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Arizona Fall League Update
While the Red Sox front office continues to talk compensation with the Cubs, there is real-life baseball being played. I don't mean in someone's backyard, either, even if that's likely true. The Arizona Fall League is in full swing, and the Red Sox have a few of their players involved that are...
Red Sox Sending Six To Arizona Fall League
The minor league season is almost over, and for most minor league players, that's it until next year. For some, their season will be extended with a call-up to the majors once rosters expand, and for others, off-season leagues are the next step. At least six Red Sox farmhands will be participating...
New York Cosmos: Why MLS may not be the endgame
The news of Eric Cantona's hiring by the New York Cosmos to become their new Director of Soccer has sent a ripple through the soccer world and has the famous old North American Soccer League team name in the news again. Brian Straus has a great lead to his story for Fanhouse.com. Members of the...
Tuesday night link dump and open thread
The dead of summer continues... But there is light, my friends. There is light. It is exactly one month until the Lightning are scheduled to open training camp. Four weeks, three days. 31 days... And all of seven weeks until the season gets underway. Yes, there is still waiting to be done. ...
Lightning draft night party tied to Storm football game
All the details are not ironed out yet, so I cannot provide everything that is going to be going on at Times Palace and around the Bay area on Draft Night (Friday, June 25th)... But it's become clear that the Lightning are holding a draft party that will coincide the scheduled Arena Football game...
Today in Sports History: September 9th
9/09/1960 - Broncos win inaugural AFL game The Denver Broncos defeat the Boston Patriots, 13-10, in the first ever game played in the American Football League. The Broncos had lost all five of their exhibition games and wouldn't experience a winning season until 1973 -- after they had already...
Today in Sports History: June 8th
6/08/1934 - Reds first to travel by planeThe Cincinnati Reds become the first professional sports team to use an airplane, as the team flies to Illinois to take on the Chicago Cubs. It wasn't for another decade that teams regularly began flying to to their destinations. For the first half of the...
Off Topic: Goodbye Tampa Bay Storm and the AFL
One of the bright spots of the 1990's in Tampa Bay sports (while the Buccaneers were mired in sub-mediocrity, while the Lightning were still a new commodity in Tampa Bay (and still an expansion caliber team), before the Devil Rays were awarded to Vince Naimoli... Before Raymond James Stadium was...
Chris Samuels' Brother, Lawrence, is a Stud WR
Continuing the brother theme, I recently came across the story and statistics for Lawrence Samuels, the older brother of 6-time Pro-Bowler, Chris Samuels. With all the debate the last several years involving the Redskins need for a tall WR to compliment Santana, it amazes me that one of the core...
NC MMA-Amateur Fight League Presents "Fight To The FinishIV"
The Amateur Fight League organization is starting 2009 with a bang, holding their first 2009 show in Elizabeth City, NC. The date will be January 10th, with the fights starting at 7pm EST at the National Guard Armory. The fight card is as follows:<!--more--> Mike Hammon vs. Jason...
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