Ever wonder what college-bound athletes thought of their coach or what their favorite WJ moment was? The Pitch Online talked to a few athletes of the Class of 2010 who, after going through the long recruiting process, are now looking forward to playing sports on their college teams.
No cliché could properly describe the matchup between this year's Stanley Cup finalists. On Saturday, the Flyers and Blackhawks will fight for a year's worth of bragging rights and their names engraved on Lord Stanley's cup.
Let me take you back to March 2010. It was a bleak time, with a bright spot, for the Washington, D.C. sports scene. The Wizards were in the midst of a 16-game losing streak, and their star player was caught with guns in the locker room. The Nationals lost a lot of spring training games and they looked like they were heading to another 100-loss season.
To say that the Washington Nationals major league baseball team is bad (or at least has been for the past couple seasons) is an understatement. Upon moving from Montreal, the Nats’ have been the worst team in the league in terms of winning percentage in 2008 and 2009 out of the five years of their Washington presence and they haven't yet ended a season above .500.
Round One has concluded, the top three seeds in the East are eliminated, so what's the next surprise? After getting the entire Western Conference correct, let's see how we fare this time around.
As always, the NFL draft was filled with the assumed, the abrupt and the amazing. After sorting through all 255 picks, it has become was clear which teams came out on top and which teams lagged behind.
Cleveland Keys to Win: LeBron James staying healthy. As much depth as they have, they are nothing without the King.
Chicago Keys to Win: Dominate the boards. Joakim Noah will have a tough time holding his own against Cleveland big men, Shaquille O'Neal and Zydrunas Ilgauskas, but he has to figure out how to be effective for Chicago to win the series.
Our Prediction: Cleveland in five. Best record in the league, best team in the league: they get out of this series scrape-free.
It's that time of the year again. The NHL Playoffs are here. After a tumultous season of dirty hits, stat races and surprise teams in the playoffs, 16 teams will fight for the Stanley Cup. Here are my predictions, and our keys to winning for this year's playoffs.
How is the money geared toward sports divided evenly to please every sports team? Does one team get much more money than another? Does every school in MCPS get the same amount of money? Athletic director Sue Amos has the answer to everyone's financial questions.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY JEREMY SMITH EDITED & PRODUCED BY ABBY SINGLEY FILMED BY HANNAH FLESCH
We know professional athletes make money. A lot of money. Especially big shot football players who are part of a tremendous market no other country can surpass. The National Football League (NFL) is one of the single-most watched sports in the U.S. This simply translates to money (and lots of it) for T.V. and advertising companies, and of course, the franchises. But exactly how much money are we talking about here, and how has that created an avenue for an unproven rookie to make millions more than a 30-year practicing lawyer or doctor?
It's that time again. Like many other writers, analysts and bloggers, I want to enlighten everyone on what is really going to happen in this year's NFL Draft...Enjoy.
The NFL Pro Bowl, even for fans of the NFL, is an event typically synonymous with the phrase "Who cares?!" For the first time in 30 years, the Pro Bowl has a legitimate chance to once again be relevant. With the goal of making the 2010 Pro Bowl more accessible and fan/player-friendly, this year's game will be played in Miami, Fla. instead of Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, the previous location of the Pro Bowl for 30 consecutive seasons from 1980 to 2009.
Playoffs? You talking 'bout playoffs? It was only a year ago that Santonio Holmes' toe-tap catch with just over a minute left made Mike Tomlin the second African American coach to win a Super Bowl. But a pitiful series of losses that included the woeful Chiefs and Browns left the defending champion Steelers 8-8, and out of the playoffs.
The world of sports saw quite a few significant events in 2009 and it seems a good time to look back, reflect, celebrate and, in some cases, forget. Here are my top five sports moments of the past year.
