The “pre-preseason” rankings that pundits have been churning out earlier and earlier each year give some indication as to which teams will be the trendy picks through spring and summer. That goes for national-title favorites as well as the “sleeper” teams supposedly poised to present the big boys with their biggest challenges
Making the morning rounds. •
By now, most fans of the University of Florida baseball team are well-aware the Gators were the darling of the national media heading into the 2010 season. An incredibly deep stable of talented young pitchers would be cited by many preseason publications as the primary reason for including Florida among the top-ten college baseball programs in the country heading into the season.
First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn’t little league
So it sounds like Joe Nathan, one of the elite closers in baseball, is heading toward the inevitable Tommy John surgery after suffering a “significant tear” in his throwing elbow. It’s never good when you lose a guy who has had no less than 36 saves and no worse than a 2.70 ERA since taking over as Minnesota’s full-time closer in 2004.
Wherever you come down in the Keith Olbermann-Bill Simmons blood feud, you can surely agree that the former just drew a helluva line in the sand by calling Simmons “the most uncontrollable, unmanageable talent in the history of ESPN.” If you’re scoring at home, this is Olbermann’s response to Simmons’s response to Olbermann’s response to Simmons’s ahistorical foolishness concerning Tiger Woods’s comeback and Muhammad Ali’s. On Friday, Simmons tweeted: “KO, please know the feeling is mutual
Just a couple of months removed from the most crowded postseason (34 bowl games) in college-football history, we’re on the verge of packing in even more. Three new games are
In an article in the Bergin Record, columnist Bob Klapisch asked former Yankee Darryl Strawberry who he thought would win in a series, the ‘86 Mets or the ‘09 Yankees. Here is a small part of the article: 1986 Mets vs.
Florida State couldn’t be having a better week.
Proud programs on hard times.
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