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The Smorgasbord

By Rob LaBrie

For the past month or so, I’ve been a little busy trying to elude Stephen Jackson and his posse. Ever since I threw that beer on one of them in the Bada-Bing strip club, they’ve been tryin’ to bust a cap in my (butt) and chasin’ me with Cadillac Escalades. So, needless to say, I’ve been a little too busy to write about sports.

What better way to get back in the saddle than with a nice little smorgasbord (yeah, that’s how you spell it) of sport? A good smorgasbord covers all the bases. That means we’re going to need a little of everything, from the basics (“the player” and Blue Lips) to a first in the history of mankind; a sponsor for time.

Tags alex rodriguez, Chicago White Sox, cory lidle, MLB, stephen jackson, terrell owens

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Leyland is the Difference

Post author By Vtknowitall
Post date October 11, 2006
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The ALCS is a coin flip.
It is a coin flip for the better pitching. It is a coin flip for which front office has done a better job. It is a coin flip for who pulled the bigger upset. It is a coin flip for who had the better half, the A’s after the All-Star Break or the Tigers before.

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After 9-11: A Bright Shining Moment

Post author By ericlincoln
Post date September 11, 2006
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There is a row of hats all dating from 2001 that hang above my desk. Mets and Yankee and Football Giants hats all bearing an American flag on the side, reminding me that for a brief shining moment, sports did something very right in the autumn of 2001.

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The Reality of Alternative Sports

Post author By Garrett Rudolph
Post date August 29, 2006
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Wednesday August 23rd, 2006. 11:07 AM, Pacific Standard Time. I woke up, exhausted, groggy; I had stayed up way too late the night before. I stumbled out to my living room, still half asleep, and perhaps even a touch hungover. I flicked on the television and slumped onto the sofa. My life would never be the same.

As if there weren’t enough sporting events in the world, ESPN was broadcasting the 2006 World Sport Stacking Championships. Fourteen-year old kids stacking plastic cups in various sized pyramids, as fast as humanly possible. There was the team relay, the individual sprint, the 3-6-3, the 5-5, and the ultimate 10-cup pinnacle. There were sportscasters who had a genuine interest and knowledge of the activity. There were color commentators, former cup stacking champions, and even the CEO and founder of the WSSA. I saw coaches and assistant coaches. I saw tragedy and triumph, assaults on established and documented world records, and oh yes, “The Germans are coming, the Germans are coming!”

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Amen: The Meaning of Sports

Post author By mw2828
Post date August 29, 2006
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What is it we feel when truly alive? What is that intangible feeling, that pulsation through our veins, heightening our awareness, sharpening our senses? How do we continually find that glimmer of curiosity, an innocent yearning for hope burning within our eyes?

How does one trap that feeling, grasp it forever, never let it go? Does it become an addiction? A detriment?

What is the cost of these prices we pay for each other?

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Rhett Bomar stirs up an age old controversy

Post author By steelerfn8286
Post date August 25, 2006
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Quarterback Rhett Bomar, whose potential was sky high; potentially end his football career by taking money he didn’t earn. This brings up the age old question should college athletes get paid?

Tags j.d. quinn, oklahoma, rhett bomar

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A Sports Medley…….Part Deux

Post author By Trevor
Post date August 25, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

Upon reading our esteemed editor’s “Friday Free for All” and seeing that he was trying to wrest the title of “Most Random Writer” back from me, I knew action had to be taken. Like Maurice Clarett, I decided to bring four guns and a hatchet to this battle. And while I didn’t imbibe half a bottle of Grey Goose before writing there surely is some liquid grain still flowing through these veins. Without further ado, here is a medley of thoughts kicking around my extremely hungover brain this afternoon.

Tags sports medley

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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

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Walking off with it

David Ortiz has been pitched around in recent years’ MVP voting, but now he is flat out winning games for his team, and is that not the definition for MVP?

Tags david ortiz, MLB

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The Greatest Spectacle That Still Hasn’t Seen The Light Of Day

Post author By Trevor
Post date July 24, 2006
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by Trevor Freeman

At first I poked fun, but now I embrace. For if ESPN is airing the “World Series of Darts”, then we now stand on the border of the greatest sporting event known to man. I’ll give you a hint.

65 teams of two.

A ten-foot table.

Full Pitchers of Natural Light.

Fifteen cups with a six-cup overtime.

That’s right my friends. It is time for ESPN to finally air the “World Series of Beirut”.