May 24, 2013

When the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup in 2009, people looked at a roster that included the likes of Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Jordan Staal, Kris Letang and Marc-Andre Fleury and assumed that the victory marked the beginning of an era. Well, Fleury is on the bench, Staal is in Carolina and despite tremendous regular season success, 2013 marked the...

May 22, 2013

The New England Patriots got some bad news earlier this week when it was announced that star tight end Rob Gronkowski needed his fourth forearm surgery. The oft-injured Gronkowski could be a doubt for training camp, but there are generally greater concerns about his ability to stay healthy after injuries have derailed each of his last three postseasons....

May 21, 2013

The early bird spring predictions are already starting to come through in the college football blogging and media world. One of the biggest stories early on is the expectation that Urban Meyer and the Big Ten’s Ohio State Buckeyes can dethrone the Alabama Crimson Tide and the SEC to take the 2014 National Championship. ESPN’s Mark Schlabach added fuel to the...

May 20, 2013

After the Thunder’s disappointing second series loss against the Memphis Grizzlies, the team’s superstar Kevin Durant said ‘I don’t have to be Kobe Bryant’. The statement was an allusion to Bryant’s 2011 comments when he suggested that a disappointing season had been a wasted year in his life. Durant was trying to state that playing basketball and being a...

May 18, 2013

College basketball’s highest ranked recruit made his announcement this week. To the surprise of many Andrew Wiggins, a prospect that many have suggested is the best high school basketball player since LeBron James, has committed to the Kansas Jayhawks. There were general expectations that Wiggins would join the top recruiting class in the country. John Calipari...