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If the debate over Michael Carter-Williams' basketball skills still rages on, the debate over his pitching skills just ended. From ESPN, here is the young Buck throwing out the first pitch at last night's Brewers game and, well, let's just say we all know what legendary Brewer's play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker said after this gem. […]
View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @InsdeTheHuddle The Philadelphia Eagles have committed $64 million in total contracts to DeMarco Murray, Ryan Mathews and Darren Sproles. Many thought the Eagles potential three headed monster at running back would be the best unit in the league. And yet, in last week's loss to […]
They say you shouldn’t bet on Week 1 in the NFL: you just don’t know who to trust. That couldn’t have been truer than it was this past weekend. There were surprises: Buffalo blowing out Andrew Luck & the Colts; St. Louis upsetting the reigning NFC champs; the hometown Birds losing in Atlanta; San […]
View image | gettyimages.com Philadelphia Eagles running back DeMarco Murray didn't have the Eagles debut he was looking for in the team's 26-24 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Monday Night Football, rushing for only nine yards on eight carries. In Murray's defense, the Eagles offensive line didn't really help him get going. The […]
View image | gettyimages.com It would have been very easy for Maikel Franco to simply call it a season and set his sights on winter ball in the Dominican Republic. But the Phillies third baseman does not want to make the above image the last sight of his 2015 career. Thus, Franco continues […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Red Sox, Mariners, Angels, Brewers, and Phillies have already begun searching for their new General Managers. The Marlins and Reds have unsettled situations in their front office. The Blue Jays have a new President and their GM is a free-agent at season’s end. Andy MacPhail is not only saddled […]
Many NHL teams use a benchmark of special teams success that is derived by combining their power play and penalty killing success percentages to arrive at an index number. Now with the St. Louis Blues, former Philadelphia Flyers head coach Ken Hitchcock has said that he uses 105 (in any combination) as a target goal […]
View image | gettyimages.com On Wednesday, the Philadelphia Eagles reached a short-term contract extension with defensive lineman Brandon Bair.
View image | gettyimages.com Final: Nationals 12, Phillies 2 WP: Gio Gonzalez (11-7, 3.83) LP: Alec Asher (0-4, 9.78) Philadelphia, PA–The Washington Nationals' offense accomplished something the 2015 Phillies batsmen could only dream of. They scored runs, and they didn't stop. The Nats scored on the Phillies (56-91) in seven different innings, including […]
View image | gettyimages.com Leadership on a football team can stem from a number of players. But for the most part, the quarterback is usually pegged as the team's "leader." It comes with the territory. The most important player on a football team should also be its most inspiring, right?
