sportsjabber.net

You are browsing the archives of 2011 April.

Sports fans have argued for years over which specific sport pays its players the highest wages. That debate has been put to rest somewhat in the internet age as annual reports are typically released showing who makes exactly how much money. A new report was released in mid-April by sporting Intelligence and there may be a few surprises to some people.

According to the report, NBA basketball players make the most money on average, [...]

It was a day to forget for the Philadelphia Flyers and their fans, while for the few yellow-clad faithful of the Boston Bruins in attendance, it was a sweet, sweet afternoon at Wells Fargo Center. The Bruins put up seven goals on the home team en route to a 7-3 rout, and in every sense of the word, , Boston completely dominated every aspect of the game.[...]

Over the last few months I’d been hearing about how people were starting to give up on the potential of Justin Smoak.

Here’s some news: Prospects in the MLB typically take longer to pan out than in the NFL. Last season was Smoak’s first in the big leagues and we managed to obtain the young power hitter from Texas [...]

I knew it. I knew the Browns were going to double dip on the D Line just like they double dipped in the secondary last year. 2010 Cleveland takes Joe Haden and TJ Ward with their first two picks. 2011 it’s the defensive line that gets addressed with Phil Taylor and Jabaal Sheard taken with the Browns first two picks. The 2010 draft had a ton of DB prospects. This year it was a deep draft for D Linemen. Next year maybe the draft will be rich in linebackers or…

Based off the talent of the player, the needs of the team and the position they were picking. The number next to each person is the place they were drafted. They are in order.
10:Blaine Gabbert QB Jaguars
2: Von Miller OLB Broncos
4 A.J. Green WR Bengals
5 Patrick Peterson DB Cardinals
19 Prince Amukamara DB Giants
3 Marcell Dareus DT [...]

Seeing the New Orleans Saints draft Mark Ingram tonight in the NFL Draft makes you wonder- who’s out? Former Illini Pierre Thomas or Heisman Trophy* winner Reggie Bush?

Well, if you follow Bush on Twitter, and saw what he tweeted at approx 11:40 CT pm (an hour or so after the draft concluded), you may get a good idea…

The Miami Heat will meet the Boston Celtics in a playoff series that has been anticipated since the season began. Miami and Boston are giants of the Eastern Conference and the regular season was a good preview of what was to come. Boston’s famed Big Three looked on with intent in the pre-season as Miami recruited a Big Three of their own. The lines were drawn a long time ago. When Lebron James and Chris Bosh…

For the most part, Ozzie Guillen’s tweets don’t make any sense. Even if you are bilingual. Of course, that doesn’t make them any less entertaining.

However, Major League Baseball is looking into any rules the Chicago White Sox manager may have broken by making derogatory comments about an umpire…

Calm down, calm down. I know that this news has completely made your day, but you really need to get a hold of yourself.

Ok?

Good.

So now that you’ve calmed down, I have an even bigger surprise for you. Pacquiao’s CD that is entitled, “Sometimes When We Touch” (swoons), also comes with a DVD. And guess what? We have the trailer…

At first I said “Not another trade!” But I really approved when I found out what Atlanta gave up, the 27th pick, their 2nd and 4th round pick in this year’s draft AND their 1st and 4th pick in 2012. Getting that extra first rounder next year was huge. Compare this to the infamous Mark Sanchez trade where we gave away a franchise QB for essentially a bunch of role players, many of whom aren’t with the team anymore. But how did we do…