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Prince Fielder’s Deodorant Simply Is Not Working
Sports by Brooks
Not that I want to relive this pain, but Prince Fielder’s walkoff homer in the 12th on Sunday was notable for a couple of reasons. For one, it put a nice tasty winning icing on a game in which the Brewers turned their fourth triple play in fran...
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Teen Tennis Sensation Oudin Kicked Out of Hotel
Sports by Brooks
One of the more entertaining surprises of this year’s US Open - apart from Novak Djokovic impersonating John McEnroe & Johnny Mac’s response - has been Melanie Oudin, the 17-year-old from Marietta, Georgia, who’s made a memorable run to the quarterfinals, knocking off such bigger names as Maria Sharapova & Elena Dementieva.
And...
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Carson Palmer: ‘Somebody Is Going to Die in NFL’
Sports by Brooks
So Peter King has been sitting on this pretty provocative quote for nearly two months, waiting until the week before he NFL regular season to roll it out. Hey, in sports journalism, timing is everything. Our speaker is Carson Palmer, and the subject...
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Padres Hold Off Dodgers To Win Series
True Blue L.A.
Despite the loss, it was good to see Hiroki Kuroda back on the hill for the Dodgers
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Wayne Rooney’s history of diving at Manchester United
101 Great Goals
While we wouldn’t go so far as to say a couple of mashed up pieces of YouTube clips of apparent tumbles by Wayne Rooney provides conclusive evidence the the striker is a cast-iron diver, but the...
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Did Wayne Rooney take a dive for England?
101 Great Goals
With diving such a hot topic at the moment, and with the spotlight still very much on Wayne Rooney after his penalty against Arsenal last weekend in the Premier League, the Manchester United...
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Bobby Valentine? For Real? Are The Washington Nationals Really Considering Making Valentine Manager?
Federal Baseball
Just about once a month now it's popping up in the news....
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Spacemen are transmitting silent little floaty vlogs at planet Earth
Boing Boing
This is not the first web video of daily highlights from a NASA mission, but it just struck me now, watching today's silent vlog from STS-128, that this video really is amazing. It is amazing...
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Saturday morning Rangers stuff
Lone Star Ball
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Scott Feldman is congratulated by...
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That Did Not Go Well
Fenway West
The revolving door at the end of the Red Sox rotation may need to turn some more. Paul Byrd did not look anything like the pitcher he was in his first game. In the middle of the third the White...
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Behind The Steel Curtain Live Thread: Pittsburgh Steelers Trimming Roster To 53 Players
Behind the Steel Curtain
Pittsburgh Steelers coach...
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I’m Losing Respect for Rick Pitino by the Day
The Dagger
Sorry for the first-person in the headine there, but that's as clear a distillation as I can make. Rick Pitino has managed to take a situation in which he is ostensibly the victim -- remember, he was extorted, and he was the one whose statements to police at least slightly resembled the truth...
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Nothing Voluntary About Workouts, Says Former College Players
Fan House
Dallas Cowboys tight end Martellus Bennett certainly doesn't speak for everyone who has donned a college football uniform.
But it's a good bet the outspoken second-year pro echoes the sentiment of a large population of curr...
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Despite Learning Disability, 49ers QB Nate Davis Earns NFL Job
AOL Sports Blog - NFL
Rookie quarterback Nate Davis, a San Francisco 49ers fifth-round draft pick in 2009, had an uncomfortable conversation several times in recent days with 12th-year quarterback Damon Huard. It wasn't about mentor...
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David Wright Ditches His Gigantic Helmet for the Double-Flaps
The Fightins’
Good ol' Davey Wright must got his feelings hurt by all those mean Mets fans who were saying bad things about his HUGE helmet the other night, so when he came to the plate in last night's game, he wore a variation of the hideous Rawlings...
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Broncos 19, Cardinals 0, What the Hell Happened to Zona?
Football News from a Chick™
Rookie quarterback Tom Brandstater turned in a solid dress rehearsal. Next up just may be the real thing.
With Denver's top two quarterbacks injured, Brandstater stepped in and guided the Broncos to a 19-0 win over the Arizona Cardinals in the p...
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Jerry Richardson Send His Kids to Their Room
850 & 620: The Blog
Carolina Panthers team president Mark Richardson and Bank of America Stadium head Jon Richardson stepped down yesterday, causing a stir in the city of Charlotte and in NFL circles. No reason was given, which lead to rampant speculation about the pos...
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Steelers Keep on Spending
AOL Sports Blog - NFL
The old days of Pittsburgh being known as a team unwilling to spend the big bucks need to buried and forgotten. Pittsburgh capped off an extremely busy offseason of signings by re-signing defensive end Brett Keisel to a four-year contract...
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Giants to Sign Brad Penny
MLB Trade Rumors
The Giants will sign Brad Penny, according to Jon Heyman of SI.com. They'll pay him only the pro-rated portion of the MLB minimum salary, which is only about $75k at this point.
The Giants now have a formidable rotation. Penny, Barry Zito and...
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The Top 10 Worst Jerseys of the Last Decade
Ball Don't Lie
OK, we know the first decade of the 21st century doesn't really end until 2011. We think. But we also know there have been 10 full NBA seasons played since the phrase "Y2K" was on all of our lips (1999-2000), and here at Ball Don't...
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