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Donovan McNabb officially on the trading block in Philly?

March 25th, 2010

Ever since 1999, the Philadelphia Eagles have had the benefit of having a Pro Bowl caliber quarterback behind center in Donovan McNabb. Even though he may struggle through injuries from time to time and is probably on the sidelines a little more than head coach Andy Reid prefers, the Eagles have had a lot of success with number five taking the snaps over the last decade. With six Pro Bowl selections, a Super Bowl appearance and five NFC championship games it would be hard to argue that Donovan McNabb isn’t one of the most successful quarterbacks in the NFL. Yes, he still hasn’t won that elusive Super Bowl title and the Eagles always seem to drop the ball when they make it to the NFC championship games, but throughout the regular season and the playoffs the Eagles are as tough to beat as any team in the league.

Even with all the Eagles success with Donovan McNabb behind center, the team always seems to get involved in trade rumors and talks of replacing their six-time Pro Bowler in the offseason. This offseason is no different, but there is one big difference, no one in Philly would mind seeing backup quarterbacks Michael Vick or Kevin Kolb taking over the starting job next season.

With that being said, Eagles head coach Andy Reid has said today that Philadelphia is listening to possible quarterback trade scenarios which could very well involve the 33 year old veteran quarterback out of Syracuse.

Obviously McNabb would be the clear choice to move if the Eagles got the right offer as he is 33, consistently banged up and not getting younger.

So far, the Oakland Raiders and the Buffalo Bills have inquired about trading for the Donovan McNabb, but no deal is imminent as of yet.

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President Barack Obama’s NCAA Tournament Bracket

March 18th, 2010

A lot of people have their opinions about our new president Barack Obama, but the one thing that sports fans love about him is that he is one of us as he loves baseball, football and basketball!

One thing that Barack Obama was right about last year was his pick for the NCAA Tournament National champion as he picked the North Carolina Tar Heels in his March Madness bracket.

This season Barack Obama has filled out another bracket and from the looks of things he knows his stuff once again as his picks are on the ball, at least until the NCAA Tournament starts on March 18^th.

This time around Obama has picked the Kansas Jayhawks to be National champs as he believes that no team will be able to take down Bill Self’s number one squad.

Here are how Barack Obama’s picks look:

Sweet Sixteen

Midwest Region

Kansas Jayhawks (1), Michigan State Spartans (5), Georgetown Hoyas (3), Ohio State Buckeyes (2)

East Region

Kentucky Wildcats (1), Wisconsin Badgers (4), Marquette Golden Eagles (6), West Virginia Mountaineers (2)

West Region

Syracuse Orangemen (1), Butler Bulldogs (5), Pittsburgh Panthers (3), Kansas State Wildcats (2)

South Region

Duke Blue Devils (1), Texas A&M Aggies (5), Baylor Bears (3), Villanova Wildcats (2)

Elite Eight

Midwest Region

Kansas Jayhawks (1), Georgetown Hoyas (3)

East Region

Kentucky Wildcats (1), West Virginia Mountaineers (2)

West Region

Syracuse Orangemen (1), Kansas State Wildcats (2)

South Region

Duke Blue Devils (1), Villanova Wildcats (2)

Final Four

Kansas Jayhawks (1), Kansas State Wildcats (2), Kentucky Wildcats (1), Villanova Wildcats (2)

National Champion

Kansas Jayhawks (1)

For the most part I like Obama’s picks here, but there are few teams that I believe should have been included like the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Purdue Boilermakers and the Maryland Terrapins. All and all though, he picks are on point in my opinion!

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Gilbert Arenas following in LeBron James footsteps by changing his number to 6

March 12th, 2010

It has been a very disappointing few years for Agent Zero of the Washington Wizards as he has either been riding the pine with injuries or causing trouble off the court, but one thing remains the same for Gilbert Arenas, he is getting paid! Not all that long ago, the Washington Wizards made a bold move by signing Gilbert Arenas to a huge seven year contract of $110 million dollars. Now that sounded like a deal that was worth to the team a few years back, but now it looks more like one of the biggest mistakes in franchise history as he has been nothing, but an injury prone, trouble making and seriously overpaid NBA superstar.

Just recently Arenas frequented the headlines due to his locker room altercation with teammate Javaris Crittenton when the two point guards drew their guns on each other after arguing over a gambling debt. Fortunately, the conflict was resolved before and gunfire started, like it would anyway, but the damage was already done as both players were ultimately charged and subsequently suspended for the rest of the NBA season.

Now that Gilbert Arenas has nothing to do, but think about how he put his NBA future and huge contract in jeopardy, the former All-Star point guard has decided to start fresh with a new number by changing his jersey number from number zero to number six.

Ironically enough, the Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James also decided to make the change to number six only a few weeks ago as a tribute to hall of fame shooting guard and arguably the best player ever to play the game in Michael Jordan. The reason for the change was because King James believes that the number 23 should be permanently retired in honor of the six-time NBA champion.

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Brady Quinn next to be on the way out in Cleveland?

March 12th, 2010

Yesterday the Cleveland Browns decided to part ways with former Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson after he had his worst season with the Browns. When the NFL off-season came around for the Cleveland Browns, which was at about midseason as they were one of the worst teams in the league, there were a lot of rumors flying around on what was going to happen with the quarterback situation. Back in 2007, the Cleveland Browns looked like one of the most promising young NFL teams in the league as they had Pro Bowl quarterback Derek Anderson behind center and up and coming wide receiver Braylon Edwards. As a result, the Brown won 10 games and looked like a team with a very bright future, but the success was short lived and the team slipped slowly back into mediocrity in 2008.

With Derek Anderson quickly turning into nothing more than a mediocre quarterback and no longer had the ability to get the job done for the Browns behind center after having a Pro Bowl season, Cleveland gave young quarterback Brady Quinn a shot as the starter.

Unfortunately, even though the Brady Quinn was thought to be the future face of the franchise, he just couldn’t live up to expectations and now seems to be on his way out of Cleveland.

The day before Derek Anderson was released from the Cleveland Browns, a trade was made bringing backup Seattle Seahawks quarterback Seneca Wallace to Cleveland. As a result, the Browns released Anderson to avoid paying a roster bonus and his large salary for next season.

The debate seemed to be over on which quarterback was getting the boot in Cleveland, at least until Wednesday when reports have surfaced stating that the Browns are actively shopping Brady Quinn.

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Top NBA free agents available right now

March 3rd, 2010

Michael Finely (former team San Antonio Spurs): Of all the NBA free agents available in the second half of the regular season, the San Antonio Spurs recently released veteran guard Michael Finley is arguably most desirable of the lot as he could definitely help out a title contending team or a playoff team looking to fill the roster before playoff time. The one team that seems to be interested in Finley already is the Boston Celtics who always seem to be on the lookout for aging veterans who can help him off the bench like they did with veteran point guard Stephon Marbury last year.

Kenny Thomas (former team Sacramento Kings)

Over the years forward Kenny Thomas has been one of those players that always gives you a solid performance never get much recognition as he has one of the PJ Brown or Kurt Thomas type big men that aren’t flashy, but put up solid numbers.

After being released from the Sacramento Kings, Kenny Thomas is need him second half of the season.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas (former teams Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards)

Cleveland Cavaliers pulled off perhaps the biggest trade or the most beneficial trade before the NBA trade deadline on February 18 by sending center Zydrunas Ilgauskas to the Washington Wizards in exchange for versatile forward Antawn Jamison.

The trade raised a lot of eyebrows as it was ready obvious that the wizards would just buy out Big  Z’s $11.5 million dollar expiring contract and waive him, 30 days later, the Cavs will be able to sign him once again as they try it on an NBA title at season’s end.

So even though Big Z has gotten interest from teams like the Dallas Mavericks and couple of other teams, he will ultimately end up back in Cleveland.

Larry Hughes (former teams New York Knicks, Sacramento Kings)

in part as a Tracy McGrady trade which sent him to the New York Knicks, veteran point guard Larry Hughes was sent to the Sacramento Kings, but was ultimately bought out and waived.

Unfortunately, Hughes has an injury that will keep him out some time and stopped other teams from pursuing him, but as the season progresses I won’t be surprised to see him land somewhere.

Wally Szczerbiak (former team Cleveland Cavaliers)

This list seems to be filled with four Cleveland Cavaliers players and here’s one more in sharp shooting Wally Szczerbiak who is basically retired, but would consider coming back if it is where the Cavs.

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