(1) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (3) San Antonio SpursWith TNT covering one of the most star-studded semifinal series in recent memory, the work of Marv Albert and Doug Collins has also lived up to expectations.Albert has one of the most famous voices in the history of sport and is well known for his “facial” calls. […]
Triple-A: The Bats lost to Columbus in 13 on an RBI single by former Bat Ray Olmedo. The win went to Mike Bacsik, the modern-day Tracy Stallard who who gave up Barry Bonds’ 756th home run. Gary Majewski allowed the winning hit, but then we’d only be surprised if he didn’t. My opinion is that […]
How much longer must we wait before the Padres give players like Chase Headley, Nick Hundley, Matt Antonelli, Will Venable, Edgar Gonzalez and a few others a chance? If the Padres don’t want to make any big trades this year, we need to see how these young guys handle the Major Leagues. Then we’ll know […]
PHOENIX — With Augie Ojeda at the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning on Saturday afternoon, outfielder Jeff Salazar turned to reliever Chad Qualls in the D-backs’ dugout and said, “I think Augie’s about to have a really big day right now.”Salazar emphasized really, because Ojeda had already driven in four runs while […]
Rapper VL Mike was killed yesterday (April 20th) aged 32, after he was shot to death in New Orleans.The former Chopper City Boys member and The Game collaborator, was killed when a man shot him as he left his vehicle. Mike was then rushed to University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.According to police the […]
Who needs Johan Santana? Mike Pelfrey has double the wins for 1/30th of the money.Pelfrey - entrenched in the rotation with Pedro Martinez out with a strained hamstring and Orlando Hernandez wearing a protective boot that’s “so big he can’t even drive,” according to GM Omar Minaya - pitched a career-high seven innings Tuesday night […]
The band’s singer and keyboardist, who lived on Watermead in Aylesbury, was admitted to SMH’s intensive care unit on Wednesday with a chest infection.The 64-year-old had been in hospital since September 2003 after suffering a spinal cord injury that had left him a tetraplegic. The popular frontman was one of the country’s leadings stars in […]