For the past several seasons Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander has carried the team's starting rotation. Verlander is a five-time Major League Baseball All-Star who won pitching's Triple Crown in 2011 as he led the American League in wins (24), earned run average (2.40), and strikeouts (250). Verlander has helped the Tigers reach the [...]
It takes a certain kind of man to turn around a Major League Baseball team and Baltimore Orioles manager Buck Showalter is that kind of guy. When Showalter took over as the Orioles manager in the middle of the 2010 season, he inherited a club that had consecutive last place finishes in the American League [...]
There is no doubt that New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is a talented football player. At 6'6", 265 lbs., Gronkowski is an imposing figure on the gridiron as he was elected to the Pro Bowl in 2011 and 2012. After being drafted by the Patriots in the second round of the 2010 National [...]
University of Maryland head coach football Randy Edsall took the money and ran in 2011. After 12 seasons at the University of Connecticut, Edsall was lured to Maryland by the money thrown his way by Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson. Edsall is earning a $2 million a year salary in College Park, but the results [...]
2012 saw the Boston Red Sox suffer through their worst season since 1965 when they finished with a record of 62-100. Last season the Red Sox finished in last place in the American League East with a record of 69-93 as they were 26 games behind the New York Yankees. Red Sox general manager Ben [...]
The National Hockey League is on the cusp of deciding its champion as the Boston Bruins and Chicago Blackhawks are set to square off tomorrow night in the Stanley Cup Finals. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman salivates at match-ups like this as two of the "Original Six" teams are going to square off for Lord Stanley's [...]
The French Open has been around since the late 1800's and it has been one of the biggest events in the sport of tennis. The venue at Roland Garros in Paris, France might soon be renamed for Spain's famed tennis player Rafael Nadal. Nadal's straight set victory yesterday over fellow Spaniard David Ferrer was his [...]