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Archive for July, 2011
Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Will Muschamp is beginning to realize the expectations down in Gator Nation. The former Texas University defensive coordinator was reminded during SEC media day that last year's 8-5 Florida Gators team was labeled a 'disappointment'. Not that he needed the reminder -- since being hired, he's been flooded with emails from fans offering ...
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
Ah yes, we've reached that time of year where every major college football conference has its annual Media Day. The days are used for all members of the media to catch up with a league's coaches and players, but also with the commissioners. The SEC kicked things off this week ...
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Friday, July 22nd, 2011
There's no doubting that, as we wake up Friday morning, NFL players find themselves in a bad position when it comes to the proposed collective bargaining agreement and an end to the lockout. At least one prominent agent believes the situation could have been avoided.
NFL owners on Thursday approved a proposed CBA ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
So much for loyalty. He kept mum throughout the whole sordid Tiger Woods mess, he parted galleries and barked at anyone who disturbed Woods and his routine on the golf course, and he was the best man at his wedding. Despite all their history together, Steve Williams has been kicked ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Will today be the day that a new CBA is reached and the lockout lifted in the National Football League? We'll see. Time's ticking. But the consensus seems to be that we're close. Real close. Let's check in with one of the primary figures on the owners side, Jerry Richardson, ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
There's no guarantee that Patrick Peterson would have already signed with the Arizona Cardinals by now even if there had not been a lockout. But perhaps he would have, and that has made the start to his NFL career -- and that of every other rookie at this point -- ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
It sure has been an interesting off-season for Dez Bryant. The Dallas Cowboys wide out can't seem to stay out of the headlines whether it pertains to him wearing his pants too low at a local mall, facing two lawsuits from people claiming he hasn't paid his jewelry bills, Deion ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
There are plenty of story lines waiting to be sorted out once the NFL lockout is lifted. For certain, one of them is what happens with quarterback Carson Palmer and his future with the Cincinnati Bengals.
Palmer demanded a trade after last season, but Bengals owner Mike Brown has insisted all ...
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Thursday, July 21st, 2011
The NFL lockout hasn't been particularly nice to any team. Especially the New York Jets. Gang Green has fallen one game short of the Super Bowl two years running now, and despite the disappointments of the two AFCCG losses, New York has made tremendous strides the past two seasons under ...
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Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
If you rattle off the numbers 68, 67, 62, and 57 it’s not because you’re not playing Keno. Pittsburgh Pirates fans know exactly what those numbers are. They represent the win totals for the Pittsburgh Pirates over the last four seasons of futility. This year things are different in the ...
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