The year is almost over; it’s a time of thoughtfulness, goal making, and hope of a wonderful new year. And of course, as always the world of sports brought us many stories as ever. Let’s take a look back at some of the years biggest moments in sports from the year of 2011.

We were all witnesses to the Dallas Mavericks winning their very first NBA title for their franchise. Beating the os ...  read more

When Tim Tebow came out of Florida he was a phenom, he was big, strong, fast, and played in an amazing offensive system. Many who may be barking about how poor a QB he is now, were also singing his praise (no pun intended) when he was a Gator. He was very accurate hitting a career 66% completion rate. He threw for over 9200 yards, yes, threw 88 TD passes to only 16 picks. Tebow was a unique ...  read more

The NFL has had an unusual year thus far through week 10 as some of the elite teams are atop where they should be and some surprises along with teams under achieving. Thus far the teams and corresponding players who have helped their teams do well: starting from number five and working my way up we have #5 Calvin Johnson of Detroit, #4 Tom Brady of New England, #3 Alex Smith of San Francisco, #2 A ...  read more

St. Louis vs. Texas was an unlikely scenario to be the World Series match up, but they earned their way here on the strengths of a solid line up and quality arms out of the bullpen. Texas beat Tampa Bay in four games in their ALDS match up and had a 3-1 lead against Detroit and ended needing six games to advance winning the ALCS showdown. St. Louis has just been hot the last two months with a craz ...  read more

Coming upon us quickly is the big daddy of tournaments, the dance of dances, the one and only, the NCAA tournament.

The end of NCAA college basketball season is wrapping up in the predictable exciting fashion, with teams trying to get hot at the right time. Unlike NCAA football, the college basketball organization has it right, bringing us a great tournament every year.

Some root fo ...  read more

Baseball and all sports for that matter are all year round now there is an on the field season and an off the field season. With pitchers and catchers reporting this week and football being over, let’s take a look at the off season moves and who won and lost. The main teams that lost are Toronto, Kansas City, Cleveland, Atlanta, Houston and Milwaukee who didn’t sign any significant fee agents. Mil ...  read more

Miami is just 18 games into their season and already there are rumblings about whether or not head coach Erik Spoelstra is the right fit for the high profile team. Miami is just two game over .500 at 10-8, playing well at home with a 8-3 record, but just 2-5 on the road. They are playing well against the East so if they make the playoffs they could get to the finals with an 8-4 conference record, ...  read more

NFC East

NY Giants (5-2) Contender. The Giants are in first place and currently tied for best record in the conference. The Giants NFC record is 4-0 and with how well their defense and young receiver group is playing the only concern on their mind is the special teams which they are addressing.

Philadelphia (4-3) Contender. Now that Michael Vick and Kevin Kolb are both healthy it will ...  read more

NFL Preview

NFC East

Dallas finished last year atop the NFC East and did something they hadn’t done in some time and that was win a playoff game, however that trend didn’t continue as they lost to Minnesota in the next round. 2010 will be the second year in the new stadium and with the Super Bowl there they will try and become the first team in history to play a Super Bowl in their h ...  read more

AL East New York Yankees are coming off a championship as they beat the Phillies in six games. In the offseason they were able to get younger and better as they acquired Curtis Granderson, Javier Vazquez and Nick Johnson. Everything points to the Yankees repeating as champions, but the only chink in the armor is can Nick Johnson and Curtis Granderson fill the clutch shoes of Johnny Damon and Hide ...  read more

Coming into the tournament the teams from the West coast, especially the Pac-10, were expected to have limited participation in the tournament and would not be able to compete with the teams from the Midwest or the East coast. Coming into the second round with a record of 6-5, St. Mary's cruised by Villanova to stroll into the sweet 16. The question remains how many more will get in?

Out of ...  read more

The ACC generally fields some decent teams on a yearly basis and has some depth so that a number of teams will usually gt bowl invites. The conference has done pretty well against the number in recent years. Teams from the ACC are 46-34-1 (57.5 percent) against the spread over the last 10 years. There is no short-term change, as ACC teams are 23-17-1 (57.5) against the spread over the last five ...  read more

NFL Preview and Predictions NFC East Dallas missed the playoffs by one game last year and in the offseason they got better through addition by subtraction. The Cowboys dumped trouble makers Adam Jones and Terrell Owens. Entering a new stadium can Romo, Witten and company get the Cowboys back to the playoffs and the glory days? I believe the team will play better by playing as one with no one ...  read more

NFL Preview and Predictions AFC East Buffalo made a big splash this offseason in signing the always interesting Terrell Owens to bolster the offense to compete in the AFC East. The main question facing them is: Is TO enough of an addition to improve on the 7-9 season from last year and avoid another 1-4 stretch to end the season? TO is not enough as they will hit a few game losing streak or ...  read more

A busy weekend in the NBA tips off on Friday night with the Cleveland Cavaliers attempting to drop the Detroit Pistons into an 0-3 hole in their first-round playoff matchup.

The Cavaliers and Pistons play in Detroit on Friday after Cleveland dominated the first two games of the series at home to jump out to a 2-0 lead. In Game 2 on Tuesday night LeBron James delivered 29 points, 13 rebou ...  read more

NFL regular season is coming down the stretch with a lot of races still very close as the AFC East is a three way tie at the top, AFC North is separated by one game, NFC North is a game apart and NFC South is separated by a game. The AFC South is clinched by the 12-1 Titans, the AFC West can be clinched by the Broncos with a win on Sunday, the NFC East is clinched by the 11-2 Giants, and NFC West ...  read more

Blockbuster trade done on Monday 11/3 as the Detroit Pistons and Denver Nuggets finally got on the same page to work out the deal that sends Allen Iverson to Detroit for Chauncy Billups, Antonio McDyess, and Cheikh Samb. With this deal does that close the gap between Boston and Detroit or hurt their chances of getting deep into the playoffs and a shot at another title? In my opinion it helps Detro ...  read more

The top 5 injuries in the NFL are Tom Brady (knee), Osi Umenyiora (knee), Shawne Merriman (knee), Vince Young (knee), and Marques Colston (knee). Tom Brady's knee injury happened in the first quarter of the first game and New England held on to win 17-10 and won in the second game at the Jets 19-10. Matt Cassel will be at the helm all season as Brady is out for the season and thus far Cassel i ...  read more

NFL 2008 Preview and Predictions AFC East New England finished last regular season a perfect 16-0, but in their rematch in the Super Bowl with the New York Giants they fell short losing 17-4. For 2008 New England will look to once again reach the Super Bowl and win it this time, expect a 14-2 record. New York Jets had a rough year last year with injuries and tough lo ...  read more

By Frank Jordan, NFL Offseason Top 5 1) Can the Patriots bounce back off their Super Bowl loss and losing the shot at a perfect season? The biggest issues the Patriots need to address are their defense, offensive line, and finally putting Spy Gate behind them. The defense has been mostly the same during this Super Bowl run however in this most recent trip their defense looked sluggish and ol ...  read more