Oh, October. A sweet, sweet month highlighted by the NFL and NCAAFB seasons in full swing, the NBA and NHL seasons getting underway and, of course, the MLB playoffs. The crux of the American sports universe lives here and it’s a wonderful thing. The race to the Fall Classic begins today and what else for a quasi-journalist to do other than make predictions that are bound to be wrong and to face intense ridicule. Sorry, I can’t pick everyone’s favorite team to take home the Series trophy, so here is how I see it.  (more…)

The Arizona Cardinals are going to enter the 2008 NFL season with the ancient former grocery-bagger Kurt Warner as their starting quarterback, despite having the talented and expensive former first round pick Matt Leinart chilling on the pine.

Leinart started the first five games of 2007 before suffering a fractured collarbone against the St. Louis Rams.  However, Leinart is back and healthy this preseason – yet the powers that be are handing the team back over to Warner. (more…)

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bug Selig has cracked the whip on amateur baseball teams across the country for infringing on MLB’s trademarked team names.

First, Mr. Selig went after the Cape Cod League, specifically the Chatham “A’s,” Hyannis “Mets,” Orleans “Cardinals,” Yarmouth-Dennis “Red Sox” and others requesting that “share revenue derived from the sale of merchandise bearing their names such as the for having team names based on Major League clubs.”

Now in a similar situation, Scrooge Selig has declared war on 12-year-olds across America, sending the infringement police to Little League baseball, ordering teams to change their names or face lawsuits.

Check out Barstool Sports for the details, and the sad, sad video that shows us exactly why Bud Selig may be killing Little League Baseball.

For many a baseball fan, the trading deadline is often more exciting to follow then the actual standings.
Who might go where, who is on the block, which prospects are worth trading for?

These are all questions that need answering before the July 31 deadline. And at the end of the day, does it really help? Does picking someone up for the last two months of the season really do anything?

Well, see for yourself. Here are some of the more interesting ones from over the years. (more…)