It was going to happen any day now, and it finally has. Albert Pujols joined the 500 home run club today after hitting a two-run bomb into the left-center seats against Taylor Jordan of the Washington Nationals. It was his second home run of the night. Pujols, who wears number five and slugged his 500th […]
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Let’s Play The Texans GM Game: Manziel, Clowney or Mack?
The NFL Draft is just over two weeks away and no one really knows who the Houston Texans are going to take number one overall. One week it’s Johnny Manziel, then another you hear something about Jadeveon Clowney and today I heard that the Texans GM may like Khalil Mack more than either of them. So […]
Clippers Lose Opener, Blake Griffin Dumps Water On A Fan
Today was a rough one. With the usual weekend chores, hockey playoffs, some baseball games and the NBA Playoffs, I was surely not going to get to all of those items today. So the dishes are going to have to wait until tomorrow. I was lucky enough to catch most of the Los Angeles Clippers […]
Tracy McGrady Makes Pitching Debut With Sugar Land Skeeters
Tracy McGrady used to be one of the best players in the NBA, but now he has to start all over again at the bottom. McGrady, 34 and a seven-time NBA All-Star, made his pitching debut for the Sugar Land Skeeters in a spring training game today against Alvin Community College. The 6-foot-8 McGrady didn’t […]
Jeff Francoeur Has Epic Prank Pulled On Him By Teammates
Look at that smile. Is that the smile of an idiot? Maybe, maybe not. But it just might be the smile of one of the most gullible players that has been exposed in quite some time. Jeff Francoeur is a nine year MLB veteran, who was trying to make it into his 10th year in […]
Johnny Manziel Is Now “Johnny Wonderlic”? Get Outta Here
Athletic. Dynamic. Playmaker. Cocky. Those are just a few of the many words that describe the former Heisman Trophy winner, Johnny Manziel. Sure, to play quarterback, you have to have a certain amount of intelligence, but “top Wonderlic scorer” was a phrase that I never would have thought to be associated with Manziel. According to […]
Brandon Spikes Is Predicting Wins On Twitter. Oh, Boy
Brandon Spikes hasn’t been an ex-Patriot very long and he’s already stirring up some controversy. It wasn’t too long ago that Spikes took to Twitter to voice his opinion on the whole Ray Rice scenario, but the new Buffalo Bills linebacker is now predicting to hand his former team two losses this upcoming season. Do […]
What’s With These NBA “Nickname” Jerseys?
I found myself a bit confused when I was watching the Miami Heat/Brooklyn Nets game tonight. I was confused because either I had a really bad case of food poisoning tonight and the names on the players’ jerseys were changing on their own, or the NBA had changed the names of the players for some […]
UConn Beats Kentucky For The National Championship
For the second time in four years, the University of Connecticut Huskies men’s basketball team are national champions. In a game full of excitement and dramatic shots, the Huskies were able to hold off the Kentucky Wildcats 60-54 to capture their school’s fourth men’s national championship. All four have come aft This game did not […]
Derek Jeter Moves Into 8th Place On All-Time Hit List
The Derek Jeter farewell tour has picked up its first milestone the season. Jeter drove a single into right field today to move ahead of Paul Molitor on the all-time hit list with his 3,320th hit. Next up: Carl Yastrzemski, who has 3,419 hits. That number is definitely within reach this season if Jeter is […]