Nov 21, 2013

It has been reported that New York Yankees’ second baseman, Robinson Cano, and his agent Jay-Z, are seeking a 10 year contract worth $310 million. It will take some “big pimping” to find a suitor this winter. It is not that he does not bring that sort of value to the table, but Cano has less leverage than he will need to ink that deal. $31 million per...

Nov 19, 2013

With the college football season coming to an end in just a few weeks, we can all look ahead and see how the top quarterback prospects’ talents will translate in the NFL. Last year’s draft class was extremely thin at quarterback, where only one was selected in the first round (EJ Manuel, 16th overall, Bills). Good news for the NFL GMs – the...

Nov 18, 2013

After an abysmal 2-7 start to begin the 2013-14 regular season, the Milwaukee Bucks look primed to select high in this summer’s NBA Draft. Regardless of their best efforts to compete this season, teams almost admittedly using this season to position themselves at the top of the draft order are outplaying the new-look Bucks. Owner, Herb Kohl, recently...

Nov 18, 2013

Czech Republic has won the Davis Cup, beating Serbia 3-2 in the finals held at Belgrade. The key to the tie was the doubles match, in which Serbia committed a strategic blunder of historic proportions, by omitting Novak Djokovic from the doubles team. It came back to bite them big time in the end. With the kind of form Novak Djokovic has been in, since his US...

Nov 17, 2013

(Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer) Terry Francona, Cleveland Indians Manager, still has it. After a tumultuous final season with the Boston Red Sox and a short stint with ESPN as a baseball announcer, the winning manager returns to true form: a champion. Although the Cleveland Indians did not advance any farther than the Wild Card game against the Tampa Bay Rays,...