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New England Patriots

Roger Goodell’s Failure

Roger Goodell sent a message Thursday: if you get in trouble off the field, pray that the New York Post isn’t delivered to NFL offices; if you are caught cheating during a game, eh, no biggie.

Allegations arose Monday that the New England Patriots, winners of three of the last six Super Bowls, had been caught videotaping New York Jets’ defensive signals during the Patriots’ 38-14 win Sunday afternoon. After confiscating the tapes and issuing a private investigation, Goodell confirmed that the allegations were true.

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NFL General

Week 2 2007 NFL Picks and Podcast

After a very respectable week 1, we’re back with the 2007 NFL Week 2 Picks. Trevor, Ryan and RJ all went 10-6 last week. Vegas Vinny went 11-5 but lost his Lock of the Week because of the idiot Eagles special teams.

Here are your piping hot week 2 football picks below. Remember, you can join us on the radio show every Wednesday night at 8PM ET to thank us for helping you win your office pool or to yell at us for terrible picks.

You can download the podcast directly (running time 60 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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All Other Sports

A Question of Class

As an American living overseas, I’m exposed to another perspective of my compatriots.  Although media is supposed to be objective, we all know the reality of humanity and even the most committed and honest reporter will expose their inner feelings in the process of a broadcast.

This applies to sports reporting as well.  Growing up in Northwest Ohio, I could have listened to The Game on two different radio stations and, although the score would be the same, I would likely have a completely different perspective on what was transpiring on the field based on which station I listened to at a particular moment.

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LA Lakers

My Supernatural "Kobe-rage"

The night before I was set to meet Kobe Bryant, I scavenged through old Sports Illustrated magazines to look for whatever tattered poster I could find of Kobe. Fortunately, a late delivery of the July Slam Magazine arrived that morning and, as if through some kismet happenstance, Kobe Bryant was featured on the centerfold.

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College Football

Impressed- Depressed- Unmoved – Week 2

Alex Ferguson’s thoughts on Week 2 of the College Football Season.

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General Sports

25 Most Surprising Sporting Occurrences of the Last 25 Years

Before you look to see “Appalachian State 34, Michigan 32” on this list, let me state that I predicted Michigan to win by 10 (41-31) in a game that I believed the Mountaineers to have a tremendous opportunity to win if Michigan came out flat. I didn’t think they would win, but I was by no means totally surprised. I was surprised, but not overwhelmed.

I saw weakness in the Michigan defense and I knew that Appalachian State had a D-1-caliber offense. The only thing that surprised me was how well the Appalachian State defense held up for most of the game.

That said, here are the 25 most surprising sporting occurrences of the last 25 years according to me.

Oh, by the way, I was wearing my Appalachian State shirt during the game at the official Ohio State alumni bar of Houston. A lot of people offered to buy me a drink after the game.

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College Football

Impressed/Depressed/Unmoved – College Football Week 1

A return of the annual column about my emotions during College Football’s first week. A word of warning: I will be talking about Appalachian State in this article.

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NFL General

Week 1 2007 NFL Picks and Podcast

Ahhh opening weekend… when even the Detroit Lions are at the top of the standings. There is no better time of the year (except maybe March Madness) than opening weekend of football. The Thursday night game is just an appetizer for a lot of intriguing matchups on Sunday. Damn it feels good to be back. Remember, you can join us on the radio show every Wednesday night at 8PM ET to thank us for helping you win your office pool or to yell at us for terrible picks.

The featured games this week are New Orleans @ Indy, Chicago @ San Diego, Baltimore @ Cincinnati, Arizona @ San Francisco. You can download the podcast directly (running time 60 mins) or subscribe to the feed.

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NFL General

Our Look At The NFC

By Trevor Freeman

I have a question for Roger Goodell that is deeper and more important than the ones which arise from the “Pac-Man” Jones and Michael Vick situations.  It is one that needs to be kicked around and debated at the highest levels.  The burning issue that I have with the NFL is that they don’t start the season the Sunday before Labor Day.  How awesome would it be to have a consequences-free, “do you want a shot of Jose Cuervo to wash down those Yuenglings” first Sunday of football season. It would be a situation where everybody wins.  The beer companies win.  The bars win.  The fans win.  We all win.  

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NBA General

Team USA Has Right Mix To Win Gold in 2008

            Team USA is primed and ready to start playing games as they look to begin the journey to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. All the keys to total domination are there, Kobe is in one corner surrounded by reporters hurling questions about his trade demand hiatus while the other scorers, Carmelo Anthony eats a candy bar and Lebron James listens to a “Learn Chinese” program on his I Pod. In another corner sits three great and true point guards in Jason Kidd, Deron Willaims, and Chauncey Billups, all jogging their minds with plays and teammates tendencies. In the third corner are the shooters, on being Michael Redd with his trainer putting in work on injuries; the other is Mike Miller, sprawled out on a chair doing an interview with a teen magazine on what products teenage age girls should use on their hair since he has used many of them. In the last corner of the room, the `Weight Room” area features a battle of the bigs as Amare Stoudamire and Dwight Howard go head to head to see who can push more weight off their chest, Howard is currently ahead by 15 pounds  but Amare is loading up the bar for another go.  In the middle of the room stand the defenders, Tashaun Prince and Tyson Chandler, keeping a close eye on the rest of the team as they go about their business. This is the perfect mix of players that team USA needs to win gold, each player just needs to perform their role.  

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