Sligo Church

700 Carroll Rd

Tacoma Park, Maryland

Phil Ivy , Phil Hellmuth, Jr, and Jeff Lisandro  lead a smaller field into the Main Event that began on Friday. Lisandro has been the hottest player in the month long event at the Rio, winning 3 Bracelets (tournaments) however all in the stud discipline. 

I know Artest is a great defenseman. I Know he carried the Rockets on his back. But adding a time bomb like Artest to a Championship team? WHY? What is Jackson thinking. Trevor Ariza was a key ingredient to the title run and now he is gone. Apparently its all about salary cap problems.Good luck repeating, Kobe. By the way with all the free agent signings in the NBA, do you notice you never hear the name of the Wizards in the fray? Rasheed, Ariza, Artest–do you think one of them could help the Wizards cause?

The Circus Side Show better known as Kentucky Wildcat Basketball, John Calipari style, continues it slick, slimy route. Coach Cal faced with an overload of players has cut Matt Pilgrim a transfer from Hampton. This kid can play from what we have heard from terrapintimes.com. He has narrowed his list to 3 schools: Maryland, Oklahoma State, and of course Memphis. Of course Calipari’s guilt for destroying the Memphis program has caused him to try to push the kid to the Tigers. A quick decision is forthcoming.

Buster Olneys reports “The most intense bidding of the winter will not be over Matt Holliday or Jason Bay. It will not be John Lackey who is going to have the most bidders frothing after him.  No, it will be Aroldis Chapman, the 21-year-old pitcher who reportedly defected from Cubawhile traveling with the national team in the Netherlands.  To put his talent in perspective: Some evaluators view Chapman as a left-handed Stephen Strasburg. “He’s pretty special,” said one official.  He has a fastball clocked at 101 or 102 MPH, and a plus curveball and plus slider, to use the scouts’ vernacular.”

I would hope Mr A enters the fray for the Cuban, but sadly it will come down to the Yankees or Red Sox.

They will be listening all over the country tonight for our James King Corcoran Show. Long live the King. Long time friend , Steve Miles will open the guest list in the first segment. Listen in on the web by clicking Listen Live on this site. Call in any questions or comments to 1-866-950-5225 or email me at bruce@terptalk.com. I was honored to be at the Tribute given to the King at Sligo Church in Tacoma Park last night.

For the out of towners, listen live at 6pm EST here.

Additionally, the show will be archived in our Radio Shows section tomorrow.

 ”Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird will have a new jockey when he makes his next start on Aug. 1 in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Park.  Mark Allen, who owns Mine That Bird with Leonard Blach, said Wednesday that he and trainer Chip Woolley were not yet prepared to name a replacement for Calvin Borel but that they wanted a firm commitment through the Nov. 7 Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita. That span of several months also is scheduled to include the Aug. 29 Shadwell Travers Stakes at Saratoga and probably one more race leading into the BC Classic.” (from ESPN.com)  Borel’s decision to switch to Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, his poor ride of Bird in the Belmont, and his continuous hedging forced the owners to drop Borel.

I just read an interesting article on Maryland QB1 Chris Turner by Jeff Barker in the Sun. The following is his synopsis of Turner:

Assets: Poise, smarts, toughness. Turner is at his best in big games. Maryland says he has led the Terps to six wins in seven games against Top 25 teams in the AP poll. Among the most memorable came when he entered after Jordan Steffy suffered a concussion in Turner’s sophomore season and helped beat No. 10 Rutgers.

Needs to work on: Arm strength, mobility. Sure. Maryland would love to have a quarterback making plays with speed and moves when the pocket collapses. That’s not going to happen much with Turner.

I believe that Harpo has had an EXCELLENT career at College Park. Because he is not a great practice player, he has never completely won over Coach Friedgen until this year. However Chris is always there when it matters. In the Maryland QB tradion of Boomer, McBrien, Reich, etc, Chris is a true gunslinger. It is only fitting that on a night when we honor the career of King Corcoran, we also stand behind Chris Turner!!!