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In all likelihood, we will never know what went on behind the scenes during the Peyton Manning free agent sweepstakes. When Manning finally decides on a destination for 2012, we will have nothing but speculation as to what other teams were in the mix …
We knew Tampa Bay’s 4-12 season last year didn’t set well with the people in the front office, but we did not anticipate that the Bucs would go to such extreme measures in an attempt to right the ship. General manager Mark Dominik said …
The MLB season is a mere three weeks away, and the injuries are piling up for Terry Collins and the Mets. As if Collins wasn’t already facing enough challenges in his second season as Mets manager, he now has to deal with injuries to David …
Just when it looked like Jeremy Lin may provide the spark the Knicks needed to rescue their disappointing season, they have reverted back to their old ways. Mike D’Antoni’s squad has been a model of inconsistency this year. Earlier this …
Remember that Arizona mattress company that threw up the billboard that said “Peyton Manning, Please Sleep Here!” in an attempt to convince Manning to sign with the Cardinals? We thought that was pretty clever. Apparently Peyton’s …
On Saturday night, Chelsea forward Didier Drogba raised more than 250,000 Euros for his charity, The Didier Drogba Foundation. One man paid 15,000 Euros for a personal training session with Drogba, and after winning the auction he promptly took the …
Very few teams in the 2012 NCAA Tournament had a better shot at cutting down the nets in April than Syracuse. In the course of a single day, the Orange have become a long shot to advance even to the Sweet 16. Syracuse announced on Tuesday that …
The Buffalo Bills are perennial bottom-dwellers in the AFC East. For the past four seasons, they have finished dead last. The last time they won the division was in 1995, and they have finished second just three times since then. If nothing else, …
One of the biggest concerns surrounding Derek Jeter now that he is toward the tail end of his career is defense. If and when the time comes that he is no longer a viable shortstop, who’s going to tell the Yankee captain he has to switch …
By his own standards, Alex Ovechkin has not played well over the last two years. In his first five NHL seasons, Ovechkin scored 46 or more goals and had over 100 points four times. Last season, he scored only 32 goals and had 85 total points. He is …
Say what you will about soccer in America, but the 20,000 fans you see in the video above singing the National Anthem in unison aren’t going to listen. The Portland Timbers are only in their second season as a part of Major League Soccer, but …
Since becoming the biggest sports story of the year a little over a month ago, Jeremy Lin has done his best to suck up as little of the spotlight as possible. Of course, keeping out of the spotlight has been completely impossible. When your …
Some youth sports parents have a tendency to take the game a bit too seriously, but you didn’t need us to tell you that. On Friday night in Springfield, Mass., yet another angry parent lost his temper and attacked a coach. The alleged attacker, …
And just like that, the masses have turned against Jeremy Lin. Last month, Lin was a story everyone could feel good about. He was an Ivy League kid who injected life into a struggling Knicks team that came close to releasing him just a few days …
Since moving over from Montreal, the Washington Nationals have not had a winning season. They have come close a couple times and are improving as of late, but they still leave a lot to be desired. Nationals fans are waiting on Stephen Strasburg and …
There may be such a thing as being too old to compete in the Olympics, but you can never be too old to try. Andre Metzger, a 52-year-old wrestler from Michigan, is proving that as he tries to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Metzger was …
