Win a Pair of Beats By Dr. Dre Headphones!
headline »
Thu, 24/05/12 – 15:21 | One Comment

Attention Sports Fans! We’re giving away a pair of Beats by Dr. Dre Headphones to one lucky winner!
These high performance durable headphones can take any beating and still pump out the best sound.
Only the first …

Read the full story »
Basketball

Betting Lines

European Football

Hockey

InTheOT

Home » Archive by Tags

Articles tagged with: General Managers

Brian Burke calls out Leafs fans for booing Phaneuf
Tuesday, 2 Nov, 2010 – 18:17 | One Comment
Brian Burke calls out Leafs fans for booing Phaneuf

The parade route was planned the Leafs were back the 4-0 start was shoved down the face of Canadians like they were a football team that had already played a quarter of the season and …

Cashman makes pitching coach Dave Eiland the scapegoat as he's fired
Monday, 25 Oct, 2010 – 21:00 | 6 Comments
Cashman makes pitching coach Dave Eiland the scapegoat as he's fired

The Yankees are expected to win the World Series every year. And so they should with a payroll annually in excess of $200+ million. When they don’t win there is always someone that has to …

Sharks still believe in their core… extend Jumbo Joe Thornton 3 years $21 million
Sunday, 17 Oct, 2010 – 14:21 | No Comment
Sharks still believe in their core… extend Jumbo Joe Thornton 3 years $21 million

Jumbo Joe Thornton has received a jumbo three year $21 million extension from the San Jose Sharks. This eliminates any possibility of losing him this off-season as he was set to become a UFA. The …

Chara the monster gets monster seven year $45.5 million extension
Sunday, 10 Oct, 2010 – 17:04 | One Comment
Chara the monster gets monster seven year $45.5 million extension

The Boston Bruins have given super star defenseman Zdeno Chara a monster seven year $45.5 million extension. The 33 year old is only two years removed from winning the Norris trophy and still remains one …

Wilpons have seen enough; Minaya & Manuel justifiably fired
Monday, 4 Oct, 2010 – 19:00 | 35 Comments
Wilpons have seen enough; Minaya & Manuel justifiably fired

The New York Mets just completed another atrocious underachieving season. Since the 2007 NLCS appearance it has been straight down hill. It was somewhat refreshing to see Wilpon step up and take the blame saying …

Hawks exploit another flaw in the Cap by sending Huet to Switzerland
Monday, 27 Sep, 2010 – 23:03 | No Comment
Hawks exploit another flaw in the Cap by sending Huet to Switzerland

We all knew the Chicago Blackhawks were going to have get rid of a lot its players from the Stanley Cup winning team in order to stay under the Salary Cap this season. Many fans …

Phillies clinch playoff spot, they should be favoured to win the World Series
Sunday, 26 Sep, 2010 – 22:56 | 24 Comments
Phillies clinch playoff spot, they should be favoured to win the World Series

The Philadelphia Phillies officially clinched a playoff spot today despite losing 7-3 to the Mets. The combination of both the Padres and Braves secured at minimum a wild card position with 93 wins. Mathematically they …

Pittsburgh Penguins a first class organization: give away free tickets
Saturday, 25 Sep, 2010 – 17:59 | No Comment
Pittsburgh Penguins a first class organization: give away free tickets

Since Mario Lemiuex was drafted by the Penguins 1st overall in 1984 they have become one of the most successful and prominent franchises in the NHL. A dominating run that featured two cup victories in …

Ray Shero worthy of the extension received by Penguins
Monday, 20 Sep, 2010 – 21:03 | No Comment
Ray Shero worthy of the extension received by Penguins

Today the Pittsburgh Penguins extended GM Ray Shero for an additional five years. He is definitely worthy of this extension after what he has accomplished in his five year tenure.
Shero signed a five year five …

Michael Beasley believes his Timberwolves are the team to beat
Friday, 17 Sep, 2010 – 20:40 | No Comment
Michael Beasley believes his Timberwolves are the team to beat

When it comes to discussing the team to beat in the NBA along with all the hype & hoopla this off season it’s been centered around the Miami Heat since the “decision”
OK maybe there has …

Ducks & Ryan finally come to an agreement after two months of negotiations
Tuesday, 14 Sep, 2010 – 17:39 | One Comment
Ducks & Ryan finally come to an agreement after two months of negotiations

Finally the Bobby Ryan contract saga has come to an end today as the Ducks have agreed to give him a nice five year $25.5 million extension. This comes after extensive negotiating back and forth …

Better late than never: Canucks Roberto Luongo surrenders captaincy
Monday, 13 Sep, 2010 – 18:23 | No Comment
Better late than never: Canucks Roberto Luongo surrenders captaincy

Last year right after Luongo signed his 12 year $64 million contract extension he was given an extra responsibility becoming team captain.
With expectations & pressure at an all time high it looked at times last …

Ujiri new Nuggets GM known for international talent expertise; really?
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 16:50 | One Comment
Ujiri new Nuggets GM known for international talent expertise; really?

It’s a nice story for the country of Nigeria as Masai Ujiri is set to take over as the new GM for the Denver Nuggets. This is actually more of a homecoming for the international …

Leafs get great deal signing MacArthur to a $1 million one year deal
Saturday, 28 Aug, 2010 – 16:46 | One Comment
Leafs get great deal signing MacArthur to a $1 million one year deal

The Toronto Maple Leafs have agreed to a one year $1 million contract with forward Clarke MacArthur. At times I have been very critical of the direction of the Leafs franchise, believing they need to …

Twins add Fuentes; Nathan injury a distant memory with the current stud Pen
Friday, 27 Aug, 2010 – 13:40 | One Comment
Twins add Fuentes; Nathan injury a distant memory with the current stud Pen

When Joe Nathan went down in the off season with arm problems that would see him miss the entire 2010 season it left a ton of question marks in the Twins bullpen.  The veteran closer …

Kings give Willie Mitchell way to much money: 2 years $7 million contract
Wednesday, 25 Aug, 2010 – 21:29 | No Comment
Kings give Willie Mitchell way to much money: 2 years $7 million contract

Willie Mithcell is no longer in his prime at the age off 33. He is coming off a devistating concusion injury last year that saw him miss almost half the season. He’s been injury prone …

Darrelle Revis saga continues; stop being so greedy & sign
Sunday, 22 Aug, 2010 – 14:16 | No Comment
Darrelle Revis saga continues; stop being so greedy & sign

Today on twitter the rumors started up with many sources saying the Jets may becoming closer to inking a deal with the all pro CB during this week.  Who knows how much of it is …

Kaberle trade deadline passes, NO DEAL. Burke a bozo clown?
Monday, 16 Aug, 2010 – 21:43 | One Comment
Kaberle trade deadline passes, NO DEAL. Burke a bozo clown?

I hate reporting or covering stories that never happened.  Speculation drives me crazy.  Especially when it comes to hockey.  It’s so over the top in Canada and we spend countless hours analyzing hypothetical situations.  Tell …

Ricky Romero signs 5 year $30 million extension, is it the right price?
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 1:34 | No Comment
Ricky Romero signs 5 year $30 million extension, is it the right price?

Today the Blue Jays and Ricky Romero have to come to an agreement on a big long term contract. Signing a five year $30.1 million extensions, plus the Jays have a 6th year club option …

Tracy McGrady signs with the Detroit Pistons
Tuesday, 10 Aug, 2010 – 22:02 | No Comment
Tracy McGrady signs with the Detroit Pistons

Today the Pistons have made a strange decision by signing T Mac to a one year contract. I just don’t understand the logic in bringing in a beat down player who offers nothing in terms …

NHL says no deal for Kovalchuk and the Devils
Monday, 9 Aug, 2010 – 20:38 | No Comment
NHL says no deal for Kovalchuk and the Devils

I went pretty crazy when the news came out that this deal was even being reviewed. So you can only imagine what kind of rant I went on following the news today that the NHL …

Seattle Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu
Monday, 9 Aug, 2010 – 20:08 | One Comment
Seattle Mariners fire manager Don Wakamatsu

The Mariners were supposed to contend for the division, or at the very least have a .500 record. Unfortunately reality doesn’t come anywhere close to the high expectations based on a ball club that saw …

Greinke getting sick of the Royals contstant rebuilding
Friday, 6 Aug, 2010 – 17:07 | 3 Comments
Greinke getting sick of the Royals contstant rebuilding

The Kansas City Royals are an atrocious MLB franchise, they are in the midst of another losing season, which is no shock to anyone because they have only had one winning season in the past …

Mitchell Report the word of the day
Thursday, 5 Aug, 2010 – 22:57 | No Comment
Mitchell Report the word of the day

Today I received an interesting voicemail that I thought was worthy of sharing with everyone.  I am sure many of the hockey fans from sportsblog.bethubb.com are familiar with the Canucks Prospects Report we had during …

Lon Babby hires Lance Blanks as Suns new GM
Thursday, 5 Aug, 2010 – 11:45 | 3 Comments
Lon Babby hires Lance Blanks as Suns new GM

When Lon Babby was named the president of the Phoenix Suns part of his reason for being hired was his overall ability to assess the talent of others.  He knew his time as an agent …

Favre situation a mockery to football & sports
Wednesday, 4 Aug, 2010 – 22:46 | 3 Comments
Favre situation a mockery to football & sports

I am absolutely livid at the BS crap that continues to get fed to sports fans across the world.  Someone needs to be held accountable for yesterday’s “Favre retirement” announcement.  Yesterday I went crazy saying …

Buck Showalter takes over as Balitmore Orioles Manager
Monday, 2 Aug, 2010 – 22:38 | No Comment
Buck Showalter takes over as Balitmore Orioles Manager

The Orioles have been a joke this year, and that’s putting it nicely. Going into tonights action they were by far the worst team in the MLB at 32-74. An easy seven games …

Blackhawks sign Turco and let Niemi walk
Monday, 2 Aug, 2010 – 11:41 | No Comment
Blackhawks sign Turco and let Niemi walk

Going into this off season Stan Bowman was facing a ton of tough decisions regarding which players will have to be moved in order to keep the team under the salary cap in its quest …

Hedo Turkoglu rips Bryan Colangelo and Raps organization, defends Bosh
Monday, 2 Aug, 2010 – 2:04 | No Comment
Hedo Turkoglu rips Bryan Colangelo and Raps organization, defends Bosh

And the beat goes on with the Toronto Raptors as its two highest paid players from last season have spoken out against Colangelo  since he released this controversial statement about Bosh last week on the …

Miami Heat season ticket sales staff fired… say what?
Saturday, 31 Jul, 2010 – 18:40 | No Comment
Miami Heat season ticket sales staff fired… say what?

How could it be that a team that is charging $100 just to get on the waiting list for season tickets can fire it’s sales staff?  You would think with LeBron, Wade & CB4 the …