Archive for August, 2008

Let’s Fight!

August 26th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by Joe Lawrence

“I just don’t understand why people fight.” This is a statement that I hear quite often from my wife as I am enjoying a good MMA battle. As a martial artist and former competitor, I know the answer but have found it difficult to verbalize. Fighters have a fighting spirit and feelings are tough to [...]

No Lead Is Safe: Following a History of Great Collapses

August 21st, 2008 – 4:15 am Posted by Jason Baudendistel
Tagged as: Baseball, Football, MLB

As we near only one month left in this year’s baseball season, the Chicago Cubs have what seems like an insurmountable lead in the NL Central race.
But is such a lead really safe? Has a team with a lead of 6 or more games collapsed and not even made the playoffs? In order to [...]

The Joys of Going to a Minor League Baseball Game

August 13th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by TK

On a recent weekend, one of our dearest friends, OT (Old Tom), celebrated a birthday. For part of his birthday celebration, we all decided to go a minor league baseball game at Merchantsauto.com Stadium in Manchester, New Hampshire. Now it is important to define “we all” for this exercise. Our entire crew [...]

MMA – Largest Sport in the World?

August 12th, 2008 – 9:00 am Posted by Joe Lawrence
Tagged as: General Sports, MMA

The book of Revelations prophesies about the end of the world and how it will come about. Nostradamus predicted Hitler and Napoleon. Today, Joe Lawrence is predicting that MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) will become the biggest sport in the world.
MMA currently is leveraging itself to be the largest sport in the world. Soccer, football, baseball, [...]

The Top 50 Small School Prospects For The 2009 NFL Draft

August 1st, 2008 – 9:32 am Posted by Jason Baudendistel
Tagged as: Football, NFL

1 WR Ramses Barden Cal Poly 5th
2 CB Darren Banks West Liberty State 5th
3 RB Corey Lewis Northern Iowa 5th
4 WR Jeremy Gilchrist Hampton 5th-6th
5 CB Ladarius Webb Nicholls State 5th-6th
6 DE Brandon Swain West Texas A&M 5th-6th
7 OT Joel Bell Furman 6th
8 OLB Bobby Daly Montana State 6th
9 TE Marquez Branson Central Arkansas 6th
10 [...]