It was only three years ago that the Stanford men’s volleyball team finished a gut-wrenching 3-25 season (2-20 in conference play), but you wouldn’t know it from looking at Monday’s AVCA coaches poll. The Cardinal earned the No. 1 spot for the first time since February 6, 2001, when they held the top rank for only a week before finishing the season at No. 5.

Now with a 12-4 record and a half-game lead over fellow Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) team Pepperdine, Stanford is trying to erase the memories of …

The NFL left us this week w/ no shortage of interesting stories and bylines from what was really a great weekend for football fans.  Ranging from record setting outings, quarterbacks feuding w/ their coaches or a head coach pulling one of the most boneheaded plays in recent history, the NFL is definitely the hottest discussion in sports this week – Tiger Woods’ indiscretions seem like a thing of the past already.
Two Cleveland Browns Set Records
I feel like starting off w/ some of the positive news that happened on Sunday, which …

The BCS Standings are official and the 2009-2010 bowl schedule has been finalized.  Fans of each team should be satisfied with where they ended up, although many teams still do have an argument that a playoff system is needed.
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Already this year, we’ve seen a slew of great NFL games and inspiring storylines to help us make it through the doldrums of fall & winter… I’m in Arizona, so not so much personally, but I know enough people in colder and more varied climate regions that really having nothing but football to enjoy.
While most of the stories surrounding the NFL right now are positive (e.g. Saints, Colts, Favre, Young), there are some others being dramatized by national/local media analysts and other individuals covering sports that may not have (full) …

We’re now a little more than 2 weeks into the NBA season – most teams have played about 8-9 games to-date.  As such, we now have a little bit of an idea of what we might expect to see over the course of the season.  In today’s post, I’ll be covering the teams who have jumped out of the gates quickly (some surprisingly, others expected), some of the bigger stories so far and highlight the Top 5 Fantasy Basketball players in their respective position(s).
One thing is clear right now – …

Major League Baseball’s October classic kicks off today in fine fashion, matching up the league’s best for a memorable playoff season.
Yesterday’s 1-game playoff between the Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers was an instant (ESPN) Classic.  12-innings, something like 24 hits and 20 stranded base runners in total.  Both teams were hungry, but the Twins executed in the clutch and pulled out the win to advance to meet the Yankees – baseball’s best (regular season) team.
American League Series
New York Yankees vs. Minnesota Twins
The Yankees enter the postseason with the major’s best …

Preview courtesy of Stu Holdren @ NBANoise
Key Additions:
Darko Milicic (trade)
Gabe Pruitt (free agency
Jordan Hill (draft)
Toney Douglas (draft)
Key Losses:
Quentin Richardson (trade)
Chris Wilcox (free agency)

The Breakdown:
The New York Knicks finished last season with the second-worst record in the Eastern Conference, only finishing above the injury-plagued Washington Wizards. It was somewhat of a transitional year for the Knicks, recovering from the Isiah Thomas debacle and getting adjusted to the up-tempo Mike D’Antoni offense. We saw some continued progress from young talents such as David Lee, Nate Robinson and Wilson Chandler, giving Knicks fans …

Preview courtesy of Stu Holdren @ NBANoise
Key Additions:
Hedo Turkoglu (trade)
Jarrett Jack (free agency)
Marco Belinelli (trade)
DeMar DeRozan (draft)
Rasho Nesterovic (signing)
Reggie Evans (trade)
Amir Johnson (trade)
Antoine Wright (trade)
Key Losses:
Shawn Marion (trade)
Jason Kapono (trade)
Anthony Parker (free agency)
Pops Mensah-Bonsu (free agency)
Kris Humphries (trade)
Roko Ukic (trade)

The Breakdown:
The Toronto Raptors are coming off of what only could be described as a disappointing season. Only a year removed from a .500 season and sixth seed in the Eastern playoffs, the Raptors stumbled to a 33-49 record good only for the title of “third worst” in the East. This …