Philadelphia Phillies Fantasy Report
24 Jul 2008 9:40pm GMT Having dropped two of three from the Mets this week, the Phils have now seen their NL East lead completely evaporate and now find themselves a game behind New York and just a half-game above the Fish. Since an excellent start that saw the Phillies at 39-26 in early June, the team has sputtered, going just [...]
Green Bay Packers Team Capsule
24 Jul 2008 12:34am GMT What Went Right Brett Favre didn’t get to throw to Randy Moss but Greg Jennings and Donald Driver did the trick in 2007. The Mississippi gunslinger fired 28 touchdown passes, his highest total since 2004. Along the way, Favre set NFL career records for most touchdown passes and most yards (sorry, Dan Marino). In other years, [...]
Ice Chips: Western Conference Free Agency
22 Jul 2008 6:07pm GMT After reviewing the additions made by Eastern Conference teams, we now turn our attention to how the Western Conference clubs have fared during the free agency period. The Chicago Blackhawks made a big splash while admittedly overspending in terms of length and dollar amount (hey, at least they’re honest, right?). Brian Campbell leaves the Pacific coast [...]
Ray to Retire? Ya, Right!
21 Jul 2008 4:45pm GMT Fat chance that Baltimore defensive stalwart Ray Lewis will soon join offensive tackle Jonathan Ogden on the sidelines as a retired Raven. While Ogden finally decided last month that a painful bout of turf toe would help spell the end of his NFL career, Lewis said this week that “football is just getting started for me.” It’s [...]
The Wire Troll: LaHair and the Tortoise?
20 Jul 2008 6:50pm GMT Gio Gonzalez, Oakland, SP: The recent trade of Joe Blanton to the Phillies has opened up a spot in the Oakland rotation and it looks like Gio Gonzalez is the current frontrunner for the vacancy. Gonzalez is coming off a great run for the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats. In his last four starts, he has [...]