A few days ago, perennial All-Star point guard Deron Williams dropped a bombshell on the NBA as he announced his intentions to play for Besiktas in Turkey during the NBA lockout. This is pending of course and will be void if the NBA gets underway at the time it is supposed to, but with the way things are going right now it seems like a good possibility. Continue Reading…

There is still no telling when the NFL will get back to business as usual, but that hasn’t stopped free agents around the league from thinking about the future and where they may want to play next season and beyond. The one big-name free agent that has gotten perhaps more attention than any other as of late has been one-time Super Bowl champion wide receiver Plaxico Burress. Continue Reading…

The NFL lockout might be on the verge of ending as the players and the owners are getting very close to a deal on a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), but the NBA on the other hand might on the way to missing an entire season as the players and owners are extremely far apart on getting anything done at this point. Continue Reading…

Over the past decade or so in the NBA, there has been a serious shortage of dominant centers in the league with only Shaquille O’Neal and Dwight Howard being the best at their position. Despite these two big men dominating in the paint, there was one other center that started to turn heads in the form of Chinese import Yao Ming. Continue Reading…

The wait is officially over as Derek Jeter has become the first New York Yankee to have 3,000 hits. This was a day to remember to say the least for the storied New York Yankees franchise and the MLB as one of the best players to ever play the game went into the record books in dramatic fashion. Continue Reading…

The NFL lockout is still underway with no sign of a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) getting finalized anytime soon, but the league is buzzing about the available free agents when the lockout is officially over. Even though there are a lot of big-names that will become available once the new CBA goes into action, the one name that is getting more attention than any other is without a doubt the Oakland Raiders lockdown corner Nnamdi Asomugha. Continue Reading…

The 2011 MLB All-Star Game is just around the corner and with the All-Star Game comes the always popular Home Run Derby. This year will be intriguing to say the least as there will be some veteran sluggers and first-time competitors on the rosters of both the AL and NL Home Run Derby squads. Continue Reading…

In professional sports these days, players can seemingly get away with almost anything. There is no question that occasionally big-name players get sent to the slammer for things they have done like Michael Vick (Philadelphia Eagles) and Plaxico Burress (New York Giants) of the NFL, but it doesn’t mean they can’t get right back to playing the sport they love and making millions in the process the minute they get out. Continue Reading…

After winning their first NBA title in franchise history, the Dallas Mavericks were thought to sit back and enjoy the moment of being the NBA’s top dogs, but that was far from the case as Mark Cuban and company pulled off one of the best trade in the 2011 NBA draft. There is no question that the Dallas Mavericks aren’t getting any younger and might only have a few good years left in the Dirk Nowitzki era, but that hasn’t stopped them from being content with their current roster as they have now brought in yet another lethal outside shooter in Rudy Fernandez. Continue Reading…

The New York Yankees are arguably the most popular and most successful franchise in the MLB today. With big-names like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Reggie Jackson and Joe DiMaggio coming through the New York Yankees organization through the history of the storied MLB franchise, there is an enormous amount of pressure on any player willing to put on the pinstripes, but despite most players never being able to live up to these legends in the Big Apple, one player has stood the test of time and is on the verge of doing something that none of the before mentioned names have ever done. Continue Reading…