Jim Turner The Washington Capitals are heavy favorites to hoistLord Stanley’s Cup at season’s end but after another early playoff exit and arelatively movement free off season five huge questions loom over this franchise that continues to tell fans they have a plan...much like the Cylons. Is Bruce Boudreau’s system-coaching conducive to winning a Stanley Cup? – Boudreau’s defender...
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Jim Turner Turnersportsdesk.com August 18, 2010 A couple of things happened during last Friday’s gameagainst Buffalo that shocked and amazed many of the Redskin faithful. The firstis the Redskins looked like a team with something to prove. The second is theyplayed like a team with something to prove and the result matched the effort. TheRedskins excelled in every phase of the game and took the Buf...
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Jim Turner Turnersportsdesk.com August 17, 2010 Football is a game of skill, talent, organization, luck and pure chance. That is why despite the odds a team can rise from the bottom of the standings to hold the Lombardi Trophy at the end of a brutal season. Stars will be made and some stars will fade. Teams that start off the year as unquestioned favorites to win it all will be hosting supe...
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Jim Turner Turnersportsdesk.com July 29, 2010 Expect Competition– Mike Shanahanis a pure competitor and a riverboat gambler so you can expect training camp to be all about gettingback to extremely physical, no-nonsense Redskin football. One of the first things Mike Shanahan will doaway with is this front runner mentality that has permeated this football team.He will make it know...
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Jim Turner Turnersportsdesk.com July 7, 2010 World News: World Cup run ends for USA– The United States playedtheir guts out even with some bad calls but in the end Ghana proved too much. My personalobservation was that Ghanahad their best athletes who grew up playing/loving soccer and it showed. Ibelieve the US will farebetter in the World Cup when the US cares enough abou...
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