March 11, 2009
You know I work for FanHouse. I am allowed great freedom there to get my voice out to a large audience. It's not really all that difficult of a job, but it's a hell of a lot of fun, and it's very rewarding.Since you all know I do this, I don't feel the need to pimp the hell out of it.There are excep...
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February 16, 2009
As I develop my NASCAR fandom, I freely admit that I have some biases when it comes to drivers.I really like Carl Edwards, Tony Stewart, and Matt Kenseth. I'm okay with Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Greg Biffle, Jeff Burton, and Michael Waltrip. I can't stand Kyle Busch. I'm not a big fan of Jim...
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February 09, 2009
They're only 13-17 since Kevin McHale took over as head coach, but there were some obvious signs of improvement with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Throw it all out the window, and stick the Wolves in the mix for the top pick in this summer's NBA Draft. Center Al Jefferson will miss the rest of the sea...
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February 02, 2009
A lot has happened since Jimmie Johnson hoisted his third consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship trophy at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Many have opined that the sport is now at a crossroads. Economic hardship has hit many areas of our nation very hard, and there are a ton of companies who have sto...
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November 03, 2008
RankTeamDelta 1 Texas Tech 9 2 Penn State -- 3 Alabama -- 4 Southern Cal -- 5 Texas 4 6 Oklahoma 1 7 Florida 1 8 Oklahoma State -- 9 Utah -- 10 Boise State 1 11 TCU 1 12 Missouri 2 13 Georgia 6 14 Ohio State 1 15 Brigham Young 1 16 LSU 3 17 Ball State 3 18 Georgia Tech 6 19...
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October 25, 2008
(Ignore the soccer ball. I think this is kind of funny.) Game 5: Alaska-Anchorage 4, UMD 4* UMD goals MacGregor Sharp 5 (Mike Connolly 5, Nick Kemp 2), 2:00 2nd period. Kemp dropped a great feed to Sharp in the left circle, and he blasted a one-time past Jon Olthuis to get UMD on the board. Justin F...
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October 20, 2008
One man took the high road, wished his old team well, and appeared to mean every word of it. The other publicly took the high road, talked about wanting them to do well, and proceeded to knife them in the back. Kevin Hench of FOXSports.com makes the seemingly inconceivable comparison between Ned Yos...
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July 02, 2008
One of the great sports cities in America has just lost its long-standing NBA franchise. Noted snake Clay Bennett cut a deal with the City of Seattle that allows him to move the Sonics franchise to Oklahoma City this year. Originally, the city had sued Bennett to force him to play out his Key Arena ...
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June 24, 2008
Not sports related, but it's about life instead. Sorry if you don't like that. I'm curious about something. Am I the only human being on the planet that can remember who hit the ground ball that got by Buckner in Game Six of the 1986 World Series, but can't remember to check everything that goes in ...
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June 17, 2008
Judd Zulgad of the Minneapolis Star Tribune did an interesting piece on the Vikings-Packers season-opening game in September. For those who haven't heard, the Packers will be retiring quarterback Brett Favre's jersey during the Monday Night Football opener, and ESPN is planning a little bit of cover...
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