February 2015 – My Mind on Sports

Sixers get revenge, Washington on a six game slide

February 28, 2015 MMOS Staff76ers, Eastern Conference, Eastern Conference Playoffs, John Wall, NBA, Nerlens Noel, Philadelphia 76ers, Washington Wizards0 comment

The Philadelphia 76ers were embarrassed earlier this season at the hands of the Washington Wizards, they got their revenge last night. The team famously or infamously known for their ‘tanking’ the last two seasons, stifled the Wizards and carved out an eight point win 89-81. Handing Washington a sixth consecutive loss, the Wizards have fallen to fifth in the Eastern… Read More

Jones and Canty first to go in Baltimore

February 27, 2015 MMOS StaffBaltimore Ravens, Chris Canty, Free Agency, Haloti Ngata, Jacoby Jones, Lardarius Webb0 comment

The Baltimore Ravens are trying to gain as much cap space as possible before the start of free agency. Not necessarily to sign other players, but to retain their own. Of course that means there will be losses along the way, as of today, Chris Canty and Jacoby Jones are no longer Ravens. Baltimore was able to save $750,000 by… Read More

NFL

Early casualties of the cap

February 27, 2015 MMOS StaffAJ Hawk, Jacoby Jones, Reggie Bush, Ted Gin0 comment

Free Agency is set to kick off in a matter of days, the NFL draft is still a month or so away. What makes this free agency class much different than past years is the amount of productive players that will hit the market, there are only a handful of teams who have a ton of money and won’t have… Read More

Redskins

McCloughan starts free agency with a familiar face

February 27, 2015 MMOS StaffNFL Free Agency, Ricky-Jean Francois, Scot McCloughan, Washington Redskins0 comment

Washington’s new general manager reached out to a very familiar face in his first free agent acquisition, the Redskins signed Ricky-Jean Francois. The 28-year-old defensive end had his tenure with the Colts cut short as Indianapolis chose to save money by releasing him as he would have counted $5.5 million against the salary cap. Francois is one of the many… Read More