October 2009
Published on: 30th October, 2009
Miami's O'Neal Healthy and Ready For A Great Season |
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MIAMI (AP) — Jermaine O’Neal needed all of 17 seconds to look like his old self, instead of simply looking old.
He got the ball on the first possession of the Miami Heat season. Hard dribble. Spin toward the baseline. Shot.
Swish.
It was the first of many blows O’Neal landed in a 22-point, 12-rebound opening effort [...]
Published on: 30th October, 2009
Injuries to Key NFL Players Taking Their Toll On Teams |
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New York — Three key defensive players were lost for the season during Sunday’s NFL games: Jets nose tackle Kris Jenkins, Falcons cornerback Brian Williams, and Bengals end Antwan Odom.
Jenkins was placed on injured reserve Monday with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee against Buffalo, a huge loss for one of the [...]
Published on: 30th October, 2009
Lance Stephenson Progress Report |
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Freshman Lance Stephenson put on a show Saturday in his first public appearance as a member of the University of Cincinnati basketball team.
Playing in an intrasqad scrimmage before the football game, Stephenson scored 22 points in 25 minutes to lead the Red team to a 50-43 victory over the Black team.
He also made two nifty [...]
Published on: 28th October, 2009
Mandel's Musings: The Mannings, Agassi, Blake Griffin, Redskins |
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It seems the NFL’s Manning brothers are in their rightful places as we peruse this week’s NFL statistics. Peyton, completing 72% of his passes with mostly new Indianapolis Colts receivers, is number one among quarterbacks with a QB rating of 114.5. Younger brother Eli, playing with mostly returning receivers on the New York Giants, is [...]
Published on: 26th October, 2009
Mandel's Musings: Baseball Forgiveness For McGwire and "Pops" Steinbrenner |
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We are a very forgiving society, here in the U.S. of America, aren’t we? First, news comes across that Mark McGwire, the once-famous, now infamous baseball home run star who was unable to come clean with his use of performance-enhancing drugs to help him to those home run records has just been invited back into [...]
Published on: 26th October, 2009
Mandel's Musings: Yankees Celebrate Pennant But Keep Eye on Next Season |
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The Bronx – It’s exciting when your hometown team wins its way into the grand old game’s ultimate showcase, the World Series. It’s a long, hard season, this sport of a 162 game regular season plus three levels of post-season play to earn a championship. So, celebrate Yankee fans. As Jack Buck once exalted on [...]
Published on: 14th October, 2009
Knicks Entering The "Darko" AgesFri, 28 Sep 07 (nbMedia7) Photo by Nikki Boertman. Memphis Grizzlies Pau Gasol, Juan Carlos Navarro, and Darko Milicic get team pictures made during media day hosted by the Grizzlies at the FedExForum practice court Friday afternoon. |
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New York – We knew going into this 2009-10 season that the Knicks were sacrificing this season by trading away most of their long-term contracts to clear salary-cap space in preparation for the class of 2010 free-agent sweepstakes. We knew such NBA superstuds with expiring contracts like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Joe Johnson, [...]
Published on: 7th October, 2009
Braylon Edwards Traded to New York Jets |
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New York — The New York Jets reached an agreement with the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday to acquire troubled but talented wide receiver Braylon Edwards.
The Jets sent wide receiver Chansi Stuckey, linebacker Jason Trusnik and undisclosed draft choices to the Browns for the deep threat they had been lacking. Edwards will combine with Jerricho Cotchery [...]
Published on: 6th October, 2009
Locker Room Audio: Teixeira Excited to Be On The Big Stage In October |
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Published on: 5th October, 2009
Huh? After Disastrous Season, Mets Make Changes - To Coaching Staff |
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NEW YORK – The New York Mets have shuffled their coaching staff after the team slumped to a fourth-place finish in the NL East this season. But, since none of their coaches were injured and didn’t contribute to the Mets’ disastrous season on the field, this seems like a ridiculous reason for another dreary end-of-season press [...]
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