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Olympic Viewing Guide for Tuesday, 8/19
With Michael Phelps gone, NBC latches onto gymnastics for one more night. And one of the extreme sports, BMX makes…
Read more 8/18: The Real Stopper
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (70-53) @ Baltimore Orioles (60-63) Jon Lester 11-4, 3.25) @ Jeremy Guthrie (10-8, 3.18) 7:05…
Read more What Is a Real Fan?
By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist You can hear it on the sports-talk radio. You can read it on the…
Read more Series Preview: Astros (63-61) @ Brewers (71-54)
Pitching Probables: Monday, August 18, 7:05 p.m. CT: LHP Randy Wolf (8-10, 4.56) vs. LHP CC Sabathia (13-8, 3.04) Tuesday,…
Read more Clay Needs A Reality Check
Clay Buchholz was happy with yesterday’s outing, “It was definitely a confidence booster, my arm felt good, and it feels…
Read more Down goes USC’s Trammell
Via TheState.com – Univ of South Carolina Alum and reigning 110-meter hurdle silver medalist Terrence Trammell hurt his leg in…
Read more A Take on the New Jerseys from New Jersey
My first thought after gazing upon the now-infamous leaked photo of Kevin Love was that the Wolves brass were either PR…
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Holy Buckeye! Only 12 days until kickoff
You can watch hours of highlights from Ohio State games of the past, and you will never find a moment…
Read more This Day in Red Sox History
August 18 1907: Rube Kroh beats the St. Louis Browns 2-1 in a complete game. This will be Kroh’s only…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/18 Part 3
Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune on the new uniforms: The pine trees have been de-emphasized on the neckline and removed from the…
Read more TRIVIA: Bill Buckner’s ball
The last trivia question had the names of the two knuckleball duos previous to Charlie Zink and Tim Wakefield: Andy…
Read more Be careful what you wish for…
you just might get it. The picture above is Carr running for his life in preseason G1 because TE blocking…
Read more Bagpipe Monday… Piper4Life
The results are in from this weeks poll. “What do you think of the changes at Subway Domer?” 67% Doesn’t…
Read more Team Preview: Houston Texans
2007 Record: 8-8 Two years ago, this team was the laughing stock of the league for taking defensive end Mario…
Read more On the new uniforms
From RandBall: Ted Johnson, the Timberwolves’ Senior Communication VP and Chief Marketing Officer, said this morning that the team started…
Read more You know it’s week two of the preseason when…
Peter King runs out of things to talk about. Seriously, are we that desperate after Favre that now we’ll have…
Read more Ethier does in Brewers in 9th, 7-5
California natives Jeff Suppan and Ryan Braun couldn’t help the Brewers hang onto the win Sunday afternoon, as Andre Ethier’s…
Read more Floor Burn Tournament: Semifinals
Vote For the Mad Dog… C’mon… we can do it! As improbable as it seems, Madsen is somehow in the…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/18 Part 2
The Wolves unveil their new uniforms today. Jon Mladic/Hoopsworld lists Kevin Love at #4 on his list of…
Read more Forty players have already made the Titans’ final roster
Which Titans will get the final 13 roster spots? It’s now just a little past the midway point in the…
Read more Sunday Night Links
Well, my day was planned for me again today. Mom and dad recruited me to take them to Massachusetts and…
Read more Olympic Viewing Guide for Monday, 8/18
Here are your viewing highlights for the second Monday of the Olympics. MONDAY, AUGUST 18 – DAY 10NBC and NBC…
Read more Record in the Pool, Records on TV
On Saturday, Michael Phelps got his record 8th gold medal at the Ice Cube in Communist China. In addition, NBC…
Read more Is Kevin Youkilis a MVP candidate?
It’s not inconceivable to think that Kevin Youkilis could be the winner of the American League MVP award. Youkilis, fourth…
Read more Oooh, Los Alemanes!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgk0y08O-tc] That's the Spanish-language version of this… which I thought would be appropriate as Team USA gets ready to face…
Read more In Your Face
That photo comes from Red's Army reader, and fellow Greek God Demetri. It's of a gift shop… at LAX. As…
Read more Now’s The Time In Beijing When We Dance
Yes, I'm going for the gold today in mildly obscure German pop culture references which highlight my advanced age. Why? …
Read more It’s Time to Address the Elephant in the Room
I’ve done a disservice to you, dear reader. There’s been a large proverbial elephant in the room for about a…
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