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Root for a One-Legged Wrestler? Not Over My Boy

Great stories are great. Great stories are fun. Unless they have to go through your team.

Arizona State wrestler Anthony Robles was born without right hip bone, meaning he also was born without a right leg.

Maybe you have heard the story? It was reported all around the country: ESPN, Fox Sports, even Gregg Doyel of CBSSports.com wrote about him. I almost did myself, but his loss at the 2008 NCAA Wrestling Tournament one match shy of being an All-American left me too disappointed. He deserved his story to wait.

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College Basketball

Breaking Down March Madness

This was my Monday night at Costco….

 

Meltable Cheddar Cheese……going to need some of that…….chili…..better grab three cans…..buffalo wings…..that’s a check……blue cheese dressing…..gotta go back and get some blue cheese dressing……hmmmmm….mozzarella sticks…welcome aboard…..jalapeno poppers….gotta get some sour cream…..tortilla chips….are we sure two bags are enough…..salsa…..a given…..guacamole…..that’s a check…..wow…….tough decision…….Yuengling……..Sierra Nevada Pale Ale……Yuengling…..Sierra Nevada…….Yuengling….Sierra Nevada……gotta go with the Yuengling…..better stop and apologize to the Sierra Nevada and promise them a trip to my refrigerator at the A’s impending World Series victory……..

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General Sports

March 12 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Ryan and Vin run through this week’s top news stories. 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:

  • Travis Henry and his 9 kids with 9 women
  • TO in Buffalo
  • World Baseball Classic
  • Eagles fire employee for facebook criticism
  • guess the state
  • Legalized sports gambling in Delaware?
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Houston Rockets NBA

Tracy McGrady: An Epidemic

By: Maurice K Dixon

How do you define it? One of those moments when something just hits you and you’re like “that’s funny (but not comical) or interesting.” I became cognizant of something that had been developing for a while now that wasn’t new just new to me.

Identifying another connection between the oft-injured Tracy McGrady and a finally healthy yet aged Grant Hill placed a look of puzzlement on my face. Wrinkles found their way onto my forehead because of the irony involving these two players.

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College Football

Second Chances, Forgiveness, Not Applicable for Everyone

This is good news. Well, it’s bad news, but for me it’s good news.

I’ve never believed in second chances, at least not when you do something this unethical. Now I have a second story to back me up.

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General Sports

March 5 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Vin and special guest, RJ (don’t call him Dan LeBatard!), run through this week’s top news 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:

  • What little we know about the hockey deadline
  • More on the NBA’s business operations
  • Brian Dawkins
  • The TO fiasco Part 2? Or is it Part 3 now?
  • The missing NFL boaters
  • Phil Simms sucks
  • guess the state
  • Other NFL free agency talk
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NFL NFL General

NFL off-season update

The NFL off-season is in full swing with the start of free agency landing some big names in the headlines via fat new contracts, big time trades, and surprising cuts. While all of the changes can be a bit hard to follow, unemployment has blessed me with the ability to watch SportsCenter 14 hours a day, so I’m here to help. And remember, this is no fun for me. I’m gluing myself to ESPN every day for you people, so… yeah, you’re welcome.

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NBA

Boston Basketball in Literature Part I: Review of Michael Connelly’s “Rebound”

By Ryan McGowan

Neil Swidey and Michael Connelly have a lot in common, it seems.  Both grew up in Boston or the surrounding area, write for local media outlets (Swidey for the Boston Globe and Connelly for the Boston Herald, and both have recently written books about sports, culture, and racial issues involving the city and its basketball tradition.  One thing they don’t have in common: Swidey’s book The Assist: Hoops, Hope, and the Game of their Lives is a must-read, while Connelly’s Rebound! Basketball, Busing, Larry Bird, and the Rebirth of Boston pretty much sucks.

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Soccer

Middlesbrough’s Relegation Battle on Verge of Failure

It’s been more than half a year since Middlesbrough went to Anfield and almost secured the biggest shocker of the season. Sure, it was only the second match of the campaign, but Boro never wins the crucial match.

Manager Gareth Southgate predicted a trip to Europe before the season. After an opening victory at the Riverside against Tottenham Hotspur, fans of the northwest club sensed maybe this could be their year.

The first 85 minutes at Liverpool were nothing short of brilliant.

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General Sports

Feb 26 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Vin and Ryan have more topics than they have time so this week’s show runs a little long. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 95 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:

  • Jim Calhoun vs “Journalist”
  • The NBA’s $200M loan / Sixers business operations
  • Will Stephon Marbury ruin the Celtics?
  • Wait.  Telfair is still in the NBA?  And he’s starting?
  • What negotiating classes did the Dodgers take?
  • Who is going to pick up Michael Vick?
  • guess the state
  • Emmitt Smith’s greatest quotes
  • Will Matt Cassel be traded?
  • Apologies to Charlie Casserly on Reggie Bush