Links of the Day 10/31/08

Mike Singletary is coaching his pants off. The Vikes are awfully dysfunctional. A forecast for the Cocktail Party tomorrow in…

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Rush’s Founder Passes

Rush’s spokesman Dave Ruddle says George Rush died Wednesday night after a long illness. He was 70. More HERE. Rush’s…

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Titans-Packers Friday Injury Report

The injury report is out for this Sunday’s game against Green Bay, and here’s the scoop: TENNESSEE TITANSOut: LB Colin…

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The Chocolate in our Milk

When I woke up the morning after the 2008 NBA Draft to find that OJ Mayo had been swapped for…

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UConn Men Ranked No. 2 in AP Preseason Poll

The first Men’s Basketball Associated Press (AP) Poll is out and once again we see the UConn Huskies sitting No….

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Wake Will Be Back in ’09

The Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox are going to pick up the $4 million option for Tim…

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Red Sox pick up Tim Wakefield’s option

The Red Sox have exercised Tim Wakefield’s $4 million dollar perpetual team option for the 2009 season. Next year will mark Wakefield’s 15th season with the team.

Over that time Wake has knuckled his way to 164 wins in a Red Sox uniform, third only to Roger Clemens and Cy Young (192). On the flip side, he’s given up 151 more home runs than any other Red Sox pitcher with 345 to Roger’s 194.

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Old Stuff Rules: Footage of CFB’s 1936 Season

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgaMCqX57S0&hl=en&fs=1 There’s no sound, but this video is still pretty killer. How many chances have you had to watch footage…

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Something to watch for – aka “laughing at Michigan still”

With no Ohio State game this weekend, I’m probably going to be watching no football on Saturday.  Truth be told,…

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Paw Prints – West Virginia Mountaineers (5-2, 2-0) @ UConn Huskies (6-2, 2-1) Preview

This week: The UConn Huskies will be looking for revenge from last season’s ass whooping at the hands of the…

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College Football Viewing Picks for 11/01/08, All Times Eastern

College Gameday, live from Lubbock, TX – ESPN, 10 a.m. noonCentral Michigan at Indiana- Big Ten NetworkMichigan at Purdue –…

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Tape Worm

Here are my observations after watching the tape from the Colts Titans: 1. ESPN did a terrible job with replays….

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Mini Pony of the Day 10-31-08

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UP! This pony’s computer is up on a high table, so he’s on his hind legs so he can read…

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Paw Prints – The Daily Roundup – 10/31

If you’re attending the UConn/West Virginia football game on Saturday at Rentschler Field, the UConn Student-Athlete Advisory Committe (SAAC) is…

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Spurrier is Poo

If it isn’t Ron Morris bashing USC and Coach Spurrier, then it is somebody else. This time it is Ken…

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Ian’s Week 8 Power Rankings

From a parity standpoint, last weekend was great for football. The Bills lost to the Dolphins, drawing the AFC East…

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S. Carolina – Did You know?

A win over Tennessee would guarantee Carolina at least a .500 record and make them bowl eligible for the fifth…

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Move the Marlins to Boston

It has never been more difficult to get a ticket to professional sports than it is in Boston as of Halloween day, 2008.

In short, unlike virtually every other major city in the US, Boston is the only place where you can’t walk up to the door of a professional event and purchase tickets for anything less than $50+.

With the legislature dragging its feet in getting taxpayers to give hundreds of millions to an unpopular team (good luck with that one, guys), and Dolphin Stadium being at best a mediocre home to any sport, the Marlins may not be long for Florida.

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Buckeyes in the Rose Bowl?

Taking a quick look at our bowl prospects, it looks like a BCS bid is still ours to grab, and…

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Pat Hanlon: Burress will straighten out

Pat Hanlon, the Giants Director of Communications, was on Giants Online this week and offered some Burress remarks beyond the…

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Phillies Fix My Car

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For Philadelphia Phillies fans, it was the best of times, unless you are Ted Passon, who’s “best of times” turned into a “worst of times” at the flip of a switch, or in this case…car.

“Hey Philly, remember when we just won the world series for the first time in 28 years? That was great! Then my car got flipped over and that wasn’t great.”

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Polls Open, Jackson Makes Announcement

Pullman, WA–On Thursday, the venerable Keith Jackson held a news conference on the campus of Washington State University to announce…

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Wolves Updates 10/31

The Star Tribune has a video tour of Al Jefferson’s home, the former home of Johan Santana. David Thorpe/ESPN currently…

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Please Stand By

I’m in the midst of this really horrible work stretch which not only has cut into blogging, but also prevented…

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Quick! I Need a Rays Shirt & a Mohawk Wig!

I thought I’d be a loser for Halloween. No, really, though, a tip of the wig, er, hat to the…

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Tek, Cora, and Ross File For Free Agency

The clock is now ticking on some Red Sox players. The Red Sox now have 15 days to negotiate exclusively…

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Shank 4 Months Late On Pierce Tribute

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The Celtics won the title in June.  You know… when the leaves that just fell off the trees we just…

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Da Bulls

The Celtics beat up on the Bulls pretty badly last year, but I'm expecting a (mildly) competitive game tonight. Remember…

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Like what I’m hearing from USC Hoops

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I like what I am hearing from the Darrin Horn lead USC basketball team. I know football is not over…

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