Adrian Peterson seems like a nice, well-meaning, decent guy. But as PFT breaks down, he makes some curious decisions about how to spend his time.
Adrian Peterson, you really shouldn’t skip the Adrian Peterson Football Camp
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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QB-turned-baseball-player-turned-QB-again Russell Wilson could provide boon to the Badgers
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Russell Wilson has decided to return to college football after leaving North Carolina State to pursue a career in Major League Baseball.
He was a three-year starting quarterback at North Carolina State before being drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round of the MLB amateur draft in 2010. Now that he has decided to play football again he has become the most sought after transfer in college football.
Here is a look at his baseball and college football careers. [Read more...]
Baseball’s Biggest Suprises as Summer Begins
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Yesterday was officially the first day of summer, which is a perfect time to check up on the biggest surprises thus far in the MLB. I picked the two biggest surprises in the American and National Leagues to highlight.
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John Isner makes sure history is not repeated in rematch against Nicolas Mahut
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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When the draw for Wimbledon was announced, there was one match that caught the attention of everyone. It was the rematch between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut, who are both remembered for their record setting 11 hour 5 minute match last year. Isner took the fifth set 70-68 to advance to the second round, where he would lose.
The 11 hour, three day match was an unforgettable experience for both players, but it was not something that they wanted to experience a second time. The winner of the match, Isner, had to go out in the second round when he had no energy left. This year, the result was different.
Cubs to produce video for “It Gets Better” campaign
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Chicago Cubs have produced a video for the It Gets Better campaign and The Trevor Project to give hope to young people, and particularly LGBT young people, who are victims of bullying.
The Cubs are the second Major League team (after the San Francisco Giants) to do so. (From MLB.com.)
Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire Watch for June 22, 2011
June 22, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In this week’s edition of the waiver wire watch, underrated 10-team league studs Brett Gardner and Jordan Zimmerman are analyzed, as well as Coco Crisp, Scott Baker, Brett Wallace, and Carlos Carrasco.
Will it be Braxton Miller to Joe Bauserman under center for the Ohio State Buckeyes in 2011?
June 21, 2011 By 1 Comment
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As you undoubtedly know by now, Ohio State quarterback Terrelle Pryor is foregoing his senior season at Ohio State.
With everything that has gone on around the Ohio State football team in recent months, it has almost been an afterthought they still have a football season to play this fall. Ohio State thought that they were going to have Terrelle Pryor’s services after he was done serving his five game suspension; now the Buckeyes must move on and find a quarterback to replace Pryor altogether.
Here is a look at the candidates that could replace Terrelle Pryor at quarterback this season.
Agreement in principle reached
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Update: ESPN is reporting that the players will reportedly receive 48 percent of "all revenue" under the framework of the labor deal currently being discussed. NFLPA chief DeMaurice Smith insists the players only saw 53 percent of the revenues under the previous agreement, though 60 percent is the number most commonly cited.
4 year vets to be unrestricted
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Update: ESPN's Adam Schefter reports on Twitter that all players with at least four years of service time will be unrestricted free agents under the labor agreement currently being discussed. This would impact in excess of 500 current players and would potentially lead to a free agent frenzy once a deal is reached.
David Roth quits job to watch son Michael pitch in College World Series
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Top 20 NBA Ballers of My Lifetime
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Editor’s note: We are currently preparing an article in which a number of MSF writers submitted their top 20 NBA players of all-time. The goal is to see where Dirk falls in the top 20, or if he even makes it at all. Evan decided to narrow his scope a bit and go with the top 20 players of his lifetime. So we are posting his article first, with the mega top 20 article to come. Stay tuned…
Also note that Evan is 22 and says that he really started watching the NBA during the 1997-98 season.
It’s top-20 NBA Players mania around here right now, all thanks to Dirk Nowitzki’s superstar performance in earning his first ring this month. Everyone from announcers to journalists to bloggers are saying Dirk has hit legendary status, maybe even top 20 of all time. I think that sounds a tad high for Dirk, but he now has some serious hardware to reasonably back up the claim to a top-20 spot.
For my own part, I have always thought that the NBA MVP award was the most meaningful of any of the four major sports. Scan the list and you’ll notice every single winner is a Hall of Famer or well on his way to being enshrined. Dirk has his MVP award, he has his Finals MVP award, and most importantly he has his ring.
But is he on par with Larry Bird? Or is that just the most racially convenient historical comparison bandied by most experts?
Honestly, I don’t really know because I never actually saw Larry Bird play. But I have seen plenty of other great players, so for my Top-20 NBA Players list, I decided to restrict myself to those guys I’ve actually seen play. Here is my list with some highly subjective choices, some no doubters, and perhaps one begrudgingly included sharpshooter who burned my New York Knicks many years ago.
Despite objections from Rich Eisen, Michigan may finally get a mascot
June 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Bad blood brewing between Steve Fisher and Bill Self over flip-flopping recruit
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Even sweet little ol’ Joe Paterno is breaking NCAA rules now
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