Sam Bradford Is Done As A Sooner: Oklahoma Sooners QB Sam Bradford has decided to have season-ending surgery on his throwing shoulder and has decided to enter into the 2010 NFL Draft. We don't think he is a top 10 player in the draft and I doubt he will be drafted there. Can see Jimmy Clausen, Jake Locker, Jevan Snead, and Tony Pike going before him not to mention the defensive stars that are going to be available in the top 10. Here's a Seahawks fan that wants his team to take Bradford, but he is thinking second round. [AP] (0)(14938)

Attacking the Boards: The NBA Is Back!

Boston Celtics 95 – Cleveland Cavaliers 89: What a way to start the year. A potential Eastern Conference Finals match-up in Cleveland, where the Cavaliers only lost two games last year. The Cavaliers got out to a very hot start, putting the Celtics in a 14-point hole just five [...]

Phillies/Yankees World Series Preview

Previews are pointless. Rarely do they offer any insight into what their actually previewing. Most fans already know who is who and what is what. It’s the World Series. If you didn’t know the specifics, you probably weren’t going to watch anyway. Especially with baseball. This 2009 season has been going [...]

Lakers and Clippers Battle It Out Without Gasol, Griffin

Pau Gasol will be out for the Lakers tonight, as will Blake Griffin for the Clippers. The advantage goes to the Lakers, obiosuly, as it gives Andrew Bynum some more playing time to get himself started this season.

Predictions: Lakers 101, Clippers 87. Kobe for 33. Bynum gets 22-11. Baron Davis nails four threes. [...]

Boston and Cleveland Kick Off The NBA Season Now

We are excited to get the NBA started off tonight and are going with the Celtics to take out this huge game, 99-91. LeBron for 41. KG for 12. Shaq fouls out. Rasheed gets tossed out.

Of course, our eyes will be all over the Lakers, who will have their own post, tonight when [...]

Drivin’: The Saints and Colts Are The Teams To Beat, Cedric Gets Revenge and the Vikings Fall

*The New Orleans Saints went into halftime down 24-10. The Dolphins were running all over them, Drew Brees had thrown two interceptions, and Chad Henne was protecting the football and allowing his two elite running backs, Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams, to do their work on the ground. But when all was thought to [...]

Sam Bradford Is Done As A Sooner:

Oklahoma Sooners QB Sam Bradford has decided to have season-ending surgery on his throwing shoulder and has decided to enter into the 2010 NFL Draft. We don’t think he is a top 10 player in the draft and I doubt he will be drafted there. Can see Jimmy Clausen, Jake Locker, Jevan Snead, and [...]

Michael Crabtree Impressive and Effective In His Pro Debut

HOUSTON, TEXAS (But The Game Is On) – – – 6 plays.

After a couple of weeks of speculation as to how many snaps rookie wide receiver Michael Crabtree would be in on in his debut, Crabtree could be found standing on the sidelines for just six of the San Fransisco 49ers snaps.

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2009 NBA Season Previews: Eastern Conference, Playoffs and Awards

Here’s how I have the Eastern Conference shaping up for the season.

1. Orlando Magic – 64-18, First Place in Southeast Division – Added a dynamic scorer in Vince Carter who can still get to the rim and create his own shot late in games. I think Dwight Howard makes another significant leap after [...]

2009 NBA Season Previews: The Rest Of The West

Oklahoma City Thunder

2008-2009 Season Record: 23-59. Fifth place in Northwest Division.

2008-2009 Team MVP: Kevin Durant

Key Additions: James Harden, Etan Thomas, Kevin Ollie, Serge Ibaka, B.J. Mullens

Key Departures: Earl Watson, Malik Rose, Desmond Mason, Chucky Atkins, Damien Wilkins, Robert Swift

Projected Starting Five:

PG – Russell Westbrook

SG – James Harden

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Rounding the Diamond: Angels Rally To Send the Series Back To New York

Los Angeles Angels 7 – New York Yankees 6: After holding a 4-0 lead from the first inning to the sixth, Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia decided to take out his starting pitcher John Lackey, who had been lights out until the seventh, after he allowed the Yankees to load the bases with [...]