After no one was able to match all six numbers to take home the $121 million jackpot on Tuesday night, this coming Friday night’s grand prize has risen to an estimated $144 million to a single winner.
That translates to cash out option of more than $89 million to the winner.
Even though no one hit the [...]
Posted on January 27, 2010 in theOthercategory.
The Oakland Raiders hired Hue Jackson as offensive coordinator on Tuesday, hoping the man who helped develop Joe Flacco in Baltimore can do the same for JaMarcus Russell.
When the Raiders took Russell with the first overall pick in the 2007 draft, they had hoped the the former star at LSU would be well on his [...]
Posted on January 27, 2010 in theFootballcategory.
This Sunday in Miami, NFL All-Stars will get set to face off in this season’s Pro Bowl in an epic battle.
Well not really. The Pro Bowl usually is not much of a game, but this year its even more of a joke than usual. The NFL’s new format has the game being played in the [...]
Posted on January 27, 2010 in theFootballcategory.
The NBA All-Star voting was announced on Thursday and even though he’s played only 19 games during the worst season of his career, Allen Iverson will start for the East.
Iverson started the year in Memphis with the Grizzles, but after just three games, quit. Then he heads back to Philadelphia and he is averaging only [...]
Posted on January 22, 2010 in theBasketballcategory.
After seven seasons in the Majors, Detroit Tigers first basemen Miguel Cabrera has a lifetime batting average of .311, he’s hit over 200 home runs and recorded more than 1,200 hits.
Not a bad guy to have on your team, right? Well, maybe not.
As last season came to a close, with his Tigers in the midst [...]
Posted on January 22, 2010 in theBaseballcategory.
Major League Baseball and the players’ association are close to moving a three-game series between the New York Mets and Florida Marlins to San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
The series currently scheduled for June 28-30 in Florida, with the Marlins as the home team of course. That won’t change, only the venue.
San Juan hosted 22 Montreal [...]
Posted on January 21, 2010 in theBaseballcategory.
Even before the Buffalo Bills hired Buddy Nix to be their next general manager on December 31st, NFL sources say there was a “stealth meeting” with Bill Cowher last week.
Apparently, Bills owner Ralph Wilson Jr. joined team president Russ Brandon to gauge Cowher’s potential interest to return to coaching.
Obviously, the Bills are after a big-name [...]
Posted on January 3, 2010 in theFootballcategory.