Former Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney has been on the market for a while now. He’s made visits here and there, but apparently his age and asking price scared teams off. Not the San Diego Chargers however. After losing Melvin Ingram to a torn ACL, they were in dire need of a pass rusher [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies have many holes on their team, but apparently not enough a-holes. And in an attempt to increase their a-hole depth, the club has signed former Miami Marlin and Chicago Cub Carlos Zambrano to a minor-league contract. Zambrano recently agreed to a deal with the Independent League Long Island Ducks. He didn’t report [...]
Whoa! Look out for the Colorado Rockies! Just when you thought they might not win the World Series this season, they go out and add Roy Oswalt. That’s right, the Rockies have signed Oswalt to a minor league contract, with nothing guaranteed. Photo Caption: In the past, Oswalt has worn #42 to salute Mariano Rivera. [...]
The Oakland Raiders need secondary help badly. And nothing says “we need secondary help badly,” like signing former Dallas Cowboys CB Mike Jenkins. And that is apparently what the Raiders have done, according to ESPN‘s Adam Schefter. “Raiders reached agreement with former Cowboys CB Mike Jenkins,” tweets Schefter. It’s reportedly a one-year contract. Jenkins was [...]
I know a lot of NFC East observers are laughing about this, but should they be? The Dallas Cowboys have locked up their franchise quarterback, Tony Romo, with a six-year, $108 million extension that runs through 2019. And, as always, those are bloated contract numbers and he’ll never see all of that money. He’ll be [...]
The Philadelphia Eagles’ secondary last season was a perfect match for the rest of their defense. It was woefully inadequate at best. Simply awful, despite the big price tags on the two guys outside. So, one of the many steps that the team needs to take to claw their way back to relevance is to [...]
The Denver Broncos may now have the best receiving core in all of football. They already have budding stars Eric Decker and Demaryious Thomas, and now they are adding Wes Welker. According to pretty much every single person on Twitter, the Denver Broncos signed him to a two-year, $12 million contract. And would someone like [...]
This is pretty big news, especially in the fantasy football world. Former Pittsburgh Steelers first-round draft pick Rashard Mendenhall is headed out to the desert. According to Adam Schefter, The Arizona Cardinals have agreed in principle on a one-year contract with Mendenhall. “And Cardinals reached an agreement in principle on a one-year deal with former [...]
There has been a lot of smoke to this Reggie-Bush-to-the-Lions rumor, and not it appears we’ve got some flames. According to Detroit Lions insider Tim Twentyman (is that his real name?), the two sides have struck a deal. “Lions and Reggie Bush have agreed to terms on a 4-year contract. Press conference set for 1:45,” [...]
As we mentioned before, the Miami Dolphins were the front-runners for the services of former Pittsburgh Steelers WR Mike Wallace. Sure, with the Minnesota Vikings trading Percy Harvin it muddied the waters a bit as they were now searching for a high-end wide receiver as well. But, it was noted before that Wallace liked the [...]
Until the very end of Andy Reid’s tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles, he had strong secondaries. Sure, he inherited Bobby Taylor, Troy Vincent and Brian Dawkins, but as they aged, he spent his first three picks in the 2002 draft on secondary. Secondary was very important in Jim Johnson’s schemes, and even when the unit [...]
There were many landing spots that were rumored for free-agent centerfielder Michael Bourn. Previously with the Atlanta Braves, Bourn was expected to command top dollar on the open market, some guessing that he’d be in the $100 million range. Well, that didn’t remotely happen and the market kind of went soft on him. But, he [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies have what looks like a terrible outfield heading into the 2013 season. They added Ben Revere for centerfield, and that’s great and all because he’s fast, but he also has a rag arm and never hits anything other than singles. Other than that, you’ve got who knows what in Dom Brown and [...]
Not sure what else to say about this one, but wow. After telling the Philadelphia Eagles several weeks ago that he was going to return to the University of Oregon, Chip Kelly has decided to take the head coaching position and jump to the NFL. ESPN‘s Chris Mortensen had it first. “Chip Kelly is the [...]
The Philadelphia Phillies had plenty of bullpen woes last year. Promising guys like Mike Stutes got hurt and free agency “help” such as Chad Qualls was total ass. So, heading into this season they needed to fix that. And they may have gotten some help on the back end, according to Ken Rosenthal, who says [...]
Because one overpaid slugger just isn’t enough, that’s why. Last year, the Anaheim Angels of Los Angeles or whatever signed Albert Pujols to a ridiculous contract, and now they’ve got him long term. And now, according to Ken Rosenthal of Foxsports.com, they’ve added Josh Hamilton to that mix with a five-year deal. “Source: #Angels, Hamilton [...]
The New York Yankees were put in a tough spot when their 40+ year old closer Mariano Rivera blew out an ACL last year while dicking around with fly balls in warmups. So yeah, it was easy to say that he was done for the year. But, apparently he’s doing pretty well because the team [...]
As we mentioned yesterday, the Philadelphia Eagles were fed up with Jason Babin’s knack for being a one-trick pony, not being able to do that one trick anymore, and being a lousy locker room guy. Yes, they cut him yesterday. So, Babin has been out there for any NFL team to claim him, and someone [...]
And so the career of Juan Pierre comes full circle. Pierre has signed a one-year, $1.6 million deal with the Miami Marlins, the club where he started his Major League career. Of course, Pierre actually started his career with the Colorado Rockies, but that’s neither here nor there. For the sake of this post, he’s [...]
The Oakland Athletics shocked the world this past season by…making the playoffs. And they got some unlikely help from a guy who was probably juicing since he got a 50-game suspension for use of performance-enhancing drugs. But, the A’s don’t seem to care that 39-year old pitcher Bartolo Colon needed banned substances to pitch well [...]
Former Boston Celtic and Oklahoma City Thunder (that doesn’t really sound right, does it?) F Jeff Green missed all of last season. Was he nursing a sore knee or bitching out with an ailing wrist? Nope, he had heart surgery. Pretty good excuse, we’ll take it. He averaged 13.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists [...]
In 2010, the Houston Edmonton Oilers had the first-overall pick. They selected Taylor Hall. And he rewarded them by scoring 49 friggin’ goals over his first two seasons. Now, the Oilers have friggin’ rewarded him. According to Bob McKenzie of TSN, the Oilers have locked him up for the next seven years with a $42 [...]
You kind of had to figure this would happen. Drew Brees is 32-years old, but still playing the QB position as well as anyone in the league. For god’s sake he broke Dan Marino’s single-season passing mark and even eclipsed his own NFL record for completion percentage in a season. So, you had to know [...]
Last year, defenseman Brad Stuart earned $3.75 million with the Detroit Red Wings. However, he really wanted to be closer to his family in California, so it looks like he’ll be taking a mild pay cut to do so. The Red Wings traded his rights and Andrew Murray to the San Jose Sharks in exchange [...]
The San Diego Chargers must not have have watched many Philadelphia Eagles games last year. If they did, they’d know that Ronnie Brown looks like he’s running on the beach and just can’t hit holes anymore. Regardless, the Chargers have signed Brown to a one-year deal. He’ll most likely get a chance to spell Ryan [...]
