Today in sports history September 19th, 2011 Mariano Rivera breaks the all time record for saves in a career. He finished with 652 career saves and was the first player in history to be unaminously selected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Mariano Rivera just might be the most dominant pitcher of all time for […] More
Conference Finals of the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs Here we are so close to the Stanley cup after some intense conference semi-final play that had 3 series go to game 7! With plenty of heartbreak to go around, 4 teams are battle tested and are close enough to see the gleam of Lord Stanley’s cup. […] More
Today in sports history September 4, 1993 Jim Abbott who was born with only one arm went on to the mound and threw a no-hitter for the New York Yankees. This is one of the most remarklable stories in all of sports. Imagine. One arm and he goes out and throws a no-hitter. Just making […] More
BREAKING BREAKING: Steve Nash will be the coach of the Brooklyn Nets AND the Kyrie Irving + Kevin Durant duo, and with that being said, George & Sami of That Being Said Pod are back for Episode 638… What a wild Woj Bomb this morning about the Nets coaching job. Plus, we discussed Giannis and the Bucks being on […] More
Today in sports history September 3rd, 1961. Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle became the first pair of teammates to hit 50 home runs in one season. Think about how crazy that is. This team had Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio (not really a home run hitter). And these were the first pair in history […] More
Former Phoenix Suns two-time MVP (he also played for the Lakers and Mavericks) Steve Nash is the new head coach for the Brooklyn Nets. He will be coaching Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant who must have signed off on this. This is probably the big splash the franchise is trying to make. BREAKING: Steve […] More
Today in sports history August 25th, 1985; Doc Gooden becomes the youngest pitcher in the history Major Leage Baseball to win 20 games. With a with a 9-3 win over the San Diego Padres at Shea Stadium at 20 years, nine months, and nine days old, Doc Gooden won his 20th game of the year. […] More
Stanley Cup Playoffs: ROUND 2! The bracket for Round 2 of the #StanleyCup Playoffs is set!——#AnytimeAnywhere vs #Isles#BeTheThunder vs #NHLBruins—#VegasBorn vs #GoCanucksGo#GoAvsGo vs #GoStars pic.twitter.com/DRWpfnlEa7 — NHL News (@puck_report2) August 22, 2020 After having gone 4-4 in the last round (and inaccurately picking how many games for all the ones that I did get correct), […] More
NBA Playoffs: ROUND ONE! THE NBA PLAYOFFS ARE SET ? pic.twitter.com/tLO4gSACem — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) August 15, 2020 Better rest, better passing, better scoring, better defense, and better basketball. That’s what NBA in the bubble has looked like with lots of new players surging to the top of trends, older players catching their second wind, and […] More
Today in sports history on August 11th, 1929 Babe Ruth hit home run number 500 for the New York Yankees. No player in baseball would ever get to 500 again until Jimmie Fox in 1940. Babe Ruth to me is still the greatest baseball to player to ever live. He was much before his time. […] More
Stanley Cup Playoffs: ROUND ONE! In this year’s edition of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we are already in August, there is not fans in attendance, and 12 seeds are in the bracket. If this article was published a year ago dated from the future no one would believe me and that’s an excellent description of […] More
New York Mets Outfielder Yoenis Cespedes did not show up to the team’s game in Atlanta today and is not responding to phone calls from the team. Umm… pic.twitter.com/x7246IarrM — Tim Britton (@TimBritton) August 2, 2020 Yoenis Cespedes hasn't shown up for the game and the Mets say attempts to get a hold of him […] More