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Home Scoreboard About Cippin on Sports Entries RSS | Comments RSS Topics Select CategoryCollege Sports (6)MLB (16)NBA (16)NFL (21)NFL Draft (32)NHL (4)Other (9) Join Our Team What's Hot Ocho Cinco sporting some new inkAboutWere the 1998 Yankees the Best Team Ever?List of 103 who tested positive in 2003 leaks out?Ten Under the Radar NFL Moves Meta Log in Entries RSS Comments RSS WordPress.com Blog Stats 8,392 hits List of 103 who tested positive in 2003 leaks out? Posted on June 30, 2009 by cipriano91 Who else is on the list of 103? In the recent months both Alex Rodriguez and Sammy Sosa have been outed for violating baseball’s drug poolicy back in 2003. They were not alone however. In total, 103 players failed the drug test in 2003. Those players faced no repercussions as the test was implemented to determine if there was widespread use of steroids. Rodriguez and Sosa have been the only names revealed from the list but 101 still remain. Many people have been clamoring for the full release of the list saying they cheated and therefore should be outed while others believe they took the test with the knowledge that the results would never be made public so the document should be destroyed. A few days ago rotoinfo.com posted the rumored list which may have been leaked. You can take the list for whatever you want but it is interesitng. The odds of this list being correct may be slim but some of these names have been linked to steroids in the past. Check out the rumored list by clicking read more. Read more » Filed under: MLB | Tagged: 103 mlb players steroids, 2003 steroid list, Baseball Steroids, MLB, mlb steroids, Steroids | Leave a Comment » NBA Mock Draft 3.0 Posted on June 24, 2009 by cipriano91 The NBA Draft is tomorrow and there are still many questions at the top as to what the teams will do. Here is my latest take on what will go down tomorrow night. 1. Los Angeles Clippers- Blake Griffin, PF, Oklahoma A no brainer for the Clippers. Griffin is the consensus number one player in the draft and even the Clippers can’t screw this up. Thabeet will be blocking shots in Memphis now. 2. Memphis Grizzlies- Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN The Grizzlies need some interior defense and Thabeet will bring that. His offensive game is still developing but he can contribute immediately on defense. The Timberwolves are interested in moving up to this pick to take Thabeet too. 3. Oklahoma City Thunder- Ricky Rubio, PG, Spain The rumor lately has been the Thunder will pick Rubio if available. If they pick Rubio it will shift Russell Westbrook to the 2 guard. Rubio is only 18 and has been playing professionally in Spain since he was 14. 4. Sacramento Kings- Jonny Flynn, PG, Syracuse No one really knows what the Kings will do. If Rubio is available he will likely be the pick but if he’s not it be a number of guys including Flynn, Evans, Holiday, or Curry. Flynn is a leader at the point guard position and has been playing great in workouts recently. Read more » Filed under: NBA | Tagged: 2009 NBA Draft, 2009 NBA Mock Draft, NBA, NBA Draft, NBA Mock Draft | 2 Comments » NBA Draft Decisions: Should I stay or Should I go? Posted on June 16, 2009 by cipriano91 The deadline to withdraw from the NBA Draft was yesterday and some prospects including Jodie Meeks, Luke Harangody, and Greivis Vasquez didn’t make their decisions until the final moments. In this article I’m going to discuss and analyze the decisions made by some prospects. Scotty Reynolds, G, Villanova- Return to Villanova Reynolds decided to return to Villanova for his senior season. The Wildcats made the Final Four last year and will try to repeat this season with a stacked recruiting class. Reynolds though, hasn’t improved much since his freshman year and his stock was high as it was ever going to be after his clutch shot against Pittsburgh. With incoming freshman Dominic Cheek and Maalik Wayns set to steal playing time from Renyolds this doesn’t like the right decision. Harangody will return to Notre Dame as the Irish try to rebound from last years dissapointing season Luke Harangody, PF, Notre Dame- Return to Notre Dame Harangody waited until the final day to decide to come back to Notre Dame for his senior season. Harangody was a likely second round pick in this years draft if he stayed in.  Harangody will return to Notre Dame and try to make up for a poor seaosn which saw the Irish miss the tournament. Also by coming back Harangody will break many Notre Dame school records making him go down as one for the best to ever play at Notre Dame. His draft status probably won’t change much but the allure of the records and fame make it worth going back for Harangody. Jeff Teague, PG, Wake Forest- Stay Teague waited until the last minute to decide whether or not to stay in but it seemed like a forgone conclusion he would stay in from the start. Teague had a great start to the season but tailed off a little at the end including a dreadful performance in the NCAA Tournament against Cleveland State but his stock is still solid. Teague should go somewhere from the mid first round to the early 20’s in the draft. A shooting guard in a point guard’s body Teague will need to work on his decision making skills in the NBA to be an effective point guard. Read more » Filed under: College Sports, NBA | Tagged: 2009 NBA Draft, College Basketball, NBA, NBA Draft, NCAA Basketball, Players Withdrawing form NBA Draft | Leave a Comment » “Joe Buck Live” Debuts Posted on June 16, 2009 by cipriano91 The debut of “Joe Buck Live” was on HBO last night. Buck taking over for Bob Costas had a great cast of athletes and celebrities. Joe Buck gets roasted by Artie Lange on his own show He talked with Brett Favre, Michael Irvin, Chad Ocho Cinco, and David Wright. The segments with them were mildly entertaining but the show really picked up steam when Buck had a live panel with Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, and Artie Lange. Lange, a comedian on the Howard Stern Show, stole the segment cracking jokes left and right and ripping on Joe Buck which created in what created for quite the awkward situation as you could see Buck getting visibly frustrated. Then the panel continued in a part that was broadcasted over the internet when Lange continued his assult on Buck and started it with the other panelists as well. Michael Irvin eneded it all with the quote “It’s refesing to see white white on white crime.” Whether or not the show will continue is unknown but one thing is for sure and that’s it couldn’t have gone worse for Joe Buck. You can check out the video here courtesy of The Big Lead. And head over to Deadspin to check the “Overtime” segemnt of the show. Filed under: Other | Tagged: Artie Lange, HBO Sports, Joe Buck, Joe Buck Artie Lange, Joe Buck Live | Leave a Comment » NBA Mock Draft Part 2 Posted on June 16, 2009 by cipriano91 In case you missed the first part of my mock draft you can check it out here. 15. Detroit Pistons- B.J. Mullens, C, Ohio State The Pistons could lose Rasheed Wallace, Antonio McDyess, and Kwame Brown in the off season so a froncourt player is needed. With the Piston looking toward the future they can take a chance on Mullens who will take time to develop. Blair would give the Bulls some much needed toughness 16. Chicago Bulls- DeJuan Blair, PF, Pittsburgh There is talk the Bulls have promised to take Mullens here but if he is off the board the next best big available is DeJuan Blair. Blair would add some much needed toughness and despite his size (6’6) his 7’2 wingspan makes up for it. 17. Philadelphia 76ers- Eric Maynor, PG, VCU Andre Miller is set to become a free agent this summer so addressing the point guard position is a necessity. Maynor despite playing at VCU got plenty of media attention thanks to his NCAA tournament performances and can step in and play right away.Read more » Filed under: NBA | Tagged: 2009 NBA Draft, 2009 NBA Mock Draft, NBA, NBA Draft, NBA Mock Draft | 1 Comment » NBA Mock Draft Posted on June 15, 2009 by cipriano91 Now that the deadline for underclassman has come and gone we officially know who is in and who is out of the draft. Some last minute withdrawals were Greivis Vasquez and Luke Harangody. With the NBA Finals over the focus in the NBA world switches to the draft. The draft will be held on June 25th. With that said here is my latest NBA Mock Draft. Good News: Blake Griffin is going to Los Angeles. Bad News: It's the Clippers 1. Los Angeles Clippers- Blake Griffin, PF, Oklahoma This pick has been a lock since the start and apparently since last year. Even the Clippers can’t screw this one up. Griffin is the consensus top player in what is considered a weak draft. The drafting of Griffin will probably force the Clippers to trade either Zach Randolph or Chris Kamen. Previous Pick: Same 2. Memphis Grizzlies- Hasheem Thabeet, C, UCONN This is where the drafts starts to get interesting. The Grizzlies could take Thabeet, Ricky Rubio, or trade the pick perhaps to Sacramento. The Grizzlies don’t have a big need at center or point guard with Marc Gasol and Mike Conely Jr. at both positions but while Gasol is a solid player you don’t pass up a player like Thabeet for him. Thabeet will be a defensive force early and if his offensive catches up he could have a career similar to Dikembe Mutombo. Previous Pick: Ricky Rubio Read more » Filed under: NBA | Tagged: 2009 NBA Draft, 2009 NBA Mock Draft, NBA, NBA Draft, NBA Mock Draft | 4 Comments » Lakers win 15th Title: What it means for Kobe Posted on June 15, 2009 by cipriano91 Kobe and Fisher Celebrate their Fourth Title Together The Lakers took care of business last night defeating the Magic 99-86 to capture the 15th title in franchise history. The series went only five games but was much closer than that. The Magic blew late leads in Game 2 and 4 which should have extended the season. But they didn’t and the Lakers came out victorious. The title was the fourth for Kobe and the tenth for Phil Jackson, both historic ones for each guy. For Kobe this has been a long time coming. The media has not stopped talking about how Kobe has not won a title without Shaq after Shaq won one with Dwayne Wade and the Heat in 2006. Those talks can finally stop now and thank god. It was getting to the point where you couldn’t say Kobe Bryant without no titles without Shaq coming up. The most relieved person however is Kobe Bryant. He averaged 32.4 points per game and was named Finals MVP. “It was like Chinese water torture,” he said. “I would cringe every time. I was just like, it’s a challenge I’m just going to have to accept because there’s no way I’m going to argue it. You can say it until you’re blue in the face and rationalize it until you’re blue in the face, but it’s not going anywhere until you do something about it.” Read more » Filed under: NBA | Tagged: Kobe Bryant, Kobe Bryant Best All Time, Kobe Bryant Shaquille O'Neal, Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Lakers NBA Title, NBA Finals | 1 Comment » Phil Jackson the greatest coach ever? Posted on June 15, 2009 by cipriano91 Has Phil surpassed Red? With the Lakers winning their 15th championship in franchise history coach Phil Jackson won his 10th career title setting not only NBA record for most titles by a coach but in any sport. Jackson passed the late Red Auerbach, who won 9 titles with the Celtics in the 50’s and 60’s including an unprecedented eight in a row, a feet that will never be repeated. Now the question becomes whether Phil is the greatest coach of all time. Going on winning alone, which is the most important thing when you boil it all down, Phil has him beat but only by one title. Phil has gotten some criticism because he always had the best talent. Yes he did have MJ, Shaq, and Kobe on all of his title teams but Auerbach had Russell on everyone single one of his title teams. Read more » Filed under: NBA | Tagged: Greatest NBA Coach, Los Angeles Lakers, NBA Finals, Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson Red Auerbach, Red Auerbach | 1 Comment » Interleague Play Starts Again Posted on June 12, 2009 by cipriano91 Last month we were teased with only 3 games of interleague play. Tonight starts the 17 day event and I wanted to re post what I wrote about Interleague Play starts again tonight interlague play last month. The fans love interleague play as attendance increases 10% for interleague games. The players on the other don’t love it. In a recent survey approximately 70-75% of MLB players said they did not like interleague play. Interleague play started in 1997 but has the novelty worn off? Interleague play gives rivals matchups that previously would not have existed. If you live in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, the Bay Area, or Missouri there are huge rivalries between the two teams in each city and interleague play gives us these matchups that we otherwise would not have seen. But with some of these matchups also comes some awkward matchups. No one is getting excited about a Rockies and Tiger matchups. Also each team plays about 18 games so they’ll have six games against a rival and the rest against another team that isn’t nearly as exciting. Read more » Filed under: MLB | Tagged: AL vs. NL, Baseball, Interleague Play, MLB | Leave a Comment » Steelers get their rings Posted on June 12, 2009 by cipriano91 The Steelers aren’t know for being flashy but rather a hard nose smash mouth team. When you take a look at their new Super Bowl rings are you see is flash. The Steelers received their Super Bowl rings the other day fresh off their victory over the Cardinals and boy are they nice. Each ring weighs 3.7 ounces and has 63 diamonds which is equal to 3.61 carats. The face of the ring has six big diamonds, each one for their six Super Bowl victories. On one side of the ring it has the players name and number along with both the Steelers and NFL logo while the other side which you can see in the picture has the score of the game, the Super Bowl log, and six Lombardi trophies. Every year these rings get nicer and nicer. It’s gonna be fun to see what next years champ does to outdo the Steelers. Check out this link to see all the previous Super Bowl Champs rings and the story behind all of them. Click read more to see pics of the Steelers Super Bowl Ring. Read more » Filed under: NFL | Tagged: NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Steels Super Bowl Ring, Super Bowl Ring | Leave a Comment » View This Pollonline surveys Subscribe Blogroll Brian Knows Sports Bulls Eye Sports Search FF Guru NBA Mock Draft Database The Best Damn Sports Comedy The Hoop Doctors Walter Football Pages Scoreboard July 2009 M T W T F S S « Jun 12345 6789101112 13141516171819 20212223242526 2728293031 Archives June 2009 (23) May 2009 (79) Blog at WordPress.com. Theme: Digg 3 Column by WP Designer
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