Donovan McNabb Legacy on Phildelphia Eagles

On Monday we learned that longtime Phildelphia Eagles quarter back and six time pro bowler will be exiting the sport and hanging up his helmet after 14 years of being in the NFL. On Monday McNabb traveled to Phildelphia to give his retirement speech, after being drafted by the team in 1999. Before McNabb gave his retirement speech, eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced that McNabb's number 5 jersey will be retired on September 19th when the eagles host the Kansas City Chiefs, which are coached by his former coach in Phildelphia Andy Reid. After the speech McNabb expressed what he was feeling as he gave the speech Monday. "I'm not one for emotion, but this is pretty tough,"

NFL TRAINING CAMP DAY 5

Yesterday began day number five of NFL training camp. Every team was continueing there prepartions for the pre season opener. Ed Reed of the Houston Texans expressed to reporters Tuesday that he isn't make any promises that he will be ready to play for the Texans season opener against the San Diego Chargers. Reed said earlier in the week that he won't be playing in the Texans preseason games, because of the surgery he had in late April to repair a torn labrum. Reed hasn't practiced with the team at all during training camp this week. "I'm opening the hip up and stuff like that, but at some point it kind of grabs." as Reed describes the lingering pain on Tuesday. We will see on September 9th if the Texans safety will be dressed out and out on the field. DeAngelo Hall of the redskins had his share of injuries also on day number four at the Redskins Tranining camp facility. Redskins corner back DeAngelo Hall told reporters he had sprained ligaments in the back of his right ankle and could miss the rest of training camp. When asked about the pain in his ankle he told reporters "I can't put any pressure on it. It's kind of funky. I've never had this particular injury before." The cornerback showed up to practice with a boot on. Hall got hurt Monday when he lost his footing, trying to defend his team mate Skye Dawson. Hall believes he should be ready to go just in time for the preseason opener.

NFL TRAINING CAMP DAY 4

Today was day number four of  training camp for the majority of the NFL teams. Every team began there practices with pads, to get the effect of a real game, which caused a few injuries on the field. Jacksonville jaguars Blaine Gabbert sprained his ankle at training camp Monday, during team practices. He left practice on a cart, but hours later he was reportedly leaving practice walking out of the facility. "He got up and he walked off and that's a good thing." Bradley said. Gabbert  has been known for injury missing six games in last season, because of a injury to his forearm. Bradley said Monday after practice " Our mentality is we've got to move on." Also in the injury report, is Mario Williams of the Buffalo Bills. Bills defensive back left the teams training camp facility Monday to get evaluated on his foot according to Doug Marrone. "I have not heard any report back," Marrone said. We should know in the coming days what is going on with bills defensive backs foot. Other headling news from day four of training camp, is the decision of Tony Romo to be the starting quarter back for the cowboys in preseason opener vs the Miami Dolphins. Romo expressed on Monday that he wants to play in the Hall of Fame Game on Sunday against the dolphins. Romo hadn't taken any snaps during off season , because of the removal  surgery he had of a cyst in late April. We will see on sunday if the cowboys quarter back will be the starting quarter back in the pre season Hall of Fame Game against the Miami Dolphins.

NBA offseason/ free agency UPDATES

This past week, there have been some interesting things that have happened this off season in the NBA. This week hasn't been any different in the NBA, from the free agency of varies players to the injuries. There was a surprising vote this past week that reflected the most like able players in the NBA this past season. Leading the way was Lebron James , with 12.9% of the vote, and coming in second was Kobe Bryant with 12.5% of the vote. Prior to this year Kobe Bryant had won the title since the 2007-2008 season. Lebron James had only one the title one other time before this season.(2006-2007 season)
 Free Agency has taken over the league and this past week it has been no different. Marcus Camby was a free agent center who had hopes of becoming signed again this off season. On sunday the free agent center signed with the Houston Rockets for a reported 1.4 million( which is the veteran minimum). The 39 year old was reported last season to have went to the Toronto raptors as part of a trade with the New York Knicks, so they could receive Andrea Bargnani. Camby will join the  rockets centers Dwight Howard and Omer Asik this season. Another headling story this past week in the NBA was Suns forward Luis Scola. Scola was born and raised in Argentina, but would come to the NBA to begin a career, spending his first five seasons with the Houston Rockets. The suns would trade Scola to the Indiana Pacers for forward Gerald Green , center Miles Plumlee, and a lottery- first round draft pick. Another headling free agent this off season was finals break out star Gary Neal. Neal had played in the D- League in past seasons, before he made the San Antonio Spurs team. He was a key bench player for the spurs in the finals, helping the spurs win a very important game 3 in the finals by putting up a career high 24 points. The Milwaukee Bucks are on the verge of signing the former San Antonio star, negotiations should be finalized as soon as Saturday. We should know in the coming days where the former San Antonio star will be headed next season.

WNBA ALL-STAR GAME

The WNBA has had a very interesting season thus far. This season this league has gotten a lot of attention because of the NCAA tournament, and the stars from the tournament going on to the WNBA. Leading stars such as Skylar Diggins, Elena Delle Donne, and Brittney Griner were the key players of the draft. Griner and Delle Donne would be among the most elite in the league this season, both making the all-star team, but wouldn't be able to play because of various injuries (Griner- knee) (Delle Donne - concussion). The top headling teams before the all star break, were the Minnesota Lynx, with the best record in the league and top of the west, only losing 3 games this entire season, and being a perfect at home team. The other headling team this season has been the Chicago sky. After the sky drafted Delle Donne in the WNBA draft, they have looked like a completely different team then last season, with being on top in the Eastern Conference, with a record of 12-5. The sky have never made the playoffs prior to this season.
 In the first quarter both teams would be pretty evenly matched, both getting out to strong starts, but the west would prevail, and would go on to out score the east 29-27. Second quarter the east would battle back into the game, out scoring the west 22-14 in the second, to go into half time winning by 6. Second half the east would continue to dominate starting off the third quarter up by 11, but the west wouldn't give up, and by the end of the half they would bring the game with in 1. The east would go on to out score the west 32-31 in the third. Fourth quarter the west would come out dominating and showing that they were the better conference out scoring the east in the fourth 28-17.Leading scorers for the east were  Angel McCoughtry with 11 points, 8 rebounds, and 2 ast., Epiphanny Prince with 15 points, and 2 ast. and Ivory Latta with 15 points, 2 rebounds, and 4 ast. Leading scorers for the west were Candace Parker with 23 points, 11 rebounds, and 3 ast. ,Maya Moore with 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 ast. and Kristi Toliver with 21 points, 1 rebound and 2 ast. The west would go on to win it 102-98, with Candace Parker leading the way with 23 points, to earn her first All star MVP title.

NFL TRAINING CAMP DAY 2 / DAY 3

Yesterday began day two of training camp. This off season, we saw a few of the players go through there share of injuries, such as players Arian Foster and Jason Pierre- Paul. Foster this past season rushed for over 1,424 yards, helping the Houston, Texans make there second play off appearance and leading them to there second AFC south Title. On Friday the Texans placed Foster on the physically unable to perform list. Texans head coach Gary Kubiak expressed on Monday "I thought he'd be ready to go but the team trainer just thinks he needs a few days with him to work into the routine. Kubiak also expressed Saturday "But he's had a good summer; he's been here every day. I expect him back pretty quickly." Foster also expressed Saturday that he believes he should be ready to go in the coming days. "I'm just going to take my time and when I feel 100 percent confident , I'll be ready." On the other hand the giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul is having different thoughts about his recovery process and his return to the game this season.The Giants defensive end underwent back surgery last season when he experienced constant back pain in his lower back.When asked about his return to the game this season, Pierre -Paul said "I don't know only time can tell, It's all on me to recover." Paul expressed on Sunday that he noticed a difference in his number of sacks from 2011 to 2012, when he went from 16 1/2 sacks to only 6 1/2 sacks. After the surgery Pierre Paul expressed "The whole discomfort is gone, When I sit down I don't have that pain any more. When I stand up I don't have that pain. I can stand up straight. Basically everything is gone." Only time will tell if the giants leading offensive line men will be in a giants uniform in week one against the cowboys.

NFL TRAINING CAMP DAY 1

Today began the official start of training camp for most teams in the NFL. This began the official count down to the first game of the NFL season, which is less then 60 days away. One of the head ling teams this off season were the New England Patriots. The patriots have had there share of problems and issues this off season, through free agency, and also from a few of there players getting into legal trouble this off season, but today they got to find out how far they were from becoming the playoff caliber team they were last season. This off season we heard about starting tight end for the Patriots Aaron Hernandez and his legal battles off of the field, but with all of this aside, the patriots had the daunting task of trying to replace Hernandez. Because of how big he is and how quick he is, this was going to be a challenging task to over come. The patriots will be trying a few people out to see who will now have the starting tight end job. Today was also a interesting day for other teams in the NFL. Brian Cushing of the Houston Texans, hit the field for the first time this year, since tearing his ACL this past season, in the Texans fourth game of the season. The Texans got to the second round of the playoffs this season and won the AFC south title for the second year in a row. Cushing's motivation to get well this past season was his son, and the phrase "I got a lot more to prove now " he said earlier Friday. Other headlining news that will be solved during training camp, is the starting quarter back position for the Philadelphia Eagles. The eagles have had there share of troubles this past season, and for the past few seasons, from there offensive line constantly being criticized, to there coaching situation. After firing there coach this past off season, the eagles were hopeing today would be the start of there new team and new identity. After a day of trying to win the job, it isn't clear who will have the job the first game of the season, but we do have insight, in the two quarterbacks that will possibly represent the eagles in there first game. New Eagles coach Chip Kelly said Friday, during training camp Vick and Foles will split the reps. This season will be a very interesting season, for all teams because of the interesting stories and free agency that happened during this off season.