According to reports, there has been more indications that the Philadelphia Phillies’ pursuit of Indians pitcher Cliff Lee is heating up.
Now that Philadelphia’s negotiations with Toronto for Roy Halladay have stalled the Phillies have seemingly moved on to try and land Lee.
Three Cleveland scouts, including the club’s director of player personnel, Steve Lubratich, were in [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.

Year after year, NFL experts say that teams can’t win consistently without a solid rushing attack. Well, this year’s prop odds are very good for the Minnesota Vikings.
NFL Odds makers have established prop odds for the 2009 NFL Season and have made Vikings running back Adrian Peterson the favorite to compile the most rushing yards [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 in theFootballcategory.

The jackpot in the multi-state Powerball Lottery game is on the rise. After no new grand prize winner was awarded in last Saturday’s $88 million draw, Wednesday night’s draw could be worth an estimated $102 million to a single winner.
Even with no grand prize winner awarded over the weekend, Powerball still handed out some nice [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 in theOthercategory.

NFL odds makers have released the player prop odds for the upcoming season and they have made New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees the favorite to throw for the most passing yards in 2009.
Vegas has made Brees a 9/4 favorite to gross the most yards threw the air in this year’s campaign.
Brees threw for over [...]

Posted on July 29, 2009 in theFootballcategory.

Having thrown a no-hitter two seasons ago, Mark Buehrle remain calm and collective as he entered the ninth inning on Thursday against the Rays. With a perfect game within his grasp, Buehrle delivered his 105th pitch of the day to Tampa outfielder Gabe Kapler.
In the game as a defensive replacement, White Sox outfielder, DeWayne Wise [...]

Posted on July 24, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.

According to MLB sources, the Oakland Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals are close to completing a deal that would send outfielder Matt Holliday to St. Louis in exchange for third baseman Brett Wallace, outfielder Shane Peterson and right-handed pitcher Clayton Mortensen.
Holliday, a career .315 hitter, is set to become a free agent at the end [...]

Posted on July 24, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.

Mark Teixeira homered and drove in three runs as C.C. Sabathia recovered from a rocky start and the New York Yankees extended their winning streak to seven games on Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics.
After giving up two runs in the second, Sabathia settled down and pitched seven complete innings allowing just one more. In [...]

Posted on July 24, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.

Jays GM J.P. Ricciardi is still waiting to receive an appropriate trade offer for 2003 Cy Young Award winner Roy Halladay. He has set a July 28 deadline to complete a deal for his ace.
Baseball’s non-waiver trade deadline is July 31. Ricciardi said July 6 he would field offers for Halladay, but they have not [...]

Posted on July 22, 2009 in theBaseballcategory.

According to NFL reports, commissioner Goodell has said that he expects to meet with suspended star Micheal Vick in the “near future,” however he is not defining what that means.
An NFL spokesman has said that the league will remain relatively quiet as to the possible reinstatement of the former Pro Bowler.
Vick was released from federal [...]

Posted on July 22, 2009 in theFootballcategory.