By Evan Weiner

May 4, 2008

Aren’t the playoffs beautiful?

By Evan Weiner

April 22, 2008

Justin Boren was an offensive lineman for the University of Michigan. In terms of getting to the top of Division I, and possibly getting drafted into the NFL after his collegiate career, there aren’t many better places than Ann Arbor for an O-lineman. One would think that a transfer would be unlikely from a position of power on a team of significance.

How long before Adam Lind comes up from Triple A and takes over as the bat to replace the Big Hurt ?
Lind played the outfield after four days off with a sore neck.
He's hitting .370 at Syracuse with significant pop.
By the end of the week I suspect.

How long before Frank Thomas finds work as DH after his release from Toronto ?
Don't hold your breath.

As fans of football, the NFL Draft can be seen as a culmination of a player’s collegiate career. I personally believe the top pick in the NFL Draft is an honor that celebrates excellence in college football even more than the Heisman Trophy. And of course that doesn’t even scrape the drama of watching the draft as a fan of an individual team.

Home sweet neutral site. The Boston College Eagles have won the 2008 National Championship, and pretty much every other important game they played this college hockey season.

The top story in the first round of the playoffs at this time has to be the Dallas Stars going into the lion’s den in Anaheim and winning not once but twice and frankly in rather convincing fashion. Six power play goals of the nine scored so far by the Stars is an outstanding stat for the boys from the Lone Star State.

By Evan Weiner

April 14, 2008

A big fat contract doesn’t instantly turn a 22-year-old into a sure thing in the playoffs, especially when that player had no previous playoff experience. Alexander Ovechkin has plenty of International experience, and that’s important, but he still needs to cut his teeth in this year’s playoffs and some of his other teammates need to step up and come to his aide.