mlb Stories - Sounder At Heart
UFC's Dana White Talks Competition
Two things are vastly different in the MMA world than they were just a few months ago. The seeming collapse of both of Japan's major fight promoters -- FEG (K-1 and Dream) and WVR (Sengoku) -- means that no major MMA events have been scheduled thus far this year in Japan. Secondly, Zuffa LLC, the...
NFL Lockout closes one door, opens another for UFC and MMA
Greed will imprison us all. No one knows that better than the legions of National Football League (NFL) fans that are being held hostage right now by the owners and players inability to come to terms on an agreement regarding how to split the massive amount of revenue the league brings in each...
MLB 2K11 hits shelves today!
Take a look at the official MLB 2K commercial for MLB 2K11, which came out today! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cGTS-XSiKo
Prospect Peek: Jurickson Profar
A 16 year old shortstop $1.55mil international signee from Curacao, Jurickson Profar certainly brings a lot of excitement. When a player with that kind of potential makes their pro debut in low-A at age 17 and keeps their head above water it's reason to think the hype could blossom into real big...
New York Cosmos: Why MLS may not be the endgame
The news of Eric Cantona's hiring by the New York Cosmos to become their new Director of Soccer has sent a ripple through the soccer world and has the famous old North American Soccer League team name in the news again. Brian Straus has a great lead to his story for Fanhouse.com. Members of the...
WAR on the Move: Gaining and Losing Via Trade
Please see a note on methodology and opportunities for improvement after the jump. - ed. For some reason, I decided to spend the last 10 days digging through MORE trade data. I think it's some sick, self-destructive disorder I have, because it was in no way fun. But, what I ended up with is a...
The Tangled Web We Weave: An Interactive Trade Map
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone at BtBS for the lovely welcome I received after coming on as part of the team last week. It's nice to see that there are other baseball nerds out there who appreciate kick-ass graphics as much as I do. However, after my graphic comparing Mark Teixeira to...
2010 MLB Draft Hoos Effects
With the 2010 MLB Amateur Players Draft roughly 2 months ago we now know how it will affect the 2011 UVa Baseball team. Of the returning players drafted all but two signed professional contracts and will no longer don the orange and blue Virginia Cavaliers jersey. While I don't know all of the...
Today in Sports History: October 23rd
10/23/1931 - Dodgers fire Wilbert Robinson The Brooklyn Dodgers announce the firing of Wilbert Robinson, their manager since 1914. Robinson was universally addressed as "Uncle Robbie" and and was so beloved by his players that while he was their manager, the team was known as the Brooklyn...
Today in Sports History: October 21st
10/21/1980 - Phillies end 98-year drought With a strikeout from Phillies reliever Tug McGraw, the Philadelphia Phillies defeat the Kansas City Royals in the sixth game of the World Series. Philadelphia was led by superstars such as Pete Rose (who was playing in his second of five seasons with...
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