Yankees West?

Dodgers Yankees West??

Since the Magic Johnson has become a part owner in the new ownership group of the Dodgers they have been spending money. They have acquired Josh Beckett, Hanley Ramirez. Adrian Gonzalez Carl Crawford and just this past weekend signed Zach Grienkie to the second highest contract in baseball history for a pitcher 6 years for 147 million. The Dodgers are on pace to have a 214 million day payroll by opening day and that would be the highest in MLB history more than any Yankee team. Will all this spending mean success odds say no, there have been many teams that tried using the Yankees former approach but haven’t come up with anything at the end? 2011 Red sox signed Carl Crawford traded for Adrian Gonzalez were even crowned as’ This best baseball team ever” by experts and where expected to win over 120 games they have a September collapse and missed the playoffs now Crawford and Gonzalez are both Dodgers and the Redsox”s are in rebuilding mode, 2011 Phillies signed Cliff Lee and were the best team in baseball in the regular season but got knocked out by eventual world series champs cardinals now they are an aging roster that looks to be stuck with 2 untradeable contracts Ryan Howards and Cliff lees and after giving Cole Hamels a new contract it looks like the Phillies will be in somewhat financially strapped for a while. And last but certainly not least the Dodgers cross town rivals the LA Angels they made a splash last year by signing Albert Puljos and C.j Wilson and even trading for Zach Grienke in the middle of the season and still missed the playoffs and just Recently they have signed Josh Hamilton. The Dodgers have spent a lot of money and generated a lot of excitement with them looking there trying to build a winner but sometimes spending money doesn’t equal success.

2011 Red Sox Will Challenge 1927 Yankees for Title of Greatest Team in Major League History

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2011/01/2011-red-sox-will-challenge-1927-yankees-for-title-of-greatest-team-in-major-league-history/by experts and where expected to win over 120 games they have a September collapse and missed the playoffs now Crawford and Gonzalez are both Dodgers and the Redsox”s are in rebuilding mode, 2011 Phillies signed Cliff Lee and were the best team in baseball in the regular season but got knocked out by eventual world series champs cardinals now they are an aging roster that looks to be stuck with 2 untradeable contracts Ryan Howards and Cliff lees and after giving Cole Hamels a new contract it looks like the Phillies will be in somewhat financially strapped for a while. And last but certainly not least the Dodgers cross town rivals the LA Angels they made a splash last year by signing Albert Puljos and C.j Wilson and even trading for Zach Grienke in the middle of the season and still missed the playoffs and just Recently they have signed Josh Hamilton. The Dodgers have spent a lot of money and generated a lot of excitement with them looking there trying to build a winner but sometimes spending money doesn’t equal success.

Knicks Back

The New York Knicks haven’t won a title since 1973 and have been a mediocre team at best for the last decade, but right now they are the best team in the NBA. With a 16-5 record and number 1 in the East and with 2 blowouts to the defending NBA Champions Miami Heat at Home and in Miami. What has made the Knicks so good so far this season the Knicks have done it with hard nose defense ranking 10^th in the NBA in scoring defense at 95.3 ppg and by making a lot of 3 pointers and  a good bench.

 Jason Kidd has become a good floor leader and has provided timely 3 pointers and good floor leadership Novak continues to hit 3’s when he is on the floor and Rasheed Wallace has given the Knicks valuable minutes and J.R Smith is one of the most explosive sixth men in the Nba and has already hit a game winning shot this season. 

Carmelo Anthony is playing some of the best basketball of his career right now 27.7 ppg almost 7 rebounds per game hustling for loose balls and has even been playing good defense. 

Can the Knicks keep this up and make a run in the playoffs that is the question will they continue hitting 3’s at the rate they are making them and will their rebounding problem or lack thereof come back to haunt them and how will Amare come back and fit in with a team that looks like it has a lot of chemistry with each other on the floor.

49Ners Resign all pro linebacker

49ners resign All Pro Linebacker Navarro Bowman to a 5 year contract extension that will run to 2018 that will pay him 45.25 million dollars and 25.5 million guaranteed. The 49ners resurgence from doormat team to contender started with the help of a great defense that features stars like Patrick Willis Aldon & Justin Smith Navarro Bowman and Dashon Goldson. Bowman is one of the best inside Lb.’s in all of football and only his team mate Patrick Willis can make a claim that he is a better linebacker than Bowman. The 49ners now will have the best LB unit in the NFL locked up for at least the next 5 years. Bowman’s contract and Colin Kapernick emergence means Alex Smith will probably not be back as I think the 49ners will cut him so they can use that money to give Dashon Goldson a contract extension.

"Dream Team"

What went wrong?

"We a Dream Team"

"We got Nmandi"

"We the team to beat"

Those were statements sad by eagle player’s fans and most fans and the media just 1 year ago after Monday night loss the "Dream Team" was 11-13 over the last year, so what went wrong. It’s plenty of blame to go around with why this team has underachieved so far.

 Nmandi he was known to as a shutdown corner who took away the side of the field, and qbs didn't dare to throw at him...well that's before he became an eagle. Nmandi's has gotten thrown on beat for long tds sloppy tackling and hasn't been anything near a number 1 corner in his stay at Philly.

 Just 2 years ago it looked like Mike Vick was starting to realize his enormous potential and the Eagles rewarded him with a 100 million dollar contract and it’s been average qb play by Vick since, while its not been all his fault terrible offensive line play questionable play calling receivers not getting open a lot of his struggles has his been his fault though still struggles to read defenses holds the ball too long turns the ball over a lot and he hasn't made Jackson and Maclin better receivers as they are still pretty much the same players from 2 years ago.

 Andy Reid has been the Eagles coach for a long time and has been very successful but his play calling personal decisions over the last 2 years have left a lot to be desired. Making an offensive line Coach Juan Castillo be the defensive coordinator his use or lack there o use of the Eagles best offensive player Lesean McCoy. The Eagles have a talented roster but they simply have looked out coached too many times over the last 2 years. Media Pressure the eagles were crowned as the unanimous kings of the NFC east and a super bowl favorite before the even playing a game and fans and players seemed to feed into their own hype.