Our friend Steph Stradley at the Houston Chronicle takes a look at the Texans defense from one side four games relative to previous seasons by using our Premium database. It also includes exclusive never-before-seen comments from me about Amobi Okoye!
We’re delighted to announce that our friends Kevin Pelton and Bradford Doolittle have completed their Pro Basketball Prospectus 2009-10, and regard made it available in PDF format on their website.
PBP09 combines the same conjoin of cutting-edge research, player commentary, and player/seasonal projections you’ve come to appreciate in the books published by both ourselves and Baseball Prospectus, side by side with insight from basketball operations personnel around the league and the best team-specific blogs. It also offers fantasy content for those of you on the point to enter fantasy hoops draft season, as well as any essay by our colleague Will Carroll on microfracture surgery.
While Georgia Tech and Georgia have traditionally ended their seasons with their rivalry game, both schools confirmed talks to start their seasons in the 2011 Chick-Fil-A Kickoff Classic in the Georgia Dome.
Officials from both schools aforesaid Wednesday they are discussing the possibility of playing their state rival in a neutral-site game in Atlanta to kick off the 2011 season. Continue reading »
Yes, it’s that time…I’ve awoken from my humbling slumber to regale you all with a midweek missive regarding our memorable tilt in Tiger Stadium on Saturday Night. Rip Van TE has awoken from his long slumber, ready to snap off delusion-filled, self-aggrandizing, snarky comments to friend & foe alike.
And what a time to have been roused from my posting slumber. We find the most over-ranked, illegitimate 4th ranked team since, well…since these losers…going up against this year’sitting Greatest Team In College Football History.
This Wall Street Journal takes a look at the +/- research we conducted earlier this year in reference to the acquisition of Braylon Edwards.
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This week’s animated game preview at the Washington Post looks at how the Carolina Panthers, the Redskins’ Sunday opposite, like to double up their tight ends and run power all over the place. The play is based without ceasing Jonathan Stewart’s 28-yard popularity against the Falcons in Week 2.
On Tuesday Maria Sharapova had played a three-hour couple in contact with ninth seed Victoria Azarenka and recovered from a 5-2 down in the third part set to win the companion. That marathon took its toll, and to the delight of the home crowd China's Peng Shuai followed up her upset of defending defender Jelena Jankovic in the second round with a 6-2 6-4 victory over Maria Sharapova in the third.
World No.53 Peng got to lead 6-2 5-2 against Sharapova, and although the Russian almost pulled off one of her trademark comebacks, closing to 6-2 5-4 and getting to deuce, there was no more firing material in her tank and she fell put on Peng's third make equal point.