Eagles Sign Dennis Dixon

Chip Kelly has added another option to his quarterback list with the signing of Dennis Dixon. The former Pittsburgh Steeler will join Michael Vick and Nick Foles for the quarterback job. Dixon was the quarterback at Oregon from 2004 to 2007 and was the starter in 2006 in 2007. Hi senior year also happened to be Kelly's first year as offensive coordinator at Oregon. He threw for over 2,000 yards both his junior and senior year but his senior year was much better than his junior. During his junior campaign Dixon had a not so hot 12:14 TD/INT ratio but dramatically improved to 20:4 his senior year. Dixon was also a running threat for the Ducks rushing over 90 times his junior and senior years. He rushed for his 1208 yards in 4 years. He was named Pac-10 offensive player of the year in 2007 and was a finalist for the Davey O'Brien Award and Maxwell Award. Not only was 2007 a big year for Dixon the gridiron; he also played minor league baseball in the Atlanta Braves system. That really didn't work out too well as he hit .176 with a .322 OBP in 28 games at rookie level. DIxon's NFL career started in 2008 when he was drafted by the Steelers in the 5th round. He appeared in one game his rookie year completing one pass for three yards and compiling -3 rushing yards. He made one start in his sophomore season completing 12-26 passes for 145 throwing one TD and one interception. 2010 was his last year of competitive play starting in two games for the Steelers and winning both. He had a 68.8 % passing percentage in those two games but then finished the season on the IR. He did not appear in any games in 2011 for the Steelers and in 2012 he was signed briefly to the Ravens' practice squad but was cut early on in the season. Dixon had a lot of success under Kelly so it will be interesting to see if he is able to win the Starting job this year.

NBA Recap
Only two games last night but they were marquee matchups between the Heat and Thunder and Clippers and Lakers.
In Oklahoma City the Heat held onto their lead despite the Thunder winning the 4th 31-22 for a 110-100 Miami victory. The two stars of the night did not disappoint with Lebron James scoring 39 points and 12 rebounds while Kevin Durant went for 40 and 8.
In a very high scoring affair the Clippers beat the Lakers 125-101. Kobe Bryant led the Lakes with 20 points and 11 assists while Chris Paul did something similar for the Clippers coring 24 points and dishing out 13 assists.

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With only two games there has to be some repeat teams.

Guard- Chris Paul- LA Clippers As mentioned before he scored 254 points and had 13 assists. His 3 turnovers were a little high but not too bad. He shot a perfect 5-5 from the line and 3-5 from 3pt land.
Guard- Russell Westbrook- OK City He did commit a costly 6 turnovers but he made up for it in other parts of the game. He finished the game with 26 points and 10 assists. He was a below average 7-19 from the field but his 12-13 from the line almost makes up for it.
Forward- Lebron James- Miami *Player of the Night* Hard to argue with this one as he led his team to victory against the Thunder in a repeat of last years Finals as well as a matchup between two teams that don't have an S in their name. He shot 58.3% from the field including 4-8 from long range. HE also dished out 7 assists and grabbed 12 rebounds in addition to his 39 points.
Forward- Kevin Durant- OK City Should be mentioned that he played all but 28 second of the game and he put them to good use. He committed a high 5 turnovers but his 40 points made up for it. He was an incredible 15-15 on free throws.
Center- Chris Bosh- Miami I really don't care for him too much but Bosh played a good game last night. He was 10-14 from the field but he failed to make it to the free throw line (and that is troubling for a big man). He finished the night with 20 points (you could probably have figured that out from the last sentence) and 12 rebounds.

NHL Recap
Three of the six games last night went to overtime last night and we will start with a shootout in New York.
The Rangers defeated the Islanders 4-3 thanks to goals by Frank Nielsen and John Tavares in the shootout. Tavares also scored in the second period.
The Hurricanes picked up their third straight win with a 3-1 Jussi Jokinen's goal in the second put the Hurricanes up 2-1.
Eric Fehr scored two goals in the Capitals 4-3 defeat of the Lightning. This is the 6th straight loss for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Rene Bourque scored two minutes into overtime to give the Canadiens a 1-0 win in Florida.
The Predators handed the Coyotes a 3-0 defeat. Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for his second straight shutout.
In Minnesota, the Wild and Avalanche decided things with a shootout.Milan Hejduk and Matt Duchene both converted for the Avs in the shootout on their way to a 4-3 victory.

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Forward- Zach Parise- Minnesota Minnesota's newest addition netted one goal on his 9 shot attempts. Finished the game with a +2 rating and 4 hits.
Forward- Eric Staal- Carolina Dished out an assist but made his mark defensively with 4 takeaways.
Forward- Matt Duchene- Colorado Similar to Staal in that neither of them are strangers to this list. He scored one goal last night in addition to 2 blocks, 2 hits, and one takeaway.
Forward- John Tavares- NY Islanders Scored one goal in regulation and one goal in the shootout to lead the Islanders to victory.
Defense- Dan Girardi- NY Rangers In 26 minutes of ice time Girardi scored a goal, had three takeaways, two hits, and 2 blocks.
Defense- Tyson Barrie- Colorado Got a powerplay assist in the second period for the Avs and also blocked 3 shots.
Defense- Joe Corvo- Carolina Recorded two points on a goal and an assist, both in the second period.  Finished the game with a +2 +/-.
Goalie- Carey Price- Montreal Made 26 of 26 saves in his team's 1-0 defeat of the Panthers.
Goalie- Jose Theodore- Florida The former Hab was against his former team and despite the loss he saved 31 of 32 shots. His .969 SV% was the highest last night of any non-shutout performance. (Pekka Rinne had a shutout but only faced 19 shots)