Archive for September 16, 2012

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Sunday Night Baseball Diary: Braves sweep Nats’ with October right around the corner

WELCOME BACK! DID YA MISS US? I thought so. After our “brief” vacation, First Pick is back in black and on the attack. Like that? I thought it was catchy. Although not nearly as catchy as Mace’s celebratory BrettFavresque return to hip hop in 2004 . Anyway, it is my belated honor to bring you […]

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

NHL Lock’s Out

Brace yourselves, hockey fans, it’s about to be a long lockout. Simply put, the NHL and the NHL Players Association (NHLPA) are too far apart on one simple concept: revenue sharing. It’s the same problem that we had in the NBA and the NFL; the players want more money, but the owners don’t want to […]

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

NFL Sunday…

Hope you all are enjoying your football Sunday! Look for plenty of NFL coverage from the FPB crew coming soon!  

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Chase Preview 2012

Nascar Chase Preview   As the Chase for the Sprint Cup closely nears (tomorrow at Chicagoland Speedway), NASCAR fans desperately await to see how this season of a new playoff system will play out. For those of you who are not familiar with this system, the way that drivers got into the Chase this year […]

Sunday, September 16th, 2012

Ref pulled from Saint’s Game

According to ESPN.com, “side judge Brian Stropolo was pulled from today’s Saints-Panthers game when it was discovered on his facebook that he is a Saint’s fan.” Not included in the article were the various statuses posted by Stropolo, but don’t worry, the crew here at The First Pick dug them up for you… Brian Stropolo […]