Every credible source in the world is reporting that the Orlando Magic are on the verge of completing a trade that will bring some drastic changes to the makeup of their team. Well, I guess as the head of TSHQ I can and should talk about it. The pieces: Orlando gets: Gilbert Arenas, Jason Richardson, [...]
Archive for December, 2010
NBA Trade Deadline Watch: Finding a New Home for Steve Nash
Foreword With the December 15th date (when players who signed contracts this summer are eligible to be dealt) approaching and the ever present trade deadline on the horizon this is the first installment of the series “NBA Trade Deadline Watch” where we’ll look at and analyze potential non media driven trades that make more sense [...]
The 2010-2011 NBA at the Quarter Point….In My Eyes
Well with every team in the league having played at least 21 games, 25% of the NBA season has been completed and its at this point that I firmly believe you can start making judgments about certain teams as we progress towards the All-Star break and eventually the playoffs. It always amazes me when people [...]
Remaining Unbeatens: Pretenders vs Contenders
The Remaining Unbeatens The last college basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season was Bob Knight’s 1976 Indiana Hoosier squad led by Naismith winner Scott May. Only nine teams have ever finished the season undefeated, and only seven of those teams won the NCAA championship.(‘The 54 Kentucky Wildcats(eligibility questions) and 73′ NC State [...]
NFL Playoff Race….Contenders and Predictions
It’s the final 3 weeks of the regular season in the NFL and for the most part, there’s plenty of playoff spots to go around. Realistically there’s only two teams who we can all but count on to make the playoffs, the Patriots who have clinched, and the Falcons, who have a 3 game lead [...]
Monday Morning Midfielder (Late Edition)
Some Christmas Sackings It would have probably been a Christmas miracle to go half a Premier League season without firing a manager, so it wasn’t surprising that the Premier League saw the sacking of two managers this week. The surprise was that its mid-season firings were Blackburn’s Sam Allardyce and Newcastle’s Chris Hughton. There are [...]
Ramblings and Bamblings from the NHL
A lot has gone on in the world of hockey recently, some awesome, some REALLY awesome, and some really lame. But it’s all worth talking about… Bobby Ryan scores with the wrong stickThis had to go first. First of all, how did the refs miss it when Koivu literally stole Bobby Ryan’s stick out of [...]
2011 NFL Draft Coverage: Top 10 QB 1.0
To combat the lack of relevant college football activity this Saturday, I decided to release my top QB for the 2011 NFL draft. Let’s hope this keeps us all sane until the Bowl Season starts. Andrew Luck Stanford Ht: 6’4 Wt: 235 Projected 40-Time: 4.75 Rating: 98 Potential: 99 Luck is being called the best [...]
Chris Petersen- The Next Urban Meyer or Dan Hawkins?
TSHQ is reporting now that Boise St. head coach Chris Petersen has interviewed for the Florida Gators head coaching position. A hot commodity for many years dating back to the Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma, those shaking their head about the candidate should recall that Urban Meyer, who days ago stepped down from the Gators [...]
NFL Power Rankings: Week 13
Short Power Rankings this time fellas. It’s finals week in college and I don’t have time to get into things. Sorry for the delay. 32. Carolina Panthers (1-11) 31. Cincinnati Bengals (2-10) 30. Arizona Cardinals (3-9) 29. Denver Broncos (3-9) 28. Detroit Lions (2-10) 27. Buffalo Bills (2-10) 26. Dallas Cowboys (4-8) 25. San Francisco [...]
