After a week off, NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series returns to action this weekend at Martinsville Speedway for the running of the STP Gas Booster 500. Sunday’s race is set to get underway at 1 p.m. and it will be broadcast nationally on FOX.
The PGA TOUR pros head to San Antonio this week for a final tune-up before the Masters next week. TPC San Antonio – AT&T Oaks Course offers narrow fairways, deep bunkers and nearly unfair rough.
Hot Western Conference Teams Collide – Wild Visit Sharks
The Minnesota Wild who are 8-2 in their last 10 games overall travel to San Jose Wednesday night to take on the a Jose Sharks, a team that has benefitted from a little home cooking and has won five straight games.
The Reds stumbled a bit on offense last season after having a great season at the plate the previous season and one of the issues was at the leadoff spot. They really addressed that need brining in Shin-Soo Choo, who batted .310 and had an on-base-percentage of .389 last season.
The Pirates looked great in the first half of last season, but they went through a major 2nd half collapse. At the beginning of August they were 16 games above .500, but then the bottom fell out and they ended up with yet another losing season.
The Cardinals played well last season and their offense did not miss a beat even with the departure of Albert Pujols. They made the playoffs, beat the Braves in the Wild Card round, and lost to the eventual champion Giants in the NL championship.
It’s nut-crunching time in the Association, where the furniture is being re-arranged as playoff position is in the process of being settled deep in the shadows and the NCAA Tournament gets most of the attention.
Well, for the first time this year, we have a brand new #1. If this wasn’t a bi-weekly column, we may have had one last week. But the Penguins have emerged – their climb to the top has come at a steep price however. There is no timetable of when Sidney Crosby will return to action after getting hit in the face with a slapshot against the Islanders.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have become very accustomed to playing without their full complement of stars over the years and Tuesday night begins a new chapter in that troubling novel. Sidney Crosby is out indefinitely after getting his jaw broken against the Islanders – it`s a good thing for Evgeni Malkin and the newly acquired studs Jarome Iginla and Brenden Morrow!
It doesn’t have to be a standing O. You can remain seated, at least until his Knicks win a few playoff series. But doesn’t Mike Woodson deserve at least a polite golf-crowd round of applause for what he’s done with the Knicks this season?
The Cubs ranked 28th in the league in runs scored last season and while they have young talent they need to be much better than last season to have any chance to contend this season. Soriano had a great season with over 30 HR and 100 RBI, but no other player had more than 15 HR.
The Minnesota Twins are usually in the hunt but they have fallen on hard times the last few seasons. Their 2012 lineup had a few nice surprises but the pitching was absolutely miserable.
Bounce- Back Minded Red Wings Host Struggling Avalanche Monday
The Detroit Red Wings will look to put forth a better effort than we saw against Chicago Sunday – a humiliating 7-1 home loss to the Chicago Blackhawks when they take on the Colorado Avalanche. The Wings had looked good before two straight losses while the Avalanche won last time out but are still just 2-8 in their last 10 games.
By all rights the Utah Jazz should be deader than a lizard buried in the Utah desert.
The Royals have been mired in sub-mediocrity for some time now. They have been trying to get out of it through the draft and prospect development but not enough of their young talent have become solid contributors, let alone the stars they were hoping for.
The White Sox were a legitimate threat to Detroit in the AL Central last year, using a top 10 offense to a better than .500 record. They are the most likely challenger to the Tigers again this season, thought a Wild Card birth is the more reasonable goal.
