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Sunday Night Football Recap: Detroit Lions Fans Will Have To Wait Till Next Year To Win A Division Title
Posted on January 2, 2017, by Travis Pulver The last time the Detroit Lions won a division title—well, the division they won the title of no longer exists. Yes, it was that long ago (1993 to be exact; NFC Central). But heading into Sunday night’s game against the...
Goodyear Cotton Bowl Preview: Western Michigan Broncos (13-0) vs. Wisconsin Badgers (10-3)
Posted on January 1, 2017, by Travis Pulver Western Michigan is in a unique position heading into the Cotton Bowl Monday afternoon. They can do one of two things. They can prove that Group of Five (American, Conference USA, Mid-American, Mountain West, and Sun Belt...
5 MLB Teams Most Looking Forward to 2017
Posted on January 1, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine It's New Year's Day, and that means spring training is just around the corner (okay, maybe two corners). As we all know, spring brings hope and optimism for all 30 major league teams, but there will certainly be some teams...
CFP Semifinal: Playstation Fiesta Bowl—Clemson Gets What It Wants And Hands Urban Meyer Something He’s Never Had
Posted on January 1, 2017, by Travis Pulver Everyone likes to claim “We Want Alabama” but most say it with the knowledge that they will more than likely never have to act on the claim—but not Clemson. They are probably the one team that said it, meant it and going...
MLB Rumors: Jose Bautista Not Discussing Reunion with Blue Jays
Posted on January 1, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine Perhaps more than any other player, Jose Bautista has been the victim of a rather harsh market for free agent power hitters this offseason. For a multitude of reasons, the market for Bautista has not developed the way he...
CFP Semifinal Recap: Chick-fil-a Peach Bowl—Alabama Punches Ticket To Fifth Title Game In Eight Years
Posted on January 1, 2017, by Travis Pulver If you listened or read enough of the pro-Washington hype leading up to Saturday’s CFP Semifinal game against Alabama, you might have begun to believe the Huskies had a chance. If you watched how easily Jake Browning marched...
Allstate Sugar Bowl Preview: Auburn Tigers (8-4) vs. Oklahoma Sooners (10-2)
Posted on December 31, 2016, by Travis Pulver Earlier this season, if anyone had said that Auburn and Oklahoma would play well enough to make it to one of the more prestigious bowl games, that person would have been laughed off the internet, radio waves, or...
Market for Pedro Alvarez Heating Up
Posted on January 1, 2017 by Bryan Zarpentine With January upon us, it's inevitable with that many of the top free agents still available will start to sign with teams with spring training almost on the horizon. With Edwin Encarnacion off the board, top sluggers like...
Rose Bowl Preview: USC Trojans (9-3) vs. Penn State Nittany Lions (11-2)
Posted on December 31, 2016, by Travis Pulver Of all the bowl games, the granddaddy of them all, the Rose Bowl, may have the most intriguing match-up with the USC Trojans taking on the Penn State Nittany Lions. Both were playing like teams worthy of playoff...
Cleveland Indians Have Increased Payroll but May Be Maxed Out With Needs To Fill
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Coming within one game of a World Series title has been a game changer for the Cleveland Indians. Ownership is investing in the team and with ticket sales, the team is expecting a significant increase in revenue....
5 MLB Teams Happy To See 2016 Come To An End
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine It's New Year's Eve, and presumably there are a lot of people looking forward to flipping the calendar and staying goodbye to 2016. Of course, some will be more eager to do that than others, and that includes many in the...
College Football Playoffs Semifinals: Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl—Washington Huskies (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0)
Posted on December 31, 2016, by Travis Pulver The idea behind the college football playoffs was supposed to be simple—set up a system by which a true national champion can be crowned. What we have discovered is that we will likely never be able to come to a consensus...
Jason Hammel Disappointed in Lackluster Market
Posted on December 31, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The free agent market has been very good to relief pitchers all winter, with multiple closers breaking the record for largest free agent contract signed by a relief pitcher. However, the same cannot be said for starting...
Red Sox Blake Swihart To Remain Catcher, Must Compete for Starting Job
Posted on December 30, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine After an injury plagued 2016 and much speculation and uncertainty about where he fits in defensively, Blake Swihart is staying behind the plate for the foreseeable future. A report from WEEI in Boston indicates that the...
Minnesota Twins Hoping To Conclude Brian Dozier Trade Talk
Posted on December 30, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The saga involving the Minnesota Twins possibly trading second baseman Brian Dozier has been one of the most intriguing storylines of the MLB offseason. But the Twins appear to have had just about enough of all the...