So more and more players have had it with Joba Chamberlain pumping his fist. I say to them-DEAL WITH IT! Seriously, it is a joy to see players who react like that when they accomplish something. Plenty of pitchers and hitters have done …
Original post by yanksbeatbosox
Having lived through Karl Rove’s multiple assaults on common decency and aggressive campaigns run by Lee Attwater, I may well be jaded. Maybe that’s the reason I’m not all in a lather with the rest of America about how nasty the …
Original post by tidewaterjackson
CBS College Sports Network, formerly CSTV, is going high-definition. The network is offering an upconverted MPEG-4 simulcast feed that will broadcast games from 35 sports in HD, including five Navy football games in the fall, …
Original post by all items are from various news sources
Kallas Remarks By Steve Kallas. Little League Baseball has been correctly lauded for being the first youth baseball league to institute pitch-count limits for young pitchers. The history is as follows: until 2005, Little League pitchers …
Original post by skallas
The NBA MVP is Kobe Bryant. Winning it over LeBron James, Chris Paul and Kevin Garnett. Lakers fans vouch for Kobe’s performance during the regular season and the Lakers’ top seeding in the Western Conference echelons for the playoffs. …
Original post by Troy
Hamilton leads Ackerman 8-1 in the top of the seventh inning in Ackerman. The Lions got four straight two-out RBI singles in the sixth. Dylan Earnest has been dominant for Hamilton. Earnest, trying to improve to 10-1, got out of the …
Original post by bspeck
There’s been an awful lot going on in my neck o’ the woods these last few days with the pro teams… The Phillies actually got through April in one piece. That’s bad news for the rest of the National League. Especially with Jimmy Rollins …
Original post by Sportsattitude
I searched a litle and found this link from the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/football/la-sp-joseph26apr26,0,7230032.story. He’s not offically a Rhodes Scholar yet, there’s still a process, but that one little line at …
Original post by selfworshipandsports
A survey of 50000 Australians by Roy Morgan Research revealed that golf was the fourth most popular sport to watch on television. Cricket was the most popular sport to watch among people from Australia. The top results are below: …
Original post by ZA
A Tibetan woman took the Olympic torch the last steps to the top of Everest on Thursday, realizing ”a dream of all Chinese people”, but rights groups criticized Beijing for politicizing the…
Original post by Yahoo! Sports Blog
David Golokhov is being too generous placing the Cardinals at 3rd. They are, by far, the worst franchise in all of sports. This team consistently finds ways to lose games, year in and year out, despite having the talent in place to win. …
Original post by Bob Chebat
If my top profession wasn’t to be a sportswriter/sports journalist, then it’d be a music journalist (I know I’m sounding pompous, but I happen to know talent when I see it). In 2006, during American Idol’s 5th season, I stated, …
Original post by Troy
If you think Richard Kelly’s Donnie Darko made you go WTF, watch his new movie Southland Tales. It came out late last year and only got about $350K worldwide at the box office, failing completely when you take into consideration that it …
Original post by zakkarywylde
For some of you, this might be old news, since it was first published last week (May 1) on Jose Calderon’s blog … Jose sets the record straight, in his own words Everyone is how they are, but the main thing is the team, therefore I have …
Original post by khandor
Zach Feinstein is the dark horse in this years NBA Draft, the dark horse because he’s managed to register himself despite having no serious basketball playing experience. “The short story is that I, Zachary Feinstein, have declared for the 2008 NBA Draft. As a 5′8″ 130 pound Caucasian, I am the perfect candidate …
Original post by Yahoo! Sports Blog
I was on the swim team in high school, solely for the fact that I could hang out with my friends and still legitimately put a sport on my college applications. Despite living in New England, I’ve never been one to buy into the whole …
Original post by greenmint
Some good video and links for you….just click away…. Jimmy Kimmel aka Miguel Tejada on his wieght issues (video). Bill Bilichek and Josh McDaniels could use this play (video); Tribute to the Beer GUY (article and videos)
Original post by grak21
Since the name is Troy’s Thoughts on Sports, I figure I would write a post every so often speaking about random thoughts on sports (and sometimes more than sports). So, without further ado, enjoy the first edition of Troy’s Thoughts. …
Original post by Troy
Ahh my first feature on ESPN. Matthew Berry’s reaction to his list of the top 340 fantasy baseball players. Heres the full story, the section I am featured in below: phillyphan644 (ESPN Conversation): Matthew Berry should be fired for …
Original post by Sparq Twane
He backtracked a little bit yesterday, and tried to diffuse some of his comments about sports blogs. If you didn’t catch his appearance on Costas Now (I watched it On Demand last night), go here. My thoughts after the jump. …
Original post by thesportsidiot