The Ohio State University and Coach Jim Tressel will have an easy time recruiting next year as the Buckeyes make another strong showing in the 2006 NFL draft. This year they project at least 5 Ohio State players to go in the first round. This is more than both USC and Texas, who played in the Championship game.
Ohio State and Coach Tressel are starting to make this a common theme each year for the NFL. The emphasis put on playing as a team and continuing to work hard is starting to make NFL scouts look to the Buckeyes first when evaluating NFL prospects. Jim Tressel may be conservative in his thought process, but his development of players is very successful.
Month: April 2006 (Page 13 of 17)
The Tribe beat the Minnesota Twins 3-0 Saturday, extending their win streak to four. Jason Johnson was superb in his first outing as an Indian, giving up only four base hits in seven innings. Travis Hafner continued his hot streak, going 3 for 3 while hitting his fourth homer of the season. Wickman shut the door in the bottom of the ninth to get his second save of the season.
What a great performance by Johnson. I didn’t really know what to expect from him but he came in and pitched an excellent ballgame. At least for one day, Shapiro looks like a genius for signing Jason in the offseason.
LeBron dropped 37 points Saturday afternoon as the Cavaliers beat the Nets 108-102, snapping New Jersey’s 14-game winning streak. James, once again, took charge and led his team when it counted, scoring 18 of his points in the fourth quarter. With a Washington loss to Miami, the Cavaliers will lock up the fourth seed and clinch home-court advantage for the first round of the playoffs.
New Jersey is the hottest team in the NBA and to come from behind and beat them on their home floor is pretty remarkable. Without Z, LeBron put the team on his shoulders and was phenomenal the way he carried the Cavaliers to victory.
“LeBron James was LeBron James; he is truly an amazing player,” Mike Brown said. “In my opinion, there are a lot of great players out there, but without him we’d be in trouble. So in my opinion, he’s an MVP.”
The baseball season is just beginning and you can already see that the Indians and manager Eric Wedge were determined to avoid a slow start. Cleveland is swinging the bats; they are advancing the runners, and just playing smart baseball.
The injury to C.C. Sabathia is the only bad news coming out of the Indians camp so far. The power has been tremendous for this early in the season and people are starting to take notice.
The pitching will be tested early since the rotation is already going to change. The bullpen will have to pick up where it left off last year, even with all the new faces.
This team is already looking more confident than last year. I still believe we need a legitimate number one starter to make a run at the pennant.
The Cleveland Indians and Brandon Phillips have quietly parted ways. Phillips, who was once thought to be the “jewel” in the trade that also gave the Indians Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee, never materialized into the player that Cleveland had hoped.
The Tribe patiently waited each year for the Phillips to turn the corner and it never happened.
The Cincinnati Reds offered Cleveland a player to be named later or cash, giving the Indians until the middle of June to decide.
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