Posted on February 5th, 2012 by Tim Weisberg
http://msn.foxsports.com/ We can probably stop making the “Why Eli Manning isn’t an elite quarterback argument?” now after he secured his second defeat of the New England Patriots in as many Super Bowls. That’s one more Super Bowl ring than his brother Peyton has, two more than his father Archie, and two rings to throw up [...]
Posted on November 22nd, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
The Los Angeles Dodgers may have to call up the bankruptcy court and plead their case to halt their inevitable sale because they had just been robbed by the baseball writers of America. Not robbed by any monetary value, but robbed of an NL MVP award that was rightfully center fielder Matt Kemp’s for the [...]
Posted on November 14th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Kicking woes-Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore reacts to a missed field goal at end of regulation of 36-35 loss to TCU Nov. 12. Last year it was Kyle Brotzman. In 2011, freshman kicker Dan Goodale was left to the test of keeping the BCS national championship dream alive for the Boise State Broncos. But for [...]
Posted on November 13th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Borrowed Time–UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel on the sidelines in the Nov. 12 game against Utah. The Bruins losr 31-6 to fall to 5-5 on the season. Neuheisel has been on the proverbial “hot seat” since the beginning of the season with a career 19-26 record through the first four seasons at UCLA. (Jim Urquhart/Associated Press) [...]
Posted on November 9th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Lost Legacy–Joe Paterno pictured leaving Penn State on Monday. Paterno was fired by the Board of Trustees Wednesday night as a result of the child abuse allegations that took place under his watch. (AP Photo) Joe Paterno, known to the Happy Valley faithful as “Jo Pa”, will not even be granted the liberty to retire [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Champions–The St. Louis Cardinals’ David Freese holds up paper headlining the Cardinals World Series win. The Cardinals came back from a 3-2 deficit to beat the Rangers 6-2 in game seven of the World Series Friday night. Eileen Blass/USA Today Cardinals win 2011 World Series People counted the St. Louis Cardinals out when they were [...]
Posted on October 6th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Google Images So much for talks of player agents warning players not to give into the demands of the team owners, and suggesting the union decertify. Thursday, the supposed behind-the-scene advocates of decertifcation are backing out of the letter seven major sports management firms wrote to its clients. Is it time to put your money [...]
Posted on September 30th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
It’s hard to have your cake and eat it too in the sports world. The Los Angeles Kings found that out when they finally ended defenseman Drew Doughty’s holdout, signing the 21-year-old to an eight-year, $56 million deal that officially makes him the highest-paid player by annual salary on the Kings. General Manager Dean Lombardi [...]
Posted on September 25th, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Black Out–Sun Devils went all-black in home game against Missouri, a revamped team with a new look The duel in the desert. Maybe you can call it Black Out, Part II. Maybe it was more of a Maroon Out. Either way, the Arizona State Sun Devils solidified themselves as a legitimate Pac-12 South contender, beating [...]
Posted on September 1st, 2011 by Tim Weisberg
Destruction–Aerial footage of EF4 tornado that ravaged Tuscaloosa, Ala. on April 27, 2011. The University of Alabama is expecting close to 130,000 people in or around Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Ala., turning the college town into the Birmingham-Tuscaloosa metropolitan. Everyone in Tuscaloosa remembers April 27, albeit a dark memory. On that day earlier this year, [...]