First Round Preview: San Jose Sharks (2) vs. Los Angeles Kings (7)
The Sharks faced off against their division rival Kings tonight at 7:30 in San Jose. In their regular season series, both teams went 3-3, with two of the Sharks’ losses coming in the shootout and giving them the two extra points. In their most recent game, the third to last game of the season, the...
San Francisco Giants Opening Day and Spring Training Wrap
Opening Day: Giants lose 2-1 Poor fielding undid the San Francisco Giants as they fell 2-1 to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first game of the season. Dodgers lefty starter Clayton Kershaw was nearly unhittable, allowing no runs over seven innings while striking out nine. In the eighth inning, James Loney’s run-scoring double off...
Richmond Spiders are the Real Deal
Rich – WHAT? RICHMOND! We’re 2 rounds through March Madness, folks, and down to 16 teams. We’ve seen our fair share of upsets and heartbreakers, but one team in my opinion stands out from the rest. It’s the University of Richmond Spiders. Led by 4 outstanding senior starters, the basketball team from this prestigious liberal arts...
Erving Walker #68inchesofswag
My bracket’s already busted, another classic year for me, so now I’m ‘bout the short guys. Erving “Hit ‘em with this one” Walker is my boy. He’s listed at 5’8”, which has got to be an exaggeration of an inch or two. Like UW’s Isaiah Thomas, Erving provides lightning quick athleticism and high-powered energy for...
The Big Least
The Big East has been ruling college basketball like the SEC rules college football. Cable TV forces me to watch the exact same Big East teams over and over again. I have seen more UConn or Pitt games this year than Pac 10 games…and I live in California. ESPN analysts worship Big East teams like...
Daps or No Daps: Beginning of March Madness
Daps: Teams seeded 8th or higher: This year there are five teams with an 8 seed or higher that made the Sweet 16 this year: #11 Marquette, #8 Butler, #10 Florida St., #11 VCU and #12 Richmond. Of these five teams, three (FSU, VCU and Richmond) are from the Southwest region. Demonte Harper: Harper hit...
Top 10 Mascots of March Madness
Slate’s mascots bracket and a rundown of every team in the tournament’s mascot During March Madness, college basketball fans spend hours poring over websites, magazines, newspapers, anything that will give them the edge when it comes to filling out their bracket. People will spend hours in front of a computer screen comparing teams’ 3 point FG...
Top 5 Most Likely First Round Upsets
The key to a solid bracket is nailing those first round upsets. If you are having trouble, here are five games where the underdog could come out victorious. 1. #13 Oakland over #4 Texas: Oakland has played four ranked teams this year and beat Tennessee when they were #7. They have also scored over 100...
5 Teams That Will Bust Your Bracket
TEXAS: If there is one team that is primed to under perform come tourney time, there is no doubt that team is Texas. Nobody should be able to trust a team that blew a 22-point lead against Colorado and shoots 64% from the line. Even though they made the finals of their conference tournament, they...
Countdown to Opening Day: Pablo Sandoval
This is the second installment in “Countdown to Opening Day,” which will answer questions about the San Francisco Giants and the rest of the MLB in preparation for the start of baseball in 2011. Will Pablo Sandoval bounce back? Last year: Over the last two seasons the Giants burly third baseman Pablo Sandoval became a...
Countdown to Opening Day: Giants Starting Pitching
“Countdown to Opening Day” is a beat that will address questions about the San Francisco Giants going into the 2011 season as well as questions from around the MLB. Everyone knows the San Francisco Giants, winners of the 2010 World Series, are a team built around pitching so it seems apt to start with the...
Super Bowl XLV and NFL Year in Review
People expect too much from the Superbowl. I thought it was rather exciting. Of course, if the Steelers had won, I would say otherwise. If you didn’t like the commercials, I’m glad that you are the person that complains every year about the over-hyped ads not meeting expectations. I’m pretty sure that the level of...
