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Recruiting: Tyler Lydon
Player: Tyler Lydon School: New Hampton School (NH)/ Albany City Rocks (AAU) Class and rank: #53 player class of 2015 Height/Weight: 6’9 185 pounds Position: PF College: Syracuse University Commit Q1. Engelhardt: This past season your New Hampton squad played your brother Zach Lydon’s (LIU Post commit) Bridgton...
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Recruiting: Franklin Howard
Player: Franklin Howard School: Paul VI HS (VA)/ Team Takeover (AAU) Class and rank: #58 player class of 2015 Height/Weight: 6’6 190 pounds Position: PG College: Syracuse Injury: Torn ACL Q1. Engelhardt: How’s the injury? When do you expect to be back on the court? A1. Howard: The leg feels great, I’m back to...
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U.S. must follow Germany’s lead
The Germans have showed us the way. Whether or not it can, or will, be duplicated, that is another story, A wonder goal, from wunderkind Mario Gotze, gave Germany a 1-0 win in the World Cup Final Sunday, and a fourth star on its jersey. Adidas may want to keep the run on the new […]
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Predicting a German win in the World Cup final
Well, it has been a thoroughly entertaining month of play, but today, it must end with one winner. Germany meets Argentina for the third time in the World Cup Final today at 3 p.m., at the Estádio Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro. This is also the third straight tournament that the teams have played in […]
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The World Cup’s Final Four: semifinals preview and predictions
Talk about football royalty. This is the 20th time the World Cup has been contested. The four teams left in the 2014 tournament have combined for 23 finals appearances, and have won 11 of the 20 titles, including this edition. As for top-four finishes, the group has 34 of the 80 possible spots all-time. Four
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Breaking Down Masahiro Tanaka
This winter, the Yankees said goodbye to Robinson Cano, and lost Alex Rodriguez to suspension. Many believed this was going to be the start of a huge offseason spending wise for the Yankees. They were right. The Yanks signed 3 all-stars to multi-year contracts. First McCann, then Ellsbury and Beltran. The Yankees were...
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Curtis Granderson Headed to Mets
According to a source close with the New York Mets, free agent, Curtis Granderson is heading their way. This could be official soon. Word is 3 years. Year 1 15 million Year 2 17 million Year 3 17 million. Year 4 (Team Option) 15 million. 3 years 49 million total which could be 4/64. The […]
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Joe Girardi Stays With Yankees
Home is where the heart is. At least for Joe Girardi, who agreed to stay in New York for $16 million over 4 years including incentives along the way. Yankee fans can now sigh with relief as they will see their skipper signed to the end of the 2017 season. Joe is a family man […]
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LeBron James to Tell Pat Riley He’s Leaving
After several reports, rumors, meetings and phone calls the decision part two is in. According to multiple sources close to LeBron James and one close to the Cleveland Cavaliers organization James is going to tell President, Pat Riley in their scheduled meeting Wednesday that he’s leaving. “Tomorrow is the...
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Could LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony Team Up?
After several meetings, reports, rumors and more, some of them we’re going to come to an end yesterday for the New York Knicks as super star, Carmelo Anthony was reportedly supposed to verbally agree to the Knicks offer and remain a New York Knick. However, that didn’t happen. As for a reason,...
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All Signs Point to A LeBron James Reunion
Following a dominant NBA Finals performance by the San Antonio Spurs as they ended the Miami Heat’s hope of a three peat defeating them 4-1, you could just tell that things weren’t right. And you could tell that game 5 at the AT&T Center was the last time that you were going to see that […]
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Preview of CWS: Vanderbilt vs. Virginia
Getting to the College World Series could be one of the hardest things to accomplish in all of collegiate sports. Baseball is a game where any team of any talent can beat another on any given day. Consistency is the most appropriate term for teams that make it to Omaha. Pitching and defense play a […]
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John Calipari to coach the Lakers?
After getting seeded as a number eight seed, John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats were being called “overrated,” “too young,” and “one and done.” However, after five impressive tournament wins they earned their spot in the National Championship game Monday night against...
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Who Will Be Syracuse’s New Rival?
With the Atlantic Coast Conference’s three new competitors this year we all pose one question going into this basketball season; who will Syracuse’s new rival be? Though we are excited to see what’s to come out of this new season and to see fresh new faces in the ACC, we are saddened to miss out...
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Set for the Pros
When little boys dream, they sometimes envision themselves playing pro sports. In this case, Bernard Mauricette, has tasted that dream. For Bernard, it was in indoor Football where he whetted his appetite. He is now hoping to take this dream to the NFL. Bernard was born to Estephen Mauricette and Marie Maisonneuve and...
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Discovering South Florida’s Hidden Talent
Following your dream can be a long road to success. This has been the case with recent FAU graduate and former starting running back, Jonathan Wallace. Jonathan was born and raised in Lauderhill, FL and the youngest of two sons born to parents Ronnie and Carolyn. Wallace also has step siblings from his father...
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Looking back on the draft busts of 2013
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Ron of FantasyBasketballMoneyLeagues.Com. Visit his website for up-to-date fantasy basketball rankings and projections. You can also follow him on Twitter or like his blog on Facebook. One year into an NFL career may be too early to call a player a draft bust. But we are going...
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