Steelers add veteran QB
After backup quarterback Charlie Batch went down with a busted collarbone in the Steelers' preseason game against the Eagles, the team went searching for a new clipboard holder.
The Steelers brought in free ...
Report: Favre is a Jet
We don't have much information right now, but Jay Glazer of Foxsports.com says that the deal is done, and that Brett Favre is a NY Jet.
The Packers get an unknown conditional draft pick and the Jets will lik...
No Manny, no problems?
Chris DeMatteo, one of the original Blast launch issue staffers, weighs in on the Manny Ramirez trade. [...]
The Manny trade
The Dodgers are Better, the Red Sox Might be Better Off and the Pirates are still the Pirates: an Analysis of the Manny Ramirez-Jason Bay Trade [,,,]
Manny to the Dodgers
The Red Sox, in a three-team deal, sent embattled slugger Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers.
The deal sends Jason Bay to Boston and the Pirates get four minor leaguers. Pittsburgh gets young talent from Boston in...
Yankees get Pudge
The Detroit Tigers have sent veteran catcher Ivan Rodriguez to the New York Yankees in exchange for flame-throwing middle relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. [...]
Addition by subtraction: Shockey traded to Saints
We've been hearing about this deal for quite some time now, and it's finally happened. Apparently, it's for the same amount that the Saints had offered months ago. According to Jay Glazer of Fox Sports, the Gi...
Redskins land Jason Taylor
The Redskins have finalized a deal that will send Miami's Jason Taylor to Washington. Washington has agreed to send a 2009 second-round pick and a 2010 sixth rounder to the Dolphins in exchange for a guy who i...
Report: Brand to sign with 76ers
ESPN is reporting, "NBA front-office sources told ESPN.com on Tuesday that Brand has informed the Sixers that he will accept a five-year deal worth an estimated $82 million."
Brand and the Sixers do indeed h...
Eskin: “Sixers very close”
610 WIP afternoon radio host Howard Eskin has stated on his show that the 76ers are very close in making Elton Brand part of their roster. Eskin also stated that it could be a sign-and-trade.
In this day and...
C.C. Sabathia to the Brewers
According to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, the Brewers have traded for Indians pitcher C.C. Sabathia. Last year's AL Cy Young winner was dealt to the Brew Crew for prospects, including Double-A outfielder Ma...
That will do it for Borowski
So much for the Joe Borowski era in Cleveland, as the Indians have designated their closer for assignment. The Indians desperately need to clean up their lousy bullpen and get a look at some of the younger guys...
Brett Myers sent down
The first-place team in the National League East just sent their opening-day starter down to the minors. That's right, the Philadelphia Phillies were forced to send right-hander Brett Myers to the AAA Lehigh Va...
Perry’s NBA mock draft
I will be constantly updating this and you can keep checking in for my latest version here. I also have all good intentions to live blog the NBA Draft tomorrow starting at 7 p.m. should I not pass out on Early Times whiskey first. Actually, the only reason it wouldn't happen is if I have technical difficulties.
In the live blog, I will dish out my thoughts on the picks and make sure I put in writing every ridiculous thing that comes out of the mouths of Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy.
So here's Blast's live draft:
Ronaldo wants to go to Real Madrid
Stud winger Cristiano Ronaldo, considered by many to be the best soccer player in the world, continues to try to work his way out of Manchester United and into Real Madrid of the Spanish league. He talked to th...
Mets fire Randolph
After all those losses, we heard the speculation about Willie Randolph's job. Well now, it seems that the Mets have decided to fire him after a win. Bench coach Jerry Manuel will take over as the Mets manager a...
Terrell Owens agrees to three-year deal with Cowboys
Michael Smith of ESPN is reporting that the Cowboys have inked WR Terrell Owens to a three-year deal that will keep him in Dallas through 2011. Terms of the deal are not available a this time.
Owens was set ...
Popovich extended by Spurs
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich has signed a contract extension that will keep him on the Spurs bench thru 2010-2011.
Spurs chairman Peter Holt told reporters last week that a handshake agreement was ...
Knicks add D’Antoni
Former Phoenix Suns coach Mike D'Antoni has accepted a four-year, $24 million deal to coach the New York Knicks. D'Antoni has a 267-172 career coaching record with the Suns and Denver Nuggets. The Suns won at ...
Grading the 2005 NFL Draft
There are a ton of clowns out there handing out draft grades this week for a draft in which no one has played yet. How can you grade the draft now? The closest we've ever seen to being able to grade a draft i...
