Bruce Jacobs
Forget The Curly Shuffle This Is The NFL’s Quarterback Shuffle – Bruce’s Thought Of The Day
Cue up the 3 stooges music. This latest round of QB shuffling is Moe, Larry, Curly and Shemp all combined. You talk about false hope, football fans in Arizona and Oakland and Dallas and Buffalo are fooling themselves if they think anything has changed except the furniture...
Penguins Crosby Hit With Puck In Face And Breaks Jaw [VIDEO]
It was only a few weeks back when NY Rangers defensemen Marc Staal had a deflected puck hit him right in the eye. The debate heated up about making visors mandatory. Staal wasn't wearing one. But Sid Crosby was and the shield didn't prevent the NHL's poster boy from getting hit in the face, by a deflected puck off the stick of the teammate Brooks Orpik...
Portland Comes To Town- Plunders Devils In Shootout
In the AHL you play your eastern conference foes like 20x a season so it seems. rare is the matc hup against the western conference. Such rarity came to Albany Saturday night and beat the Devils in a huge game 5-4 in a shoot out.
With 10 games left in the regular season the odds are looking dimmer and dimmer for an Albany playoff appearance, however not impossible...
Injury To Louisville’s Kevin Ware Might be The Most Gruesome I have Ever Seen- Bruce’s Thought Of The day
I am not prone to melodrama. Nor am I some wilting Willie. But what I saw 1st hand happen to Louisville's young sophomore guard Kevin Ware might have been the saddest thing I have ever witnessed in a sporting event.
In case you missed it and if you did you are lucky Ware went up to try and contest a 3 point shot by Duke's Tyler Thornton just about midway through the 1st half of the elite 8 battle
Albany Devils Snap Skid And Get A Huge 2 Points
6 proved to be enough. Too much in fact. So desperate were the Devils for a win vs Hershey Friday night that captain Jay Leach called the game a "must win" and win the Devils did, beating back Hershey 5-3 a the Times Union Center.
Leach backed up his words by notching the 1st 2 goal game of his career and Joe Whitney scored his career high 24th goal leading the Devs...
UCLA Finds Their New Coach And It’s A Surprise Choice
The popular names came 1st. The chosen name right after. Shaka Smart said no thanks and he stayed at Virginia Commonwealth. Then Brad Stevens decided Butler was the place he wants to be right now. However Steve Alford shocked the college basketball world when he said yes...
Osi Is Going Going Gone – Has Left the NY Giants for the Atlanta Falcons
Just a few days after visiting his home town Atlanta Falcons, Osi Umenyiora is now officially a former New York Giant.
The Falcs announced they have added another bird to their dirty bird defense, signing the former standout defensive lineman of the NYG to a 2 year deal for roughly 8...
Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire Jarome Iginla Via Trade
The NHL trading deadline this year, thanks to the lockout that interrupted the start of the season, has been pushed back till April 3rd. Obviously the Pittsburgh Penguins don't care about deadlines. The Pens are on a trading frenzy and on Wednesday they completed their 3rd trade in as many days, this time landing former league MVP and 6 time all star forward Jarome Iginla...
Devils Beaten At Home-Losing Streak Hits 6
It is safe to say the Albany Devils playoff hopes are dimming by the game and day. Back from a terrible 6 game road trip that saw them lose the last 5, the Devils returned to home ice at the Times Union Center and were capped by the St. John's Ice Caps 4-2...
Miami Hurricanes Center Reggie Johnson To Miss Sweet 16 Game With Knee Injury
The 1st big injury to hit a team while playing in the NCAA tournament has been incurred by the ACC regular season and conference tourney champion Miami Hurricanes.
The Canes say that their big man in the middle, center Reggie Johnson has a knee issue and had a "minor" surgical procedure to clean it up...
Siena Head Coaching Search Update
Right after the Siena Saints lost in the 2nd round of their MAAC conference tournament, the Saints fired their head coach Mitch Buoneguro after 3 years. The Saints seem to be well on their way to getting a new head coach in place.
According to Mark Singelais of the Times Union, the Saints have started the interview process...
The New York Football Giants About To Lose Another Big Name Free Agent
At one time the defensive line was the NY Giants strength. But through free agency that strength it could be argued isn't nearly as strong. Last year it was Dave Tollefson. This off year among other losses count Chris Canty. Now it seems only a matter of hours before Osi Umenyiora becomes an ex-Giant...