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Archive for February, 2009
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
The remarkable turnaround of the Miami Dolphins has to be considered one of the top stories in the National Football League from this past year. From 1-15 to 11-5 and the Wild Card round of the AFC Playoffs. Adding to the intrigue of the story was the hiring of Bill ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
So what's next for former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Jon Gruden? It's not like he's old. And unlike some coaches - like say, Bill Cowher - there's been no mention of him having some sort of involved family life that he'd like to devote more time to. And of ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
At 33-22, the Dallas Mavericks are right in the thick of things for a top seed in the Western Conference. They bounced back nicely from a crucial loss to division foe Houston on Friday evening and remain within striking distance of San Antonio in the Southwest Division. Most don't consider ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Graham Harrell, who started three years in coach Mike Leach's pass-happy system, has to overcome the stigma that comes along with being a QB at Texas Tech. Guys like B.J. Simmons, Cliff Kingsbury, Sonny Cumbie all put up huge numbers during their respective tenures at the helm of Leach's offense, ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey has been in the news lots lately. First there was a feature article written by Michael Lewis on him, Shane Battier, and the Rockets foray into advanced metrics for player evaluation in last Sunday's New York Times Sunday Magazine. Then there was the trading ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
For awhile there, it looked as if the unthinkable might happen for denizens of the Texas Tech Red Raiders football program. Could Mike Leach really have flirted with the possibility of being fired for not budging in the contract extension negotiations that went on between his agents and the university ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Carlos Boozer revealed today in an interview this morning with KFAN 1320 in Salt Lake City that he will return to court for the first time since November 19th. Initially, the injury to Boozer's lower quadriceps was supposed to keep him out of action for a few weeks, but it ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
His teammates call him "Hollywood" and he's finally lived up to the nickname. Cole Hamels was the best pitcher in baseball in the postseason. He was 4-0 with an ERA of 1.80 and won the NLCS and World Series MVP and the Phillies won all five games he started in. ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Doug Flutie, Jimmy Rollins, Barry Sanders, Wes Welker, Spud Webb, and now Dustin Pedroia. Guys I love and they all have one thing in common. They're short and they lie about their height like me! I totally have that little guy chip on my shoulder and so do all these ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Playboy is hurting and hurting real bad. Their financials, even more so than most places, are significantly down. Sales of the magazine are plummeting. Their ability to get relevant celebrities to do a pictorial becomes worse and worse each year. As a matter of fact in the next few months, ...
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