.@Nationals acquire LHP Sean Doolittle, RHP Ryan Madson from @athletics for RHP Blake Treinen, INF Sheldon Neuse, LHP Jesus Luzardo. pic.twitter.com/RFqa4jusEm — MLBRosterMoves (@MLBRosterMoves) July 16, 2017 I know how this goes. The A’s trade away players because they can’t keep them for financial reasons. It’s a cycle that continues over and over. It hurts […]

Yesterday’s Golden State Warriors championship parade was the last time we will see Adidas produce official NBA merchandise. Next season, Nike takes over the NBA as the league’s official outfitter and I couldn’t be happier. (Although I am saddened by the manufacturer’s logo now appearing on the jersey and sleeves next season.) Adidas took over […]

Last night I was home with friends over watching the Chiefs and Steelers play. It was fine except for one thing. More than half of the people over weren’t sports fans. They didn’t know the rules of football. They were just over to hang out. But because I was watching the game, they all just […]

I remember when Kobe Bryant started this retirement world tour and everyone started saying how Bryant might be the greatest player of all time. The debate kept going on and on and I kept wondering why people thought that. Bryant wasn’t even the best player of his own generation. No. That honor belongs to Tim Duncan. […]

**This post isn’t to analyze how the Thunder are playing so well and how the Warriors are playing so poorly. This is just me looking at this series as a reminder of the fun of sports.  === After watching the Golden State Warriors get destroyed in the last two games, the discussion continues on whether […]

I think the All-Star Game fan voting across all sports should be eliminated. It serves no great purpose and players who don’t deserve to go to the game are taking away votes that should be going to players who should have a spot on the roster. But with that said, since fan voting still exists, […]

The St. Louis Rams are no more. The NFL has approved of the Rams to return to Los Angeles after 21 years away. Los Angeles has been desiring for a team for quite some time and they are getting one. They might even get a second one. But this is great news for Los Angeles […]

Jed York said everything he was supposed to say as he addressed the San Francisco 49ers’ ugly 2015 season. He said that Jim Tomsula was a great guy but the team had to go another direction. He admitted that he missed on trying to make this season competitive for the 49ers. He didn’t even really […]

I sat at my desk today watching Pete Rose’s press conference. It was a day after he was denied by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred for reinstatement. It was not a surprise that the commissioner came to that decision. But after watching Rose speak, I am very unsure how I feel about his case. Prior to […]

On Thursday, I took some time to digest the new 49ers black alternate uniform. After about 24 hours since it first surfaced, I have determined that this was the perfect time for these uniforms to exist. Here are my personal thoughts. Let me preface that the 49ers didn’t need an alternate uniform. In fact, if […]

Tim Howard was fun to watch today. I don’t watch soccer. I never grew up caring for the sport. I cared for other sports. But soccer wasn’t one of them. Most times when the World Cup comes along I might watch one match and that’s it. But this year, I decided to watch more. It […]

T.J. Oshie scores the winner and congratulates Jonathan Quick for his stellar performance. I’ve always wondered what it would take to get a person that isn’t into hockey to really appreciate it. Sometimes all it takes is just a big name. Sometimes it takes an actual game in person to really appreciate it. But if […]

Commissioner Roger Goodell suggested that the NFL might eliminate the extra point in the future. Since the point after try is nearly automatic (only 5 misses this past season) he thinks that maybe the league can go forward without it. Goodell suggested that an idea was to make all touchdowns seven points. However, the team […]

If you take a look at Sammy Sosa’s career numbers, Frank Thomas has a point. But Sosa was improving before the great home run chase of 1998. In 1997, he hit 36 homers. The following year, he added 30 more to that total. And this goes back to that steroid era and whether or not […]

https://twitter.com/jadande/status/413440498284503040 The Raiders have an Oakland feel. Sure, I dig that. The Warriors have an Oakland feel too. That’s correct. But once they move to San Francisco, it will lose that touch. But the A’s don’t have an Oakland feel? I’ve been going to A’s games since I was a kid and I don’t know […]

Vince Carter and Dwight Howard were once teammates. From 2009-2010, Vince Carter and Dwight Howard were teammates on the Orlando Magic. Carter has seen Howard play up close and personal, so he knows the history of the big man. They play on separate teams now and they faced off last night as the Mavericks took […]

From @JeffDarlington: Jonathan Martin texted Incognito to say he doesn’t blame his Dolphins teammates at all http://t.co/2knxWtj8LR — Around The NFL (@AroundTheNFL) November 2, 2013 What surprises me about this is that this actually happened. Most times ribbing in the locker room happens and it passes by, but for the first time since I can […]

.@joshreddick16 takes some practice swings before BP in the batting cage. pic.twitter.com/7KP9gebOcv — Oakland Athletics (@Athletics) October 1, 2013 This was something that I feared but kind of expected when I saw that the postseason patches would be applied onto the batting practice cap. Now with images surfacing of teams going through practice, it shows […]

Bud Selig will today announce formally he’s retiring, effective in January 2015 — Jon Heyman (@JonHeymanCBS) September 26, 2013 When I found out the news, I did a little dance. This is what I have been waiting for. This isn’t to say that I don’t like Bud Selig. I think he was a decent commissioner, […]

Proposal to move 2014 Big Game from Cal to #49ers‘ Levi’s Stadium. http://t.co/w4bHbG1pCv — SFGate (@SFGate) August 24, 2013 There are some mixed reactions to this potential deal to move the Big Game to new Levi’s Stadium in 2014. In a business sense, it’s a great idea. Stanford is closer to Santa Clara so the […]

Ichiro bows to the fans after collecting his 4,000th professional hit. Ichiro Suzuki collected his 4,000th professional hit earlier tonight. Combining his time in Japan and with Major League Baseball, 4,000 is a great accomplishment. But of course, there has to be an acknowledgment that it’s not on the level as Ty Cobb or Pete […]

Jackie Robinson statue defaced with swastikas and racist slurs outside @BKCyclones stadium in Coney Island. http://t.co/yX01ishCsQ — NYDN Local (@NYDNLocal) August 7, 2013 With the Riley Cooper mess recently, it brought to light that racism is still very strong in America. It’s unfortunate that it’s still around despite how much the country has progressed in […]

Riley Cooper got racist at a concert. Earlier this summer, Riley Cooper was at a Kenny Chesney concert. What appears to be an act of frustration for not getting backstage passes, the above incident happened and was recorded. (And it doesn’t help the stereotype of rednecks who love country music.) The video surfaced around today […]

Ryan Braun has been suspended for the rest of the season. Ryan Bruan’s 65-game suspension, which ends his season this year, is a move by Major League Baseball that needed to happen. After Braun got away on a technicality over his last suspension, this was something the league did to make an example of Braun […]