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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBChicago White Sox at Baltimore – WCIU/MASN, 6 p.m. (completion of scheduled game, then regularly scheduled game at 7 p.m.)Cleveland…
Read moreScoreboard watchin’
On today’s off-day, let’s see what’s being played tonight we should keep an eye on. Baltimore Orioles @ Chicago White…
Read moreThe Herbie Awards have arrived
Former Buckeye quarterback (and current top-10 reason for sterility in college-age women) Kirk Herbstreit has released his annual list of…
Read moreScrew Commentating, I’m Going to be a Star!
What’s up nerds? I hope you’ve been getting a nice tan from your computer screens. I’ve been out on the…
Read moreNewfangled “Grocery store” introduced to Victoria
Victoria, population 4000 something, has rumbled through the 20th and beginning of the 21st century with no means of purchasing…
Read moreThe Day After the Olympics Links
Now that the Olympics are over, we can focus on other sports like the NFL, MLB, the US Open which…
Read moreBREAKING NEWS: ESPN Signs with SEC for 15 Years
Michael Smith and John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal confirm what was reported by the Memphis Commercial Appeal yesterday,…
Read moreLowrie Talks About Yesterday’s Game and Playing Third
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Read moreI’m bored. Here’s some facts about the Tressel era
While I’m doing some finishing work on the new site (like that fancy new logo, do ya?), I’m taking a…
Read moreManning to practice tomorrow
I saw this on the Star page about two seconds before reader Justin emailed it to me. It’s no guarantee…
Read moreTRIVIA: O Canada
The last trivia question asked who the last pitchers were that faced each other three straight times. The answer was…
Read moreHardy wins it in extras on his day
J.J Hardy fans in attendance Sunday were rewarded twice–first with a J.J. bobblehead, and then Hardy driving in Rickie Weeks…
Read moreGet Bradshaw off specials and into the backfield
Unless your name is Brian Mitchell, you ARE going to get injured returning kickoffs/punts and subsequently have your career shortened….
Read moreWe could count the hours now, if you’d like
We have only 5 more days until college football returns! Here’s Chimdi Chekwa, preparing to make a lot of hits…
Read moreRoydell Williams: An endangered WR?
A lingering ankle injury has prevented veteran WR Roydell Williams from making much of an impact this preseason. The bothersome…
Read moreRaiders Preseason game 3: Ballers & Busters
This was the third game of the preseason which is supposed to be the most telling game for how a…
Read moreTranscript of Bob Costas’ Interview with IOC President Jacque Rogge
Because this occurred at halftime of the US-Spain gold medal basketball game during the overnight early Sunday morning, many of…
Read moreBagpipe Monday… Ice Dancing
The results are in for last weeks poll… 39% think Joe Tiller is a great big piece of shit. 32%…
Read moreThe Last Stand at Yankee Stadium
The Sox leave Toronto with a series win and head to the Big Apple (rotten to the core) for their…
Read moreCh ch ch ch Changes… Two Generations of Longballs Check Out the New CUB
As I am sure you are all aware, Cougar football Saturdays will be getting a face lift over the coming…
Read moreJed Lowrie is Today’s Hero
Bottom of the 1st, it looked as if the Sox pitching staff was still working Toronto BP as Dice-K gave…
Read moreBook Preview: ‘The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty’ by Buster Olney
I’m only up to page 58, but oooh! This is a good one so far! One thing is fo’ shua~…
Read moreRedsArmy.com Team Photo
The thing about being a blogger… you tend to be anonymous. Well.. Chuck and I just got our new team…
Read moreQuestions… Questions… Questions…
Welcome to the part of the off-season where we forget the Celtics are defending champions and those seeds of doubt…
Read moreWhy the David Ross signing matters more than you think
David Ross, a 31-year old catcher, was released by the Cincinnati Reds last week and promptly signed a minor league…
Read moreBOS 6, TOR 5: Lowrie impacts win
Jed Lowrie jumped on Brandon League’s 1-1 offering and lined it out of the park to right field giving Boston…
Read moreSome Final Sunday Links
I’ll give you some final links as I’ve been editing my awards for Olympics coverage throughout the evening. From Tripp…
Read moreTeam Preview: Cincinnati Bengals
2007 Record: 7-9 Earlier this year, Marvin Lewis said that Chris Henry would never be a part of the Cincinnati…
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