Ryan Freel, who played for five teams over an eight-year major league career, was found dead in his Florida home Saturday as a result of a self-inflicted shotgun wound, Jacksonville police said. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NFL: It’s a “Virtual Certainty” That Tim Tebow Will Play Where Next Season?
We’re all pretty certain that Tim Tebow’s uneventful time with the NY Jets will come to end after this season. It was reported that he would seek a trade and it was also reported that the Jets planned to trade or release him. What wasn’t certain however is where he would end up next. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NFL: Calvin Johnson Says Playmakers on the Detroit Lions Need to Step Up
Sitting at 4-10 and the bottom of the NFC North, the Detroit Lions are having a pretty disappointing season. The playoffs are out of the question so they’ve made Calvin Johnson breaking Jerry Rice’ receiving record a big priority. Johnson on the other hand is focused on the team’s playmaking woes, mainly how the team played against a Cardinals squad that had just gotten destroyed a week before. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NFL: Mark Sanchez Addresses if He Wants to Remain With the Jets
While the football world has talked endlessly about the Jets possibly cutting or trying to trade Mark Sanchez, he says he hasn’t thought about it at all. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NFL: Adrian Peterson Wants the MVP Award All to Himself
As Vikings running back Adrian Peterson continues his assault on the single-season rushing record all while coming back from a torn ACL, the debate is raging regarding whether he should be named the league’s MVP. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
NBA: Coach Avery Johnson Not Worried About Job Security With the Brooklyn Nets
Expectations were heightened for the Brooklyn Nets as they moved from New Jersey to the big bright lights in New York City. Initially Avery Johnson was applauded for his work as Nets head coach during the fist two months of the season, when he led his team to an 11-4 start and was named Eastern Conference coach of the month in both October and November. Since then, however, Brooklyn is just 2-8, in part because Brook Lopez went down with an injury that kept him out for five of those eight losses, but also in part due to Deron WIlliams having a down season, and being admittedly uncomfortable in his head coach’s system. Now Johnson is in the hot seat. Read more after the jump. Shay Marie
