Archive for November, 2008

Steven Jackson worked with the first team Friday during practice, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. “I thought he did OK. I’ll have to see how he feels,” coach Jim Haslett said. “I thought he got better as the week went on. I’ll talk to him and we’ll make a decision by the game.”  Jackson will [...]

Wide receiver Plaxico Burress was expected to miss the team’s week 13 game against Washington with an injured right hamstring. Now, reports out of New York are saying that Burress accidentally shot himself in the leg Friday night while attending a night club. The New York Giants team officials are not commenting on the incident [...]

Here is a quick refresher. 5 cat league, points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Start 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center and 1 utility. Week 4 turned out to be a bounce back week for me in my H2H league. I wound up winning the week 4-1. I started Jason Kidd, Joe Johnson, Amare Stoudemire, [...]

Clinton Portis- In the first half of the team’s Week 12 game, Redskins RB Clinton Portis pulled a muscle near his hip area. He remained the game, but coach Jim Zorn hadd prepared RB Shaun Alexander to finish the second half if Portis hadn’t been able to go. Reggie Bush- Jay Glazer, of FOXSports.com, reports [...]

Tracy McGrady and Shane Battier both practiced on tuesday.  For battier, this was his first full practice of the season.  McGrady was injured Monday night when he re-aggravated his surgically repaired knee.  McGrady thought about having an MRI on the knee, but decided that the test was not necessary and with the help of team [...]

Miami Heat Guard Dwayne Wade sat out practice on Monday to nurse a slightly sprained ankle.  He injured the ankle in the 3rd quarter of Sunday’s game.  He is hopeful that he will be able to play on Tuesday.   Wade has played through nagging injuries like this one before.  He is currently 2nd in the [...]

Brandon Jacobs left Sunday’s game in the 2nd quarter and returned in the 3rd for two more carries because of an apparent knee injury. Jacobs had a precautionary MRI done on his knee today. Coach Tom Coughlin doesn’t seem to be too worried about it so you shouldn’t be either. This is more of a [...]

Here is a quick refresher. 5 cat league, points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks. Start 2 guards, 2 forwards, 1 center and 1 utility. Okay, so my week 3 team failed me.  I wound up losing 2-3 without the help of Andrei Kirilenko for 3 1/2 games.  I can’t complain however, because I was going [...]

“Earnest Graham’s ankle looks to be a serious injury,” Gruden said,” and his status for the rest of the season is very much in question right now.”  That is what Tampa Bay Bucs coach John Gruden had to say about the ankle injury Graham suffered on his first carry of the game this past Sunday.If [...]

Andrei Kirilenko-  Kirilenko says that he will be ready to play Monday November 17.  The fact that he says he will be ready to play should indicate that the injury is not as bad as previously thought.  Feel free to start him with confidence.  The injury might still affect his stat line a bit but [...]