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Catching our breath before it resumes
NASCAR Random ruminations while at recess from racing: • Let me get this straight: Teams worked on their Daytona cars for months, brought them down in January to test, some went back and built new o...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

What Kind of Man is Albert Pujols?
MLB The best player in baseball, Albert Pujols, is at odds with his employer, the St. Louis Cardinals, over the next seven to 10 years of his life. Or at least he seems to be. While no one in the media...
2 years ago by Charlie Miller Tags: MLB

Fantasy Mock: Recap of Round 9
NFL Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft — February 2011 ROUND 9 97. Chris Cooley, TE, WAS (Athlon Consensus 1) 98. Mike Williams, WR, SEA (Braden Gall, Athlon Sports) 99. Deion Branch, WR, N...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

NFL 2011 Cheerleader Gallery
NFL Super Bowl XLV had all the elements of a great game.  Except cheerleaders. ...
2 years ago by Athlon Sports Tags: NFL, Overtime, Cheerleaders, Cheerleaders

Monday Musings
Golf   Conventional wisdom has long held that playing the Pebble Beach Pro-Am with Bill Murray is a recipe for failure. Murray’s on-course shtick is simply too distracting to the task at hand. It...
2 years ago by Rob Doster Tags: Golf

Panthers Surviving Without Gibbs
College Basketball By Ken Davis Injuries are a part of any college basketball season, but the magnifying glass comes out when top teams lose players in February. This is the time of year when coaches find themsel...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: College Basketball

Fantasy Mock: Recap of Round 7
NFL Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft — February 2011 ROUND 7 73. Santana Moss, WR, WAS (Athlon Consensus 1) 74. Steve Smith, WR, NYG (Braden Gall, Athlon Sports) 75. Reggie Bush, RB, NO...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

No. 10 Steve Stricker
Golf 2011 Golfer Countdown BORN: Feb. 23, 1967, Edgerton, Wisc. FEDEX FINISH: 7 2010 PGA TOUR EARNINGS: $4,190,235 WORLD GOLF RANKING: 8 (as of Feb. 14, 2011) GOLF CHANNEL’S BRANDE...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: Golf

No. 5: Tony Stewart
NASCAR 2011 Driver Countdown No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet Team: Stewart-Haas Racing Owner: Tony Stewart Crew Chief: Darian Grubb Years with current team: 3 Under contract through:...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Early Mock Thoughts
Fantasy   There was no football this weekend for the first time since August. Nashville also saw the thermometer top 50 for what feels like the first time since then as well. So conducting more fantas...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: MLB, Fantasy

Uncertainty With ACC QBs
College Football Believe it or not, the research for the 2011 college football season is already in high gear. Seems like it was only yesterday when Auburn beat Oregon for the national championship, but as soon as ...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: College Football

Impact of Spring Practice
Fantasy The opening of spring practice is still a month away for most colleges, but that shouldn't slow the start of your preseason research. Athlon released it's early ranks for quarterbacks, running back...
2 years ago by Steven Lassan Tags: Fantasy

Earnhardt, Gordon On Front Row for 500
NASCAR by Matt Taliaferro The name “Earnhardt” is synonymous with Daytona International Speedway. The late Dale Earnhardt won a total of 34 races and three poles at the historic speedway, while so...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Bud Shootout Raises Questions
NASCAR Well, that was … unique. New-look cars (noses and paint schemes), average speeds well over 200 mph, a surface we knew was Daytona but sure resembled Talladega, two-by-two drafts that evolved ...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Fantasy Mock: Recap of Round 6
NFL Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft — February 2011 ROUND 6 61. Cedric Benson, RB, CIN (Athlon Consensus 2) 62. Jeremy Maclin, WR, PHI (Matt Taliaferro, Athlon Sports) 63. Santonio Hol...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

Let the (Labor) Games Begin
NFL By Ralph Vacchiano It was another thrilling finish in what has become a string of remarkable Super Bowls. Three of the last four have been decided on the final drive. There hasn’t been a rea...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Amateur Hour
Golf Most stops on the PGA Tour are relatively buttoned-down. Other than a few notable exceptions — say, the coed keg party that is No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale — there is a routine etiquette expected, ...
2 years ago by Nathan Rush Tags: Golf

NASCAR's Season(s) of Change
NASCAR I write this column every three or four years. At some point, you’d think I would just change the names and dates, but I guess that would be cheating. “NASCAR’s Season of Change.” Has a nic...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

Strategy is Key in 2011
NASCAR by Mike Neff There have always been races decided by strategy over speed in NASCAR, but pit calls in 2011 may play a bigger factor in race results than ever before. NASCAR has changed some rule...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

'11 Team Rankings: Big East
College Football Since conference realignment took place back in 2004, either Pitt or West Virginia has won every Big East recruiting crown. In fact, in four of those six years since, the Panthers and Mountaineers ...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, Big East

Fantasy Mock: Recap of Round 4
NFL Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft — February 2011 ROUND 4 37. LeGarrette Blount, RB, TB (Athlon Consensus 2) 38. Miles Austin, WR, DAL (Matt Taliaferro, Athlon Sports) 39. Tony Romo,...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

No. 6: Kyle Busch
NASCAR 2011 Driver Countdown No. 18 M&M’s/Wrigley Toyota Team: Joe Gibbs Racing Owner: Joe Gibbs Crew Chief: Dave Rogers Years with current team: 4 Under contract through: 2012 Bes...
2 years ago by Matt Taliaferro Tags: NASCAR

'11 Team Rankings: ACC
College Football When Florida State officially handed the reins to Jimbo Fisher, it expected to inject some energy and passion into its program. But after a trip to the ACC Championship game in his first season, Fi...
2 years ago by Braden Gall Tags: College Football, ACC

Young Pack Will Be Back
NFL By Charean Williams The good news for the Green Bay Packers is they won another Lombardi Trophy. The better news is the Packers are the second-youngest team in the league. They could be con...
2 years ago by Mitch Light Tags: NFL

Fantasy Mock: Recap of Round 3
NFL Athlon Sports NFL Fantasy Mock Draft — February 2011 ROUND 3 25. Jonathan Stewart, RB, CAR (Athlon Consensus 1) 26. Larry Fitzgerald, WR, ARI (Braden Gall, Athlon Sports) 27. Reggie Way...
2 years ago by Corby Yarbrough Tags: NFL, Fantasy

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