I often talk about how unbalanced offenses usually struggle, but the Bowling Green Falcons were the epitome of a team without any balance last year. Bowling Green ranked dead last in rushing yards, and it wasn’t even close.
MLB news: Giants acquire Jeff Keppinger
The San Francisco Giants acquired some help for the stretch run yesterday, picking up infielder Jeff Keppinger from the Houston Astros for minor-league pitchers Henry Sosa and Jason Stoffel.
NFL news: Peyton Manning won’t be ready for camp
Peyton Manning’s recovery from offseason neck surgery is moving slowly enough that he won’t be ready for the Indianapolis Colts’ training camp should it start at the end of the month.
NHL news: Lightning extend Steven Stamkos
The Steven Stamkos saga is over. The man with more goals than any other NHL player over the last two seasons is staying in Tampa Bay.
Are you ready for the NFL’s free agent frenzy? The lockout appears set to end any day now and, rumor hasn’t, the free agency NFL gambling crapshoot will begin on July 28. It should be madness.
It seemed as though Boise State was poised for a BCS bowl last season until the stunning 34-31 overtime defeat at the hands of the Wolf Pack of Nevada that shoved them out of the national spotlight. Now they will be in a new conference ready to show that they are for real.
Eight months removed from going undefeated and edging out Wisconsin 21-19 in the Rose Bowl, Texas Christian University is heading into their final year as a member of the Mountain West Conference without their star quarterback.
Eastern Michigan fans are hoping for some improvement from last year, but they can’t have set their sights too high.
The Milwaukee Brewers need to get hot in a hurry. The competition has become too fierce in the National League Central to allow for a slump.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are hardly relevant in the National League West race at this point of the year but, hey, it’s Clayton Kershaw versus Tim Lincecum.
The St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets continue this week’s series on Wednesday night with Game 2 of a three-game set at Citi Field. The first pitch for this contest is set for 7:10 p.m. and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.
The Oakland Raiders made it all the way to the Super Bowl after the 2002 season and had not been heard from since with seven straight losing season, until last year’s 8-8 record returned some hope to the ‘Sliver and Black’s’ faithful legion of fans.
Legendary Bronco quarterback John Elway is back in the picture with Denver as a member of the front office, but unless he can get in good enough shape to reclaim his place behind center, 2011 is shaping up as another long season for this team.
When Todd Haley took over the head coaching duties in Kansas City in 2009, he inherited a team that won six games in the previous two seasons combined.
San Diego is coming off a 9-7 record in 2010 but had what has to be considered a down year after failing to win the AFC West and missing the playoffs for the time since ending up in the exact same predicament in 2005.
NBA news: Dwight Howard wanted more say in Magic trades, may play overseas
Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard was in the news for multiple reasons yesterday. First off, Superman told a radio station that he had wanted a bigger say in the trades Orlando made during the 2010-11 season.
