Saturday March 24th Top Sports News

Below: What to Expect in the Coming Weeks
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NFL:

• Andrew Luck and Robert Griffin III both had excellent pro days and the topic being debated is which of the two will be this years #1 pick! Which one would you pick?
• A mystery team that could have been in on the Peyton Manning sweepstakes were the Philadelphia Eagles. I can't imagine what would have happened if they had actually signed him...
• Tim Tebow has been traded to the New York Jets and is looking to get Mark Sanchez's starting QB job.
• Mike Wallace is asking for Larry Fitzgerald money and no team has still signed him.The front runners are the Denver Broncos and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
• Warren Sapp has accused Jeremy Shockey of being the player who told the NFL front-office about the bounty program. The free-agent tight-end has been trying to prove that he is not the "snitch" and even tweeted a picture of his chat with Saints manager, Sean Payton.

• Jeff Saturday signed with the Green Bay Packers after the Denver Broncos showed a lot of interest in him as they wanted to reunite him with his former QB, Peyton Manning.
• The Denver Broncos signed one of Peyton's former teammates as Jacob Tamme agreed to a three year deal with the team.
• In a move that probably ends a circle, the New York Jets traded QB Drew Stanton to the Colts. Here is the Circle : Manning to the Broncos (this forces Tebow out), Tebow to the Jets (this forces Stanton out), Stanton to the Colts (the end).
• Marion Barber of the Chicago Bears retired after seven years in the NFL. Congratulations on a great career!
• In other Chicago Bears running-back news, they signed Michael Bush to a four year deal and shortly after Matt Forte went on a Twitter Rant:

Soccer:

• Chelsea and Tottenham had the chances to scores but never capitalized on their opportunities and the game ended 0-0. Some people may argue that Chelsea was not given two penalties but this game could have easily gone to Tottenham as Cech made some brilliant saves and Gary Cahill also had a very impressive stop on an Adebayor attempt to score.
• Arsenal moved even more ahead than Chelsea and Tottenham as they beat Aston Villa 3-0. The goals came from Gibbs, Walcott and Arteta.
• Wigan upset Liverpool as they beat them 1-2. Liverpool tied the game with a Luis Suarez goal but that wasn't enough as Caldwell of Wigan went on to score in the 63rd minute to give Wigan the win.

College Basketball: New Feature!

• Baylor is moving on to the next round as they beat Xavier 75-70. The Baylor Bears grabbed a big early lead which the Musketeers tried to catch up too but never made it. Acy had a double-double for Baylor with 20 points and 15 rebounds.
• The Kansas Jayhawks held-off North Carolina State's rally in the end of the game and secured a place in the Elite Eight as they beat the Wolfpack 57-60. Thomas Robinson recorded a double-double for Kansas with 18 points and 15 rebounds.
• The Kentucky Wildcats did not allow the Indiana Hoosiers to beat them again. This time they moved on easily to the Elite Eight by beating Indiana 90-102. Kentucky's top performer was Kidd Gilchrist with 24 points and 10 rebounds.
• In the final game of Friday, The Ohio Bobcats could not continue their run as they fell short to the North Carolina Tar-Heels. Ohio almost pulled off another upset as they took UNC to overtime but then fell to the Tar-Heels 65-73.

Predicting tonight's games:

• NBA
• Grizzlies over Clippers
• Atlanta over Washington
• Bobcats over Nets
• New York over Detroit
• Bulls over Raptors
• San Antonio over New Orleans
• Rockets over Mavericks
• Indiana over Milwaukee
• Warriors over Kings
• NHL
• Stars over Flames
• Buffalo over Minnesota
• Rangers over Maple Leafs
• Ottawa over Pittsburgh
• Flyers over Canadiens
• Tampa Bay over New York Islanders
• Red Wings over Hurricane
• Winnipeg over Nashville
• Kings over Bruins
• Colorado over Vancouver
• Sharks over Coyotes

Noteworthy thing of the day:

• Here is a SportsCenter Twitter fail when reporting the Tim Tebow trade news:

#FakeTwitterAccount'ed

Stat of the day: New Feature!

• Kevin Love set a Minnesota Timberwolves record Friday night as he dropped 51 points on the Oklahoma City Thunder. The player who previously held the record was Kevin Garnett with 47 points.

Thursday March 8th Top Sports News

Sports Journal Note: I want to apologize for not writing a post yesterday. Those who follow us on Twitter probably know that I have been having connection problems and it was really hard to post. Again, I am sorry and because it's a new month, it's time for new things too. So I might write a post tomorrow with what to look forward too this month in this site.
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NFL:

• .If you haven't heard already, legendary quarterback Peyton Manning was released by the Indianapolis Colts. I think that they made the wrong move,as @NotSportsCenter put it, " Indy becomes first in #NFL history to release their entire team all at once ". With this move, free-agency got a whole lot more interesting. So where does he end up? Give us your opinion and check the article on Peyton Manning here, this Friday night.
• Plaxico Burress is interested in a return to the Giants but the Eagles still look to be on the top of his list and he also said very good words concerning Tom Coughlin. Didn't he say that he didn't want to play for him after coming out of jail last season?
• Mario Manningham actually wants to stay with the Giants but they are not making progress on a new deal. This Giants team could be dangerous for years to come if GM Jerry Reese is able to keep the team together.
• Jerry Rice thinks that the San Francisco 49ers should sign Peyton Manning.
• Randy Moss will work out for two teams and he already worked out for the New Orleans Saints and he impressed. Moss to the Saints? Good Fit?
• Thomas DeCoud and the Atlanta Falcons agreed on a new deal.

NBA:

• Has Linsanity stopped? I think so as Jeremy Lin has established himself as a good player. Well on that night that Tyson Chandler got his ring from the Mavericks, Jeremy Lin scored 14 points and recorded 7 assists as the Knicks lost to the defending-champions 85-95.

MLB:

• In Spring Training a lot of pitchers have returned from injury or are making their debuts with new teams. I will list a few of them below:

1. Michael Pineda debuted for the Yankees as he looked pretty good but his velocity lowered according to some scouts. Of course, this is just Spring Training.
2. Johan Santana pitched two scoreless innings and said that he felt good. At last good news for New York Mets' fans.
3. Josh Johnson of the Miami Marlins almost recorded two scoreless as he had 1 and 2/3 scoreless innings in his first game back from injury.
4. Jamie Moyer made his debut with the Colorado Rockies and threw two scoreless innings allowing only one hit.
5. In one very anticipated debut, Yu Darvish threw two scoreless inning as he allowed three hits and 26 of his 36 pitches were strikes. Everyone's looking at Yu.

• According to John Heyman, the Baltimore Orioles might add Johnny Damon. It is very weird to see him without a team yet. Where do you think he'll land?
• To Yankees fans: Mariano Rivera will announce if he will continue playing or retire close to the All-Star Game. Please do not. But if he does, he will go down as the greatest closer ever.
• In 2013 Free-Agency news, Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies are talking and might reach a deal. Maybe he'll pull a Cliff Lee on them and join the Yankees.
• Former All-Star Carlos Guillen called it a career as he retired. He agreed to a minor-league deal with the Mariners in free-agency but failed to complete his comeback as he opted to retire.

Soccer:

• APOEL! APOEL! APOEL! In case you haven't understood yet, APOEL beat Lyon in shootout as they could not decide a winner in regular time and in overtime. Congratulations APOEL! #PROUD
• In the other Champions League game, Barcelona embarrassed Bayern Leverkusen as they beat them 7-1. No this is not a typo, they really did win 7-1. 
• In FA Cup action Stevenage could not pull of the upset as they lost to Tottenham 3-1.

Predicting tonight's games:

• NBA
• Bulls over Magic
• Phoenix over Dallas
• NHL
• Bruins over Sabres
• New York (Islanders) over New Jersey
• Flyers over Panthers
• Washington over Tampa Bay
• Kings over Blue Jackets
• Rangers over Senators
• Anaheim over St. Louis
• Predators over Avalanche
• San Jose over Dallas
• Coyotes over Wild
• Edmonton over Montreal
• Jets over Canucks
• ***Bad!!!***

Noteworthy thing of the day:

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Wednesday February 22nd Top Sports News

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NFL:

• Brady Quinn of the Denver Broncos first bashed Tim Tebow and then went to apologize. Why say anything against Tebow when you haven't done anything as great as him?
• Robert Griffin III will not throw at the Combine, he will only run as many people have questioned how his passing abilities will fare in the NFL.

NBA:

• The Spurs streak stopped as they were demolished by the Portland Blazers by 40 points! Kawhi Leonard had 24 points for San Antonio while LaMarcus Aldridge led the Blazers with 21 points.
• A lot of close games in the NBA tonight. First of the all the Detroit Pistons and Cleveland Cavaliers went at it in a game that saw Lebron's former team get away with a win behind Antawn Jamison's 32 points and 10 rebounds.
• The New Orleans could not get the win in the end as they were able to push the game to overtime but then lost to the Indiana Pacers 108-117. Ariza was very good once again scoring 21 point and Roy Hibbert exploded for 30 points.
• Joe Johnson will sit out two weeks as he injured his knee, because of this he will miss the All-Star game. So who's in? Jeremy Lin?
• In other injury news Shawne Williams of the New Jersey Nets will undergo foot surgery.
• The Los Angeles Lakers apparently had a players only meeting. The front office problems will be a big issue for the Lakers in the future as things seem to be going bad.

NHL:

• The Chicago Blackhawks cooled down the Detroit Red Wings as they won 2-1 to win their 4th straight. Chicago's goals were scored by Jimmy Hayes and Marcus Kruger.
• The New York Rangers lost for the first time in two years at CONSOL Energy Center as the Penguins beat them 2-0. Marc-Andre Fleury got the shutout and one goal was scored by Evgeni Malkin and the other one by Steve Sullivan.
• The red-hot Devils beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in overtime 4-3 with the winning-goal coming from Mark Fayne.
• Jeff Carter scored a hat-trick as the Colombus Blue Jackets rolled over the San Jose Sharks 6-3.
• The New York Islanders failed to make a comeback against the Buffalo Sabres as they lost 2-1. The Sabres' goals came from Myers and Vanek while the Islanders' only goal came from Nielsen.
• The Colorado Avalanche and the Tampa Bay Lightning made trade yesterday as the Bolts acquired Quincey and Downie headed to Colorado. Quincey will not play a game as a Bolt as they traded him to the Red Wings for a pick. The Tampa Bay Lightning now have a ton of picks. Here they are  according to Pierre Lebrun.

MLB:

• Eric Chavez has reached a one year deal worth $900 thousand reported John Heyman:

• De La Cruz (pitching prospect) of the Cleveland Indians was traded to the Texas Rangers for cash considerations.
• Tony LaRussa is spending time at the Detroit Tigers camp as Jim Leyland is a very good friend of his.
• Yu Darvish arrived at Rangers camp. Very risky signing by the defending American League Champions as they paid over $100 million for him. Will he be another Dice-K?
•  The Theo Epstein compensation has finally been solved and you wonder why the teams made all that fuss as the Boston Red Sox only Chris Carpenter who is a reliever.
• Here is a video of Tim Wakefield announcing his retirement from baseball. He gets really emotional and you could see how much he loved this sport.

Soccer:

• In the Champions League competition Real Madrid tied 1-1 with CSKA Moscow. Real was up on the scoreboard until the last minute of the game (Cristiano Ronaldo had scored in the 28th minute) as the dramatic finish of the game reached its climax when Wernbloom scored to tie this game up! In the other game of the competition we saw another comeback as Napoli beat Chelsea 3-1 as Mata scored first in the game to give Chelsea the lead but then Ezequiel Lavezzi and Edinson Cavani took over to give Napoli the win!
• In Italy Bologna beat Fiorentina 2-0 in the Serie A league as Diamanti and Ramirez both scored a goal. 

Predicting tonight's games:

• NBA
• Pistons over Raptors
• Sacramento over Washington
• Pacers over Bobcats
• New Orleans over Cleveland
• Celtics over Thunder
• Orlando over New Jersey
• Knicks over Hawks
• Chicago over Milwaukee
• 76ers over Rockets
• Minnesota over Utah
• Warriors over Suns
• Dallas over Los Angeles (Lakers)
• Clippers over Nuggets
• NHL
• Capitals over Senators
• St. Louis over Boston
• Kings over Avalanche

Noteworthy thing of the day:

Arsenal Striker Thierry Henry will install a huge aquarium in his house. It will cost him $4.5 Million to demolish his house in London first and then to install it another $400 thousand.  If I had that money I would never build that aquarium.

Thierry Henry's House via the Daily Mail

(THIS POST WILL BE UPDATED AS THE DAY GOES ON)

Monday February 20th Top Sports News

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NFL:

• The Buffalo Bills and Stevie Johnson are "far apart" on contract talks an anonymous source told the Associated Press.
• The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Earnest Byner to coach the team's RB's reports PewterReport.com

NBA:

• Linsanity continues! The New York Knicks beat the defending champions Dallas Mavericks 104-97 as it was the Linovak show at Madison Square Garden as Steve Novak scored 5 out 6 three pointers and Lin added 28 points! Baron Davis did not make his debut as a Knick but J.R. Smith did and he scored 15 points and look pretty solid in his debut. When Carmelo returns this Knick team could be very very dangerous but only if Melo plays less iso.
• The Miami Heat beat their Florida neighbors 78-90 as Dwayne Wade had 27 and Lebron added 25.
• The Minnesota Timberwolves were able to win a very close game against the 76ers as Kevin Love scored the game winning free-throws after Philly fouled him with 0.01 seconds left in the game.
• Kevin Durant scored career high 51 points Sunday night to beat the Denver Nuggets 118-124. Do you think that Durant will be able to break Kobe's 81 someday? Tell us in the comments.

NHL:

• James Neal signed a six year $30 million contract extension with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
• The Detroit Red Wings look unstoppable at home as they beat the San Jose Sharks at the Joe Louis Arena as they captured their 23rd straight home win! 
• The St. Louis Blues may have scored first thus taking the lead but Duncan Keith helped the Chicago Blackhawks make a comeback as he scored the equalizer and then assisted the game winning goal. The Blackhawks are now hot as they are recovering from that horrible slump.
• Nicklas Backstrom recorded a 48 save shutout to end the Minnesota Wild's losing streak at 7 by beating the Boston Bruins 2-0.
• The Eastern Conference leading Rangers beat the Colombus Blue Jackets in overtime 3-2 at MSG to gain even more ground on top of the standings. Will Rick Nash be playing there in a few days?

MLB:

•  Mike Cameron decided to retire rather than try to make it with the Washington Nationals as he had signed a minor-league contract in December. Congratulations on a great career!
• Kyle Kendrick and the Philadelphia Phillies agreed on a 2 year deal worth $7.5 million. This new contract cancels the previous one which made them avoid arbitration.
• The Yankees and Pirates have both announced in their sites the A.J. Burnett trade as the Yankees former pitcher passed his physical.

Soccer:

• In the Sunday's FA Cup 5th Round's action Liverpool beat Brighton and Hove A. 6-1 as the visiting team scored 3 own goals! Stoke City move on to the next round as they beat Crawley 0-2 with goals from Walters (penalty kick) and Crouch. The only upset came in the Stevenage - Tottenham matchup as the game ended 0-0.
• Serie A's sunday action was highlighted by Roma's win against Parma of 1-0, Cesena losing 1-3 to AC Milan and Palermo's thrashing of Lazio 5-1.
• In Spain, the action was highlighted by the win of Mallorca against Villareal 4-0, Atletico Madrid's draw against Sporting Gijon and Valencia's loss to Barcelona of 5-1! Messi scored four goals while Xavi Hernandez added the other one.

Predicting tonight's games:

• NBA
• Hawks over Bulls
• New York over New Jersey
• Magic over Bucks
• Houston over Memphis
• Mavericks over Celtics
• Oklahoma over New Orleans
• Timberwolves over Nuggets
• San Antonio over Utah
• Wizards over Suns
• Portland over Los Angeles (Lakers)
• Warriors over Clippers
• NHL
• Senators over Islanders
• Washington over Carolina

Noteworthy thing of the day:


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