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Donovan McNabb to Play Against the Buccaneers Sunday
OddJack
For now, that's what the Birds from Philly are chirping about.
That's bad news to this Tampa Bay team that hasn't won anything after four weeks into the 2009 NFL football season.
And in case you're not paying attention, yes, quart...
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Tebow or Brantley? LSU to Adjust
Fan House
OK, so we know that Tim Tebow has been cleared to act like Tim Tebow. He can go to class, he can watch TV and game tape, he can tolerate bright lights and he doesn't have a headache. That was Florida coach Urban Meyer's latest med...
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Melbourne out for redemption in decider
The Roar
Melbourne coach Craig Bellamy admits nothing his side produces in today’s NRL premiership decider against Parramatta will ever replace the feeling of last year’s embarrassing grand final loss to...
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Tigers and Twins Desperately Trying to Make You Care About Baseball
Deadspin
The 2009 baseball season has been a bit of a dud, drama-wise. So how about a final week double-header that will MEAN EVERYTHING! Or change everything. Or solve nothing? I forget how these dramatic finishes are supposed to work.
The Tigers and Twins...
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Warriors’ Monta Ellis Says He Can’t Play Alongside Stephen Curry
Fan House
Most everyone came to the Warriors' start of training camp on Monday to hear what forward Stephen Jackson was going to say about that trade demand he made a few weeks back.
But it was Monta Ellis who might h...
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J.R. Smith Calls Time in Jail Most Humbling Experience of His Life
Fan House
For the first week, J.R. Smith just stared at the walls. Finally, he got a radio and listened to sports talk shows.
Eventually, though, there was so little to do in jail that Smith found himself perusing a chemistry book t...
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A Quick Thought About Ichiro, Derek Jeter, and Pete Rose
Beyond the Box Score
It took Derek Jeter about 6,350 at-bats...
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Ji-Sung Park Tames Socceroos
EPL Talk
Australia’s remarkable run of results has come crashing to a halt at the Seoul World Cup Stadium as Korea downed the Socceroos 3-1  tonight in an International Friendly. With both teams...
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Ernie Harwell Diagnosed with Incurable Cancer
Deadspin
We don't know how long this lasts. It could be a year, it could be much less than a year, much less than a half a year. Who knows? Whatever's in store, I'm ready for a new adventure...
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Former NFLer Eugene Lockhart Indicted for Fraud
Sports by Brooks
As much as football coaches and players like to think they’re independent Alpha Males boldly willing their teams to victories with superior scheming and execution, the fact of the matter is that football is mostly a game of sheep. Coaches are s...
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Titans 27, Packers 13
Football News from a Chick™
The Tennessee Titans survived their preseason finale injury-free and are ready -- finally -- to focus on the season opener in a week against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Green Bay Packers can only hope they are as lucky.
Vince Young ran for a touchd...
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Has Curse of Alyssa Milano Finally Been Broken?
Sports by Brooks
By all appearances, Brad Penny is a new man. As Richard mentioned in this morning’s Speed Read, Penny’s San Francisco Giants’ debut was nothing short of awesome, as he tossed eight scoreless innings in a 4-0 win over the Phillies on...
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Greed Reigns with NFL’s Blackout Policy
Fan House
Today, I am going to embarrass the National Football League. I just wanted Roger Goodell and the boys to know that. Start with this: Through 2011, the NFL will be paid a combined $11.6 billion by CBS, NBC and FOX for television rights...
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Video: Miss. State Recruit Tackles Armed Student on School Bus
Dr. Saturday Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the BCS
You may have heard a lot about Kaleb Eulls this week. He's the four-star recruit and Mississippi State commit with offers from half the SEC who tackled a girl waving a loaded gun on his school bus. His story's flown around the...
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Erin Andrews, Please Allow Me to Stop Writing About Your Nude Vids
Sports by Brooks
A little perplexed at the news out yesterday that Erin Andrews will be appearing on Oprah Winfrey's Sept. 11 show to discuss the nude videos of her that appeared on the internet. Yes, it's a horrific thing that happened, and something you would assume Andrews' would want to rid her psyche of...
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Alabama Football Player Shot
Fan House
College football's opening week should be about celebration but its taken a rough turn after an Alabama football player was shot Monday night. Senior defensive end Brandon Deaderick was shot in the arm in an apparent robbery outs...
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Chance of a Football Team Winning Knowing the Vegas Spread
Beyond the Box Score
I know that this website specializes in baseball topics, but this year I plan on doing a few number based football articles. I hope I don't throw everyone, especially Sky, into too much of a frenzy.
With football around the corner and only trophy the Royals are...
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Top 50: Allen Iverson, no. 50
Slam Online
A few years ago, a friend of mine had the opportunity to spend a few weeks with Allen Iverson. The Answer was doin’ work for Reebok, taking an overseas tour to move kicks....
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Let’s Draft Some Guys Who Might Not Play!
Fake Teams
That sounds like a bad idea, right? But here are two guys who will be drafted in every single fantasy league and we don't know how much (or if) they'll play.
First up is the always-interesting Brandon Marshall, who was just suspended by the Broncos for being a total wanker (as the...
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Dana White: Anderson Silva is ‘too big’ for Georges St. Pierre
MMA Mania
Props: Canadian Press
Quoteworthy:
“I think he’s too big for Georges. Forrest Griffin is huge and at the (UFC 101) weigh-ins, when we squared them off, he was as big as Forrest at 205 (pounds)....
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