Monthly Archives: February 2012

The NHL Trade Deadline

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

The Trade Deadline came today without any major players moving around.  The Red Wings made their big move a few days ago trading for Kyle Quincey from Colorado.  This was a great move by them to add depth to the … Continue reading →

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The NFL Combine

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

I love watching the NFL Combine.  I’m not sure why, but I enjoy watching the process players have to go through in order to improve their draft stock.  My only real issues with the Combine are how much stock NFL … Continue reading →

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Next Years NFL Salary Cap Figures

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/38458/adjusting-salary-cap-for-rollover-totals http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7570116/nfl-plenty-cap-room-improve The first article is specifically for the NFC North and the second article is John Clayton’s article which covers most of the rest of the teams.  The bottom line is, when you look at the first article, you … Continue reading →

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Mountain West Conference and Conference USA Merging

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

Yes, you did read the title of this post correctly.  And yes, unfortunately this is happening.    ESPN is reporting that the two conferences will divide up into divisions and conferences among the new group of schools, which consists of Southern … Continue reading →

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ESPN Is At It Again.

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

Linsanity, Just Lin Baby, Just BalLin; if you’ve watched ESPN in the last week, these are all things that you would have heard.  I watched Sportscenter yesterday and they asked Jalen Rose to give his professional opinion as to whom … Continue reading →

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Internet Articles On The Winter Classic

Posted on February 10, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

This was by far the biggest news of the day, and quite frankly, with the amount of press that it has gotten in less than 24 hours, there was little point for me to write my own blog post…again.  So, … Continue reading →

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The Big East? More Like Conference USA 2.0

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

The Big East’s pathetic attempt to salvage their conference has led them to their latest addition of the University of Memphis for next season (ESPN).  While this obviously helps them in regards to basketball (although I’m not entirely sure how … Continue reading →

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The Worst Kept Secret In the NHL….The 2013 Winter Classic

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

One of TSN’s hockey analysts Bob McKenzie (TSN is Canada’s version of ESPN), said today on Twitter that the 2013 Winter Classic matchup will be made official at Thursday news conferences.  He also said the matchup will be Toronto vs. … Continue reading →

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The BCS Causes More Problems Than It Solves

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

Before I dive in here, I want two things to be known, one, I only used this image because I like the design of it, and do not in any way support the seedings in this playoff system.  Florida International? … Continue reading →

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NFL Expanding To 34 Teams In The Future?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Jeff Weintraub

I’ve been a big fan of Roger Goodell since he became the new commissioner of the NFL.  I think that he has done a very good job handling various issues around the league and even when the NFL was having … Continue reading →

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