Walking into McCoy Stadium this afternoon it hardly felt like baseball, as temperatures were only in the upper teens. However inside the ball park it felt distinctly different. Members from Boston's brass were on hand to greet the new PawSox manger, and the press. Also on hand were some of the Red Sox most promising prospects. It was the unofficial beginning to another season, with Spring Training less then three weeks away.
In another attempt to put his own personal stamp on the game we all know and love, NFL commission Roger Goodell wants to eliminate the extra point in 2014. Michael Parente - MP@990WBOB.com
Change can be good, if it’s for the right reasons. If you’re changing something just for the sake of making a change, then, quite frankly, you can keep your change. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the extra point attempt is too automatic, a boring play that serves no purpose other than allowing us to take a quick bathroom break following a touchdown. He wants to eliminate it altogether, making each touchdown worth seven points without the kick while still giving teams the option of attempting the two-point conversion to make it eight, but docking them a point and dropping it back to six if they fail. Pal - Pal@990WBOB.com Masahiro Tanaka, the prized Japanese right-handed pitcher is a Yankee. The price tag for the most sought after arm in some time, $155 million over seven years. Yet before you die hard Yankee faithful start planning your October victory parade, it's important to remember that Tanaka does not solve half your problems. Before you begin your hateful comment creation, let me explain. The 2014 Yankees are shaping up to be the IF team of the year. It's the Psycho Sports Hump Day edition. Football is on the back burner as the NFL season is dying down Instead Michael Parente and Johnny Sunchips turn to some NCAA Men's Basketball with CBSSports.com NCAA Bracketology guru Jerry Palm. Sprinkle in some some MLB Hot Stove with the Pal and Bruins/NHL talk with WBOB hockey guru Travis Barrett and you got something cooking. So grab your twinkies and muscle milk and tune in for some quality sports talk radio. Michael Parente "CES MMA XXI" is CES MMA's 21st show since its inception in 2010. ... Todd Chattelle will be featured on a CES MMA card for the 10th time in his career, the most among any fighter in promotion history ... Andre Soukhamthath is CES MMA's winningest fighter with seven victories under the promotion's guidance ... Both Soukhamthath and Rob Font have won seven consecutive bouts. ... Heavyweight John Johnston, who will be featured on the undercard, has won each of his four bouts by knockout. ... Shaun Marmas has alternated wins and losses in each of his last four fights. ... Ahsan Abdullah, who is facing Font on Jan. 24th, will be making his third appearance for CES. He is 1-1 in his previous two bouts with the promotion. ... Chattelle's opponent, Shedrick Goodridge, is also 1-1 with CES and will be making his third appearance with the promotion. Just when you thought the madness was over. We now bring you part two of the 'New Faces in Different Places' segment. It just seems that if you blink for one instance, an NFL team hired a new head coach. In this week alone, 3 out of the 4 vacancies were filled up. So here are this week's new faces in different places.
A classic NFC Championship slug fest that harkens to the days of old in the NFL where physical prowess dominated the landscape By Ryan Fox -- @Spider_Fox87 All week we heard about the big match up between Tom Brady and the New England Patriots against Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. While each city's media market tried to build tension between the two teams, there was little to no animosity between players on both sides. But out west, the atmosphere for the NFC Championship game was a complete 180*.
Broncos' quarterback Peyton Manning, right, threw for 400 yards and two touchdowns Sunday as Denver beat New England, 26-16, in the AFC Championship Game, ending the Patriots' dreams of advancing to a sixth Super Bowl under the guidance of head coach Bill Belichick. And, with that, the window of opportunity is all but closed in New England, perhaps open just enough to hear a faint whistle on a windy day.
The Patriots’ Super Bowl dream ended Sunday in the Mile High City as Peyton Manning carved up New England’s secondary with surgeon-like precision to lead the Broncos to a 26-16 win in the AFC Championship. The Providence Friars are back on track.
After losing three straight games, including a 30-point drubbing against Villanova, The Friars rattled off back-to-back conference wins against Georgetown and St. John's, sending Ed Cooley's squad up the Big East ladder. |
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