43 Results for base jumping

Heisman 2010: Quizz, Ingram, Kellen

Bruce Feldman

...typically starts, and it's hard; some of the seemingly top targets might still declare they're jumping into April's NFL draft. A few of those guys (such as Cal's Jahvid Best) I...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 16, 2009

Alabi among group with much to prove

Fran Fraschilla

...in Florida with outstanding high school coach Kevin Sutton, so he was able to develop a sound base of fundamental skills. Missing his freshman year at Florida State with a stress fracture in his foot...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 02, 2009

How the Yankees can slow the Angels

Buster Olney

...have to go through these guys." The Angels will probably see the Yankees' pitchers throw to first base intermittently -- or stagger their delivery times toward the plate, or maybe just hold the ball. Anything to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Tyrod's growth, Bama vs. UF and Big Suh

Bruce Feldman

...or have the team below you beat a high ranked team to jump you. Likewise, you're jumping an undefeated defending national champion. My argument is that they each played an SEC team on the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 16, 2009

Ranking Brees, star RBs, Andre Johnson

Eric Karabell

...also owned Ben Roethlisberger. Here are a few other things I noticed in my Week 6 rankings. Jumping off the Brees bandwagon? I wanted to rank Brees toward the end of the top 10, to...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 14, 2009

La Russa may be leaving St. Louis

Buster Olney

...jumping to hire him. But only a handful of teams are positioned to take La Russa and Duncan as a package deal. Washington Nationals: The team needs someone who can inspire a discouraged fan base...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 11, 2009

Why Holliday could end up a rental

Buster Olney

As the summer's trade season played out, rival executives came away from conversations with the Cardinals believing St. Louis wasn't in position to ta...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | September 11, 2009

Top 10 players to watch in the fall

Bruce Feldman

While working on a project for ESPN The Magazine's college football season preview issue, I've had the chance to speak with many top players from each...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 13, 2009

Father-son Fourth; Chapman evaluation

Buster Olney

...pitch to pitch, likes the diving and the jumping and the running and the throwing on defense...I replied, "and he steals a lot of bases. And he's really, really good at catching...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | July 05, 2009

Romero's change and the Jays' chances

...even be better against right-handed hitters than lefties, right-handers have posted just a .302 on-base percentage against him, with a .690 OPS. The Jays had a great chance for a comeback win...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 29, 2009

Mehdi Abdesmad, an under-the-radar recruit

Bruce Feldman

A few weeks ago I began working on a story about the upcoming 2009 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) Junior World Championship in C...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | June 18, 2009

Ackley adds pop

Jason A. Churchill

...Sunday, Ackley singled, homered twice and stole a base, improving to .408/.520/.733 with 10 home...who struggled for the second straight start since jumping onto the radar screen. Bittle allowed just three...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 06, 2009

LSU's Ranaudo, UNC's White deliver

Jason A. Churchill

...for-3 with two walks to drop to .409/.526/.709 for the season, again playing first base. Andrew Oliver and Kyle Gibson, each of whom pitched Sunday, made their regularly scheduled Friday starts after...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | April 01, 2009

Coaches with strong records

Bruce Feldman

...have huge success; 2.) In many cases they've inherited situations with programs that have the talent base but are eager for a change in direction. (Some players initially will respond better to a hard...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 25, 2009

AL East becoming a pitching division

Peter Gammons

...Andy Sonnanstine, James Shields and Scott Kazmir is a given strength, with Garza and Kazmir capable of jumping from a combined 23 wins to over 30. The Rays are so confident about their rotation that...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | March 14, 2009