The Tampa Bay Rays (4-1) and Detroit Tigers (4-1) will play the rubber game of a three-game set on Thursday afternoon inside Comerica Park in Detroit, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:05 p.m. ET.Las Vegas oddsmakers have established the Tigers as minus-119 home favorites, while the total stands at nine across the board.Tampa Bay has jumped out to the best start in franchise history, which is quite different from becoming the first team in the American League to open a season with an 0-6 record and still advance to the playoffs.The Rays were able to break through against Tigers' ...
The Los Angeles Angels (2-3) and Minnesota Twins (1-4) will close out a three-game American League series on Thursday afternoon inside Target Field.Las Vegas oddsmakers have established the Angels as minus-150 road favorites, while the total has fallen by a half run to 7.5.Minnesota picked up its first victory of the 2012 season in come-from-behind fashion, scoring three runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-5 lead, with the bullpen closing the door in the final two innings.Twins starting pitcher Francisco Liriano (0-1, 11.25 ERA) will try to forget his first start of the season, dropping an 8-2 road ...
Light is finally being shed upon the bounty system that exists in the NFL. Many of you are repulsed and absolutely stunned that a system like this exists; however, it really is just a blown-up version of what goes on at all levels of football.Lets face it, football is a brutal sport. It is a constant, violent struggle between the offense and the defense. The objective of the offense is to march down the field and put the ball into the end zone for a touchdown. The defense's job: Stop the offense by any means necessary.A good way to slow down an ...
The NFL may be the prince of American sports, but there's something rotten in the state of Denmark.Football is hotter than ever. The TV ratings are breathtaking, attendance is sky-high and media coverage is wall-to-wall nearly all year round. The NFL dominates the sports and entertainment landscape, driving colossal amounts of revenue. Amazingly, the league aims to nearly triple its current rake by 2027.Per Harris Interactive, 36 percent of adults who follow at least one sport claim pro football as their favorite. College football is tied for second at 13 percent. All Commissioner Goodell has to do is a decent ...
Another sad chapter in the life of the former WWF/WCW headliner. Scott Hall was arrested for allegedly choking his girlfriend in an alcohol--induced rage last Friday. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/scott-hall-arrested-beating-girlfriend-fans-reaction-193600202--spt.html It doesn't seem so long ago that Scott Hall was a major player in the wrestling game.Now the former Intercontinental Champion is just a shell of his former self.Sadly, this seems to be a natural regression in the sport of professional wrestling. It seems that only the rare few actually age gracefully and retire to a life of (some what) leisure.How many times have we read about another former "superstar" falling from the heavens? Whether it be from drugs, ...
"Mickey Mantle? That's what you're upset about? Mantle makes $100,000 a year. How much does your father make? If your dad ever can't pay the rent and needs money, go ask Mickey Mantle. See what happens. Mickey Mantle don't care about you. Why care about him?"— Sonny (Chazz Palminteri), "A Bronx Tale"There is truth in the above quote.Why do we care so much about what our athletes and movie stars say, feel, think and do?Why do we let these people have a say in the emotions that we feel?Now, don't get me wrong, I understand the anger and frustration involved ...
Ozzie Guillen has created another media frenzy with his mouth. Guillen is no stranger to controversy from his days in Chicago—including use of a homophobic slur to describe a member of the Chicago media.However, this time Guillen crossed a line a that should never be crossed—discussing Castro in Miami.For those of you that do not know what he said, Guillen made comments a few days ago about Fidel Castro, namely that he admired the Cuban dictator.Those comments set off a media frenzy in South Florida. I lived in Chicago when Guillen was with the White Sox and now am in ...
It would have been easy to give up. Having lost in Game 7 in a year when the Vancouver Canucks clearly had the best team in the league, it seemed inevitable that fans would be alienated. As the streets of Vancouver blazed with the frustrations of thousands of hockey fans, that fire raged inside me also. How could this happen? Luckily, I wasn’t assigned to report on the final game or the series in any capacity. I don't often get the chance to write as a fan. Once you become a journalism student, they teach you to push down any ...
If you read this space regularly, you know that I am a loyal Oregon Ducks fan. I don't much care for the USC Trojans. I don't like Lane Kiffin. And I have been known to refer to Matt Barkley as "Blondie" in a manner which could be construed as derogatory. But last week's news that Barkley is planning a trip to Haiti this summer to lend a hand to their rebuilding effort turned me into a fan of his—at least for one day. The fact that he has convinced 15 of his teammates to go along with him to the ...
The biggest joke in the NBA comes in the form of Lamar Odom this Monday, as the reigning Sixth Man of the Year calls it quits with the champion Dallas Mavericks just three weeks shy of the postseason. It marks another less-than-stellar stunt in the lean power forward’s career-long bout with underachievement. Blessed with the wing span of a seven-foot center, height at 6’10", dribble game of a point guard and fluidity and body motion of a left-handed George Gervin, Odom continues to self destruct and combust his NBA career with carelessness. The man is best suited for reality television and Jenny ...
