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Dallas Keuchel Scratched from Next Two Starts
Posted on September 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Houston Astros have shut down starter Dallas Keuchel due to a shoulder injury that will cause him to miss his next two starts, possibly more. Keuchel was scheduled to pitch last Friday, but that start was pushed back...
Bartolo Colons Wants to Return to Mets in 2017
Posted on September 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine At age 43, most professional baseball players have long since retired and moved on to the next phase of their lives. But not Bartolo Colon. The ageless wonder they call "Big Sexy" is not only still going strong, posting...
Matt Shoemaker Suffers Skull Fracture on Line Drive
Posted on September 5, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Los Angeles Angels starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker suffered a small fracture to his skull and a hematoma on Sunday when he was struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Seattle Mariners third baseman Kyle Seager....
Recap: Texas vs. No. 10 Notre Dame—True Freshman Leads Longhorns To Upset Win In 2OT Over Fighting Irish
Posted on September 5, 2016, by Travis Pulver Texas head coach Charlie Strong knew there was a good chance he would be making history when he sent the offense on the field for the first time, but that didn’t matter. What did was how well the team played and if they...
Hot Seat Gets A Little Cooler For Texas A&M’s Kevin Sumlin After Upset Win Over UCLA
Posted on September 5, 2016, by Travis Pulver If you just look at his record, Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin has done a pretty good job. With 36 wins in four seasons, he has off to the best start for an Aggies head coach since R.C. Slocum—but that doesn’t...
Life Is Very Good—And Going To Get Better—For University Of Houston Head Coach Tom Herman
Posted on September 4, 2016, by Travis Pulver Everyone hopes they get to live “the dream” someday. What’s “the dream?” Well—it is probably a little different for everyone, but we all want to marry someone that is gorgeous, do what we love for a living, get paid a ton...
Joe Nathan Called Up by Giants for One More Chance
Posted on September 4, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Veteran reliever Joe Nathan is getting another chance to pitch in the big leagues, and it's coming with the team with whom he began his career. The San Francisco Giants promoted Nathan from double-A prior to the team's...
Phillies Shut Down Vince Velasquez for Rest of Season
Posted on September 4, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Far from contention, the Philadelphia Phillies have decided to shutdown starting pitcher Vince Velasquez for the remainder of the season to prevent his innings count on the season from climbing too high. The move came...
Clayton Kershaw Impressive in Minor League Rehab Start
Posted on September 4, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The best pitcher in baseball took a big step towards returning to the majors Saturday night. Clayton Kershaw threw a minor league rehab game for the Los Angeles Dodgers A-ball affiliate in Rancho Cucamonga, the first...
Recap: No. 18 Georgia vs. No. 22 North Carolina—Remember Me Heisman Voters? My name is Nick Chubb.
Posted on September 4, 2016, by Travis Pulver College football fans were introduced to Nick Chubb back in 2014 when then starting running back, and Heisman favorite, Todd Gurley was suspended for a few games for taking money to autograph a few things (and eventually...
Recap: No. 5 LSU vs. Wisconsin–No Lambeau Leap For Les Miles And LSU
Posted on September 4, 2016, by Travis Pulver Before Saturday’s season opener against the Wisconsin Badgers at Lambeau Field, the biggest concern LSU fans had was whether Les Miles actually would leave someone behind if they attempted a “Lambeau Leap” after scoring....
Atlanta Braves Have Interest in Signing Tim Tebow
Posted on September 3, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Less than a week after putting on a showcase in front of MLB teams, Tim Tebow is starting to gain interest from major league clubs. Pedro Gomez of ESPN is reporting that multiple teams have expressed interest in signing...
Dodgers Prospect Jose De Leon to Make Debut Sunday
Posted on September 3, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine The Los Angeles Dodgers continue to look deep into their farm system in order to compensate for the almost unimaginable amount of injuries to starting pitchers the team has suffered this season. Those injuries will lead...
Mets Jacob deGrom to Miss Another Start
Posted on September 3, 2016 by Bryan Zarpentine Bad news continues to roll in for the New York Mets starting rotation. Earlier this week, the team learned that Steven Matz will remain on the DL with a sore shoulder despite hope that he would return on Thursday, and on...
Don’t Give Up On The Tennessee Volunteers Just Yet
Posted on September 3, 2016, by Travis Pulver One of the worst things in sports, college or professional, is hype. Whether it comes from fans on social media, bloggers, journalists, or talk shows doesn’t matter. When so many people talk about how good you are or how...