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NFL

2009 NFL Draft preview

This weekend marks the yearly tradition of men sitting around for hours on end, throwing back beers, eating crappy food, and watching what could be called the most repetitive and mundane sports coverage of the year… and loving every minute of it!

That’s right, the NFL draft is upon us.  So prepare yourselves for a full day of hearing about the linebacker who is “an absolute beast,” the tackle with a “tremendous upside,” and the quarterback that teams are “truly in love with.”  And if there are no big trades or shocking picks, who cares?  At least you’ll enjoy seeing some crazy suits and watching the pained look on a prospect’s face as he pretends to be excited to join that team.

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Permanent Transit

“Everything passes, everything changes, just do what you think you should do.” – Bob Dylan, — To Ramona

The blank page is a void we must fill.

The empty stadium is a palace we must glorify.

The abandoned, snow-dusted field is just cause for melancholy.

I saw a great movie once, one line always stuck out, more than the others. “Nature’s cruel, Staros.”

Nature’s cruel. The two characters talking represent the dualistic nature of man. Yeah, two thumbs up.

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General Sports

April 23 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Most of the discussion this week surrounds the NBA playoffs but we do get to some hockey and baseball talk as well. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

  • NBA Playoffs
  • NHL Playoffs
  • Paul Pierce is a phony
  • Jones Good Ass BBQ and Foot Massage
  • Early season baseball talk
  • Griffey back in Seattle
  • terrible pro owners
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Our Look At The NBA Playoffs

by Trevor Freeman

 

 

The time between the end of the NCAA Tournament and the beginning of the NBA playoffs has felt longer than usual, but maybe that is because I cannot remember an NBA postseason that had more riveting subplots.  KG out.  LeBron versus Kobe shaping up as a Finals possibility.  Genuine sleepers led by superstars like Dwyane Wade and Chris Paul sitting on the lower half of the seeding table.  There are tasty first-round matchups up and down the bracket.  With the playoffs gearing up, we decided to wade into the fray and breakdown the postseason.  Without further ado, here is our rankings beginning at sixteen and rolling through to our championship favorite.

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General Sports

April 16 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

A tremendous week for offbeat sports stories. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

  • Who would you trade God for Harry Kalas back?
  • Hulk Hogan isn’t saying OJ should’ve killed her, but he understands
  • The Wire / Stringer Bell on the Office
  • NFL Schedule released
  • NBA Playoff picks: Vin picks Sixers to get swept
  • Would Kevin McHale trade hemorrhoids for Danny Ainge’s heart attack?
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Golf

Angel Cabrera’s win, not Perry’s collapse, story of ’09 Masters

There it was, on the front page of ESPN.com, Cabrera holding a thumbs-up and a caption that made it seem like he won by default.

“The ’09 Masters will be remembered not for Angel Cabrera’s playoff win, but for Kenny Perry’s epic collapse and his grace in defeat,” someone for ESPN wrote.

Bogus, ESPN.

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College College Basketball

NCAA May Have Just Crossed the Line from Absurd to WTF?

This is the NCAA. This is the NCAA you and I pretend to love because, really, what would we do without college football? You breath and die by the fall, right? I know I do.

But I also know that this is the NCAA.

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April 9 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Ryan and Vin run through this week’s top stories including the tragic death of Angels’ Adenhart. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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This week’s topics include:

  • Recap of the worst Final Four in recent memory
  • Death of Angels pitcher
  • Other athletes deaths and plane crashes
  • Adam Eaton booed at Phillies ring ceremony
  • Augusta or Bar Rafaeli?
  • Fenway to host Winter Classic
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Anaheim Angels MLB

Any Way You Look At It It’s Murder

I don’t want to know what was going through Andrew Gallo’s mind. I don’t want to know why the wrong men died.

It’s hard to say someone deserved to die, but if anyone did, it was Gallo. Ostracize me, I don’t care. Come on, you know you want to. You know you want to call me sick; you want to stop reading this right now and vomit. You know you want to. But you also won’t. Because you know I am right. You know Andrew Gallo killed Nick Adenhart and two other people. You know killed is the only correct word.

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General Sports

April 2 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Ryan and Vin run through this week’s top stories focusing mostly on the NCAA tournament and jail time. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 90 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

If you use iTunes, just click here and then click subscribe and iTunes will take care of the rest.

This week’s topics include:

  • Recap of the NCAA tourney and Final Four talk
  • Donte Stallworth vs Plaxico Burress: who will spend more time in jail
  • Michael Vick’s construction job
  • Jay Cutler to the Bears
  • 2009 MLB betting odds
  • and a tremendous audio guess the state