The other night Sam and I were having one of our usual in-depth and entertaining sports conversations when the topic of June’s NFL Entry Draft came up. We were first focused on Sam’s Dallas Cowboys (an intriguing situation with two mid-to-late first round picks), but since my Jacksonville Jaguars have a pick in the same [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Previewing the Jaguars Offseason
Posted: 27th January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, FootballComments Off
Imaginary Player: The Week Football Stopped
Posted: 26th January 2008 by Trev Smith in Football, NBA Ball, Trev SmithThis article has been submitted by resident literary mastermind and muscle-bound hunk Trevor Smith. By no one’s popular demand, here we are True Believers, back again for the first time. In a move that reeks of shortsighted and misplaced trust, I have been asked by the powers that be to join the motley crew here [...]
Handicapping the Royal Rumble
Posted: 26th January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, Other TopicsHey guys, thought I’d post this YouTube video quickly before WWE finds it and takes it down. It was a funny segment from the Royal Rumble on Sunday and is sports relevant. Skip ahead to the 2:55 mark when Santino enters and he cuts a pretty hilarious promo about New York Sports teams. Click Here [...]
What We Can Draw From Raptors vs. Celtics IV
Posted: 25th January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA BallComments Off
The magnitude of defeating the Celtics on Wednesday night has still not entirely dawned on me. Maybe it’s because, at least for that night, the Celtics seemed human. Or maybe it’s because we’ve seen them four times already, and the scope of their greatness is now assumed rather than appreciated. Maybe the constant media attention [...]
Save The Stache: A Look at the Barajas Signing
Posted: 25th January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Baseball, Blake MurphyWhile Magglio Ordonez was talking to the Feds about Jose Canseco and the Yankees were laying the groundwork for a 4-year, $30M extension for rising star second baseman Robinson Cano, Jays’ GM J.P. Ricciardi was also working hard. Yes, J.P. was at it again yesterday, no doubt unshaven, without a tie, and chomping on chewing [...]
NBA Mid-Season Awards
Posted: 25th January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, Guest Writers, NBA BallThis article is a Blake Murphy-Dave Power collaboration. Please forgive any statistical discrepancies as we wrote our parts two days apart. Last year at the end of the season, Dave and I laid down our thoughts on who should win the NBA’s marquee end-of-season awards. Discussing awards at the end of the season is one [...]
Bringing a Glove to a Bat Fight: An Early Look at the Jays in 2008
Posted: 24th January 2008 by erik-arnold in Baseball, Erik ArnoldThis article was submitted by baseball specialist Erik Arnold. For years, the American League East Division has housed the nastiest collection of offensive talent in Major League Baseball. The ability of New York and Boston to stockpile offensive talent has been well documented. What’s a GM to do?
My Spot On The ESPN.com Basketball Roundtable
Posted: 23rd January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, NBA BallYesterday, ESPN.com held a Roundtable Discussion with some of its foremost basketball experts as a mid-season review of sorts. Somehow, my invitation to said discussion was lost in the mail and I was not “officially” a part of it. I’m disappointed that the World Wide Leader could make such an oversight, but I’m willing to [...]
Looking at the Maple Leaf Management Crisis
Posted: 23rd January 2008 by Blake Murphy in Blake Murphy, HockeyAdmittedly, I am not the foremost authority on the NHL or the Toronto Maple Leafs. As a child I was raised on nothing but hockey, played nothing but hockey, watched nothing but hockey, and talked nothing but hockey. Somewhere along the line, the NHL lost me, but that’s a long-winded topic for another time. What’s [...]
Note: This article was contributed by journalism/broadcasting student Deven Hiscock. Although the Bowl Championship Series has now passed us and the NCAA’s attention turns to basketball, it is time for the annual debate: Is college football ready to scrap the BCS and implement a playoff format?