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Do Long-Term Contracts In The NHL Make Any Sense?

Do Long-Term Contracts In The NHL Make Any Sense?

Jun. 29 | By Chris Boersma This article assumes that: For players that the team has filed an LTI exception, the team is allowed to exceed the cap by up to the amount of the injured player’s salary with as many replacement players as needed, provided that...

Stats Corner: Looking At Garret Anderson

Stats Corner: Looking At Garret Anderson

Jun. 27 | I caught the last inning of the Braves/Red Sox game today. De Sawx won 1-zippo. But I don’t care about that so much. What interested me is a comment made by Thom Brennanananman about Garret Anderson. Something to the effect of “he’s...

Has Tevez made a mistake?

Has Tevez made a mistake?

Jun. 25 | By Tom Malley After months of claim, counter claim, conjecture and rumour it is now confirmed that Carlos Tevez is to leave Manchester United. That may not come as a surprise to some, but what I think did raise a few eyebrows was that it was Tevez who...

Stats Corner: Top Performing NHL Goalies

Stats Corner: Top Performing NHL Goalies

Jun. 24 | By Chris Boersma; Hockey Numbers. I have been compiling goaltending data since 2003-2004 and felt now was a good time to join it all together in one large database so I can produce statistics that you see below. The tables below include data from playoffs...

101 Baseball-Related Things To Do With Your Kids Before You Die.

101 Baseball-Related Things To Do With Your Kids Before You Die.

Jun. 23 | By Rebecca Glass 101: Slide the slide at Miller Park. 100: Sit in one of the kayaks in McCovey Cove, waiting for a home run ball. 99: Wait out a multi-hour rain delay, till there are so few in the park that your voice can get picked up by the TV broadcast. 98:...

Best 21 College Running Backs In The Nation In 2009

Best 21 College Running Backs In The Nation In 2009

Jun. 18 | By Drew Smith Fantasy College Blitz A good fantasy pick 1) Andre Anderson – Tulane: Anderson was off to a fantastic start last year before busting up his shoulder in the 7th game of the season against Rice. He had 854 and 7 scores through the first...

General Motors Should Aim To Be Like The Red Wings

General Motors Should Aim To Be Like The Red Wings

Jun. 17 | America's real team? Has anyone noticed those GM commercials? Yeah, the one about resurrection or something. Oh, reinvention you say? Well, good for them I suppose. It would have been nice if it was 100% private but hey…it’s a sports blog. Anyway,...

Birth Of Something More In L.A.?

Birth Of Something More In L.A.?

Jun. 16 | By Alex NBA Tipoff The Lakers won their 15th NBA Title in franchise history, and it’s number four for Kobe Bryant and his first without the Diesel. But you see that picture up there? He is holding four fingers up, isn’t he? Well, now he is...

Searching For Body-Building Secrets Exercise In Futility

Searching For Body-Building Secrets Exercise In Futility

Jun. 15 | By Sal Marinello Health and Fitness Advice Despite reams of evidence to the contrary too many personal trainers and consumers still think bodybuilding is a valid method of training. There are no such things as “bodybuilding secrets.” Actually the...

Will Real’s Spending Splurge Lead To Victory?

Will Real’s Spending Splurge Lead To Victory?

Jun. 15 | By John ST There is a price for everything. Sir Alex Ferguson declared indignantly in December that he wouldn’t sell the Real Madrid mob a virus, not to mention his crowning jewel, Cristiano Ronaldo, but when an astronomical £80 million check is waved...