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Archive for May, 2009
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
Steve Spagnuolo has remained relatively under the radar (one of the bonuses of working in St. Louis, I suppose) in terms of having expectations heaped upon his first year as an NFL head coach. He takes over a Rams team that has always seemed to possess tons of talent but ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
David Robinson is hands down the best basketball recruit ever to come out of the Navy. He won both the Naismith and Wooden Awards as a senior for the Naval Academy. He was drafted by the San Antonio Spurs in 1989 and lead the Spurs to the greatest single season ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
The Milwaukee Brewers are hitting their stride quite a bit earlier this year than they did in 2007, when it took a late summer charge for the Brewers to get on a roll. Despite losing C.C. Sabathia to the Yankees this offseason and seeing their other ace, Ben Sheets, not ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Shane Matthews is a former quarterback of the Florida Gators and now hosts a radio show. From time to time, he comments on how his old team is doing, and he even refers to them as "we." To my knowledge, he talks about plays, what the team should be doing, ...
Posted in College Football, Florida Gators | 3 Comments »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
I'm not going to get into a big thing about blogs vs. the MSM (Lord knows you don't need another 5,000 words tacked onto this post). But I will say that I freaking love blog wars. It's a great excuse to scream "BLOG WARSSSSSS!!!" in the Cartman voice which is ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Joe Girardi, as a second year Manager for the most storied team in baseball, is doing a fine job in my opinion. Injuries, new players, and most especially this Alex Rodriguez drama, are enough to cripple a man. Many people criticized his hiring but it takes a special man to ...
Posted in MLB, New York Yankees | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
If and when you become a parent, the world you live in becomes a completely different place. Your priorities change, your schedule severely changes, and there's no turning back. I've been a father for close to three years now and there are two main things that I didn't know going ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
Jeremy Staat may not have made a name for himself in the National Football League, but he sure deserves recognition for his commitment to his country and his convictions about what is most important in life. Staat, a 2nd Round Draft Pick in 1998, started 11 games for the Pittsburgh ...
Posted in Arizona Cardinals, College Football, NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers | No Comments »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Jeff Fisher is phenomenally underrated -- the Tennessee Titans always seem to win and under his watch, there have been very few losing teams. Yet Fisher almost universally gets less love than many other coaches in the NFL.
And this year, the Titans will probably be good again; of course, it ...
Posted in NFL, Tennessee Titans | 1 Comment »
Monday, May 18th, 2009
Lucky number 7 or at least the fans in Denver are hoping so. Chauncey Billups has been to seven conference final series in a row now that his Nuggets have disposed of the Dallas Mavericks.
Chauncey has been the catalyst on the court for the Nuggets through this playoff run. He’s ...
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