Bruins Extend Patrice Bergeron The Boston Bruins have agreed to an extension with forward Patrice Bergeron, keeping him with the team until the 2013-14 season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bergeron was the Bruins’ second round pick in…
Jay Cutler Out Due to Concussion As many expected, Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler will not play this Sunday, as he hasn’t been cleared of the concussion he sustained last weekend. Cutler has been working out in helmet and pads…
UConn Admits Recruiting Violation The University of Connecticut has imposed sanctions on their basketball program, after investigating possible recruiting violations. The school has placed itself on 2 years probation and revoked 1 scholarship for the next 2 years. The program…
Last week, I was going to write a eulogy for the Cardinals when they got eliminated, but then I caught the second part of Ken Burns’ “The Tenth Inning” and decided against the eulogy. Rather than focusing on the negative…
Here is the first of my ballots for the Baseball Bloggers Alliance – the Connie Mack Award for best manager. For the award, I first eliminated managers who didn’t manage for a full season. I do that for 2 reasons:…
The St. Louis Cardinals did the obvious on Wednesday; they exercised their $16MM club option on star Albert Pujols. They also announced that Trever Miller’s option had vested during the season, guaranteeing the pitcher $2MM. $16MM for Pujols is an…
The Washington Redskins are going to be without a major component to their offense. Running back Clinton Portis is expected to miss 4-6 weeks due to a groin injury. Portis sustained a 3rd degree separation of his left groin muscle,…
Rarely have there been 2 players to win Comeback Player of the Year that are this similar. Tim Hudson of the Atlanta Braves and Francisco Liriano of the Minnesota Twins both won the award this year. The similarities are they…
The Minnesota Vikings picked up the receiver they’ve been missing; the team has a deal in place to acquire Randy Moss from the New England Patriots. Moss, who started his career with the Vikings, complained in the pre-season about his…
Tim McCarver is headlining the ballot for the Ford C. Frick Award, which is for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the Hall of Fame. He is joined by active broadcasters Eric Nadel and Dave Van Horne. The other nominees are…
