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Sampson mutes the freshman, Brohm ok being back

October 11th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Interesting stuff around the midwest today …
According to The Indianapolis Star, Indiana head coach Kelvin Sampson won’t allow the media to talk to freshmen this season. And while IU boasts four frosh, it’s clearly a way take some pressure of star guard Eric Gordon, the favorite for Big Ten newcomer of the year. Sampson said [...]

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Baker may be Reds’ guy

October 11th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Ok, remember when we said Tony LaRussa may be the next manager of the Reds? Forget it: We were just kidding. Apparently Tony the Tiger is in love with the idea of getting sauteed by the New York media.
According to The Cincinnati Enquirer, the Reds could be close to naming a new manager, and the [...]

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Is reality THIS difficult for SEC fans?

October 10th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Ok SEC bunch: We get it. Yes, your league is by far the best in the nation. Yes, LSU is the best team in the land.
But enough is freaking enough.
In this week’s issue of Sports Illustrated, politico James Carville was asked whether it was good “upstarts like South Florida” are in the nation’s top [...]

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Pitino says boo and you die

October 10th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Go negative on the struggling University of Louisville football team? Boo new football coach Steve Kragthorpe? You’re gonna have report to Kentucky’s top Italian.
At Tuesday’s tip-off luncheon for Pitino’s basketball team, King Rick used six of his 20-minute speech to chastise Louisville fans who have booed the team many times this season (mainly in embarrassing [...]

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Murray claims match fixing real, ATP pees pants

October 9th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Add the top British tennis player to a long list of players claiming, yes, gambling is a big part of tennis.
And you thought the blue courts would get rid of it all.
The Napoleon Dynamite look-a-like Andy Murray says match fixing is rampant, but difficult to prove.
“They can try their best until the last couple of [...]

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A-Rod by the google

October 8th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Page numbers when you combine the following words:
“Alex Rodriguez” + “collapse”: 154,000
“Alex Rodriguez” + “stinks”: 24,300
“Alex Rodriguez” + “choke artist”: 1,040
“Alex Rodriguez” + “Mr. April”: 530
“Alex Rodriguez” + “postseason failure”: 320
“Alex Rodriguez” + “poopy pants”: 53

BTW, congrats on your one home run tonight. You’re now 5-for-206 in postseason play.
Good luck in Chicago, A-Rod. [...]

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Apparently the Mississippi media can’t find a TV …

October 7th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

As we’ve said before, credit the AP pollsters for making votes public, unlike their counterpart coward coaches, who only do so after the season (because, of course, we shouldn’t know their agenda until year’s end, right?).
That said, are we missing something with this week’s AP poll?!?! Wisconsin drops 19 spots, yet USC loses at [...]

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Blue courts, no betting, big changes at Australian Open

October 5th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Things will literally look a ton different at this year’s Australian Open.
Gone are the green courts, in are the all blue courts (similar to ones used at the US Open and Masters Series events like Cincinnati and Montreal/Toronto). The tournament will dedicate it’s no. 3 show court to high-profile Asian players so the tournament can “allow [...]

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The Duce is loose, his predecessor in deep trouble

October 4th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Who was that chubby-faced radio reporter who grabbed South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier on the field last night? Turns out that guy, who did so right after ESPN’s Erin Andrews talked to the ol’ ball coach (and was on the WWL for about two seconds), was none other than former Pittsburgh Steeler running back Duce [...]

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Tom Coverdale, coach … not Lucky Charms spokesperson

October 4th, 2007 | Posted in Uncategorized

Remember those days when you looked at Tom Coverdale and thought he was either the ball boy or some poor coach’s chubby son? Remember when every analyst said “Oh, IU’s Tom Coverdale isn’t the most athletic player, but he works SO hard” (which basically meant “Hey, he’s white - he can’t have basketball skills!”) as [...]

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