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Archive for September, 2010
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Collectively, Joe Torre and Don Mattingly spent 30 years with the New York Yankees organization. It was not until last night though that the two of them were able to visit the new Yankee Stadium, which opened last season. Torre had not been allowed to come back to New York ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
After struggling all preseason and struggling against Green Bay in the first half of week one, Kevin Kolb was knocked out of the game by the Packers with a concussion. That opened the door for Michael Vick to get another shot in the NFL. Not only has Vick kicked that ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
The New Orleans Hornets entered the ’09-‘10 season with very high expectations. The team's core was returning, a solid draft yielded productive rookies, and the Western Conference was wide open. But after a disappointing start, head coach Byron Scott was fired and replaced on the sidelines by general manager Jeff ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
In week one, Matt Schaub crushed fantasy football owners all over the world with his pedestrian performance. This week, he nearly threw for 500 yards and even more importantly, led his team to a come-from-behind win against the Redskins to move the Texans to a 2-0 start. Last year, Schaub ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Is this what Ken Whisenhunt and the rest of the Arizona Cardinals' coaching staff and front office wanted? After an opening four-point, lackluster victory over the St. Louis Rams to start the year, the Cardinals lost 41-7 to the Atlanta Falcons in Week 2. Jason Snelling (not Michael Turner or ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Only in America can a collegiate athlete sell his own jersey and get suspended for it. As is the case with UGA star wide receiver AJ Green, who violated an NCAA rule by selling his jersey for $1,000 to a memorabilia collector and was suspended the first four games of ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Another Monday, another searching for a picture of Tom Brady. This week however, instead of feeling as good as he'd ever felt after an opening game coming off a dominating performance against the Bengals, Brady is "frustrated" as "I didn't think they would be able to stop us" turned into ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Rick Fox was far from a superstar with the Los Angeles Lakers. In 13 NBA seasons, including eight with the Lakers, he scored 8,966 points, grabbed 3,517 rebounds and dished out 2,649 assists. But, as many folks are wont to say with a player of his stature, he was a ...
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Joe Torre brought playoff baseball back to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Somebody else will have to bring them their first World Series in more than two decades. That someone is former All-Star Don Mattingly.
Torre announced that he will not return as the Dodgers skipper next season when his contract runs ...
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Friday, September 17th, 2010
There are a lot of tremendous storylines this year in Major League Baseball. The Reds look like they might dethrone the Cardinals in the NL Central, the Giants just overtook the Padres lead in the NL West that they had held since June 16th, and the Tampa Bay Rays have ...
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