Ever since the Dallas Mavericks won their first NBA title in franchise history, the league has been buzzing with potential trades and big-names players possibly heading elsewhere. The biggest name in the recent trade rumors has been perennial All-Star center and three-time Defensive Player of the Year Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic. Continue Reading…

Back in his days with the USC Trojans, former Heisman trophy winner Matt Leinart was considered to be one of the greatest college quarterbacks of all-time and a future Pro Bowler in the NFL. Even though Leinart was given a lot of hype out of USC and rightfully so, the promising young quarterback hasn’t been able to transcend his game on the professional level and therefore considered a bust. Continue Reading…

The Carolina Panthers were arguably the worst team in the NFL last year and in desperate need of some drastic changes moving forward. Even though they had drafted what they thought was the future face of the franchise in quarterback Jimmy Clausen out of Notre Dame, the once promising young quarterback turned out to be a bust in his first season and forced the hand of the Carolina Panthers in the most recent draft to take quarterback Cam Newton with the first overall pick. Continue Reading…

Arguably the two biggest rivals in soccer on this side of the world is the USA national team going up against the Mexican national team. It is no secret that there is no love lost between USA and Mexico on the pitch in international play, but things are getting really interesting in the 2011 Gold Cup as these two soccer powerhouses could be headed for a collision course in the 2011 Gold Cup Final.

As of right now, USA has just beaten Jamaica (2-0) and Mexico came from behind to beat Guatemala (2-1) in the first round of the knockout stages. Now both teams will have be risking it all yet again in the next round before heading to the 2011 Gold Cup Final. Continue Reading…

The Plaxico Burress sweepstakes has officially begun as he has been released from prison and will be available to the highest bidder. Even though Burress has been in prison for the last two years and isn’t getting any younger at 33-years-old (34 in August), there are still a lot of teams around the league are very interested in the veteran wide receiver. Continue Reading…

Throughout the 2011 Gold Cup, the USA national team has seemed to be confident with no giving it everything they have to advance and win the Gold Cup. That kind of lackluster play has hurt this team as their chances of advancing was put in jeopardy recently when they lost to Panama in the Group Stage.

Fortunately, the Americans were able to bounce back as they beat Guadeloupe, 1-0. Even though they got the win, their play was in serious question yet again as they failed to capitalize on many opportunities. Despite more poor play, the Americans advanced and were matched up with Jamaica. Continue Reading…

During Game 4 of the NBA Finals, all anyone could talk about was Dirk Nowitzki’s fever and 100+ body temperature. This seems to be a common thing in big games in the NBA these days ever since Michael Jordan had such a brilliant performance for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals against the Utah Jazz in 1998.

Obviously, with Nowitzki having this fever, the consensus was that the Miami Heat would be able to dominate the Dallas Mavericks. With that being said, the Heat were thought to cruise to victory and a 3-1 series lead in the NBA Finals. Continue Reading…

In the first three games of the NBA Finals, the consensus around the country and around the league was that the Miami Heat was the better team in this series with the Dallas Mavericks, but after Game 4 some people might be changing their tune. The Heat has the better defense, there is no doubting that, but the Mavs seem to be the more resilient team with a never say die attitude. Get tickets to tonight’s game now. Continue Reading…

Almost a decade ago, the USC Trojans football program was one of the best in the country and remained that way year in and year out as they could always recruit the most talented players on both sides of the football. With head coach Pete Carroll leading the way and players like Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart headlining this championship caliber team, the Trojans were able to win a BCS title in 2004, but ever since then all sorts of allegations have surrounded this storied football program.

The most recent allegations involving the USC football program were able former superstar running back and Heisman trophy winner Reggie Bush. It has been years since Bush has been in a Trojans’ uniform and since then he has made quite a bit of money in the NFL while winning a Super Bowl title with the New Orleans Saints, but he hasn’t been able to escape the allegations about the running back taking money during his time at USC. Continue Reading…

Coming into Game 4 of the NBA Finals, the Miami Heat were looking to take a commanding lead over the Dallas Mavericks with a 3-1 edge heading into Game 5. Even though throughout most of the contest that is exactly what looked like was going to happen, the Dallas Mavericks turned it up a notch in the fourth quarter once again in order to pull off another thrilling comeback. Continue Reading…