times
reported that the Tribune Company which owns the franchise
acknowledged that the six remaining potential buyers all have submitted bids
of $1-billion or more. However, according to the Sun-Times Cuban is
not the favorite son of the MLB owners because of his outspoken ways. Case
in point, Cuban has been fined in excess of $1-million dollars for his
frequent criticism of NBA officials since buying the Mavericks in 2000
NHL Insider: 2007-2008
NHL Award Finalists Each year the Professional Hockey Writers’ Association plays
homage to the many players that have excelled during the course
of the season under the lights with a spectacular awards show in
Toronto, Canada.
On June 12th, Martin
Brodeur, Sidney Crosby, Henrik Lundqvist and a handful of others are once
again award finalists. The three mentioned are no strangers to receiving
awards. Last year, Brodeur and Crosby were finalists for the Hart Trophy,
which Crosby won and Brodeur and Lundqvist were finalists for the Vezina
Trophy, which Brodeur went on to win.....
more
Speaking
of Sports
By: Ted Fleming
Speaking of Sports: TRS: The Real
Story Behind the Garza-Navarro Meeting The Tampa Bay Sports Net has in its possession the
conversations between Rays’ pitcher Matt Garza and catcher Dioner Navarro on
the mound, when Garza got a close-up look at what Navarro wears on his face,
in the dugout when they met again and in the runway leading to the visitor’s
clubhouse.
Without anyone’s knowledge, a
miniature microphone was cleverly embedded in the catcher's mask padding and
every word was heard across the Gulf of Mexico (when you are in an area
loaded with 1,000-5,000 watt radio stations, you know you can hear them
further out in the water to the west than you do over land to the east).
So without further adieu, TBSN brings
you the complete blow-by-blow from start to finish.
Thinking
Out Loud By: Ted Fleming, Tampa Bay Sports Net
Thinking Out Loud: Going To Hell In
a Handbasket Almost a month ago I penned a piece about the entertainment at Tropicana
Field – (Rays Missing a Beat on In-house Fun) - and how the departure of
John Franzone, a.k.a John the Maestro, has left a huge void inside the
stadium.
Having been inside the House of the Tilted Roof this entire homestand, there
has been something else that has been gnawing at me but I just couldn't put
my finger on it until Sunday's homestand finale with the White Sox....
more
Thinking
Out Loud: The Wacky World of the Steinbrenner’s
By: Ted Fleming, Tampa Bay Sports Net
Answer me this? How am I to explain
Hank Steinbrenner to my grandchildren?
It's bad enough that I raised a son
who became a Yankee fan - it was a Mets' household until I moved to Florida
to join BaysBall Nation, and the so-called smart one of the twins went to
the dark side (of New York blue) - but what's up with the new mouth of the
north?
It appears for all all intents and
purposes the little Hankie has all of his father's mouth but not the sense
of his brother Hal, the Quiet Man, a dozen years his junior.
Not one month into the season the
team's co-chairman effectively called his new manager an idiot....
more
The
Armchair Quarterback
By: Hezron Joseph
The Armchair QB: A Way To Adjust The BCS Playoff
I took careful note of some of the positive things about the selection
process. They have a committee that selects the teams based on a set of
criteria. They have a “true playoff” in the form of the tournament and the
team that can win six games is crowned the champion. Could this format work
in college football. I believe it can and in the following article, I will
explain how this can be done.....
more
A
Fan Speaks Out By: Darrell Horwitz
“The Heckler” on a Fan Speaks Out: Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray Interview And the man in the
middle is Ben Wallace and Aaron Gray. So far Wallace is not playing like the
guy who cost the team $60 million to pry him away from Detroit. Gray, while
looking like a possible option in the pre-season, has does nothing but
gather splinters since the season started. In this interview, Wallace
comments on the teams’ chances to make the finals and what he did to improve
in the off-season. Gray explains the difference in the pro game compared to
college and if he regrets staying an extra year in college....
more
A
Fan Speaks Out By: Darrell Horwitz
"The Heckler" on a Fan Speaks
Out:
Jim Hendry Interview - 2007 With the Cubs on the
brink of the playoffs, Jim Hendry wears the hero crown again. But the last
two years, with the team a big disappointment, he wore the goat horns,
asking why he didn’t do more to improve the club. In this interview, he
addresses the issue if his hands were tied by Andy MacPhail, just what
Alfonso Soriano was promised when the Cubs signed him, his thoughts on Lou
Piniella, and what player surprised him this year....
more
This is my response to Jesse Jackson writing into the Chicago
Tribune and saying that Barry Bonds’ achievements should not be
minimized
In last weeks Other Views column, the Rev. Jesse Jackson
conveniently failed to examine all of the facts before
asking the readers to pay homage to the feat Barry Bonds is
about to accomplish. He constantly referred to the pre-1947
era, but Bonds is about to pass Hank Aaron’s record, not
Babe Ruth...more
NFL Power
Rankings: Final 2007 Regular Season Rankings
Really right now, it's New England's world and we’re just
living in it. Someone may knock them off, but until they do, we all bow down
to the kings of the NFL. They either stomp you, or you can play a perfect
game against them as the Giants did and they come from behind if necessary.
Either way, they win...more
Three years ago, the
Houston Rockets teamed up
superstars Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, with nary a single series win to show for
it so far. Apparently brass has decided that they need a third superstar to make
the next step to join the elite teams, enter Ron Artest.
Houston has reached a deal with the Kings for the moody forward, sending Donte
Greene, Bobby Jackson and a first-round draft choice to Sacramento. The trade
can't be official until August 14th due to a league rule the prevents players
from being traded within 30 days of signing a contract (which Greene did
mid-July), but Houston fans are already abuzz at Artest's impending arrival...more
The Favre saga continues, Reports for all 32 teams as camps open, and
all is right with the world again
NFL training camps have opened
across the country. These are the days in which optimism runs wild. Fans
anxiously await reports from local beat writers telling them how the current
crop of rookies, free agent acquisitions and returning veterans look in their
respective training camps and we will run down some of the latest here....more
Off-season Player Movement and the NHL and the Kontinental League Brouhaha
Continues
The off-season is moving along with players changing teams and
this year, the NFL even gets a controversy. Last Friday the IIHF jumped into the
player-transfer dispute between the NHL and the Kontinental League by suspending
six players from international competition until their contract controversies
are resolved...more
Richie Sexson of the woeful Seattle Mariners is simply the latest example of the
silliness of Major League Baseball's love affair with high-priced superstars
whose production is pathetic.
Pity the Seattle Mariners, whose 37-58 record through Sunday (7-13-08) in the
American League West Division was tied for the second worst in the majors, a
whopping 20 games BEHIND the league-leading Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim, who
are 57-38...more
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Is
Tiger Woods Cheating? By: Rafael
Moret
Recently Tiger has been roaring, dominating the PGA as if he was invincible.
First it was the British Open, then the Buick Open followed by the PGA
Championship , The Bridgestone Invitational and finally the Deutsche Bank
Championship . What's going on here? Where is every one else? It's not as if
Tiger is first and the same other guy is second every week. It's always someone
new. So what is it?...more
NBA Age Limit - A Blessing in
Disguise
The 2007 NBA draft class was the most hyped and highly covered
of any draft class in the last five years and maybe even this
decade - and 9 of the 10 first picks were still teenagers.
Something very profound has occurred in the NBA in the past two
years due in large part to the new rule that disallows any high
school student from entering the NBA draft until they are 19
years old...more
The
Savant
It's time to make it legal Steroids,
Doping, Gambling, Dog Fighting,
and everything else. American
sports fans have lived through a
few months of hell and some of
it needs to be fixed. How to do
that? Legalize it.
A few weeks ago we talked about the case against Michael Vick.
Since then, sports in general have suffered through some of the
worst scandals in the shortest time. Point shaving, dog
fighting, blood doping, its an epidemic at this point and its
time someone does something.
The Jets have pulled off one of the most stunning trades in their history, acquiring Brett Favre from the Packers late Wednesday night. The Jets outbid the Bucs for the 38-year-old Favre, whose arrival means the departure of 32-year-old Chad Pennington.
The Associated Press 73 comments A group of American cyclists has apologized to Beijing Olympic organizers after arriving in China's capital wearing face masks.
Nick Swisher hit a three-run homer with two outs in the bottom of the 14th inning Tuesday night as the Chicago White Sox rallied for four runs off Joel Zumaya and beat the Detroit Tigers 10-8. Detroit had taken ...
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