This season I find myself having iPad the MLB app open most of the time when I'm watching the Red Sox. It has become an addon to the experience of watching baseball that I find very helpful. Here's what I use it for: Pitch counts – always available. Only available part time on TV Strike zone tracking […]
NFL Analysis: How To Defend the Read Option
July 28, 2013 by
Greg Bedard with another great analysis piece, this time for Peter King's new MMQB site, that looks at what defenses can do against the QB's (Robert Griffin, Colin Kapernick, Russell Wilson ) that run the read option. Here's a couple of snippets from the article and Stanford Defensive Coordinator Derek Mason white boarding up the […]
How Did the Boston Bruins and All Other NHL Teams Get Their Names?
April 2, 2013 by
The Palm Beach Post explains how all the NHL teams got their nicknames. Here's how the Boston team came to be known as the Bruins: The team was founded in 1924. The owner, Charles Weston Adams, also owned a local retail chain whose colors were brown with yellow trim. A naming contest stipulated the nickname would […]
Fantastic Video: The Greatest Moments in Sports
August 22, 2012 by
This is a fantastic compilation of some of the greatest moments in sports history.
Rondo’s Chicanery Makes the NBA Worth Watching – With Video
June 4, 2012 by
I know that he doesn't play defense all the time, or really offense all the time, and I know he's a headcase, but he is a very entertaining player in a league that is dreary, boring, and geared towards a bunch of unlikeable starts (which the Celtics have a couple of). He's the only player […]
The State of the Bruins: It Isn’t Pretty
March 14, 2012 by
What Bruins fans have sat through for the last 2 months (since that terrible loss to the dreaded Canucks) is to watch a team that is a shadow of itself when you compare it to last year's epic Stanley Cup run or what we saw this January and December. So what is wrong? A few […]
The Patriots Have Some Cap Space To Go Big
March 12, 2012 by
After franchising Wes Welker, the Patriots have $16.2 million in cap space. They will have to use some of that money to sign the likes of Andre Carter, Dan Koppen/Dan Connolly, Mark Anderson, and a few other folks like Matthew Slater. They don't have tons of room, but there is a chance they can take a shot a […]
Sunday NFL Notes – Here Comes Free Agency
March 11, 2012 by
A few links from around the web a couple days before free agency starts: Pete Prisco lists the top 30 free agents. #2 is Mario Williams:"How would you like to be his agent? He is going to be the highest-paid defensive player in the NFL. End of story." The Herald on some of the Pats […]
The Science of the Curveball
March 8, 2012 by
Discovery has an article explaining the science behind the curveball: The curveball never breaks, but instead follows a gradual and steady parabolic path. Our eyes just have trouble handling it. Batters will use their foveal, or central, vision when the ball leaves the pitcher's hand. About 20 feet in, the batter will switch […]