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It’s Time to Free Bill Buckner

Post author By ericlincoln
Post date August 23, 2006
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By C. Eric Lincoln

The New York Mets have had a weekend-long celebration marking the 20th anniversary of the team that defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games to win the 1986 World Series. This was the World Series that truly gave rise to Red Sox Nation, one grieving and often surly nation under a futile and unfair baseball god. A Series that raised the question of whether or not the Red Sox were cursed by the great Bambino or Harry Frazee or a cadre of otherwise bit players who toiled for the evil empire, the New York Yankees. The only person cursed, however, as a result of the 1986 clash, was Bill Buckner. And its time to free his name of a terrible lie once and for all.

Toronto Blue Jays

Too Good For Your Team?

It was just past 11:10 PM EST last night when I was watching Sportscenter, resting after four days and five games of hell (I am a Yankees fan, but those four days were still hell regardless). Given the opportunity, I was tempted not to even stay up for the eleven o’clock Sportscenter, but just listening to Tony Kornheiser was enough to keep me awake longer than expected. And it’s a good thing I did because I have a message I’d like to send to Toronto Blue Jays Manager John Gibbons: I love you big man.

Tags alex rodriguez, Boston Red Sox, fights, joe torre, john gibbons, jorge posada, ny yankees, paul godfrey, shea hillenbrand, ted lilly, Toronto Blue Jays, vernon wells

MLB General

Ten Starting Pitchers Who Failed in the AL- but Didn’t in the NL

Post author By mbarone
Post date August 22, 2006
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By Matt Barone
The American League has a designated hitter. Their lineups are stacked from top to bottom, with power hitters like David Ortiz, Manny Ramirez, Jason Giambi, and Jim Thome, just to name a few. It’s a lot harder to pitch in the American League. Ask these American League Failures:

Tags MLB, pitching

NFL General

Will he be a Pro Football Hall of Famer?

Post author By newfoot
Post date August 22, 2006
3 Comments on Will he be a Pro Football Hall of Famer?

We have all heard of Marcus Allen and Warren Moon – both Pro Football Hall of Famers. But there is a third player with connections to both Marcus and Moon who is a major force in professional football who hasn’t got the recognition those two have but undoubtedly deserves it – Damon Allen.

Damon Allen was born in San Diego, California and is the younger brother of Marcus. But more importantly, he is only the second quarterback in all of professional football to reach over 70,000 yards in passing during his professional career. The first, of course, is Warren Moon with a total of 70,613 yards.

Tags cfl

General Sports

Surprised Why Athletes Do Stupid Things?

Post author By Newbear
Post date August 22, 2006
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On your current sporting calendar, you won’t see a championship event in any of the big three (sorry, Hockey, but you’ve got to earn your spot back).

As the pages of the calendar year turn and we build toward the preclusion to the World Series, the kickoff of the world’s greatest game, the basketball World Championship and Tiger’s world domination, I want to talk about reasons.

The reasons why athletes do things.

Stupid, ridiculous “can-you-believe-he-did-that” things.

Especially lately, giving me the feeling that the world’s just a crazy, mixed-up place. And that most of the athletes listed below have been listening to Brad Paisely’s “Celebrity” on loop.

Tags barry bonds, charles barkley, floyd landis, john daly, justin gatlin, marion jones, maurice clarrett, michael jordan, rhett bomar

New York Yankees

Another One Bites the Dust

Post author By ClassicRocker06
Post date August 19, 2006
3 Comments on Another One Bites the Dust

By Billy Fellin

The New York Yankees and other prestigious members of the New York hierarchy were across the street from Yankee Stadium on Tuesday around a loosened pile of dirt. All donning Yankee hardhats, they broke ground on the $1.2 billion stadium that will be completed and ready for the team to move into in 2009.

So what does this mean for baseball? Just as the title says, another great stadium bites the dust.

Tags ny yankees, yankee stadium

NFL General

Friday Free For All

You know, a long time ago, before the blog and site development sucked up all my time, I used to write about 3 columns a week here on SC. Only about one and a half of them were any good. Still, that’s a better batting average than Peter King, who manages to suck (mostly Tom Brady) in every single column. Ever since Trevor came out with his sports medley column, I’ve been meaning to wrestle the title of “Most Random Writer” back from him. So here it is folks, the inaugural Friday Free For All.

Tags chicks, friday free for all, gambling, Philadelphia Eagles, terrell owens

MLB General

MLB Power Rankings for August 17th- 2006

Post author By Garrett Rudolph
Post date August 18, 2006
6 Comments on MLB Power Rankings for August 17th- 2006

At this point in the season, we’re starting to separate the playoff contenders from the pretenders. The contenders are mostly the usual suspects, with the addition of the recently red-hot Dodgers, the Twins, who remain within striking distance, and the Reds, if they can maintain at least their wild card lead after an important set with the division leading Cardinals. The pretenders, on the other hand include a mix of the usual suspects and some teams that normally don’t fall into that category. The pretenders: Seattle, who has lost 17 divisional games in a row; Toronto, who continues to firesell its expendable players despite being only 6.5 games out; Atlanta, whose pitching looks worthless for the first time in 15 years; and Houston, who despite only being 6.5 games out, doesn’t look to have any ability of making a late-season run and will probably finish the year well under .500.

Tags mlb power rankings

NFL General

Say NO to TO

I’m forewarning you. This article might seem hypocritical. You might read this and think I’m using this forum to condone something in the same breath that I am endorsing it. Let me assure you, this cannot be further from the truth. I am here to spread a message, a public service announcement, if you will. I am standing from the highest mountain and preaching to you, faithful followers, about the perils inherent in the overexposure of a sports figure. One particular sports figure.

I’m asking you… no, no, no… I’m pleading with you… Say No to T.O.

MLB General

Diamonds Aren’t for Reading

Post author By jarmon
Post date August 13, 2006
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Everyone has something they don’t like. Whether it be cancer, sewer rats, conservatives, etc. each person has something that they avoid whenever possible. Unfortunately for most Major League Baseball players, that poison of existence happens to be reading.