I was quite surprised to learn we had a dragstrip in this little Southern horse town! I’ve been and it is alot of fun Check the schedule — maybe you can make it to one of the upcoming races. Come on down to the Carolina Dragway for some racing fun! Check out the November 2008 schedule: 11/22 Grudgefest/ Read More
Ryan Dempster had a fantastic season for the Chicago Cubs in 2008. He, not Carlos Zambrano or Rich Harden, was the most consistent starter and so-called “ace” of the staff. It was his contract year meaning he was playing for money. Dempster not only had a fantastic season- he also had, far and away his personal best of a professional ca Read More
Welcome to the November 19, 2008 edition of athletic alley blog carnival. This week’s edition has noticeably more submissions than in the past, which is a great thing. Gemma presents some great videos on various sports and sports topics; if you have ever wondered about the basics of a particular sport, check out the great videos presented. It Read More
It can hardly be disputed that the worst of the NFL is in the west. In both conferences, the NFC and the AFC the western divisions are at the bottom of the barrel. Neither division is above 500 overall. Lets take a look at the numbers. In the AFC West the top team is the Denver Broncos who sit at 600 with a 6-4 record. This isn’t a horrible r Read More
If you have not been keeping up with the NFL this year, then you have missed out on a lot. The Tennessee Titans are currently undefeated. The New York Giants have only lost 1 game while the Carolina Panthers have only lost 2. The Dallas Cowboys are actually 3rd in their division while the Cinncinati Bengals have won just one game. The Kansas City C Read More
It was reported today the the University of Florida has cleared basketball standout Nick Calathes for online gambling. Now let me say off the bat that Calathes was not suspected of betting on sports. The university investigated Calathes for playing online poker for profit; or in his case a $600 loss. The NCAA has a strict policy against betting on Read More
California (6-3, 4-2) at Oregon State (6-3, 5-1) Playing at Rezer Stadium will be the edge Oregon State needs to stay on track for the conference crown. California is 1-3 on the road this year. The Golden Bears’ only win away from Berkeley was at Washington State in September. The Beavers’ quarterback tandem of Lyle Moevao and Sean C Read More
At least, USC didn’t lose ground in the BCS rankings this week after a win. Granted, the opponent this time had actually won some games. If Saturday’s game against California was USC’s last test against a ranked opponent, only half the squad seems ready for a championship. Meanwhile, the states of Oregon and Arizona each went 2 Read More
Welcome to the November 12, 2008 edition of the athletic alley blog carnival. This week’s edition has a lot of insightful posts on very diverse sports related issues. Cauliflower Ears? Check out Charles’ submission for an explanation. There are three excellent posts on college sports including one on the speculation surrounding the rep Read More
Since the close of Major League Baseball, there has been a lot of jockeying between General Managers of all 30 teams. The jockeying is to get their respective teams some new faces. As many of you know, there are a ton of players that are on the free agency list. With that being said, it does not stop there. At this time of the year, a lot of teams Read More
Yesterday, Athletic Alley posted it’s 200th post in it’s short life thanks to Tyson Chaney. Tyson has been writing for us about half the time that we have been up, and yet, he still ranks third in the amount of post written here. So, I just wanted to publically thank Tyson for all the contributions and congratulate him on being the 200t Read More
For the first time in a month, every Pacific-10 team is playing on the same day. All 10 squads will be in action next Saturday as well. The next question is, which teams will play well today? In particular, which of the three teams sharing the conference lead today will remain in first place tonight? California (6-2, 4-1) at USC (7-1, 5-1) Calif Read More
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