Bruce Jacobs
Exhibition Football Returns With A “Flourish”
Preseason football, like all exhibition sports is tough to watch when you get past the excitement of having the pads popping again. Thursday night featured a half dozen games that nobody cares about, save for players trying to make a team or coaches trying to evaluate players...
Former Siena Star O.D. Anosike Signs With A Team In Europe
Despite his size and work ethic, Siena star O.D. Anosike went undrafted. However, he isn't unwanted.
Anosike signed a contract with VL Pesaro in the Italian league.
Not familiar with the Pesaro's? They rank in the country's top tier club league...
Matt Harvey Pitches First Complete Game Of His Career
Really! No tricks with this headline. It was almost amazing, really, and speaks to today's baseball.
The National League's starting pitcher in the All-Star Game, and the biggest piece of the Mets turnaround hadn't thrown a complete game, until Wednesday night when he pitched the Mets to a 5-0 shutout of the Colorado Rockies...
The NBA’s Opening Night To Feature Chicago vs Miami And The Clippers vs The Lakers
Mark down October 29th if you are a hoops junkie chomping to take a bite from the NBA pie.
That's opening night in the National Basketball Association. It features three games. Two will be nationally televised. Somehow, the Orlando Magic and Indiana Pacers didn't make the cut for national TV...
Mark Sanchez In, Joe McKnight Out At Jets Camp
In a move that should surprise no one, but might anger a few, Jets coach Rex Ryan named Mark Sanchez as the starting quarterback for their preseason opener against the Detroit Lions this coming Friday night in Detroit.
It is appropriate that the game is in Detroit as the popularity of Sanchez is sinking faster than the economy in Detroit, which just became the second major American city to ever de
Has Tiger Woods Become The New “Mr May?”
To borrow an old expression from George M. Steinbrenner, the now deceased owner of the New York Yankees, when he said of Dave Winfield's superb regular season and lackluster post season, calling him "Mr May," has Tiger Woods picked up that mantra and become Golf's Mr May...
Monday Could Be The Final Day Of Alex Rodriguez’ Tainted Career
Everyday the media claims the next day the Biogensis suspensions will be announced. It truly looks like Monday will be the day the game ends and the suspensions are announced.
It is expected that up to eight players, and perhaps as many as 12 players will get some sort of suspension, starting at 50 games, and going all the way up to over 200 games (hello, Alex Rodriguez)...
The Mets Suffer Two Losses Despite Playing Just One Game
The Mets seem to specialize in extra inning games. They played another Saturday afternoon, this time losing in extras 4-3 to the Kansas City Royals.
This was just one loss the Mets suffered. The other was to their captain and third baseman, David Wright...
Is Alex Rodriguez Insane? — Bruce’s Thought Of The Day
Well Mr. Several times caught as a steroid cheat Alex Rodriguez has done it again. The man that doesn't know when to shut his pie hole opened it wide, and a ton of lies and foolishness fell out Friday night in Trenton, New Jersey, after he finished up a game with the Yankees double A team...
Kansas City Chiefs Offensive Coordinator Doug Pederson Says the Dumbest Comment Of The Early Season
Do offensive coordinators have to undergo any drug tests or is it just the players? I really don't know the answer, but based on a claim by Pederson, perhaps OC's should be tested.
Pederson claims, with a straight face, the Alex Smith is the best quarterback in the NFL...
Riley Cooper Has His Free Speech Rights. Now those Reacting Are Using Their 1st Amendment Rights- Bruce’s Thought Of The Day
Let's thank Riley Cooper, who will take all the oxygen out of the public conversation on a myriad of issues for the next 2 days. Cooper's stupidity and foul mouth has social media blowing up, sports talk shows yakking it up, and news programs soaking it up...
Union Hockey Loses Josh Jooris To The NHL’s Calgary Flames
A key cog in the offensive attack for head coach Rick Bennett's Union hockey club the last 3 seasons has joined the Calgary Flames organization.
Josh Jooris, the only player in Union college Hockey history to notch a hat trick in his debut, has inked a 2 year entry level deal with Calgary...