Football returned on Tuesday, featuring an unprecedented string of deals done in an ultra-compressed time frame. An accidental disclosure by the NFLPA has contributed to the madness, by expediting the process of getting draft picks under contract. But that came after the blunder nearly blew up the brand-new labor deal. According to multiple [...]
Archive for July 31st, 2011
July 31st, 2011
Plax Joins Jets — It Was ‘All About Rex’
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LaPorta’s HR in 9th Lifts Indians Over Royals
Man U beats Barcelona this time Manchester United beat FC Barcelona 2-1 before almost 82,000 near Washington on Saturday night to exact a measure of revenge in a preseason exhibition that doubled as a rematch of Barcelona’s victory in last May’s Champions League final. Related Posts:Kelly lifts Bruins to 1-0 win over Caps in OTPenner’s goal lifts [...]
Posted in Sports News Wire Tags: Champions, champions league, Indians, laporta, LaPorta's, lifts, Man, manchester united, measure, over, revenge, Royals, saturday night, Victory Comments OffJuly 31st, 2011
HBT: Giants Get Orlando Cabrera from Indians
The Indians are definitely doing more adding than subtracting at the moment, but they've decided Orlando Cabrera is expendable and they traded him to the Giants for outfielder Thomas Neal. Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com and Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle had the initial reports. Cabrera had hit just .244/.277/.321 while serving as the [...]
Posted in Sports News Wire Tags: Cabrera, com, danny knobler, fourth outfielder, from, Giants, Indians, miguel tejada, mike fontenot, moment, Orlando, rookie, san francisco chronicle Comments OffJuly 31st, 2011
HBT: Indians Push All in for Rockies’ Jimenez
After selling off CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee in recent years, the Indians actually went out and got an ace this time, reportedly trading LHP Drew Pomeranz, RHP Alex White, 1B Matt McBride and RHP Joe Gardner for Colorado's Ubaldo Jimenez. The deal certainly carries some risk. Jimenez was the game's best pitcher during the first [...]
Posted in Sports News Wire Tags: alex white, cc sabathia, ERA, fastball, Indians, innings, Jimenez, joe gardner, potential, push, Rockies, Sabathia, todd helton, ubaldo jimenez Comments OffJuly 31st, 2011
Cardinals Overcome 5-run Deficit, Rout Cubs
updated 7:24 p.m. ET July 30, 2011 Albert Pujols and David Freese each homered and Ryan Theriot added four hits and three RBIs on Saturday to help the St. Louis Cardinals overcome a five-run deficit in a 13-5 victory over the Chicago Cubs. It was the 432nd homer of Pujols’ career and came one day [...]
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