I figured I’d take some time off from analyzing the goings on of the NHL to ruffle some feathers with an opinion piece… Yes, the Penguins should trade Evgeni Malkin. I’m not saying that they will, especially not this year, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you started to hear some rumblings of rumors during [...]
Archive for July, 2011
The Best League In The World…Is Germany Closing The Gap On England?
So…Who’s the Best? Since the end of the season, I’ve been enjoying a nice break, but I am very much looking forward to the August season openers. In the meantime, I figured I’d check once in a while to make sure the beautiful game got a little bit of space on the blog. Back in [...]
Year of the Pitcher, the Redux? (Part Deux…the NL)
Unlike the American League, the National League has seen the demise (for now) of some of last seasons top tier pitchers. Ubaldo Jiminez, Big Time Timmy Jim Lincecum, Edinson Volquez, Mat Latos, Johan Santana (remember him?), Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright are not dominating like years past. In some cases, they aren’t even pitching at [...]
A Big Week in Queensland Sports
James Caughlin Taking a break from the run of NFL free agency previews, I’m going to talk about the big week of sports going on in my corner of the world across two codes of football happening in my backyard of Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane. Suncorp Stadium for the Super Rugby Semi-Final last Saturday Wednesday July [...]
NHL Free Agency Recap
So let’s see, I was mostly wrong, nailed a couple (even a blind horse finds water), and some predictions are still in limbo. It’s been two days since the start of free agency, so let’s take a look at what some of the teams have done so far… Buffalo Sabres When Terry Pegula bought the [...]
2011 Wimbledon Recap: What We Learned
Yeshayahu Ginsburg First of all, I will say this. For all of the grief that NBC deservedly gets over how badly they botch the airing of the second week of Wimbledon and the semifinals every year, they do succeed in doing a great job with the finals. John McEnroe knows the game so well and [...]
CFB’s 2011 Dirty Dozen Preview Part 7: The Storylines to Follow
Its now only 63 days until the first Saturday in the College Football season kicks off, but its never to early to start looking forward to what should be, as always, another terrific college football season. Last year saw Auburn come from the depths of nowhere to win the BCS National Championship game, led by [...]
Wimbledon Final Preview: Novak Djokovic vs Rafael Nadal
Well, the this is the final that most people expected a month ago for the French Open. And the final we had for the French Open was the one that most people expected for Wimbledon two weeks ago. Regardless, we have Novak Djokovic against Rafael Nadal here at the All-England club. Regardless of who wins, [...]
