BBC nominees for Sports Personality of the Year 2012 That’s a great picture to share especially in light of last year’s sexist line-up which didn’t even include one woman. This year voters can chose from Jessica Ennis, heptathlete/ Nicola Adams, b…
Running for Life after a Kidney Transplant
October 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Yankees: Stealing the AL East literally
September 25, 2012 By Leave a Comment
In case you didn’t realize the New York Yankees are stealing the AL East, and I mean literally. No one could have predicted that the over-the-hill, Evil Empire would have the third most steals in baseball in the month of September, but fact is they do. The Yankees have 24 steals while being caught just [...]
New York Yankees fan take on Strasburg situation
September 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
One of the biggest baseball stories of the 2012 season was the possibility that the Washington Nationals would shutdown their ace Stephen Strasburg. Well, that came true last week. And since Strasburg got grounded I have been inundated with emails about my opinion on the Nationals decision, so here it is. Did the Washington Nationals [...]
Positive Athlete In Sports: Yolanda Moore
September 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I had the pleasure of co-hosting an on air interview with Cleanfreefun.com, Jackie Waller, yesterday evening. Our VERY special guest? Ole Miss Alum; 2 time WNBA Champion with the Houston Comets (1997,1998); named SEC Women’s Basketball Great (2012); first African American head coach of Mississippi Association of Independent Schools and Heritage Academy of 48yrs (2011); [...]
Yankees lose to umpire
September 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The New York Yankees started last night’s game in sole possession of first-place in the AL East at Camden Yard. But instead of getting a chance to win the game, the Yankees got cheated, literally. Instead the door got slammed in the Yankees face and the game ended 4-5 in favor of the Baltimore Orioles [...]
The Real Truth about Yankees Alex Rodriguez
June 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been under fire since his first day in pinstripes. Yankee fans love to hate A-rod, but I am proud to say that I am not one of them. Still, one would think with the way the Yankees are tearing it up on the baseball field right now, [...]
2012 MLB Power Rankings – Week 5
May 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Well another week in the 2012 MLB Season is in the books, and so far each one brings more excitement and drama than the last. And this week history was made both good and bad. First, the Yankees are learning what life is like without the greatest closer in the history of baseball. Losing Mariano [...]
New York Yankees: 3 reasons to tune into Spring Training
March 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
For the most part, Spring Training stats and standings (wins and loses) can be ignored. But that doesn’t mean fans should completely ignore watching any Spring Training games because there are some worthwhile and interesting situations to keep an eye on. Here are three reasons that I keep the channel on the YES or MLB [...]
New York Yankees: Not Today It is Tebow Time
January 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
ESPN’s First Take host Skip Bayless, whom I adore, has been in Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow‘s corner since day one. Admittedly, I have not been on the Tebow bandwagon yet and still am not aboard, but you cannot deny that this guy is inspiring to watch. Just read this recent Tebow article on FOX SPORTS that [...]
