It was great to see soccer relevant in the American sports landscape. To be able to turn on Sportscenter and have the anchors leading the show with soccer. The U.S. Men’s National soccer team enjoyed their five minutes of fame in beating world #1 Spain (ending their 35 game unbeaten streak) and leading Brazil 2-0 [...]
Filed under: Soccer | Tagged: Clint Dempsey, Landon Donovan, U.S. Men's soccer | 6 Comments »
Currently I am working hard to become the most famous and noted box office employee that has ever worked for the Orioles. I am trying to come up with a shtick that will earn me some notoriety. What I have found is that no matter how many magic tricks I pull where the ticket isn’t [...]
Filed under: Baseball, Orioles | Tagged: Fancy Clancy, Robo Vendor, The Lemonade Shaking Guy | 5 Comments »
I was reluctant to write about the U.S. National team following their two World Cup Qualifying games. I didn’t want to pile on with all the critics who were out for blood following two lackluster performances. Fast forward to the Confederations Cup currently taking place in South Africa, the home of 2010 World Cup. The [...]
Filed under: Soccer | Tagged: Bob Bradley, Giuseppe Rossi, Jose Torres, Landon Donovan, U.S. National Soccer, World Cup Soccer | 7 Comments »
One of the major focal points surrounding the Ravens’ offseason is their situation at wide receiver. An overwhelming amount of fans believe that the one thing between the Ravens and a Super Bowl run is a true deep threat. To this point all eyes have been intently focused on the situation brewing in Glendale Arizona [...]
Filed under: Football, NFL, Ravens | Tagged: Anquan Boldin, Brandon Marshall, NFL, Ravens | 12 Comments »
We all know the score Ravens fans; we haven’t had a high-octane aerial attack since Vinny Intercept-a-verde was throwing go routes to Derrick Alexander and Michael Jackson. Whether by divine intervention or just dumb luck we have the first franchise QB in Baltimore since Bert Jones. Now that we have our signal caller of the [...]
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The Yankees are coming together brilliantly in 2009. They are playing great defense, have better team chemistry, and are firing on all cylinders. Teixeira is leading the league in HR, Arod is back, and they are getting good SP on a consistent basis. Boston’s playing right along with the Yankees despite Ortiz being a bum, [...]
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One day I hear that Vasquez is going to turn pro because his father is sick and his family needs money. The next day I hear that he is struggling in the NBA camps, and that he could benefit from another year of work. It is a real crapshoot right now and his return/exit from [...]
Filed under: Basketball, Terps | Tagged: Stephenson, Terps, Vasquez | 1 Comment »
I was flipping through my typical gauntlet of channels on television Wednesday night when I stopped on an old staple of mine, ESPNEWS. Lo and behold up on the screen with “Breaking News” scrolling across the bottom was a site which has become all too familiar to NFL followers over the better part of the [...]
Filed under: NFL | Tagged: eagles, westbrook | 6 Comments »
The Stanley Cup Finals is living up to its billing so far and is helping to bring the NHL back into the mainstream sports landscape. After taking a 2-0 lead at home, the Detroit Red Wings proceeded to drop both road games in Pittsburgh to the resilient Pens. This has been a very evenly matched [...]
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