The San Francisco 49ers suffered their first major injury blow of the season Thursday when they learned linebacker Manny Lawson was lost for the season because of a torn ACL. Lawson suffered the knee injury late in practice Wednesday and a subsequent MRI revaled the tear. He will require season-ending surgery and will eventually be […]
NC State
Happy Sunday
Mario Williams travels to Charlotte to battle the Panthers and Philip Rivers travels to New England to battle the cheaters. Enjoy.
Mario Williams Touchdown
5 tackles 2 sacks and a touchdown for Mario!!!
Turning to Good News!!
About mid-way through the 2nd quarter of Saturday’s loss to UCF I turned to my friends and uttered something that I haven’t been able to say in almost twenty years when I asked– “When does basketball season start?” In that spirit, it is worth noting a couple of basketball-related items to help us get into […]
Condolences to Coach Lowe
It has been a tough summer for Coach Lowe’s personal life. We will definitely be praying for him. The N&O shares with us: The father of N.C. State basketball coach Sidney Lowe has died, an athletics official said today. Willie Gwyn and Carrie Lowe, Sidney’s mother, lived in Raleigh. It is believed funeral services will […]
Brackman Undergoes TJ Surgery
Confirmation link from NYT. As we noted two weeks ago, those visits to Dr. Andrews tend not to have happy short-term endings. Starter Andrew Brackman, the Yankees’ No. 1 pick in the June draft, had reconstructive elbow surgery last Friday, Brian Cashman said. The Yankees signed Brackman for a guaranteed $4.5 million on Aug. 15, […]
Rivers Profile Continues to Elevate
Since we were talking about some alums in this entry, I thought that I would bring the two together with an interesting experience on Monday. In the span of a couple of hours I had TWO national Philip Rivers sightings. First, was a sleek Nike commercial that featured LaDanian Tomlinson but included Rivers. The Chargers […]
Pack Places Two on NFL’s All-Breakout Team
From TSN Seems to be a lot of Mario Williams talk in and around Houston right now. We ask that our community pitch in and share some links and information related to any of this.
Brackman – Potential “Tommy John” Surgery (12:20 Update – Good News?)
Scroll down to the Yankees section here: RHP Andrew Brackman, the first-round draft pick who agreed to a contract Wednesday night, was optioned to the Gulf Coast League Yankees. He saw Dr. James Andrews in Alabama on Wednesday and is expected to have “Tommy John” surgery. General manager Brian Cashman said that had not been […]
Southern Pigskin Omits Rivers from All-Decade Team
Southern Pigskin has attempted to put together an All-ACC football team for the last decade. You can see the team here. I guess I have to respect them for trying, even if they made a significant whiff on the most important position on the field. I’m guessing that their ‘rationale’ for putting Chris Weinke on […]
