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Players revolt, Media unfulfilled, Sampson worm still turns

February 22nd, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

I’ll say this for Indiana University athletics — no one, and I mean no one, does drama better than the Cream and Crimson. Everyone always blamed the drama on Bob Knight, but that’s selling IU short. They certainly appear to have their own special type of crazy going for them.
What the hell happened today? Just [...]

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Katz: Major NCAA violations at IU under Sampson

February 13th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

 
I’m always hesitant to take anything Andy Katz says at face value, particularly when there’s not a source attached to it (Remember the fiasco prior to IU hiring Sampson? Yeah, exactly). However, if Andy Katz is correct this time, things are about to get pretty goddamn ugly in Hoosierville.
Multiple news outlets reported on Tuesday night [...]

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“You know, my man pubes almost won us the Stanley Cup”

February 12th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Friend emailed me this … weird video.
It’s right after the 1987 Stanley Cup Final’s game 7 (Edmonton beat Philadelphia 4 games to 3), and ESPN Tom Mees is interviewing Flyers’ Goalkeeper Ron Hextall. Hexy had just won the Conn Smythe Trophy, and, well, as you’ll see at the start, the videographer nearly showed us Ron’s [...]

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1972 Dolphins: Sorest winners on earth

February 4th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

 
If you wanna find the most annoying bunch on the planet, how about looking to the 1972 Miami Dolphins team.
Yes, we get it: You’re thrilled the Patriots lost, leaving you the only unbeaten bunch in modern NFL history to do so. But did you have to be so damn loud about it?
Case in point: former [...]

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Someone please teach the ESPN Producers how to write

January 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

So the NBA announces it’s All-Star Game reserves, forcing ESPN to do a segment with Greg Anthony on who should’ve made the Western and Eastern conference squads. Only the banner below Greg says “Most deserving omissions”.
One problem: If you’re a deserving omission, you deserved to be omitted. How about most glaring omissions? Deserving players left [...]

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ESPN cancels Superbowls 1 through 41

January 31st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Remember those days when ESPN would replay the NFL Films Superbowl highlights again and again and again the week leading up to that year’s big game? Seems like just a few years ago. It was as soothing as the 24 hours of “A Christmas Story”. Ah, for the good old days of watching Steve Sabol [...]

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Hubert Davis’s Personal Top 16

January 21st, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

I know that it is a meaningless poll, much like the BCS.  But  being a college basektball fan, I do check the weekly Power 16 poll on ESPN.com, even if they seem to be doing their best to hide it.  Maybe you could mix in a static link?  I know you are trying to hit [...]

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Petrino is gone, Louisville fan still going nuts

December 11th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

So ESPN is reporting Atlanta Falcons coach and former Louisville head man Bobby Petrino is leaving already, taking Houston Nutt’s former head coaching position at Arkansas (Nutt is now at Ole Miss). The WWL is reporting he’ll be paid around $3 million a year, but he’ll leave just a year into a 5-year, $24 [...]

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New Prospect Stuns Bengals Scouting Department, Federal Prosecutors

December 11th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Speaking of trials.  It looks like marginal/mercurial NFL quarterback Michael Vick is going to miss training camp.  Monday, US District Cout Judge Henry Hudson dropped the gavel on Vick with a 23 month stay in the Federal Penitentiary.  Though not the maximum, Hudson’s ruling is definitely on the severe side, and when combined with what [...]

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Oh, ZING! Way to go Brent Musberger!

December 2nd, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

 

Brent Musberger, in the waning moments of Oklahoma’s 38-17 win over Missouri in the Big 12 title game, mocking the perfectly coifed Kirk Herbstreit:

“You told me West Virginia beating Pittsburgh was a sure thing. Next thing you’ll tell me is Les Miles will be the next coach of Michigan”.
OOH! Take that, buckeye breath! (If [...]

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