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Bubble Watch: USF

Bubble Watch: USF
Five years ago the University of South Florida joined the Big East Conference and its basketball team was left for dead. The switch in conferences absolutely made sense for the football program, winning the Big East automatically puts the Bulls in a BCS Bowl game, the additional exposure helps draw better...

New Level of Pathetic

New Level of Pathetic
Last night’s effort from the New York Knicks was the most embarrassing performance of their miserable season. Facing the New Jersey Nets, a team flirting with the worst record in NBA history, the Knicks left their fans with no choice but to boo the hell out of them. Everything about their game was just...

NBA Free Agent Projections

NBA Free Agent Projections
Four months remain until the biggest scramble to overhaul rosters in NBA history commences. What makes July 1st so special is the most complete player in NBA history can be had by (nearly) any team in the league. A super-star guard and former NBA Finals MVP can switch squads as quickly as he changed his shoe...

Finding Gems

Finding Gems
At midnight the NFL free agency period began and due to the experation of the collective barganing agreemnet, this off-season will be one to remember. The salary cap has been lifted, providing a huge rift between the haves and the have-nots. Basically, the parady in the NFL that everyone knows and loves is...

Biggest Draft Bust, Ever

Biggest Draft Bust, Ever
Dealt to his third squad in eight months, Darko Milicic quickly proved why so many teams have given up on the former teenage phenom. Making his debut with the Minnesota Timberwolves during a 109-107 loss to Oklahoma City, the former #2 selection of the 2003 NBA Draft had his best game of the season and...

2010 Trade Deadline Grades

2010 Trade Deadline Grades
Only 131 days remain until LeBron James is a free agent. With Thursday marking the final day teams can deal players, a few teams were scrambling to jostle into the race to land James and the rest of the most talented free agency class of all-time. Joining King James could be Dwyane Wade, Joe Johnson,...

Death of a Rivalry

Death of a Rivalry
Two words used to make everyone stop dead in their tracks. Knicks-Bulls. Forget anything else. During the 1990s, the Bulls and Knicks had the most heated rivalry in all of sports. Knicks and Bulls always was an intense match-up. The two teams became fierce competitors following a trade in 1988 when the...

Dunk Contest Legends

Dunk Contest Legends
All-Star weekend just serves a reminder for Knicks fans how much the team sucks. After 10 seasons, New York finally has its first All-Star as David Lee was added to the roster following Allen Iverson’s departure from the game because of a family illness. Finally having an All-Star makes things a little...

Improving Hockey in Tampa Bay

Improving Hockey in Tampa Bay
Florida + hockey = mild entertainment. Part of the appeal of hockey elsewhere is you can relate to what’s going on. In New Jersey, two feet of snow dumped down in one day. Kids can just go outside and set up two makeshift goals and pretend like they’re the biggest stars in the NHL. In Florida you...

Miami and the Marquee Matchup

Miami and the Marquee Matchup
Sometimes you get exactly what you want. During the beginning of November when both the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints were delaying the ‘72 Dolphins from popping their stupid champagne bottles, ManWhole.com offered up a suggestion for Super Bowl XLIV. That’s right, on November 2nd, we...

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