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NFL Week 7: Inconsistent 2007-10-22 20:25:00 Usually, when you rack up 224 yards and 3 touchdowns, you've earned a starting role on your team. But Vikings coach Brad Childress seems to be the only man not on the Adrian Peterson bandwagon. Because after destroying the Bears in Week 6, Childress limited Peterson to just twelve carries. Chester Taylor, who has been relegated to "the other guy", was granted ten carries. Stop with the 50/50 Read more:Inconsistent
NFL Week 7 Lines 2007-10-18 17:23:00 Oddly enough, a few NFL teams actually decided to make some trades this week. We don't see too many trades in this league, mostly because GMs only want to do just enough not to get fired; it's too risky to ink a deal that might turn out badly. However, the king of "doing just enough not to get fired", Carl Peterson, just sent backup running back Michael Bennett to Tampa Bay for 5th and 6th round Read more:Lines
Way To Go, Joe 2007-10-18 16:49:00 12 years, 4 championships. In case you didn't major in math, that's one championship every three years. Well, Joe Torre accomplished that, and what did he get? A one year offer for a lower salary. That is Torre's way of saying "Eff you" to the New York Yankees, who are probably the most disgusting, unrewarding franchise in American sports history. And people wonder why the Yankees are hated so
2007-10-18 15:47:00 The NFL lines column will have to wait. Upon publishing, Blogger deleted it, and the the auto-save only saved about one paragraph. I spent nearly three hours on it, so I'm in no mood to retype it. Hopefully, it will be up before the weekend.
Night For The Living Dead 2007-10-17 17:42:00 There will be no NFL rankings this week, and probably none for the rest of the year, due to the fact that it's Indianapolis and New England against the field. Seriously, what's the point? It's really a bummer that the league is turning out this way, since it makes any game where those two teams aren't involved insignificant. The only new stories on Wednesday are the contents of Kobe Bryant's Read more:Living
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It Ain't Over Yet 2007-10-16 22:54:00 Back-to-back-to-back homers is usually a good sign. Unfortunately, when Kevin Youkilis, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez did it Tuesday night, they were already down by seven runs. Hanging knuckleballs and costly errors did the Red Sox in, while a seven run fifth inning and a throwback pitcher gave the Indians the 7-3 win. Cleveland now leads the series 3-1, and has one more game at home before
The Rocky Mountain Way 2007-10-16 04:06:00 Joe Walsh"RockyMountain
Way"
Spent the last year Rocky Mountain Way Couldn't get much higher Out to pasture Think it's safe to say Time to open fire And we don't need the ladies Crying 'cuz the storie's sad 'Cuz the Rocky Mountain Way Is better than the way we had Well he's tellin' us this And he's tellin' us that Changes it every day Say's it doesn't matter Bases are loaded and Casey's at bat
NFL Week 6: No Touching 2007-10-15 15:33:00 The NFL competition committee was is full effect on Sunday, as the frequencies of wide receiver screens, fake reverses, untouched quarterbacks and spiking penalties reached new heights. To show you how bad the Bengals' defense really is, just watch the amount the wide receiver screens worked against them. Good for 2 yards against any other defense, the Chiefs must have have 5-6 of them go for 5+
Yes, I'm Talking About Playoffs 2007-10-14 03:46:00 If the season ended today, Ohio State would play Boston College in the BCS Championship. This is bad for two reasons: It is an insanely boring matchup and Boston doesn't need another championship. With #1 LSU and #2 Cal losing on Saturday, the title is up for grabs. However, Ohio State still has to play Illinois, Wisconsin and Michigan. Boston College still plays Virginia Tech and Florida State. Read more:Playoffs
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NFL Week 6 Lines: Road Warriors 2007-10-11 15:09:00 Before I get to the lines, there are some things I want to mention:
1. Eric Wedge looks like Jack Parkman from Major League. With that being said...
2. The Indians should play "Wild Thing" when Joe Borowski comes out.
3. Cavemen is horrible. The whole point of the commercials is that the cavemen are still seen as stupid, even though they are lawyers and play racquetball. The show is just a Read more:Lines
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Make Some Magic, Buss 2007-10-11 10:00:00 For a day, everything in the sports world was alright. The Yankees were out of the playoffs, hockey season started without anybody noticing, and even the Chargers and Bears won a game. But on the morning of the NLCS, Lakers owner Jerry Buss reminded us of something: Kobe Bryant still doesn't want to be in L.A. Buss told Lakers beat writers that while he would certainly listen, he hasn't heard of Read more:Magic
NFL Rankings: Between The Lines 2007-10-10 02:08:00 Coaches are trained not to give out any information. Which is why journalists are trained to make up information. A good NFL coach knows how to give the fans what they want without giving their opponents any insider details. Could you imagine Tony Dungy saying during a post game press conference, "Well, luckily they didn't blitz Peyton, because that would have caused us problems, especially on Read more:Lines
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League Championship Preview 2007-10-09 08:01:00 One must wonder how long the Yankees can keep their postseason run going. The Bronx Bombers have thus far purchased their October tickets, but seem to be going towards the path of bringing in young guys through their system, or in other words - what everybody else does. Torre is probably already packing his bags, and might have to fight for the airplane window seat with Alex Rodriguez. Jorge Read more:League
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NFL Week 5: Failing to Cover 2007-10-07 23:34:00 Two things have been bothering me this year. First off, the rules preventing the quarterback from actually playing football have got to go. With the added emphasis on late hits and leading with the helmet, defenses have to play two-hand-touch. There's no doubt that the NFL installed these new rules to prevent their starting quarterbacks from missing a snap, but it is completely ruining the game. Read more:Cover
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Coliseum 2007-10-07 21:51:00 I wrote last weekend that upsets to Florida and Oklahoma had killed chances for a playoff in college football. Well, USC just opened the debates back up. There is a good chance that all of the top five teams could lose a game this season, and if they do, picking out two of them to play for the national title would be impossible. The best talking points for the pro-playoff crowd (99% of people on Read more:Funny
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Talking 'Bout an Evolution 2007-10-05 16:24:00 From the Romans and the Greeks to the British and American Empires, one thing has always been true: the mob is stupid. As individuals, we are pretty intelligent. But when a large group of people get together, it seems that everything is boiled down to the least common denominator; there isn't much thinking going on. Point in case: the two front runners for the President of the United States are a Read more:Evolution
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A Hot Team, a Hammering and a Hat 2007-10-04 22:19:00 I've always admired baseball announcers for the job that they do. Baseball is a slow, drawn out game (wait until they install instant replay!), and it isn't easy to fill the downtime. And when you add in a beating like the one handed to the Yankees by Cleveland on Thursday, you have even more time begging for entertainment. Which is why, for an inexplicable amount of time, Chip Caray and the boys
The Midwest Coast 2007-10-04 07:15:00 Water is an essential element of life; we need it to survive. Apparently, H2O also makes people crazy. Nowhere is this more obvious than in coastal sports fans. Yankees fans boo Alex Rodriguez if he strikes out, and are silently skeptical when he has a two-homer game. Boston fans still think they are cursed, even though they just won the World Series (they also think Belichick never cheated). Read more:Coast
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Bend It Like Beckett 2007-10-04 05:01:00 Josh Beckett
doesn't lose in October. In the 2003 World Series, he went to the Bronx on three days' rest and pitched a complete game shutout. Every poll in the last week shows that most of America believes that the Yankees will get to the World Series. But first, they must get through the Red Sox, who beat the Angels last night off another complete game shutout from Beckett. New Yorkers have to
Week 5 Lines: Please Stop Believing 2007-10-03 14:51:00 It's easy to get caught up in the past. For most people, its unfathomable how bad the Chargers, Saints, Bears and Bengals are. On the same note, it's hard to believe how good the Browns, Packers, Raiders and Lions are. The first step of grief is denial, which seems to be the word of the day around the ESPN offices in Bristol. Looking at their latest power rankings, they have the Chargers (1-3) Read more:Believing
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Free Willie 2007-10-02 21:35:00 If I were to cheat on my girlfriend, she would leave me. If I were to bring home a cat, my dog would run away. If I were to lead a major league baseball team to the biggest collapse in history... I would keep my contract extension? Well, Willie
Randolph did, as Mets general manager Omar Minaya announced that Randolph will not be fired. Exactly what do you need to do to get fired in this league,
180 Degrees In 1/4 Of The Time 2007-10-02 01:24:00 When it comes to teams pulling a complete 180, the NFL is like no other league. With 53-man squads and a strict salary cap, it becomes obvious how important the roles of the general manager, coaches and the draft really are. As I look to the division standings, I simply cannot believe what I see. The first quarter of the season is over, and the three teams with the worst records in 2006 - Oakland Read more:Degrees
Rocky Mountain, No Way! 2007-10-01 23:35:00 Bottom of the 13th. Down by two. The greatest closer in baseball history is on the mound. A double to lead off, things are looking bright. Another double, down by one! A triple, the game is tied! Next runner is intentionally walked. Next pitch: a fly ball to right, caught... the runner tags up... there's going to be a play at the plate... he might not make it... here it comes... the catcher Read more:Mountain
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Week 4: All Bets Are Off 2007-10-01 07:47:00 There are very good reasons why I don't bet on sporting events. I don't like putting money on human beings, because there's no way to really know how they are going to respond to certain situations. It either comes down to educational guessing or throwing knives at logos. Regardless of your philosophies, it is all a crap shoot. This somewhat explains my 7-6 record against the lines this week (
New York's State Of Mind 2007-09-30 19:17:00 Sports personalities around the country have been trying to debunk the theory that you need to be playing your best baseball heading into the playoffs. Even Mike & Mike spent a segment this week proving that teams that slagged in September didn't continue their woes in October. You can even look at last year's Cardinals team, who lost seven straight late in the season, but ultimately won the Read more:New York
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Yo Quiero Baseball! 2007-10-26 04:05:00 Apparently, the sole purpose of the World Series is to sell Taco Bell products. Either that, or to convince you to watch House. Whatever the reason, I came out of Game 2 learning only one thing: J.D. Drew cannot be stopped. Yes, you read that correctly. He's the anti-Alex Rodriguez; he tanks the regular season and is on fire in October. By Game 3, Boston fans could hear that Drew is starting
Does Buster Olney Get Paid For This? 2007-10-25 15:12:00 ESPN's Buster
Olney has reported that "officials familiar with Joe Girardi's job prospects" have told him that Girardi could be hired by the Dodgers if the Yankees decide to hire Don Mattingly as manager instead. Of course, the Dodgers had no comment, which isn't surprising. What did seem a little odd though, was that Girardi's agent, Steve Mandel, wouldn't comment either. I'm sorry, but any
World Series Game 1 2007-10-25 07:58:00 From the very first pitch on Wednesday night, it was obvious that the eight day layoff which was supposed to be a gift for the Colorado Rockies turned into a major disadvantage. The Rockies' first four batters struck out. Boston's first batter, rookie Dustin Pedroia, hit it over the Green Monster. That's about all you need to know to understand what happened in Game 1. The Red Sox were never in Read more:World
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2007-10-31 07:59:00 I'll be taking the day off, as I consider Halloween to be a major holiday. This should only happen today, New Year's Day and the day after my birthday. That's right, I'm the kind of guy that blogs on Christmas but needs all of Halloween off. I'll come back tomorrow with my thoughts on NBA's opening night, the NFL lines, and more than likely a 500 word rant about how there were no kids
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