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Kevin Patra
NFL 2010 Preview: AFC South
Has a year gone by that you have looked at the AFC South and thought “How the hell are the Colts in the ‘South’ division?”? I’m guessing if you haven’t all the rest of the teams in the division have said that more than once. AFC South Indianapolis Colts Offense: The only thing stopping Peyton [...]
NFL 2010 Preview: AFC West
After taking a summer holiday, and by holiday I mean finishing real-world job responsibilities, we are back in time to preview the upcoming NFL season. Since I took my working sabbatical, Brett Favre has retired again, maybe. Terrell Owens continued his quest to play for every NFL team by signing with the Cincinnati Bengals–only 26 more [...]
Ohio Children Making Lemonade out of LeBron’s Lemons
If only children governed the world, what a place it would be. Leave it to kids to turn a negative situation into a positive one. The tornado of hostility is still swirling in Cleveland, with new reports of LeBron’s boys getting into it with a woman over a diamond pendant, but some young kids decided [...]
Five Things We Learned From the First Half of the MLB Season
We finally made it to the apex of our nomadic journey that is the Major League Baseball season. The sacred All-Star Break marks the end of the first half of the season (even though technically the teams have already played more than half their games, but who’s using sabermetrics on game numbers?). From here it [...]
LeBron-a-thon Ends With King James Jerseys Flaming In Cleveland
I’ve been pandering for years for LeBron James to leave Cleveland. Not because I thought he would sign with my team. Not because I wanted him to form a Triumvirate with his boys in Miami. Not because I cared about him restoring basketball in New York. I wanted him to leave Cleveland simply because I [...]
PODCAST: The Pump Fake (July 7, 2010)
The Pump Fake – The Weekly Podcast for The Sports Union with the biggest sports news, humor and whatever else is in the minds of the demented co-founders of The Sports Union. This week J.David and Kevin Patra chat about the real winners and losers in the NBA Free Agentsapalooza; argue about the worst sports [...]
New York Knicks land Amare Stoudemire avoiding catastrophe
The New York Knicks were always probably going to lose out on the LeBron James Sweepstakes. They were probably going to fail at convincing Dwyane Wade to leave the beach. Losing those two probably meant losing Chris Bosh. The Knicks were staring at the worst case scenario of Joe Johnson, resigning David Lee and trading [...]
NHL Enforcer Bob Probert Dies at 45
Former NHL enforcer Bob Probert collapsed and died on a boat in Ontario on Monday. He was 45. Family friend Rich Rogow told the AP Probert was on a boat in Lake St. Clair with his wife, children and in-laws when he “developed severe chest pains.” Probert spent the first 9 years of his 16-year [...]
Vuvuzelas finally banned…from UFC at least
The quote of the week goes to UFC President Dana White. In anticipation of the huge fight this weekend pitting heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar against interim belt holder Shane Carwin, UFC banned Vuvuzelas. White obviously have strong opinions about the buzzing sound from the South African instrument. “This decision was pretty simple,” White said. “Vuvuzelas [...]
Extra-Inning Ecstacy for Gamecocks at College World Series
As the final hit in historic Rosenblatt Stadium landed softly in right field and skidded toward the fence, South Carolina’s Scott Wingo tossed his helmet in the air and scampered happily to home plate. The Gamecocks won their first College World Series defeating UCLA 2-1 in 11 innings. Whit Merrifield sliced a 2-0 pitch from [...]
