Sports Articles

2008-09-29 | Jim Murphy

Favre put up three of his six TD passes in the first half as the Jets stormed out to a 34-0 halftime lead on the Cardinals. The Cardinals did a little storming of their own in the...

2008-09-29 | Jim Murphy

Tony Romo had a decent game passing for the Cowboys, but the Redskins defense completely shut down Dallas’ rushing attack holding the team to 44 yards on the ...

2008-09-29 | Jim Murphy

Edwards had been forced to run hard all afternoon after starting in 31st place due to a bad qualifying run. He said after the race that his final run ...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

Led by another efficient and mistake free game from QB John Parker Wilson, the Crimson Tide scored on their first five possessions en route to their big halftime advantage...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

If there is a bright spot to come from this loss, they at least scored more than two TDs this week. The Bruins followed their victory over Tennessee with a loss of historical proportions...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

Mosley had trouble throughout the fight with Mayorga’s rough—some would say ‘dirty’—tactics and was unable to find much of a rhythm. At the time of the stoppage, the judges...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

Gator QB Tim Tebow didn’t have a bad game statistically, passing for 319 yards with a TD pass but made several uncharacteristic mistakes including turning the ball over on...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

For Tiger fans, the formula was all-too-familiar—overconfidence combined with lack of focus and poor execution. Clemson got the game off to a decent start, and opened up a...

2008-09-28 | Jim Murphy

Despite dominating the game statistically, Arsenal looked lethargic during a scoreless first half. It seemed as they considered a victory against lowly Hull a foregone...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

USC clearly wasn’t ready to play on Thursday night, and Oregon State shot out to a 21-0 halftime lead. The Beavers were able to withstand a furious Trojan burst in the 2nd half to...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

Usually, however, they’re not as embarrassing as the ankle injury suffered by Golden State Warriors’ Monta Ellis. Ellis will miss all of training...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

Favre rolled his ankle early in the third quarter of the Jets 48-29 loss in San Diego, but stayed in the game until he was replaced by Kellen Clemens with just over two minutes...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

Millen was by any metric a great NFL player, winning 4 Superbowl championships with three different teams. A Pro Bowl level linebacker, Millen helped secure championships...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

Burress, who caught the winning TD pass in last year’s Superbowl, was rewarded with a 5 year, $35 million contract extension before the season began. Despite playing on an injured...

2008-09-27 | Jim Murphy

The good news for Cro Cop is that his injuries below the belt weren’t as bad as previously thought. He was walking gingerly upon his return to Zagreb, Croatia but insisted that he’ll...

2008-09-24 | Jim Murphy

The Jets scored first, as David Barrett intercepted Phillip Rivers and brought the ball back 25 yards the other way for a TD. The Chargers and Rivers then put up 17 unanswered...

2008-09-24 | Jim Murphy

Marbury’s most productive season with the team came in 2004-05, where he averaged 21.4 PPG and 8.1 assists per game. He would have had to triple these numbers to make it...

2008-09-24 | Jim Murphy

Jacare tried a “Superman punch” over the upkicks of the lanky Mousasi, who after missing with the first nailed his second kick perfectly and left the Brazilian knocked out cold. It was the...

2008-09-23 | Jim Murphy

The game brought New England’s NFL record 21 game winning streak to an unceremonious end, and also saw the end of Miami’s 11 game road losing streak. It was an almost...

2008-09-23 | Jim Murphy

2008-09-23 | Jim Murphy

As with his victory two weeks ago at New Hampshire, Biffle used a late pass to take the lead with 9 laps remaining and hold off hard charging Matt Kenseth and Carl Edwards for...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

Perhaps the most important thing that Tampa Bay got right this year was chemistry. For a long time the team formerly known as the “Devil Rays” was considered something of a...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

The talk of being “overrated” has ceased in the past couple of weeks, and with good reason. On 9/13 BYU beat UCLA 59-0 to give the Bruins one of their worst losses in team...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

Oregon was anxiously awaiting a 10/4 trip to #1 USC, and they perhaps thought that they’d make short work of their only PAC 10 opponent they’d face before then (lowly Washington...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

Arkansas may have been suffering some “ring rust” as a result of not having played since September 6th due to a schedule shuffle necessitated by Hurricane Ike...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

That Arsenal could manage no better than a draw during their midweek Russian trip to play Dynamo Kiev had as much to do with shoddy officiating as lackluster play...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

The Saints entered training camp with three QBs, but cut Tyler Palko before the start of the season. Had it become necessary, wide receiver and special teams player Terrance...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

That’s a superlative reserved for the players who’ve made a significant impact above and beyond the call of duty, ranking them among the most valuable team members in history...

2008-09-21 | Jim Murphy

This year it could get them a playoff spot or even a division title. After sweeping the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night the Phillies have won 7 straight and 11 of 14. They also find themselves at the top of the NL East a half game ahead of the New York Mets heading into this weekend’s action.

2008-09-19 | Jim Murphy

In the 24 hours since coach Brad Childress announced that the team’s QB of the future, Tarvaris Jackson, was being replaced as the starter by well travelled vet Gus Frerotte more...

2008-09-19 | Jim Murphy

Appearing on a live broadcast for only the 2nd time in his UFC tenure (the previous occasion being his “fight of the year” candidate loss to Roger Huerta), Guida took matters into his own hands with a dominating unanimous decision victory over “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 6 winner Mac Danzig. Guida had trouble early on with Danzig’s crisp striking, but as the fight wore on the frenetic workrate of “The Carpenter” combined with his superior conditioning left his opponent gasping for breath. The tenacious Guida kept walking through Danzig’s punches and kicks working for takedowns and after some initial difficulty took his opponent down repeatedly throughout the fight. The second round was punctuated by a Guida suplex from Danzig’s back a la Josh Barnett, while the third was simply a relentless assault on his exhausted foe who could do little more than try to mitigate the damage.

2008-09-19 | Jim Murphy

Troy State isn’t a bad team, and they’ve shown some good offensive potency in the early part of the season. Then again, they haven’t been playing the toughest competition with a game against LSU postponed due to Hurricane Gustav. On paper they’re averaging 48 PPG, but much of that is thanks to a 65-0 shellacking of 1-AA/FCS doormat Alcorn State (2-8 LY, 0-3 to date in 2008). Looking deeper at their recent performance when stepping up in class, reality starts to set in: Alcorn State is on a 1-13 run against ranked opponents.

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

From the “glass half full” perspective, Arsenal was happy to escape their Russian trip with a single point. They’d had a disastrous run of late on their visits to the former Soviet...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

The surgery was Arenas’ third in the past 17 months. Last season, he only played 13 regular season games and was forced to ‘shut it down’ for the NBA playoffs. He originally injured the...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

In Kansas City, Chiefs’ coach Herm Edwards has named second year pro Tyler Thigpen as his starting QB for Sunday’s game against Atlanta. Thigpen put up impressive numbers...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

Jimmie Johnson finished second and Carl Edwards third, but the biggest disappointment was Kyle Busch. Busch had been the dominant driver throughout the 2008 NASCAR...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

The only way you couldn’t have enjoyed the game was if you were a devotee of defense: Dallas and Philadelphia traded points all night before the Cowboys prevailed 41-37...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

The current stadium has been the home of the New York Yankees since 1923. It has been the site of not only countless historically significant moments in baseball, but in football...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

The Patriots took the lead on a Stephen Gostkowski FG late in the 1st quarter and never trailed. They went up 6-0 on another Gostkowski FG early in the 2nd, though the Jets...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

Despite Minnesota’s 15-0 lead in the third, it was far from an impressive performance by the home team. All of the scoring was via Ryan Longwell FGs and despite moving the ball fairly...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

Collins was the consummate veteran, showing a deft touch with his passing despite wind gusts ranging from 30 to 50 MPH. His final numbers were the model of efficiency—14 for 21, good...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

After the game started with a “feeling out” process that lasted nearly the entire first quarter, Ohio State got on the board first with a 29 yard Ryan Pretorius FG with 3:06 left. That was...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

Boxing aficionados have no question about Marquez’s abilities, but in terms of popularity and mainstream recognition he’s been in the shadow of higher profile Mexican champions...

2008-09-18 | Jim Murphy

Which is why UNLV’s shocking 23-23 OT road victory over #15 Arizona State is such a big deal—arguably the biggest win in the history of the program. And despite ASU coach...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

For Liverpool team manager Rafael Benitez, it was a long time coming. He was winless in nine tries against Man U during his tenure with the club. In the early going it appeared...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

For Michigan, it was more of the same—their offense looked productive at times and the Wolverines held most of the statistical edges including passing yardage, rushing yardage...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

The Houston Texans’ home venue at Reliant Stadium suffered significant structural damage, and probably won’t be in a condition to host NFL games for at least a month...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

In college football there have been no additional cancellations, though there have been several time and venue changes. The University of Houston...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

It’ll also mark the Sprint Cup debut for highly touted 18 year old Joey Logano. Logano was hoping to make his debut last weekend but the rainout of qualifying sent him home...

2008-09-15 | Jim Murphy

The Rays biggest test appeared to be the loss of presumptive AL rookie of the year Evan Longoria to a hand injury a month ago. While the team did suffer some loss of offensive.....

2008-09-11 | Jim Murphy

That’s the public spin, but privately the word is that Armstrong wasn’t impressed with the crop of riders at the 2008 Tour and feels that the event is still his for the taking...

2008-09-11 | Jim Murphy

The storm, which is expected to make landfall on Friday near Galveston, TX on the Gulf Coast, has resulted in the postponement of the football game between the #8 ranked Texas Longhorns...

2008-09-11 | Jim Murphy

Day of Reckoning experienced a number of problems since its announcement, primarily involving injuries to competitors. Originally...

2008-09-09 | Jim Murphy

Tanner was a native of the Texas panhandle, and was a pioneer in mixed martial arts. He was one of the first top level...

2008-09-09 | Jim Murphy

Rodgers was very efficient, passing for 178 yards on 18-22 passing with a TD and no interceptions. He also added 35 yards on the ground and scored...

2008-09-09 | Jim Murphy

Bryant suffered damaged ligaments in the pinky finger, but nevertheless managed to play in all 82 regular season games as well as the playoffs...

2008-09-08 | Jim Murphy

The loss spoiled the grand opening of the Colts new home venue, the Lucas Oil Stadium. The state of the art facility, built at a cost of $730 million, seats 63,000 for football...

2008-09-08 | Jim Murphy

Favre, for his part, looked sharp in his regular season Jet debut. #4 was 15-22 for 194 yards with 2 TD passes and no interceptions. Dolphins’ QB Pennington.....

2008-09-08 | Jim Murphy

While it’s hard to suggest that there’s a silver lining in the loss of the team’s franchise QB, they can at least take solace in the fact that his backup—Matt Cassel—played...

2008-09-07 | Jim Murphy

If Evans needed any more validation of how little respect he was getting, he could have taken a look at the UFC’s text message “prediction” poll of the main event which favored “The Iceman”...

2008-09-07 | Jim Murphy

It wasn’t as easy as the final score would suggest, and the rebuilding Miami team hung around and didn’t trail by more than a TD until the 4th quarter. Florida led 7-0...

2008-09-07 | Jim Murphy

Johnson’s back-to-back wins were the latest successes in a meteoric streak since midsummer that also included a victory at the Allstate 400...

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

The final score notwithstanding, there wasn’t much for Michigan to be happy about. After a strong first quarter in which the Wolverines...

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

While the Buckeye apologist would suggest that OSU “took care of business”, the reality is that they completely overlooked Ohio and very nearly had their season....

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

Already scrapped for the weekend is qualifying for both events, as well as all pre race practice sessions. This means that the teams will be trying to get their...

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

Publically, the LPGA insisted that it was only interested in the good of the sport and that sponsors and fans would prefer English speaking athletes...

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

On Thursday night, Johnson’s team gave notice to the SEC that Vanderbilt is by no means a “gimmie” opponent. South Carolina’s offense continued to struggle...

2008-09-06 | Jim Murphy

The Giants are, of course, the defending Superbowl champions having improbably derailed the New England Patriots bid for a perfect season last January

2008-09-04 | Jim Murphy

On Wednesday night, A-Rod got his home run back and was ironically the sport’s first beneficiary of instant replay. A-Rod hit a massive blast down the left field line off of Tampa Bay...

2008-09-04 | Jim Murphy

Instead, they chose a loud noise which one critic dismissed as “only being scary to small children, old people and dogs”. The team also unveiled a rather generic looking logo that...

2008-09-03 | Jim Murphy

USC looked nearly unstoppable as they traveled cross country to play the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. While Georgia beat...

2008-09-03 | Jim Murphy

Couture’s return fight will be at UFC 91 on November 15th in Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden against former WWE champion turned MMA fighter Brock Lesnar...

2008-09-03 | Jim Murphy

LSU’s home field at Tiger Stadium suffered minor damage, including missing roof shingles, a few broken windows and some damage to an end zone scoreboard....

2008-09-03 | Jim Murphy

Though details have yet to be formally announced, what will likely happen is that the UFC will tear up Couture’s existing deal—the interpretation of which has been at...

2008-09-02 | Jim Murphy

Craft, who has gone from the teams #3 QB to starter in a matter of weeks, looked very shaky early on throwing four first half interceptions—one of which was...

2008-09-02 | Jim Murphy

Lee’s meteoric rise to the top of the AL pitching foodchain is amazing, bordering on improbable. Lee struggled during the early part of the 2007 season...

2008-09-02 | Jim Murphy

Beecher threw 4 interceptions and went 12-22 for 106 yards before being yanked by Spurrier in the 3rd quarter, with the official reason given as a “head injury”...

2008-09-01 | Jim Murphy

Kimbo Slice—real name Kevin Ferguson—parlayed his video taped “street fights” first into Internet fame before turning to professional MMA where he became a full fledged phenomenon...

2008-09-01 | Jim Murphy

For that reason, it wasn’t a particularly big surprise when De La Hoya backtracked on his retirement plans at a news conference to announce his December 6th fight in Las Vegas...