As the 2011 MLB playoffs get set to start on Friday evening, it’s time to look ahead and predict which team will stand tall in October. The full series-by-series breakdowns are below: Tampa Bay – Texas A tricky series, because the Rays made such an incredible run on their way to winning the AL Wild [...]

September 13, 2011 was a day of significant baseball milestones, after a pair of veteran pitchers achieved some big time numbers on the field. First, it was Mariano

With no NBA basketball on the horizon, much of the relevant hoops action is taking place overseas. In one such event, sponsored by Nike, LeBron James took to the floor in Taiwan for an All-Star charity game. There, he was obviously the best player in the floor, but that doesn’t mean everything was well and [...]

After years of speculation and a long, drawn-out process, Cesc Fabregas is officially headed back to Barcelona FC, leaving behind an Arsenal club that failed to win trophies during his captaincy. The final details of the 24-year old’s transfer are laid out below, courtesy of The Guardian: The saga came to an end when Fábregas [...]

American soccer fans got their first taste of the Jurgen Klinsmann era, as team USA took on Mexico in a rematch of the Gold Cup final. Sure it was only an exhibition, but the match still served as an interesting first look at the Klinsmann-led squad. And while the Americans didn’t play especially well in [...]

Real Madrid became the latest club to sign a ridiculously young talent, inking 7-year old Leonel Angel Coira to a contract that begins in September. Coira, nicknamed “Leo,” will begin training with Madrid on September 6th, and told an Argentine paper (Ole) that his favorite player is the aptly-named Lionel Messi. The signing apparently took [...]

Welcome to the latest edition of “Speculation Gone Wrong.” First, we thought cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha was headed to the New York Jets, where he’d team up with Rex Ryan, Darrelle Revis and the rest of Gang Green. Wrong. Instead, free agency’s top prize has agreed to sign with the Philadelphia Eagles, bolstering a championship contender [...]

The biggest prize of the NFL free agent market is still available, but it’s looking more and more like Nnamdi Asomugha will be a member of the New York Jets when all is said and done. That news should scare the living crap out of offenses around the league. If true, it means the league’s [...]

Plaxico Burress has been reinstated by the NFL after two years in prison, and will be allowed to meet with teams beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday. Word on the street is that Plax will have his first meeting with the New York Giants, and more specifically with head coach Tom Coughlin. Burress and Coughlin [...]

There’s a good chance that it will never happen, but the NBA has released their complete schedule for the upcoming season