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A Sports Medley…….Part Deux

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Post date August 25, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

Upon reading our esteemed editor’s “Friday Free for All” and seeing that he was trying to wrest the title of “Most Random Writer” back from me, I knew action had to be taken. Like Maurice Clarett, I decided to bring four guns and a hatchet to this battle. And while I didn’t imbibe half a bottle of Grey Goose before writing there surely is some liquid grain still flowing through these veins. Without further ado, here is a medley of thoughts kicking around my extremely hungover brain this afternoon.

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College Football

Preseason Top 25

by Trevor Freeman

Drinking beer………tossing the football around………grilling up cheeseburgers….going to places named “The Big House” and “Death Valley”….. Can you smell it? College football season is about to kickoff. This year should provide the most wide open national title race in a long time as there is no one team that stands out as being dominant. Moreso than any other year, you have to evaluate each team’s schedule in making a futures bet…….I mean evaluating the national title contenders. After painstaking research by myself and my staff, we have dissected the teams and put together our preseason top 25 which is as follows:

General Sports

The Greatest Spectacle That Still Hasn’t Seen The Light Of Day

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Post date July 24, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

At first I poked fun, but now I embrace. For if ESPN is airing the “World Series of Darts”, then we now stand on the border of the greatest sporting event known to man. I’ll give you a hint.

65 teams of two.

A ten-foot table.

Full Pitchers of Natural Light.

Fifteen cups with a six-cup overtime.

That’s right my friends. It is time for ESPN to finally air the “World Series of Beirut”.

Soccer

A Different Look At The Headbutt Heard Round The World

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Post date July 16, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

It was a Thursday night affair against a nationally ranked Princeton squad. While unranked, we had hung tough and were down only two midway through the third quarter. Beating Princeton at Princeton would have been a huge feather in the cap of Fordham water polo. A win there and perhaps our name starts getting mentioned as a top twenty caliber ballclub.

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Oakland A's

I’m A Bud Man and an A’s Fan

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Post date July 7, 2006
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By Trevor Freeman

There are certain truths that are engrained in the minds of the Bay Area sports fan. They range from knowing that the Golden State Warriors will suck year in and year out to knowing that Ray Ratto is unstoppable at Sizzler’s $9.99 “All You Can Eat” buffet. When it comes to Oakland A’s baseball there is an undeniable truth and it will hold up again this year. After the All-Star break, Oakland will get hot and runaway with the American League West.

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NBA General

Breaking Down The NBA Draft

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Post date June 29, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

I don’t know what it is about the NBA Draft, but it always lends to great moments. From Steve Francis crying in disgust after being drafted by Vancouver to Priest Lauderdale storming out of the crowd to shake David Stern’s hand after being picked, the Draft is always top-notch. However this year’s version reached epic proportions on Wednesday night. For last night after the Knicks picked Mardy Collins, ESPN decided to send Mark Jones into the crowd to interview a Knicks fan. The fan (who was clearly lubricated) ripped Isiah Thomas on national television in what was an outstanding Brooklyn accent. I can only imagine what the producers of the draft were screaming in Mark Jones microphone when he cut the fan off. Outstanding comedy. Outstanding Draft.

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NBA General

Our Look At The NBA Draft

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Post date June 18, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

Now that the deadline to withdraw for the NBA Draft has passed, we finally know who is in and who is out. Before we begin our first mock look, a couple awards need to be passed out. First off, is the “Omar Cook” award presented annually to the collegian that must have been smoking crack when he decided to stay in the draft. This year’s winner is Daniel Gibson from Texas. Does Gibson not have access to the internet? Does he not realize that by staying in the draft he ensured that he’ll be suiting up for Fayetteville of the NBDL in March? Our second award is my favorite and I like to call it the “Skita”. This is awarded to the draft pick that is going to make an entire fan base scratch their head the moment the selection is made. This year’s winner is Saer Sene from Senegal……..(giggling)…….(giggling some more). Here’s hoping New York pulls the trigger on him and a full-scale riot ensues.

General Sports

A Sports Medley

by Trevor Freeman

Once again I was the guy wandering the nightclub looking around for stray “tail”. Following “Poor Man’s PTI”, I sat down and tried to compose an article on a variety of topics. First paragraphs were easy on Big Ben, J.J., D-Wade, and the NBA Draft. However, I ran into a brick wall every time I tried to add some meat to the story. Yes, writer’s block was affecting me and there was only one way to snap out of it. Without further ado……..here are ten thoughts on the world of Sports.

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NBA General

Applying Common Sense To The NBA Draft-Part II

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Post date June 4, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

“As the thirty-fifth pick approaches, Erik once again leans into the speaker phone. If he leaned in just a bit more closely he might hear phones around the league clicking off, so that people could laugh without being heard. For they do laugh. They will make fun of what the A’s are about to do; and there will be a lesson in that. The inability to envision a certain kind of person doing a certain kind of thing because you’ve never seen someone who looks like him do it before is not just a vice. It’s a luxury. What begins as failure of the imagination ends as a market inefficiency: when you rule out an entire class of people from doing a job simply by their appearance, you are less likely to find the best person for the job.”

NBA General

Applying Common Sense to the NBA Draft

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Post date May 28, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

“In any case, you had only to study the history of the draft to see that high school pitchers were twice less likely than college pitchers, and four times less likely than college position players to make it to the big leagues.”