Disappointed that UConn lost or that its 90-game win streak is over? No, Geno Auriemma felt let down by how poorly the Huskies played. But as UConn's coach noted, "Give credit to Stanford." Oh yes, Thursday night belonged to the Cardinal
Friday, December 31, 2010
Huskies Streak ends at 90 Wins!!!
Disappointed that UConn lost or that its 90-game win streak is over? No, Geno Auriemma felt let down by how poorly the Huskies played. But as UConn's coach noted, "Give credit to Stanford." Oh yes, Thursday night belonged to the Cardinal
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Lunar Eclipse on December 21, 2010
TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE: Earlier today, for the first time in 372 years, a total lunar eclipse occurred on the date of the northern winter solstice. Observers in North America were favored with an overhead view as the full Moon slipped in and out of Earth's eerie red shadow. Jonathan Sabin sends this picture from Ellenton, Florida:
Monday, December 20, 2010
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Knicks at it again!!!
Amar'e Stodemire broke the record with 8 straight 30+ games. The Knicks beat the Nuggets in a thriller 125-129.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Hot Streaks In NBA
Knicks on 7 game winning streak. In all 7 games Amar'e Stodemire scored 30+. They try to keep the streak at 12 noon tomorrow on Sunday.
Mavericks on 12 game winning streak, can they possibly championship contenders.
Boston is on an unsurprising 9 game winning streak.
After a shakee start the Miami Heat Trio are on a 7 game winning streak.
Cam Newton Wins Heisman!!!
Team Effort
Cam Newton is responsible for 294 total points this season, 22 more than any other players in the FBS. However, that's also more than 40 FBS teams have for the season.This Season
| Player | School | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Cam Newton | AUB | 294* |
| Dominique Davis | ECU | 272 |
| Colin Kaepernick | NEV | 240 |
| Bryant Moniz | HAW | 240 |
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Allbert Haynesworth out for Rest of teh Season?
WASHINGTON -- Simmering all year, the antagonism between Albert Haynesworth and Mike Shanahan finally reached the boiling point Tuesday when the two-time All-Pro defensive lineman was suspended by the Washington Redskins coach without pay for the rest of the season.
Citing a litany of acts that essentially add up to season-long insubordination, the Redskins suspended Haynesworth for "conduct detrimental to the club" and told him he's not welcome for the team's final four games -- and making it extremely unlikely he will play for the club again.
Albert Haynesworth should've been suspended earlier but the situation became too big to ignore, Matt Mosley writes. Blog
"Despite the club's numerous attempts to persuade Albert Haynesworth to abide by the terms of his contract, he has repeatedly refused to cooperate with our coaching staff in a variety of ways over an extended period of time," Shanahan said in statement released by the team. "Among other things, he has consistently indicated to our defensive coaches that he refuses to play in our base defense or on first-down or second-down nickel situations. He has also refused to follow the instructions of our coaches both during weekly practices and during actual games as well.
"Yesterday, when Albert was at Redskin Park, he told our general manager Bruce Allen that he [Haynesworth] would no longer speak with me. Although suspending any player is not a decision that a head coach enters into lightly, I believe the situation has reached the point where the club clearly has no alternative."
Allen informed Haynesworth of the suspension Tuesday morning. Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, was reviewing the suspension and planned to release a statement later Tuesday. An appeal is expected.
George Atallah, spokesman for the NFL players' union, said on Twitter: "All I can say at this time is that the NFLPA is reviewing the details." He did not immediately return a call seeking more comment.
It wasn't hard to see this coming. Haynesworth and Shanahan have been going at it almost from the day the hard-nosed coach who won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos was hired by the Redskins in January.
Haynesworth skipped offseason workouts because he didn't want to play nose tackle in the 3-4 defense the new coaches were installing, preferring instead to play in a scheme that would showcase his talent and help achieve his goal of becoming "the best defense tackle to ever play this game." Shanahan told Haynesworth to go find another team, contingent upon giving up a $21 million contract bonus due on April 1.
Haynesworth didn't want to give up that much money, so he stayed on the roster and remained disgruntled. He boycotted a mandatory minicamp, drawing a $10,000 fine and searing comments about being "selfish" from defensive captain London Fletcher. He became a league-wide punch line when he needed 10 days to pass a conditioning test at the start of training camp.
He complained about playing with the backups in preseason games. He received sympathetic words and support from Shanahan and the rest of the team when he missed a regular season game following the death of his half brother in a motorcycle accident, but he waited so long to return that the coach made him inactive for the following game as well.
Then, last week, Haynesworth had a lackluster practice on Thursday, was late for a meeting on Friday and was also limited at Friday's practice because of an unspecified illness. Haynesworth denied a television report that he appeared "hung over" at practice, saying he had gone out the night before and went home early because he "wasn't feeling good."
In a radio interview Monday, Haynesworth blamed the report on "haters" who don't like him, said he was too upset to meet with Shanahan on Tuesday, and again proclaimed he could be the greatest ever if he could play the way he wants to play.
"Yeah, I went out on Thursday but left early because I wasn't feeling good and went home," Haynesworth said in the interview. "And then they want to sit here and say I was hung over and drunk and something like that? ... For these people to make up lies to try to make me look bad, it's ridiculous."
Shanahan made Haynesworth inactive for Sunday's game against the New York Giants, waiting until the morning of the game to announce the decision. Haynesworth likely wouldn't have made much difference in the 31-7 loss because he had become a marginal role-player, coming into the game mostly on passing downs because of his resistance to playing nose tackle in the 3-4. He played in only eight games this season and didn't start any of them, totaling just 16 tackles and 2½ sacks.
Haynesworth will not be allowed at Redskins Park for practices or meetings for the final four weeks of the season. The suspension will cost him about $847,000 in salary, a mere trifle amid the $41 million guaranteed in the seven-year contract he signed with the Redskins as a free agent last year after seven seasons with the Tennessee Titans.
The player who infamously said "You're not going to remember Albert Haynesworth as a bust" on the day he signed the deal stands to become the biggest bust in Dan Snyder's 11 years as Redskins owner, quite an achievement considering the money overspent on underachievers such as Deion Sanders and Adam Archuleta.
By suspending Haynesworth instead of releasing him, the Redskins keep him from getting what he might have coveted -- a chance to play for a contender late in the season. However, it seems almost certain that the Redskins will have to try to trade Haynesworth in the offseason, although his trade value will have plummeted because other teams know Shanahan won't want him back.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Citing a litany of acts that essentially add up to season-long insubordination, the Redskins suspended Haynesworth for "conduct detrimental to the club" and told him he's not welcome for the team's final four games -- and making it extremely unlikely he will play for the club again.
Mosley: This Had To Happen
Albert Haynesworth should've been suspended earlier but the situation became too big to ignore, Matt Mosley writes. Blog "Despite the club's numerous attempts to persuade Albert Haynesworth to abide by the terms of his contract, he has repeatedly refused to cooperate with our coaching staff in a variety of ways over an extended period of time," Shanahan said in statement released by the team. "Among other things, he has consistently indicated to our defensive coaches that he refuses to play in our base defense or on first-down or second-down nickel situations. He has also refused to follow the instructions of our coaches both during weekly practices and during actual games as well.
"Yesterday, when Albert was at Redskin Park, he told our general manager Bruce Allen that he [Haynesworth] would no longer speak with me. Although suspending any player is not a decision that a head coach enters into lightly, I believe the situation has reached the point where the club clearly has no alternative."
Allen informed Haynesworth of the suspension Tuesday morning. Haynesworth's agent, Chad Speck, was reviewing the suspension and planned to release a statement later Tuesday. An appeal is expected.
George Atallah, spokesman for the NFL players' union, said on Twitter: "All I can say at this time is that the NFLPA is reviewing the details." He did not immediately return a call seeking more comment.
“Although suspending any player is not a decision that a head coach enters into lightly, I believe the situation has reached the point where the club clearly has no alternative.
” -- Mike Shanahan
It wasn't hard to see this coming. Haynesworth and Shanahan have been going at it almost from the day the hard-nosed coach who won two Super Bowls with the Denver Broncos was hired by the Redskins in January.
Haynesworth skipped offseason workouts because he didn't want to play nose tackle in the 3-4 defense the new coaches were installing, preferring instead to play in a scheme that would showcase his talent and help achieve his goal of becoming "the best defense tackle to ever play this game." Shanahan told Haynesworth to go find another team, contingent upon giving up a $21 million contract bonus due on April 1.
Haynesworth didn't want to give up that much money, so he stayed on the roster and remained disgruntled. He boycotted a mandatory minicamp, drawing a $10,000 fine and searing comments about being "selfish" from defensive captain London Fletcher. He became a league-wide punch line when he needed 10 days to pass a conditioning test at the start of training camp.
He complained about playing with the backups in preseason games. He received sympathetic words and support from Shanahan and the rest of the team when he missed a regular season game following the death of his half brother in a motorcycle accident, but he waited so long to return that the coach made him inactive for the following game as well.
Then, last week, Haynesworth had a lackluster practice on Thursday, was late for a meeting on Friday and was also limited at Friday's practice because of an unspecified illness. Haynesworth denied a television report that he appeared "hung over" at practice, saying he had gone out the night before and went home early because he "wasn't feeling good."
In a radio interview Monday, Haynesworth blamed the report on "haters" who don't like him, said he was too upset to meet with Shanahan on Tuesday, and again proclaimed he could be the greatest ever if he could play the way he wants to play.
"Yeah, I went out on Thursday but left early because I wasn't feeling good and went home," Haynesworth said in the interview. "And then they want to sit here and say I was hung over and drunk and something like that? ... For these people to make up lies to try to make me look bad, it's ridiculous."
Shanahan made Haynesworth inactive for Sunday's game against the New York Giants, waiting until the morning of the game to announce the decision. Haynesworth likely wouldn't have made much difference in the 31-7 loss because he had become a marginal role-player, coming into the game mostly on passing downs because of his resistance to playing nose tackle in the 3-4. He played in only eight games this season and didn't start any of them, totaling just 16 tackles and 2½ sacks.
Haynesworth will not be allowed at Redskins Park for practices or meetings for the final four weeks of the season. The suspension will cost him about $847,000 in salary, a mere trifle amid the $41 million guaranteed in the seven-year contract he signed with the Redskins as a free agent last year after seven seasons with the Tennessee Titans.
The player who infamously said "You're not going to remember Albert Haynesworth as a bust" on the day he signed the deal stands to become the biggest bust in Dan Snyder's 11 years as Redskins owner, quite an achievement considering the money overspent on underachievers such as Deion Sanders and Adam Archuleta.
By suspending Haynesworth instead of releasing him, the Redskins keep him from getting what he might have coveted -- a chance to play for a contender late in the season. However, it seems almost certain that the Redskins will have to try to trade Haynesworth in the offseason, although his trade value will have plummeted because other teams know Shanahan won't want him back.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
Monday, December 6, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Lebron Proves Miami Was the right Choice!!!
Lebron torchered the Clevland Cavaliers while puttting up 38 points in only 3 quarters. James went 10-12 in the 3rd quarter. Wade had a near triple double 22 points, 9 assists, 9 rebounds.
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