Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Johnny Manziel
Johnny Manziel
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Kerrville Tivy High School Antlers quarterback Johnny Manziel who accounted for 581 of Tivy’s 582 total yards.
He was 41 of 75 passing for 503 yards and 4 touchdowns and also rushed for 78 yards with one touchdown as he willed his Antlers to a 39-34 victory over No. 1 James Madison High School Mavericks. 4,696 fans at Comalander Stadium saw Manziel break a state record of pass attempts held by Koy Detmer, Mission vs Aldine, of 73 back in 1990. Manziel is committed to the University of Oregon Ducks.
Congratulations Johnny Manziel you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Jose Bautista
Jose Bautista
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Toronto Blue Jays right fielder Jose Bautista who became the first Major League Baseball player of the 2010 season to reach 40 home runs.
In addition to reaching the 40 home run plateau this week Bautista also carried a .500 batting average. Bautista went 9-21 and had 4 RBI’s. It’s been a surprising year for the right fielder as is previous career high in the home run department never saw more than 16 and now Bautista becomes the first to hit for 40.
Congratulations Jose Bautista you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Robinson Cano
Robinson Cano
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano for his 4 home run and 13 RBI week.
Cano moving up in the batting order for injured third baseman Alex Rodriguez took full advantage of the opportunity. In 26 at bats for the week, Cano hit safely 10 times and only struck out 6 times. In addition to Cano hitting numbers was that he also drew 6 walks. His final week numbers where 10-26, 4 HR, 13 RBI’s and 8 runs and raising his batting average to .326.
Congratulations Robinson Cano you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Martin Kaymer
Martin Kaymer
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Martin Kaymer for winning the PGA Championship.
Kaymer won a two-man playoff to win the PGA Championship against Bubba Watson. Kaymer raised the Wanamaker Trophy and became the sixth player to win his first major in the last seven played. He also is the 15th first-time major winner in the last 23 years of the PGA Championship. And he became only the second German to win a major, joining Bernhard Langer, and earned a spot on the European Ryder Cup team. Kaymer is the 12th player in his 20s to win this year on the PGA Tour.
Congratulations Martin Kaymer you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: J.P. Arencibia
J.P. Arencibia
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Toronto Blue Jays rookie catcher J.P. Arencibia who in his major league debut went 4-5 with two home runs and 3 RBI’s
Arencibia was the top prospect in the Blue Jays farm system and when he was called up to make his major league debut against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday he hit a home run on the very first pitch he saw. Arencibia became the first player since 1900 to have a pair of home runs and a quartet of hits in his big league debut. He is only the fifth player in baseball history to launch two home runs in his first Major League game and the 107th player to homer in his first career at-bat in the bigs.
His following plate appearances Arencibia hit a double, a single and then a solo home run and received a curtain call from the fans at the Rogers Centre while finishing the game just a triple shy of hitting for the cycle.
Congratulations J.P. Arencibia you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Carlos Gonzalez
Carlos Gonzalez
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez for completing a cycle with a walk-off home run which simply is BLAZIN.
Gonzalez singled in the first inning, tripled and scored a run in the third inning and doubled in the fifth while adding a sacrifice fly in the seventh before homering to win the game. Then Gonzalez’s led-off the bottom of the ninth inning against Sean Marshall (6-3) and destroyed the first pitch he faced into the upper deck of right field to give the Rockies win over the Chicago Cubs.
The cycle was the sixth in Rockies history and first since shortstop Troy Tulowitzki did it on Aug. 10, 2009. It was the first time a Major Leaguer clinched a cycle with a walk-off homer since Dwight Evans did it for the Boston Red Sox on June 28, 1984.
Congratulations Carlos Gonzalez you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Matt Garza
Matt Garza
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Matt Garza for throwing a no-hitter and the first in the franchise history which simply is BLAZIN.
The Tampa Bay Rays Matt Garza threw the first no-hitter in franchise history and the fifth in the major leagues this season, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-0 Monday night. The Tigers were no-hit for the first time since Randy Johnson shut them down at Seattle on June 2, 1990.
The right-hander Garza (11-5) faced the minimum 27 batters in his 106th career start and only allowed only a second-inning walk to Tigers Brennan Boesch. The Rays have been on the other side of most no-hitters it seems as of late as they where involed in two just this season.
It’s only the third time in major league history that a team has been involved in three no-hitters during one season. The 1917 St. Louis Browns and Chicago White Sox were involved in three and all against each other. It’s also the first time in 37 years that two no-hitters have occurred in the same AL ballpark in one season.
Congratulations Matt Garza you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: National League All-Star Team
National League All-Star Team
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to the National League All-Star team for it’s first win since 1996 and awarding home field advantage to the top National League squad in the World Series which simply is BLAZIN.
The National League hadn’t won the All-Star Game since 1996 but in the 81st All-Star game was backed by powerful young arms and the timely at bats of Chicago Cubs outfielder Marlon Byrd and Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann to bring and end to the drought.
Washington Nationals pitcher Matt Capps earned the win to become the first pitcher from a team based in Washington to win an All-Star Game since 1943 when Dutch Leonard did so playing for the Senators.
In the seventh inning Byrd came to the plate with Cincinnati Reds third baseman Scott Rolen on second and St. Louis Cardinals outfield Matt Holliday one first. Byrd quickly was put in an 0-2 hole battled back to take a walk leaving room form McCann to hit a three-run double and earn the MVP award as the National League won 3-1.
Congratulations National League All-Star team you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Diego Forlan
Diego Forlan
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Uruguay’s strike Diego Forlan for being awarded the 2010 World Cup Golden Ball which simply is BLAZIN.
Forlan won the best player of the World Cup award after lighting up the tournament with some wonderful goals that helped his team become South America’s only semi-finalist.
Forlan took 23.4% in the Golden Ball poll organized by FIFA while last weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player Netherlands Wesley Sneijder was second with 21.8%. Spain’s David Villa was third with 16.9% of the vote as all three got five goals.
Congratulations Diego Forlan you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Wesley Sneijder
Wesley Sneijder
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to the Netherlands midfielder Wesley Sneijder whose two goals helped take down heavily favored Brazil which simply is BLAZIN.
Sneijder scored Netherlands only goals in its 2-1 win over Brazil on Friday for one of the World Cup’s biggest upset in the 2010 tournament. His first goal came at the 52nd minute to tie the game and for the lead at the 68th minute mark. For the World Cup it brought his total up to a total of 4 goals.
Congratulations Wesley Sneijder you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: John Isner
John Isner
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to the United States tennis player John Isner who fought Nicolas Mahut to the longest match in tennis history at Wimbledon lasting eleven hours and five minutes which simply is BLAZIN.
Isner won the match 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68. In the match Isner set the record for most aces in a match of 112 breaking Ivo Karlovic’s record of 78. The match was twice suspended due to darkness overall lasting eleven hours and five minutes.
Congratulations John Isner you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Gonzalo Higuain
Gonzalo Higuain
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Argentina’s striker Gonzalo Higuain who scored three goals in his country’s 4-1 victory over South Korea which simply is BLAZIN.
The 22-year-old scored three goals for his country and was the World Cups first hat trick since 2002, when Germany’s Miroslav Klose and Portugal’s Pauleta both accomplished the feat. Higuain scored his first goal in the 32nd minute, but he did not strike again until the 75-minute mark. He then added his third and final goal just four minutes later.
Congratulations Gonzalo Higuain you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Stephen Strasburg
Stephen Strasburg
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg who lived up to the early hype and won both of his Major League Baseball debuts at home and away which simply is BLAZIN.
Strasburg entered the major leagues surrounded by so much hype and in his first game struck out 14 but more importantly walked none at home against the Pittsburgh Pirates. For his follow up performance in Cleveland against the Indians, which TBS switched from a Boston Red Sox vs Philadelphia Phillies matchup, he struck out another 8 batters while walking 5. Strasburgh did give up a home run in both games but did walk away victorious in both starts. He now carries a 2.19 ERA and a rookie card that sold for over $16,000.
Congratulations Stephen Strasburg you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Ray Allen
Ray Allen
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Boston Celtics shooting guard Ray Allen who set an NBA Finals record for most 3-pointers in a game by going 8-for-11 from beyond the arch which simply is BLAZIN.
Ray Allen scored 50% of the Celtics points in the first half with 27 points as the halftime score was 54-48 Boston including going 7-for-8 from deep. He was 11-20 from the field on the night overall and scored a game-leading 32 points. Not only was it a NBA Finals record he also set a career high for most threes made threes in a game. His play helped the Celtics even the series one apiece and it now goes back to Boston for three games with the 2-3-2 format.
Congratulations Ray Allen you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Roy Halladay
Roy Halladay
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Philadelphia Phillies right handed pitcher Roy Halladay for throwing a perfect game which simply is BLAZIN.
Major League Baseball has been played since 1869 and there has only been 20 games to have a perfect game. Halladay is the newest member of the short selected club when he went gave up no hits and no walks beating the Florida Marlins 1-0 on Saturday night. Halladay (7-3) struck out 11 on 115 pitches and was cheered by a crowd of 25,086 throughout much of the night.
It was the second perfect game in the majors this month alone, unheralded Dallas Braden doing it for Oakland Athletics against Tampa Bay Rays on May 9. It is the first time since 1880 that two perfect games have been thrown in the same season.
Congratulations Roy Halladay you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Josh Johnson
Josh johnson
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Florida Marlins right handed pitcher Josh Johnson for his two starts this past week which simply is BLAZIN.
Johnson won both of his starts which came against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Chicago White Sox. Johnson did so without giving up a single earned run and only allowed 8 hits in the combined starts. He struck-out 9 and lowered his ERA to a National League top 10 best 2.43. His most dominating performance came against the Diamondbacks by blanketing them 8-0 while his team faced the adversity of playing without All-Star shortstop Hanley Rameriz, who was out of the lineup for disciplinary reasons. Johnson buckled down to throw only a 104 pitches and 23 where the most he threw in one inning which came in the third.
Congratulations Josh Johnson you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant for his contributions in helping win Game 1 in the Western Conference Finals which simply is BLAZIN.
Bryant’s health was called into question entering the Western Conference Finals and for at least one game the questions where deaded. Sporting a yellow knee brace in last night’s game, Bryant put on a dominating performance that led his Lakers to a 128-107 victory against the Phoenix Suns in Game 1.
Kobe Bryant was red hot from the field all night, scoring 40 points on some very efficient shooting. He was 13-23 from the field and even hit 3-6 of his three-pointers. In vintage Kobe fashion, he was able to get to the line 12 times, converting on 11 of the chances. He also had 5 assists and 5 rebounds to cap off his excellent game.
Congratulations Kobe Bryant you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Dallas Braden
Dallas Braden
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Oakland Athletics pitcher Dallas Braden for throwing a perfect game which simply is BLAZIN.
Major League Baseball has been played since 1869 and there has only been 19 games to have a perfect game. Braden is the newest member of the short selected club when he went gave up no hits and no walks against the Tampa Bay Rays on Mothers Day.
On a day when everything in baseball goes pink to bring awareness the support against breast cancer, Braden took to the mound and was perfect in pink. He shut down the MLB’s hottest team and lead the Athletics to a 4-0 victory. He struck out six in the 109-pitch performance, throwing 77 strikes in his 53rd career start and first complete game.
Braden pitched the A’s first perfect game since Hall of Famer Catfish Hunter’s gem on May 8, 1968, against the Minnesota Twins.
Congratulations Dallas Braden you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Super Saver
Super Saver
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Super Saver, Calvin Borel and Todd Pletcher for winning the Kentucky Derby which simply is BLAZIN.
For the first time there is three recipients of this award. Pletcher, who graduated from James Madison High School here in San Antonio, is the trainer. This was Pletcher first win at the Derby after 25 entries for trainer. Although it’s his first ever win its still a remarkable achievement to train and send 25 horses to compete in one of the biggest horse racing events of all racing season.
Borel, won his second consective Kentucky Derby and his third in four years, is the jockey. Borel last year guided long shot Mine That Bird to victory and gave similar ride with Super Saver, sliding him inside of Noble’s Promise at the three-sixteenths pole and home to a 2½-length victory in Kentucky Derby No. 136. Borel is the ninth rider to win this race at least three times. Eddie Arcaro and Hartack have each won it five times while Bill Shoemaker has won it four times.
Super Saver is the Thoroughbred race horse who won the 2010 Kentucky Derby. Super Saver won the most wide-open Derby in years and heads off for Baltimore for the Preakness on May 15 for a chance to win the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown was last won 32 years ago by Affirmed. Super Saver won from the No. 4 post which hasn’t been done since 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew. Super Saver earned $1,425,000 for the win.
Congratulations Todd Pletcher, Calvin Borel, Super Saver you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kevin Durant who’s performance lead the team to their first and second ever playoff victories simply made him BLAZIN.
In Oklahoma City for Game 3 Durant hit just 8-of-24 shots finishing with 29 points but he picked up the slack in other areas on the court helped the Thunder came back to hold off the Lakers 101-96 for the franchises first ever playoff win. With his shot struggling he answered the call with his terrific defense on Kobe Bryant and grabbing 19 rebounds. Durant’s 29 points led all scorers for Game 3.
Durant added another all around game with 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks and a 3-pointer as the Thunder stunned the Lakers 110-89 in Game 4 to tie the series at 2-2. The 22 points was eight below his season average but still managed to lead all scores.
Congratulations Kevin Durant you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Ubaldo Jimenez
Ubaldo Jimenez
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Colorado Rockies pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez who threw a no-hitter and the first in teams history simply made him BLAZIN.
On Saturday night he threw the first no-hitter of his career and in the club’s 18-year history with a 4-0 victory over the Atlanta Braves. He allowed no runs on no hits while striking out seven batters over a masterful 128-pitch effort. The 26-year-old flamethrower was so on that he even hit 98-mph on the radar gun in the ninth inning.
Perhaps what’s impressive about Jimenez’s no-hitter is who he accomplished the feat against. Jimmenez had to face Nate McLouth, Martin Prado, Larry (Chipper) Jones and Brian McCann four times each, not too mention top prospect Jason Heyward three times. Entering Saturday’s game, McCann, Heyward and Prado were all hitting over .300, while Prado was even hitting over .440.
Jimenez is now 3-0 and has a 1.29 ERA in three starts this year.
Congratulations Ubaldo Jimenez you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Phil Mickelson
Phil Mickelson
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to three time Master champion Phil Mickelson who was simply BLAZIN.
Mickelson watched as his wife and mother battled cancer and the media frenzy surrounding the return of Tiger Woods to go out and win his third green jacket. He started the final round trailing the leader Lee Westwood by 1 stroke, but he would finish the day with a 3 stroke lead.
Mickelson hit some great shots down the stretch and his mid range game was as reliable as ever nut it was his phenomenal putting that help secure the Master win. With Anthony Kim and Woods teeing off right before him, and chomping at his heels, he stayed poised under pressure. On the 12th he nailed a 15 foot birdie putt and then hit a great shot off the pine straw and around a tree to set up a second straight birdie on the next hole. His final round 67 put him at -16 on the week.
Congratulations Phil Mickelson you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Manu Ginobili
Manu Ginobili
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili who has been simply BLAZIN.
Pretty much you could pick any week during this NBA season and give this award to Ginobili with the season he is having. But Ginobili’s worth to the Spurs this season was never more evident than this past week when he sat out against the New Jersey Nets due to back spasms. The Spurs would go on to lose to a team that night who was trying to avoid tying the 1972-1973 Philadelphia 76ers for the worst team in the history of the NBA.
The Spurs very next opponent was the Houston Rockets which saw Ginobili back in the lineup where he would go on to score 18 points and dish out 10 assists. His return against the Rockets was impressive but not BLAZIN, he however would show that in the next two games at home against the Orlando Magic and on the road against the Los Angeles Lakers. He torched the Magic for 43 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists and once again showed how dominating he has been this season with his performance against the Lakers in the fourth quarter, a game in which he finished with 32 points. Ginobili has always been a solid performer but the timing of his deadliness couldn’t be more valuable for the Spurs right now as gear up for the playoffs.
Congratulations Manu Ginobili you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player: Brittney Griner
Brittney Griner
Every Tuesday Sports Grind Entertainment presents you with the Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player of the Week. This week the recipient of this prestigious honor goes to Baylor University Bears Brittney Griner who has been simply BLAZIN.
Griner of Baylor set the NCAA tournament record for the most blocks with 35 through four tournament games. That broke the previous record of 30 by Duke’s Alison Bales in 2006. Griner already set the single game mark with 14 blocked shots in the second round against Georgetown rd, now has 35 through four tournament games.
Griner already had the single-season block record, coming into the game with 209 and last night against Duke she just missed her third triple-double of the season, finishing with 15 points, 11 rebounds and nine blocks.
Congratulations Brittney Griner you are this weeks Buffalo Wild Wings Blazin Player.
