Top Players Roundup: Blaz Kavcic presented no real threat to Novak Djokovic, even if the scoreline makes the last two sets look a bit close. Djokovic was in control of that match and didn’t need to be near perfect to win. Unlike last year, where he really came out sending a message to the field [...]
Archive for May, 2012
2012 CFB Preview Part 5: Top Five Non-AQ Teams Not Named Boise St.
Non-automatic qualifiers were seen but not heard only 10 years ago for the most part. However with the rise of TCU and Boise St. in the last decade, more attention is paid to those teams outside the power conferences. As popular as it is to predict national champions and Heisman winners, it’s almost as popular [...]
2012 NBA Draft Lottery Winners and Losers
Duh. Winning. It’s back again folks, our second annual Charlie Sheen quote fueled NBA draft lottery winners and losers column. Last year the Sheen theme was propelled by Sheen being replaced on Two and a Half Men by Ashton Kutcher, a foreseeable nightmare. This year, said nightmare has occurred in the form of rom-com Kutcher [...]
TSHQ Stanley Cup Final Preview: New Jersey Devils vs. Los Angeles Kings
So here we go, the Stanley Cup Final is here again. To me, it feels like the 2011-2012 season just started a few weeks ago, but we’ve only got a few weeks left before the summer starts and we wait again until next fall. But before that happens, we’ve still got a couple of more [...]
French Open Round 1 Recap
Top Players Roundup: Nadal gave up only five games while cruising past Simone Bolleli. Rafa was solid from start to finish and Bolleli never really had a chance. He had moments of good play, but couldn’t stay with Rafa at all in any part of the match. Djokovic and Federer each coasted through their first-round [...]
Hazard’s Decision
By Rob Milne Eden Hazard, the shining young light of Belgian Football, has a monumental decision to make this week which could make or break the winger’s career. The three frontrunners for Hazard’s signature are thought to be the two Manchester giants and newly crowned European champions Chelsea, in many ways this decision has remnants [...]
All-Time Major League Baseball Team
The premise of the piece started last season when I said Albert Pujols was the greatest first baseman of all time on Twitter (@ColeyMick… Hit that follow button). Few agreed. The main proponent was Bryan Doherty (@BDohertyTSHQ1…follow at your own peril). Yes, the very same one you all know and hate. He got loud in [...]
Giancarlo: I Choose You!
Growing up, Pokémon was like crack for sixth graders. The trading cards, the video games, the TV show, and the movies were all just various ways for a pre-pubescent 11-year old to get their fix. Now, for those who had the OG red and blue versions, you remember how the game starts: you go to [...]
2012 French Open Draw Analysis
With the 2012 French Open draw now out, we can look at which players have the easiest and toughest paths to get deep in this tournament. As always, we will rank the quarters from toughest to easiest. These rankings aren’t determined by the number of top players in the draw. Rather, we will judge each [...]
2012 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Draft Grade
The clear winner in free agency, unless you want to say the Broncos won because they signed Peyton Manning, were the Buccaneers, but Super Bowl’s aren’t won in FA, so could they carry that momentum over into the NFL Draft? With so many holes to fill on both sides of the ball still, I know [...]
