In case you’ve been sleeping under a rock or suspended your subscription to ESPN for the last three and a half months, everything you’ve missed in Yankeeland for the first half of the 2011 season, along with a look at what’s to come, can be found right here.
Derek Jeter Celebrates [...]
Read More →On July 8th, 2010, the City of Cleveland died. The “King” abandoned his reign atop the throne of the desolate city for the warm breeze of Miami, spewing promises of hordes of titles. In the blink of an eye, seven years of loyal devotion were forgotten. Riots erupted in the streets. Dreams were [...]
Read More →Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are widely regarded as the two best soccer players in the world, no matter which order you choose to put them in. After the top two, there is a big drop off in talent to the next best player. However, there is no clear cut third best player [...]
Read More →Former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach, Mike Brown , will be taking over for Phil Jackson as the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers. According to Yahoo! Sports, Brown will receive a four-year, $18 million contract. This move is a bit of a surprise, given that longtime Jackson assistant coach and Kobe [...]
Read More →It’s no coincidence that there has never been a player to get 3,000 hits entirely in a Yankees uniform. In past generations, players were shipped out of town by the time they turned into side-show acts, making room on the bench for newer, younger talent. It was always other teams that let aging [...]
Read More →The Cleveland Cavaliers won the draft lottery last night, giving them the number one overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. This pick was acquired in a trade with the Clippers (did the Clips really need to get rid of Baron Davis so quickly that they couldn’t have made the pick top-3 protected?). [...]
Read More →The Knicks will play the Celtics tomorrow night in Boston, but that’s not when the real fun starts. The 3rd seeded, Boston Celtics (55-26) will face the 6th seeded, New York Knicks (42-39) in the first round of the NBA playoffs on Sunday. This is a series that reunites old-time rivals who haven’t [...]
Read More →The Cleveland Indians are in first place in the American League Central. They have been scorching-hot through the first nine games of the season, winning seven straight games, and sweeping the World Series favorite, Boston Red Sox in the process. That’s right, the CLEVELAND INDIANS. The same team that was predicted [...]
Read More →The Yankees launched four home runs out of Fenway Park Saturday, giving them 18 homers in their first eight games of the season. New York’s early power eruption puts the Yankees on pace to crush the 1997 Seattle Mariners’ team record of 264 dingers in a season by more than 100. This pace [...]
Read More →The Knicks are currently in the midst of a six game losing streak, putting them at 35-38 for the year. There is only one reason that a team of their talent level has been consistently losing to sub-par opponents: defense, or lack thereof. The blame for this flaw falls squarely on the shoulders [...]
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