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Pop a Coors for Colorado

Today is April 29, 2006. A well awaited weekend for the gridiron rooks, and a chance to become a NFL fan for one day before the season starts. But, besides the draft, today marks a day in the baseball season that gives a glimmer of light foreshadowing the future. Whether it’s records, statistics, injuries, breakout or slump prone players, the end of April allows us to structure a hypothesis regarding seasonal outcomes. The 12-10 Yanks, the division leading Reds, or Cecil Jr. making a quick entrance, this last month has summed up many holes in baseball and has truly succeeded our prestigious times.

Yes! The weekend. No! The Giants picking who? After witnessing the Giants trade their 25th pick to Pittsburgh, and selecting some defensive chump at the 32nd pick, the world needs to inflict faith and hope into some other higher force. That force is the Colorado Rockies. Yes, those Coors Field comrades from the West, that believe it or not, have more than a snail’s chance to win that weakly impaired NL West.

MLB General

Ladies and Gentlemen- Your "Traveling" All-Stars

Post author By Matt Wells
Post date April 29, 2006
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by Matt Wells

Welcome to Major League Baseball in the 21st Century. For the past decade, free agency has made the possibility of a player staying with the same team for several years at a time virtually unthinkable. You can thank free agency, I mean that. Free agency has helped make the game more exciting, as fans now get to see players playing for teams that we never thought possible (Frank Thomas in Oakland??!!).

You can also thank those green bills we call “money.” It’s the money that has helped move free agency along. The days of Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn, and Barry Larkin are gone. Players just don’t stay with the same teams throughout their careers anymore.

MLB General

MLB Power Rankings for April 27- 2006

Post author By Garrett Rudolph
Post date April 28, 2006
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Welcome to the second week of the Major League Baseball Power Rankings. Remember, questions, comments, and complaints are always welcome. Feel free to talk some smack, but be prepared to have it sent back at you.

San Francisco 49ers

Two Picks in the First : The Niners on Draft Day

Post author By Steve Paulo
Post date April 27, 2006
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So this weekend is The Draft. I LOVE watching the NFL draft. Last year, my beloved Niners had the first pick, and their choice in the first round was known weeks in advance. This year, due to some coin flipping with the Raiders (the two teams had identical records and no tiebreaker last season) and a trade with the Broncos, the Niners have two picks in the first round (#6 and #22), and none in the second or third, meaning after pick #22, I can stop watching until Sunday (when the 49ers have seven… one in Round 4, one in Round 5, two in Round 6 and three in Round 7).

Fantasy Baseball

Forget About Someone?

Fantasy baseball insiders think they’re so smart writing articles about Chris Shelton after he went on a streak praising him. Did anybody know Shelton was gonna have a streak. NO. The only reason I went through the trouble of drafting him was because he was mentioned as number 16 in the top 30 1st basemen in baseball in a sports illustrated I read. In fact, go back in time and you probably won’t see an article about him on most fantasy sites until he hit his first or second homerun. Here’s someone else they still haven’t recognized.

NFL General

On the Clock

by Frank M. Henkel

Tired of LenDale White’s hammy and Mario Williams’ “40”? Combines, pro days, and
Mel Kiper dominate the days between the BCS Championship game and April 29. Most
popular of all is the mock draft: April’s version of fantasy football. If you
have ever seen one, you will agree that fantasy is the optimal word.

Instead of breaking down all 255 selections like dozens of overzealous, wannabe
GM’s, let us look at the lighter side of the draft: the (civil) war rooms,
ESPN’s dynamic, original coverage, and the nervous 21-year olds in the `Green
Room’ who are waiting for Tags to say their names.

NFL General

Be The Draft

Thank god for the NFL. As America’s other major sports continue their downward moral and ethical spiral, football arrives just in time to save us. In the past week alone, 5 Giants were ejected from a single game; Keith Hernandez set the Women’s Lib movement back 50 years; and NBA players were suspended from the playoffs for clubbing opponents in the head, throwing mouthpieces at referees, and arguing with coaches over playing time. But just when you were ready to give up on sports for good, the NFL Draft arrives. Suddenly it’s Saturday morning, Mel Kiper is staring you in the face, and all is right with the world. Just in case you haven’t adequately prepared for this weekend’s festivities, here is a quick rundown of where you can expect the big names and familiar faces to end up:

NFL General

Who is Winston Justice?

By Rob LaBrie

Winston Justice is the best offensive tackle in the upcoming draft. He’s going to dominate in the NFL, much like he did in the combine and on the USC pro day. He’s bigger and faster than anyone else. Justice is also the most athletic tackle in the draft and clearly has top ten talent. He has a pretty face and he’s much better than D’Brickshaw Ferguson in pretty much every way you could imagine. He even has a cooler name than D’Brickshaw. All of this is true. If you don’t believe me, just ask him… he’ll tell you all about it.

Cleveland Browns

10 Reasons to Cry

Well, it’s that time of year again. The annual NFL Draft will be upon us soon, and fans like us waste no time speculating who the first overall pick will be, who the Browns will select, and what the team’s biggest needs are. These debates have been going on since the inception of the draft in 1936, and this year is no exception.

MLB General

Take Stock in Bond’s Career

Post author By JustSports4u
Post date April 25, 2006
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The flamboyant and egotistical nature that makes Barry Bonds one of the most talked about players in all of sports will no doubt be overshadowed by invaritable self destruction.