There was the Kansas City Royals fan who surrendered because of his frustration by selling 20 years of memorabilia on the internet and allowing the winning bidder to choose his new team.
But this is different.
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I have written for SportsColumn.com since 2004 and was named a featured writer in 2006. I have been Co-Editor of the site since January 1, 2009. I also write for BleacherReport.com where I am a founding member of the Tennis Roundtable and one of the chief contributors to both the Tennis and Horse Racing sections.
I am "Stat Boy" for Sportscolumn.com's weekly podcast, Poor Man's PTI.
I am currently a Junior at Rice University majoring in History and Medieval Studies. My senior thesis will focus on the desegregation of football in Texas and its affect of racial relations.
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Co-Editor of Sportscolumn.com
I’ve decided to make my own predictions in honor of all the sportscolumn controversy. But so as to not be accused of plagiarism, I’m only making projections that nobody else will make.
These are my five games of the week- five games you won’t see on television, but that you’d definitely wonder who would win.
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Overshadowed Saturday
I’m a Gator and I respect Florida State.
No, not for its three national titles; no, not for its remarkable 24 consecutive seasons bowling; no, not for head coach Bobby Bowden’s class-act demeanor on and off the field. No, not for any of these reasons.
I respect Florida State for wearing number 95 decals in honor of Miami Hurricanes’ defensive tackle Brian Pata, who was found dead of a gunshot wound outside his apartment Tuesday.
I’m sorry, but the Big 12 is just awful.
Alright, the conference has never been great, but after years of mediocrity, not even the conference’s biggest proponents can muster up a defense.
Before Drayton McLane bought the Houston Astros in 1992, he was already one of the United States’ wealthiest individuals, having made a fortune in the grocery business. He had always been a baseball fan, ever since he was a child and the statistical nature helped him learn how to “multiply and divide.” But his presence, along with that of Houston Rockets’ owner Leslie Alexander, at a Jones Business School forum on sports management Monday at Rice University would never have attracted such an audience if he didn’t own the Astros.
“I remember several years ago, we were going to create a grocery distribution center in Phoenix,” McLane said, “and there were two reporters there and they were bored to tears. Then when we announced that we were buying the Astros, we called a press conference and there were 200 reporters packed in.”
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The Last Man Falls
Southern Cal will not run the table. But if hypothetically it does, it should not play for the national title.
Not under any condition. Not even if it’s the only unbeaten team in the country.
At the midway point of the 2006 season, USC could easily be 3-3, and it still hasn’t played anyone good. And even in the most recent of USC’s three decided wins, the program struggled, pulling away from mediocre Arizona only after three quarters when the Trojans’ superiority in numbers came through.
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Hypocrisy U
Someone, please step forward and tell me that what happened in the Florida International-Miami game wasn’t worse than the Duke Lacrosse scandal.
Anyone?
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The American Project
In 1985, The Citadel linebacker Marc Buoniconti, son of now-hall-of-famer Nick Buoniconti, almost died trying to make a tackle. Luckily, he was only paralyzed.
Now, almost a full 21 years and more than half of his life later, Buoniconti, 40, will return to The Citadel to have his number retired.
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The End of a Record Service
There are two ways I could start this article that would mislead you to think I was talking about someone else.
I could say, “The last man to beat Pete Sampras on the ATP Tour may have just played his last match.” Or, I could say, “The U.S. Open could have been the last tournament for another record-setting legend.” But I won’t.
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A Midsummer’s Day Dream
It’s amazing how few articles there are worth writing anymore.
I’ve spent the last two hours blazing through sports sections, checking out college websites, doing obscure Google searches, but I’ve found nothing.