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USF Bully Pulpit
USF Bulls coach Willie Taggart has a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Left for dead before the beginning of the season (the Bulls were picked to finish last in the American Athletic Conference East Division), all but fired a quarter of the way thru the season, Willie Taggart might as well […]
PAWS UP! LIONS ESCAPE MOCS WITH HELP OF HOME CROWD
SAINT LEO, FLA.- It was a fiery Sunshine State Conference rivalry one would expect to see: intense, physical, exciting, and down to the final buzzer. Saint Leo fought for 40 minutes, yet they never backed down against the NCAA Division II National Champions, coming back from a 11-point deficit within the final three minutes to […]
Smoak stays a Jay
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed first baseman Justin Smoak to a one year contract worth US $3.9 million, thus avoiding arbitration. SMOAK, who turns 30 on Saturday, appeared in 132 games for Toronto last season batting .236 with 18 home runs, setting career-highs in RBI (59) and OPS (.768). The Goose Creek, South Carolina native was credited […]
Greiss Stars vs .500 Team
Islanders goalie Thomas Greiss was the number one star with a win plus 29 saves, and we learned the Lightning is a .500 NHL team. Both Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan said after the game the Lightning is a .500 team. Ryan Callahan said, “We’re a .500 hockey club and we realize that, we put ourselves in this situation […]
NFL HOT SEATS
Could we be on the verge of the largest purge of NFL Head Coaches? As it stands right now I can count 11 possible coaching vacancies after the season is over. 9 on the seat, 2 already gone and possibly more to come… this makes my job fun. I’ve been watching and writing about the […]
Magic Dominate Bucks
ORLANDO, Fla – The Orlando Magic (8-8) shot the lights out of the Amway Center on Friday night, beating the Milwaukee Bucks (6-10) by a score of 114-90 in their first 20 point win since November of last year. Magic point guard Elfrid Payton had an efficient double-double, netting 22 points on 10-of-12 from the […]
Jays sign Happ for Three Years
The Toronto Blue Jays have signed lefty J.A. Happ to a three year contract worth US $36 million. Happ made 31 starts for Seattle and Pittsburgh last season, going 11-8 with a 3.61 ERA, posting career-highs in innings (172) and strikeouts (151). Following a trade to the Pirates in July, the left-hander went 7-2 with a 1.85 ERA […]
Bulls “Blackout” Knights
On a night marketed as a “Blackout” by UCF, the only thing black in the stadium might as well have been the jerseys of the home team Central Florida Knights. Before an announced crowd of 25,697, mostly green clad USF fans, the Bulls won their record sixth conference game and helped the Knights remain winless, […]
Valtteri Finnishes as the King
It was a matchup of the West Coast vs. the East Coast Thanksgiving Eve by the Bay. This was the first of two meetings between the LA Kings and the Tampa Bay Lightning for the 2015-16 season. The Kings came into to town with a record of 13-8-0 and 26 points. For the Kings this […]
Magic & Oladipo Cruise to Victory
Oladipo Comes Off Bench, Leads Magic Past Knicks for 100-91 Win… read more
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