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July 31, 2009

Red Sox feel the taint

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

Do you remember the joy of Red Sox Nation when they were able to come back from 3-0 to the Yankees and then break the curse of Babe Ruth? Well, that’s all tainted now. Both Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz are reportedly on the list of 104 ball players who tested positive for PEDs in [...]

July 30, 2009

Phillies land their ace

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

Can you imagine the one-two lefty punch the Philadelphia Phillies will be trotting out this October? Cliff Lee and Cole Hamels back-to-back? This trade gives the Phillies a legitimate chance of repeating now and addresses their biggest need. If you can’t wait for the NLCS matchup of the Phillies and Dodgers (sorry Cardinals), well, you [...]

July 29, 2009

It comes to an end

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

While Mark Buehrle may have ended up topping all the headlines last night after his awesome feat of retiring 45 batters in a row, the real news was Brett Favre.
Yes sir, Mr. Favre has finally made his decision and he will be hanging up his cleats for good – we hope. At the least, No. [...]

July 28, 2009

Vick gets his chance

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

The road ahead of Michael Vick has been paved and the former superstar QB is ready to walk it. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell announced yesterday that the convicted dog fighter has been conditionally reinstated and can now participate in practices and even play in the final two pre-season games. Of course, he still needs to [...]

July 24, 2009

Perfection

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

To truly grasp how rare a perfect game in baseball really is here is an interesting statistic: More people have orbited the moon than pitchers have thrown perfect games. Amazing, isn’t it?
Yesterday the Chicago White Sox Mark Buerhle joined the elite club by setting down 27 Tampa Bay Rays in order. Every player that came [...]

July 23, 2009

The Rubio saga evolves

by Dan Bilicki In: Basketball

It looks like Spanish sensation and property of the Minnesota T-Wolves, Ricky Rubio, has decided that even if he’s not going to come to the NBA, he still wants to leave his current team, DKV Juventut.
This comes about a day after a marketing “expert” said that Rubio could make a lot of money from advertising [...]

July 22, 2009

The Doc watch

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

It looks like there’s only one week to go in the Roy Halladay sweepstakes instead of the week and a half that the trade deadline would mean. Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi said yesterday that if a deal isn’t worked out by July 28, there would be no deal at all involving the Doc.
There have been [...]

July 21, 2009

Michael Vick: A free man

by Dan Bilicki In: Football

Let the debates begin! Well, they already began the moment that Michael Vick was suspected of being involved in a dog fighting ring, but now, the debate is seriously going to heat up. Now that Vick has served his 23-month sentence and has been released from State confinement and the Atlanta Falcons organization, he is [...]

July 20, 2009

That Cink-ing feeling

by Dan Bilicki In: Golf

The story of the weekend was, no doubt, the incredible run by Tom Watson at the British Open. It’s just too bad that the 59-year-old couldn’t hold it together down the stretch and lost in a four-hole playoff to Stewart Cink.
Everybody is now characterizing Cink as a modern-day grinch for coming from behind to steal [...]

July 17, 2009

MLB at the midway pole

by Dan Bilicki In: Baseball

Since the unofficial second half of the baseball season started yesterday after a lightning-quick all-star game, I figured I’d take a peek at my predictions from the beginning of the season. It turns out I’m not doing too bad, but I do have a few thoughts…
So far, I’m Ace-ing both East and West divisions, but [...]

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