Category: MLB

3 iconic sports heroes retired in the past week. In baseball, former long time Astro slugger, Lance Berkman, Berkman won a World Series with the Cards and in that same year he won “comeback player of the year”, he’s also went to 6 all-star games! Playing for the Astros, Cardinals, Yankees and Rangers, Berkman is next to the great Mickey Mantle in switch hitter stats for batting. Berkman played all the OF positions. What a career. Here’s one that’s not as amazing, but good, Michael Young played for the Rangers, Phillies and Dodgers, he had 7 trips to the all-star game, a gold glove in ’08, all-star MVP in ’06 and batting champion in ’05. Now, he’s hanging up the spikes. In B-ball, one of ten most iconic men ever, commissioner David Stern reigned for 30 years and left the NBA in a great spot, in his time, he added 7 new teams, and 6 relocated, he was a part of the new WNBA and has been in many lockouts (that’s the only bad thing). His long time partner, Adam Silver will take his place on the 1st of...

No one cared about the score on the Knicks, they were focused on feeding Carmelo Anthony the ball. After a 37 point 1st half, the 60 point Knicks/ MSG record was in reach, only if he got the ball. Melo continued his dominance with 56 points total coming into the 4th Q. What happened? He hit his 62nd point to beat Bernard King’s Knicks record and Kobe Bryant’s MSG record of 61 points. And this is why he’s going to New Orleans for the All-Star game and starting the game. What a game for Carmelo Anthony… Knicks 125 Bobcats 96. Here are the top scorers of the night 1- Carmelo Anthony 62 NYK 2- Marcus Thorton 42 SAC 3- Paul George 36 IND 4- Demar DeRozan 34 TOR 4- Chandler Parsons 34 HOU 4- Mirzah Teletovic 34 BRK 5- Stephen Curry 33 GSW 6- Tobias Harris 28 ORL 6- Brandon Jennings 28 DET 7- Blake Griffin 26 LAC 7- Kevin Love 26 MIN 7- Kevin Martin 26 MIN 8- Al Jefferson 25 CHA 9- Trevor Ariza 23 WSH 10- Carlos Boozer 22 CHI The Mets signed Japanese veteran pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training. Maybe he will earn the 5th rotation spot in the. Mets rotation. The Mets are also looking at free-agent relief pitcher Fernando Rodney. This was unexpected but...