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Tony La Russa retired from the St. Louis Cardinals after winning the World Series, and in 33 seasons with three teams, he won six pennants and three championships. Just as impressive, his career 2738-2365 record. That’s 5097 games, or 15,291 different situational relievers. Quite the career.
La Russa retired with the third-most wins as a manager, behind Connie Mack (3731 wins) and John McGraw (2763). [...]
To those of you who have followed my blog posts here at Rumors and Rants for the last four years or however long it has been, thanks. However, I am pretty sure I may be done here, because I hate sports now.
Maybe there’s still time for me to get into Broadway musicals or something as my hobby/vocation/entire life. You know, something that may provide me with an actual reward for all the time and effort I put into it. [...]
Happy Halloween! Hope every has a bootiful time tonight. Watch out for the little tricksters and treaters out there tonight. They just want candy, they’re excited. Be careful. It was a scary time for a few teams yesterday. It’s time for some reaction from all of Sunday’s NFL action in today’s “stack”, which starts right now:
Baltimore 30 Arizona 27
Did not see this one coming at all. [...]
You gotta love what BCU quarterback, Riley Nelson, did here after scoring a touchdown. In a game versus TCU, Nelson made a solid two-point conversion, throwing his helmet into two defenders and barely getting into the end zone.
After the play, Nelson celebrated by [...]
The Rams entered their Week 8 clash with the mighty Saints with no wins and no Sam Bradford. It turns out that it was still no sweat for St. Louis to pull one of the season’s biggest upsets and defeat New Orleans, 31-21.
Steven Jackson paced the Rams, running for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and A.J. Feeley, making his second start in relief of the injured Bradford, [...]
If you heard about the raunchy Taylor Swift photos and desire a peek- don’t get your hopes up. Swift lawyers are going after the site who published the alleged topless Taylor Swift photo, claiming it’s a fake and their besmirching the good name of a young wholesome girl. From Yahoo Music blogs: According to TMZ, Swift has sicced [...]
The Rams entered their Week 8 clash with the mighty Saints with no wins and no Sam Bradford. It turns out that it was still no sweat for St. Louis to pull one of the season’s biggest upsets and defeat New Orleans, 31-21.
Steven Jackson paced the Rams, running for 159 yards and two touchdowns, and A.J. Feeley, [...]
It’s being reported by multiple NHL sources, that Columbus Blue Jackets team President Mike Priest has contacted Ken Hitchcock about returning to coach the Jackets. Priest has also contacted former Calgary Flames General Manager (GM) Craig Button about assuming the reigns as the Blue Jackets GM. For a team that’s off to a woeful 1-9-1 record [...]
Under the tutelage of their new coaches, players like Stephen Curry, Kevin Love and Luis Scola will improve upon their already impressive games and look to push each of their teams into the playoff hunt.
The Golden State Warriors, Minnesota Timberwolves and Houston Rockets all hired new coaches in Mark Jackson, Rick Adelman and Kevin McHale respectively [...]
CLEVELAND – The Philadelphia Passion blasted the Cleveland Crush tonight, 60-18, behind another legendary all-around performance by Game MVP Marirose Roach (14 carries/134 yards, 4 TD — 3-4 passing, 97 yards, 2 TD, 231 total yards) as the visitors prevailed easily in an important inter-conference test before a hostile crowd. Losing Lingerie Bowl VIII by one point [...]