The New Look Lakers After a huge offseason for the Los Angeles Lakers that consisted of signing multiple free agents, including adding the best basketball player on the planet, LeBron James. The Lakers look to take huge steps forward this season by making a playoff run in the deep Western Conference. In the season opener against the Portland Trail Blazers, the new look Lakers showed flashes and flaws. This is understandable considering all the new players and play styles that’ll have to mesh together this season. The Lakers went 35-47 last season and they haven’t been to the playoffs in…
Author: Gregory Blakley
Gregory Blakley
Sports Writer, Studying Film and Statistics from the NBA, NFL and College Sports.
Through a lot of difficulties to begin the season, Ohio State has remained strong and poised on their road to the BCS Championship. It all started with the Urban Meyer circus that came back to haunt him a few years later. Urban Meyer’s future was in jeopardy, as well as the football season. After Ohio State conducted its own investigation into the scandal, they brought Urban Meyer back, but also suspended him for the first three games of the season. Ohio State still started the season 3-0, including a good win against TCU, but with that came another curveball, with…
17 years ago Drew Brees was the second quarterback drafted in the 2001 NFL Draft, behind Michael Vick. After a great college career that saw Drew Brees break multiple Big Ten records (Passing attempts, completions and Yards), he was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2001 NFL Draft. Drew Brees played five seasons for the Chargers before seriously injuring his shoulder, putting his NFL career in jeopardy. Brees worked and clawed his way back to being healthy, and then went on to sign a six-year contract with the New Orleans Saints in 2006, right after…
“There were nine mistakes ahead of me.”- Josh Rosen. After being drafted Number 10 overall by the Arizona Cardinals in the 2018 NFL Draft, Josh Rosen made that statement and will now have his chance to prove that. Rosen won’t be the only rookie making their first NFL start, as Baker Mayfield will takeover the reigns for the Cleveland Browns after a great debut in the second half of week 3. It is now the Baker Mayfield and Josh Rosen era in Cleveland and Arizona. What Should we expect from the rookie quarterbacks this weekend? Baker Mayfield After Tyrod…
After two weeks of NFL football full of bad penalties, terrible kickers and some surprising players, we are now headed into week 3. These are the biggest surprises thus far. Ryan Fitzpatrick (FitzMagic) Through a up and down career, the journeyman Fitzpatrick has played for seven NFL teams while appearing in 135 games. At times, Fitzpatrick has been a proven winner and gunslinger. At other times, he has looked like a sloppy turnover machine who, at best, is a backup/Mentor. Fitzpatrick has now stepped in after the Jameis Winston suspension and led the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 2-0…