Archive for February, 2012

Saturday, February 18th, 2012

Super Saturday

Hello and welcome to Day 5 of the incarnation of First Pick Blog! We hope you have been entertained and we will keep providing content for ya! Zach Altschuler tells us how the NBA rebounded from the lockout so quickly   Mujtaba Elgoodah talks about the evolution of the New York Knicks with the addition […]

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Ultimate Tazer Ball

Whilst perusing through the internets on a lazy friday afternoon, I stumbled upon this here video of grown men tazing each other for sport.  Healthy exercise? No.  Entertaining?  Hell yes. What I can gather from the video is that there are two teams with four players each that line up on opposite sides of the […]

Friday, February 17th, 2012

The Evolution of the New York Knicks

Only 2 weeks ago the New York Knicks were the laughing stock of the NBA, now they’re the hottest team in the NBA. Their PG Jeremy Lin has turned into an overnight celebrity while blazing opponents on a nightly basis and now they have added another quality player by the name of , wait for […]

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Check out 45 Bold(ish) MLB Predictions

Alex Millon brings you his thoughts on the upcoming season  

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Hell I’d See It

Friday, February 17th, 2012

On this day…February 17th

1943 – Joe DiMaggio (New York Yankees) joined the U.S. Army as a voluntary inductee. No jokes here, the man was a legend and served his country. Also lost a bunch of statistical years due to WWII. As Ted Williams said, “Joe DiMaggio was the greatest all-around player I ever saw.”         […]

Friday, February 17th, 2012

How the NBA Rebounded from the Lockout so Quickly

It’s funny how short our memories are. The NBA, on the verge of collapse just over three and a half months ago, has roared to the front of the sports spotlight, only the amazingly popular NFL ahead of it in sports news across the country. How has it rebounded so quickly? Last Season Last season […]

Friday, February 17th, 2012

Freakin’ Friday!

The Weekend is almost here and FPB has got you covered   Brian Skinnell holds a Linvesigation     Jimmy Luehrs gives you an inside look on the sport of running     Ben Simpson provides Shaq’s and Barkley’s teams for the Rising Stars Challenge   More content coming at ya, happy Friday everybody!   […]

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Running for the Records

So yes, As some of you know I am a runner. Something that takes up hours of my day here at George Mason University on the team not only with the arduous amounts of practice where running in circles is just a pastime of ours, but also the amount of time put in just taking […]

Thursday, February 16th, 2012

Rising Stars Challenge

Big ups to the NBA for making this year’s Rising Stars Challenge actually exciting. Two coaches: Charles Barkley and Shaq, each drafting their respective teams to face off in the game. The two chose from a pool of 20 Rookie and Sophomore candidates (thankfully the NBA added Jeremy Lin in there). Here are the two […]