Thursday afternoon, the Braves signed former Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard to a minor league deal. The 37 year old former Rookie of the Year and NL MVP hit the free agent market after the 2016 season after spending 13 seasons in Philadelphia. Howard was an integral piece of the Phillies postseason success that culminated…… More
The “Schedule For the Schedule”, Patriots Don’t Intend To Trade Butler, Colin Kaepernick Wants Chance To Start, Tony Romo Upset With Situation / Teammates / Coach, Scherzer Makes Tebow Look Silly, Adam Sandler to Release Four More Movies, LaVar Ball Shopping Reality Show and The ‘Cash Me Outside’ Girl Catch Me On the Tube! We Might Have the Schedule For the Schedule Adam Schefter tweeted this:…… More
Most all of the talk surrounding Georgia’s spring football practice will be about the quarterbacks, but the development of the offensive line is the most important storyline. This group needs to take a big step forward this season, if the ‘Dogs are going to make some noise. But yes, all this quarterback competition chatter is…… More
The Saints, Patriots and Malcolm Butler – Trade Possibilities, Ex-NFLer Arrested In Sandy Springs, NBA’s Adam Silver: Penalties For Resting Key Players, LaVar Ball Rips Sons’ HS Coach, Tim Tebow – A Minor League Met, WWE’s Jim Ross – Wife Suffers Skull Fractures In Accident and Rex Ryan’s ESPN Paycheck! Are Patriots targeting #11 Pick for Malcolm Butler? Restricted…… More
Yes, I’m proud to admit that I got this Braves Spring Training trip started here at The Fan! I used to make the trip down to Orlando alone, but now all the shows are coming down. That’s awesome! My father—Big Ben Belue— really deserves the credit. He used to load me and two younger brothers…… More
He may be great at shooting threes. He is even fantastic at peddling basketball shoes and sports drinks. As a spokesperson for “looking out for everybody” he falls quite short. This week was a poor one for Steph in my eyes. We have had him on the podcast with SHAQ and he is charming and…… More
All Shanahan had to do was run the ball a couple times. Or if only the defense had stepped up and made just one play in crunch time! These two things will haunt us Falcons fans for years to come. Julio had just made that world-class catch to give us a first down at the…… More
I have never tried to fool my listening audience on the local or national level. I never felt the need to try and fit in by “pretending” that the local teams here shared the passion I had felt for those of my youth. I have always been thrilled to see them succeed. One, because I…… More
How I know just how HUGE yesterday was. There were things I’ve NEVER seen in this city that I either saw yesterday or know would be appropriate to happen. Not in Boston or Chicago or Dallas or somewhere else. Here. In Atlanta, for yesterday’s game there were a LOT of people buying single tickets. I can’t recall ever…… More
No, I’m not talking about America on this Inauguration Day. I’ve given up on that dream a long time ago. I’m talking about what is coming up on Sunday in Atlanta. You have waited 18 years for a do over. Another chance to see a championship for your Falcons. I believe your wait is over.…… More
