Lamar Jackson
(Louisville Cardinals)
2016 Heisman Trophy Winner
Monday, December 12, 2016
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
LeBron James is Sports Illustrated’s Sportsperson of the Year in 2016. Northeast Ohio’s favorite son used his incomparable skills skills to deliver a title to a suddenly revitalized city, while using his voice to have an even wider impact. (Robert Beck)
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
2016 CFL Grey Cup
The Ottawa Redblacks pull a massive upset and win the 104th Canadian Football Grey Cup championhip. The defeated the heavily favored Calgary Stampeders 39-33 in overtime.
Henry Burris (below), Redblacks QB was named Grey Cup game MVP.
2016 World Driving Champion - Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
2016 Formula One World Driving Champion
Nico finished 2nd to teammate Lewis Hamilton in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but had enough points to clinch his first World Driving championship.
The Top 5 in points for the 2016 World Driving championship:
1 - Nico Rosberg (Germany) 385 points 9 wins
2 - Lewis Hamilton (UK) 380 points 10 wins
3 - Daniel Ricciardo (Australia) 256 points 1 win
4 - Sebastian Vettel (Germany) 212 points
5 - Max Verstappen (Netherlands) 204 points 1 win
Monday, November 21, 2016
Jimmie Johnson 2016 Sprint Cup Champion
Jimmie Johnson wins the 2016 Nascar season finale at Homestead Speedway in Florida thus clinching his record tying 7 Nascar championship.
Friday, November 18, 2016
2016 American League MVP
Mike Trout’s historic young career continues to grow. Trout is the 2016 American League MVP. This is the second MVP in three seasons for Trout and he has joined Barry Bonds as the only players to place in the top two slots for MVP in five straight seasons.
2016 National League MVP
Kris Bryant of the World Champion Chicago Cubs is the 2016 National League MVP. Bryant becomes the first player to win the Golden Spikes (Best collegiate player), MiLB Player of the Year, Rookie of the Year and MVP in four straight years.
Bryant joins Cal Ripken (1982-83), Ryan Howard (2005-06) and Dustin Pedroia (2007-08) as the only players to win the Rookie of the Year and then the MVP consecutively.
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
2016 AL Rookie of the Year
2016 American League of the Year
Michael Fulmer
2016 Stats
11 wins 7 losses, 1 shoutout, 136 hits, 3.06 ERA, 42 base on balls, 132 strike outs
2016 NL Rookie of the Year
2016 Stats
193 hits, 26 HRs, 72 RBI, .308 avg., 40 doubles, 105 runs scored
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Friday, October 21, 2016
2016 WNBA Champions
October 20th 2016
Candace Parker scores 28 points with 12 rebounds, Nneka Ogwumike adds 12 points plus hitting the last second basket to put the Sparks over the Minnesota Lynx 77-76 to win game 4 and clinch the 2016 WNBA Championship.
LA won the best of 5 series 3 games to 2
Candace Parker was named the Finals MVP
Thursday, October 20, 2016
2016 American League Champions
(defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4 games to 1)
Cleveland reliever Andrew Miller was named ALCS MVP
Thursday, October 13, 2016
2002 American League Championship Series
The Anaheim Angels win the American League Champions series, defeating the Minnesota Twins 13-5 in game 5
The Angels won the series 4 games to 1.
The Angels won the series 4 games to 1.
Angels 2nd baseman Adam Kennedy wins the ALCS Series MVP by hitting 3 home runs in game 5.
He is the 8th player to hit three home runs in a post-season game.
He is the 8th player to hit three home runs in a post-season game.
Monday, October 10, 2016
Top 6 2 Year old Thorougbreds for the 2017 Kentucky Derby
Here are the Top 6 2 year old thoroughbreds
(as of October 10th 2016)
They are the front runners for the 2017 Kentucky Derby
1 - Not This Time
2 - Classic Empire
3 - Three Rules
4 - Gormley
5 - Syndergaard
6 - Practical Joke
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Today in Baseball History (2001)
October 6th 2001
The Seattle Mariners win their 116th game to tie the major league record of wins in a season set by the 1906 Chicago Cubs and set the American league record. They were led by the 2001 AL batting champion (.350 avg) and 2001 MVP Ichiro Suzuki and Jamie Moyer who had 20 wins which tied him for 2nd in the American League.
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
2003 NCAA BCS Champion LSU Tigers
January 2004
#2 LSU beats #1 Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl
Monday, October 3, 2016
2016 American League Batting Champion
2016 National League Batting Champion
Jose Altuve
(Houston Astros)
2B
.338 batting average
2016 National League Batting Champion
2016 NL Batting Champion
DJ LeMahieu
(Colorado Rockies)
1B
batting average - .348
Monday, September 26, 2016
2016 Bad Boy Off Road 300 (September 25th 2016)
Kevin Harvick wins the Bad Boy Off Road 300 on Sunday September 25th 2016 at New Hampshire Speedway.
This was the 2nd race of the 2016 Chase to the Sprint Cup championship.
Here are the top 10 finishers:
1 - Kevin Harvick
2 - Matt Kenseth
3 - Kyle Busch
4 - Brad Keselowski
5 - Kurt Busch
6 - Carl Edwards
7 - Martin Truex, Jr.
8 - Jimmie Johnson
9 - Kasey Kahne
10 - Kyle Larson
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
2014 Nascar Sprint Cup Champion
Kevin Harvick
2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Champion
5 wins with 20 top 10 finishes
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016
2016 Indycar Champion
Simon Pagenaud
2016 Indycar Series Champion
He finished 123 points ahead of 2nd place drive Will Power
Saturday, September 17, 2016
2016 International League Champions
2016 International League Champions
(AAA Baseball)
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders defeated the Gwinnett Braves 3 games to 1.
The RailRiders won International League championship Governor's Cup for the 2nd time in franchise history and the first since 2008.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Chicago Cubs 2016 NL Central Division Champions
September 16th 2016
The Chicago Cubs clinched their first division title since 2008.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
Oakland Raiders defensive end Khalil Mack is featured on the Sept. 19, 2016 cover of Sports Illustrated,
The first issue crafted by Peter King and the staff of The MMQB.
(Robert Beck)
Friday, September 9, 2016
Thursday, September 8, 2016
2016 NHL President's Trophy
Washington Capitals captain Alexander Ovechkin accepts the NHL President's Trophy
The Capitals had the best overall record for the 2015-16 Season with a record of 56-18.
Wednesday, September 7, 2016
2016 Southern 500
Martin Truex, Jr.
Winner of the 2016 Bojangles Southern 500
September 4th 2016
Darlington Superspeedway
He held off NASCAR points leader Kevin Harvick and Kyle Larson for his first Southern 500 victory and second win of the 2016 season.
Truex, Jr. is now 8th in the 2016 Sprint Cup Nascar drivers standings.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week
NFL PREVIEW
September 6th 2010
Drew Brees and the defending Superbowl 44 New Orleans Saints.
Monday, September 5, 2016
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Friday, August 19, 2016
Usain Bolt Wins Gold in the Men's 200m
Jamaica's Usain Bolt poses with his gold medal during the podium ceremony for the Men's 200m during the athletics event at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on August 19, 2016. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Monday, August 15, 2016
Today in Sports History (August 15th)
August 15, 2011
Jim Thome becomes the eighth player to reach the 600 career home runs mark when he hits a two-run homer in the sixth (599), followed by three-run blast an inning later off Detroit’s Daniel Schlereth. Needing fewer at-bats to reach 600 than anyone except for Babe Ruth, the 40-year-old Twins slugger accomplishes the feat in his 8,167th at-bat, compared to the Bambino’s 6,921.
Tuesday, August 9, 2016
Kimberly Hill (USA Volleyball)
Kimberly Hill
(Team USA Volleyball)
2014 MVP of the Wold Volleyball Championships
Led team USA to their first world championship gold medal with a 3-1 win over China in Milan, Italy.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Ichiro Gets #3000
August 7th 2016
Ichiro Suzuki gets his 3000th Major league hit as a member of the Florida Marlins
Monday, August 1, 2016
2016 PGA Champion
Jimmy Walker
2016 Winner of the PGA Championship Wanamaker Trophy
He defeated Jason Day by one stroke (-14 to -13) to win his first major tournament.
Friday, July 29, 2016
2006 Baseball America Major League Player of the Year
Johan Santana
P - Minnesota Twins
2006 Baseball America Major League Player of the Year
Won the Pitcher Triple Crown
Led the majors in ERA (2.77), strikeouts (245) and wins (19)
He was the first pitcher to win the triple crown with fewer than 20 wins and an ERA above 2.60
Won the 2006 American League Cy Young Award
Monday, July 25, 2016
Friday, July 22, 2016
Jeff Gordon 5 Time Brickyard 400 Winner
Jeff Gordon
5 Time Winner of the Brickyard 400
(1994, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2014)
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