By Sportsgrinder Coaching Staff Head Coach: Joe Paterno O-Coordinator: Galen Hall D-Coordinator: Tom Bradley Game Changers Offensive: Silas Redd (RB-Sophomore) Defensive: Michael Mauti (ILB-Junior) Overview: The biggest question mark for Joe Paterno and the Nittany Lions this year revolves around the quarterback position. Sophomore Rob Bolden was fairly ineffective during his freshman season, enough so [...]

By Sportsgrinder Let the countdown begin! With the uncertainty surrounding the league’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, free agency will most definitely take a back seat to the labor discussions between the players and owners. On June 30th (at midnight), the current CBA will expire and prospective free agents (restricted and unrestricted) will be left waiting patiently [...]

By Sportsgrinder  Regular Season Records # 5 Atlanta Hawks (44-38) #1 Chicago Bulls (62-20) Season Series: Chicago 2-1 Regular Season Offensive Statistics (NBA Rank) Atlanta Hawks: 95.0 PPG (25th) .462 FG% (12th) .352 3P% (17th) 22.0 APG (12th) Chicago Bulls: 98.6 PPG ( 19th) .462 FG% (12th) .361 3P% (13th) 22.3 APG (19th) Regular Season [...]

I tend to go into a basketball depressed state of mind following the NCAA tournament. Nothing against the NBA…well actually…yeah it’s kind of against the NBA. For my money, March Madness trumps the NBA playoffs (disregard the stinker by Butler in this years championship game). Still, there is no denying the star power that the [...]