John & Hugh

The Braves dropped the first game of a three game series with the Cubs last night as a ninth inning rally ended with a shallow pop fly to Left field off the bat of Johan Camargo. Hugh said "I like the way the team fought in this game, it ultimately came up short but you like to see this kind of fight from a team." The Panthers fired their GM Dave Gettleman with just eight days before training camp starts, Hugh said "I think the biggest thing about this is the Gregg Olson situation and making sure he doesn't hold out and is in camp when it starts. Obviously there was a disconnect between the front office, and ownership on philosophy concerning who to resign."

The Braves dropped the first game of a three game series with the Cubs last night as a ninth inning rally ended with a shallow pop fly to Left field off the bat of Johan Camargo. Hugh said "I like the way the team fought in this game, it ultimately came up short but you like to see this kind of fight from a team." The Panthers fired their GM Dave Gettleman with just eight days before training camp starts, Hugh said "I think the biggest thing about this is the Gregg Olson situation and making sure he doesn't hold out and is in camp when it starts. Obviously there was a disconnect between the front office, and ownership on philosophy concerning who to resign."

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, today is the deadline for teams to sign franchise tagged players to long term deals. Kirk Cousins has said he’s open to playing somewhere else next season on a long term deal, this is the second year Cousins will play under the franchise tag, Hugh said “They clearly don’t believe in him, and he thought he was going to get a deal after last season but he didn’t. And to be honest that’s not bad, he’s going to get right under $50 million the last two years.”

The Braves started the second half of the season the right way as they swept the wild card leading Arizona Diamondbacks behind good starting pitching and red hot bats. They got a combination of both yesterday as Jaime Garcia gave them seven strong innings, while Brandon Phillips went 3 for 3 with 3 doubles and 2 rbi. Hugh said "For them to sweep the wild-card leading Arizona Diamondbacks like this is great, they looked really good this weekend.This is the first time they have been .500 after the all-star break since 2014."

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, today is the deadline for teams to sign franchise tagged players to long term deals. Kirk Cousins has said he’s open to playing somewhere else next season on a long term deal, this is the second year Cousins will play under the franchise tag, Hugh said “They clearly don’t believe in him, and he thought he was going to get a deal after last season but he didn’t. And to be honest that’s not bad, he’s going to get right under $50 million the last two years.”

The Braves started the second half of the season the right way as they swept the wild card leading Arizona Diamondbacks behind good starting pitching and red hot bats. They got a combination of both yesterday as Jaime Garcia gave them seven strong innings, while Brandon Phillips went 3 for 3 with 3 doubles and 2 rbi. Hugh said "For them to sweep the wild-card leading Arizona Diamondbacks like this is great, they looked really good this weekend.This is the first time they have been .500 after the all-star break since 2014."

The Braves return to action from the All-Star break as they open a three game series with the Diamondbacks before hosting one with the Cubs next week. Hugh said "This is the time of the year where we will see if the Braves are buyers or sellers at the trade deadline, these next few weeks will be very big for them." One hit wonder? Arthur Blank talked at the Atlanta Sports Awards last night after receiving an award, Mr. Blank said the "Hugh said, a lot of teams would love to be in the exact spot that the Falcons are in right now, under his control they have had a better organization than before he bought the club."

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, The most valuable sports franchise list was recently released by Forbes and the Dallas Cowboys topped that list at $4.2 billion dollars.

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, The most valuable sports franchise list was recently released by Forbes and the Dallas Cowboys topped that list at $4.2 billion dollars.

The Braves return to action from the All-Star break as they open a three game series with the Diamondbacks before hosting one with the Cubs next week. Hugh said "This is the time of the year where we will see if the Braves are buyers or sellers at the trade deadline, these next few weeks will be very big for them." One hit wonder? Arthur Blank talked at the Atlanta Sports Awards last night after receiving an award, Mr. Blank said the "Hugh said, a lot of teams would love to be in the exact spot that the Falcons are in right now, under his control they have had a better organization than before he bought the club."

Day three of SEC Media days saw Nick Saban take the podium as he talked about the team losing the national championship game last year, Saban referred to it as failure including coming up with his own little motto "Don't waste the Failure". Hugh said "I think Alabama will be fine, they ran into a buzz saw in Clemson and I have no doubt they will be back next season. The 25th edition of the ESPY awards were last night as Peyton Manning hosted the event for the first time, Manning wasn't short on taking shots at some of his former peers as in his opening speech he took a nice shot at Warriors Forward Kevin Durant.

Day three of SEC Media days saw Nick Saban take the podium as he talked about the team losing the national championship game last year, Saban referred to it as failure including coming up with his own little motto "Don't waste the Failure". Hugh said "I think Alabama will be fine, they ran into a buzz saw in Clemson and I have no doubt they will be back next season. The 25th edition of the ESPY awards were last night as Peyton Manning hosted the event for the first time, Manning wasn't short on taking shots at some of his former peers as in his opening speech he took a nice shot at Warriors Forward Kevin Durant.

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, Former Jacksonville and New England Running back went on twitter yesterday and made a case for himself to be in the Hall of Fame. Taylor sent out numerous tweets about how he should be in the HOF and is better than some running backs in there right now. Hugh said “I remember playing with him for one year in Jacksonville and thinking just how great of a player he was. The problem for Taylor is he played in the wrong town, if he had went anywhere else he would be in the Hall of Fame.”

Last night was the 88th MLB All-Star game and it was a low scoring affair as the American League won 2-1 over the Ender Inciarte and the rest of the National League All-Stars. The difference in the 10 inning game was a Robinson Cano home-run which gave the American League All-Stars the lead, Cano was named MVP. The first of four press conferences for the Mayweather-McGregor fight took place at Staples center yesterday as the fighters sparred with verbal jabs at each during the press conference. Hugh said "To me the winner hands down yesterday was Connor McGregor's suit which had a message written on it. To me that was old school boxing, it reminded me of the way Ali use to rock the microphone."

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, Former Jacksonville and New England Running back went on twitter yesterday and made a case for himself to be in the Hall of Fame. Taylor sent out numerous tweets about how he should be in the HOF and is better than some running backs in there right now. Hugh said “I remember playing with him for one year in Jacksonville and thinking just how great of a player he was. The problem for Taylor is he played in the wrong town, if he had went anywhere else he would be in the Hall of Fame.”

Last night was the 88th MLB All-Star game and it was a low scoring affair as the American League won 2-1 over the Ender Inciarte and the rest of the National League All-Stars. The difference in the 10 inning game was a Robinson Cano home-run which gave the American League All-Stars the lead, Cano was named MVP. The first of four press conferences for the Mayweather-McGregor fight took place at Staples center yesterday as the fighters sparred with verbal jabs at each during the press conference. Hugh said "To me the winner hands down yesterday was Connor McGregor's suit which had a message written on it. To me that was old school boxing, it reminded me of the way Ali use to rock the microphone."

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, Derek Carr recently talked about his contract and went as far to give himself credit for back loading his contract, in all actuality the contract is front loaded. Hugh said “A lot of his money is guaranteed so they try to pay it quickly. I think he was trying to justify the money he took, and that’s the way it is for Quarterbacks, they get paid top dollar.”

Last night was the All-Star game home run derby and Yankees rookie Aaron Judge did not disappoint the fans as he hit the second most in Derby history. Hugh said "I kinda missed Chris Berman doing the call, it's more of a nostalgia thing then actually missing him doing the call." Yesterday was the opening day of SEC Media Days as one of the things discussed by Commissioner Greg Sankey was extending the season to 14 weeks, Hugh said “These guys are still student athletes and I think they need to take this into consideration when they are thinking about adding more time and things for them to do.”

It was time for the NFL Hurry up, Derek Carr recently talked about his contract and went as far to give himself credit for back loading his contract, in all actuality the contract is front loaded. Hugh said “A lot of his money is guaranteed so they try to pay it quickly. I think he was trying to justify the money he took, and that’s the way it is for Quarterbacks, they get paid top dollar.”

Last night was the All-Star game home run derby and Yankees rookie Aaron Judge did not disappoint the fans as he hit the second most in Derby history. Hugh said "I kinda missed Chris Berman doing the call, it's more of a nostalgia thing then actually missing him doing the call." Yesterday was the opening day of SEC Media Days as one of the things discussed by Commissioner Greg Sankey was extending the season to 14 weeks, Hugh said “These guys are still student athletes and I think they need to take this into consideration when they are thinking about adding more time and things for them to do.”