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Revisiting the Ramirez-Beckett Deal Three Years Later

In the world we live in, we get a lot of choices to make. What do you prefer: Burger King or McDonald's? iPod’s or Zune’s? Xbox 360, Wii or PS3? Two percent or whole milk? Ok, I’m kidding about the last one...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 4 months ago 216 reads 20 comments
Addressing Two Burning Questions for the Detroit Pistons

The Pistons have a very busy offseason ahead of them. Let’s look at two burning questions facing the team. 1. What players will the team look to target in the draft coming up soon? Most ...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 5 months ago 634 reads 16 comments
Indianapolis Colts Positional Holes

Going into these next few months, the Colts organization has some minor, but very important questions to consider. While the combo of Tony Dungy and Bill Polian have done a good job of building ...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 6 months ago 120 reads 4 comments
Colts New Coaching Staff: How Will It Function?

The coaching staff situation has been the single biggest story of the Colts’ offseason. There has been a huge transition, with Jim Caldwell taking over for Tony Dungy, along with the retiring ...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 6 months ago 174 reads 11 comments
How Will The Colts Playbook Change Under Jim Caldwell?

The philosophy of the Indianapolis Colts for the past handful of years has been fast guys on defense under Tony Dungy’s Cover Two scheme, and basically let Peyton Manning do what he wants on offense...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 6 months ago 404 reads 8 comments
12 Questions for Peyton Manning

If there was one person I could interview, in all of sports, it would be Peyton Manning. I don’t think I need to explain why. So, if I got a chance to interview Peyton Manning, here are twelve questions I would ask him...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 6 months ago 298 reads 4 comments
The AFC South Is the Toughest Division In Football

It was a great time to be a moviegoer in 1994. You had three absolute classics released: Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump, and The Shawshank Redemption. Those three are arguably the strongest trio to compete for the Academy Award for Best Picture ever...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 6 months ago 147 reads 2 comments
The Motown Conundrum

It looks like Matt Stafford is going to be the pick at one. This is obviously a tough choice for the Lions considering that no player has pushed themselves to the top of the heap, and there's ...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 7 months ago 108 reads 4 comments
TinCaps 11-1

After a 5-2 setback last night, the TinCaps rebounded this afternoon beating the West Michigan Whitecaps (Tigers) 7-5. The Fort Wayne version of the Caps scored four runs in the seventh to pull the victory out...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 7 months ago 16 reads 0 comments
Padres Fans: Meet Your Tincaps (And Their Best Writer)

(Note: relax, Padres fans, I come in peace. I know I am a Red Sox fan, but I live in Fort Wayne, which I'm sure some of you know is home to one of your single A affiliates, the Fort Wayne Tincaps, or the Wizards before this season...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 7 months ago 58 reads 0 comments
Pitching Is Harder Than Hitting

This hoopla surrounding Greg Paulus is starting to get out of hand. For one, I don’t even understand how he can have college eligibility remaining. But that’s not even the point...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 7 months ago 56 reads 0 comments
MLB Playoff Predictions and Awards: It's a Fast and Furious Adventure

I just saw Adventureland last night. Fantastic movie. It’s going to remind you a lot of Superbad, with Jesse Eisenberg playing the Michael Cera character to a tee. The only problem is that it came out the same weekend as Fast and Furious...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 7 months ago 211 reads 12 comments
NL West: The Land of the Lost

Onto number six. The NL West is arguably one of the easiest divisions to predict this year, especially since Manny Ramirez rejoined the Dodgers. There seems not to be a lot of room for surprise, but there may be more than you think...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 8 months ago 116 reads 0 comments
Sheridan Breaks Leg: Does It Matter?

The Freep is reporting that "first string" QB Nick Sheridan suffered a serious leg injury in practice yesterday. I use the term first string loosely because Sheridan has about as much job security as the Shah of Iran did in 1979...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 8 months ago 241 reads 10 comments
Rock Chalk...PU-Zona Hawk?

I love March Madness. Seriously is there anything better than the upsets we see year after...well umm not this year. The lack of upsets is astounding. If every game was won by the top seeds, the Sweet 16 matchups would be the No...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 8 months ago 215 reads 0 comments
AL West: Under Pressure

Time to go West, my friends. I don’t think we are going to find the best baseball out here this year. Lately, for some reason, the East Coast is dominating things in sports...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 8 months ago 142 reads 25 comments
NL Central: It's Going to Be Windy

I get to see a lot of the coverage on the NL Central on TV broadcasts during the season. I live in Indiana, and as you know, there is no Indiana team. To combat this, the local channels will broadcast most Cubs games...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 8 months ago 75 reads 2 comments
Minnesota Twins Top AL Central Predictions

In the HBO series Entourage, the main stars bet on black in the game roulette every time they go to Vegas. Even if they think it's lucky, they still only have a 50-50 chance to win. That's what picking this division is like...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 9 months ago 253 reads 7 comments
NL East: Well Rounded

Onto part two, my friends. If you missed the AL East preview, you can see it here. And don’t worry, I won’t wait a week again for the next one. Maybe. Anyway, onto the reason you clicked on this article...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 9 months ago 153 reads 6 comments
AL East Preview: Loaded

Baseball is back my friends, and you know what means. Yes, aimless, random predictions disguised as true analysis. I guess I’ll throw my hat in the ring. Here’s the idea...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 9 months ago 156 reads 7 comments
The Best Unintentional Comedy Moments In Sports History

Allen Iverson’s Practice Speech He said practice so many times in this speech, it made my head hurt. And yeah, Allen, we are talking about practice because you keep talking about. Side note: I just noticed he’s wearing a Red Sox hat...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 9 months ago 2,492 reads 17 comments
Michigan Wolverines Basketball: Remaining Season Preview

We all know the classic movie formula. The main star has a great life for the first 20-minutes, then something bad happens, and for the next 40-minutes to an hour he or she is trying to resolve the situation...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 10 months ago 310 reads 5 comments
Colts Roundtable Offseason Edition: What To Make of The Jim Caldwell Hiring

Note: Well, Colts Community, we are back! As some of you remember, earlier this season a few of us in the Colts Community introduced a roundtable-style discussion that featured some of the ...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 10 months ago 66 reads 3 comments
NFL Overtime Needs To Be Over (At Least in It's Current Form)

One of my favorite scenes in the Dark Knight is when Two-Face takes out his two-headed coin and talks about fairness and how a 50-50 coin flip is the only fair way to settle something...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 10 months ago 78 reads 0 comments
The Worst NFL Predictions Ever Revisited, Plus Some New Ones

Ah, the playoffs. They’re here, folks. This season has been a crazy one, with many unexpected twists, as you will see in my preseason predictions...

Written by Corey McSweeney about 11 months ago 265 reads 6 comments

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Corey McSweeney Article Archive

Revisiting the Ramirez-Beckett Deal Three Years Later

Addressing Two Burning Questions for the Detroit Pistons

Indianapolis Colts Positional Holes

Colts New Coaching Staff: How Will It Function?

How Will The Colts Playbook Change Under Jim Caldwell?

12 Questions for Peyton Manning

The AFC South Is the Toughest Division In Football

The Motown Conundrum

TinCaps 11-1

Padres Fans: Meet Your Tincaps (And Their Best Writer)

Pitching Is Harder Than Hitting

MLB Playoff Predictions and Awards: It's a Fast and Furious Adventure

NL West: The Land of the Lost

Sheridan Breaks Leg: Does It Matter?

Rock Chalk...PU-Zona Hawk?

AL West: Under Pressure

NL Central: It's Going to Be Windy

Minnesota Twins Top AL Central Predictions

NL East: Well Rounded

AL East Preview: Loaded

The Best Unintentional Comedy Moments In Sports History

Michigan Wolverines Basketball: Remaining Season Preview

Colts Roundtable Offseason Edition: What To Make of The Jim Caldwell Hiring

NFL Overtime Needs To Be Over (At Least in It's Current Form)

The Worst NFL Predictions Ever Revisited, Plus Some New Ones

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