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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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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
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Golf

Tiger!

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General Sports

March 26 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

We discuss the top news stories of the week along with a breakdown of the NCAA tourney. You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 60 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:

  • Ryan Moats and the worst officer in Texas
  • The Wonder Years
  • Charlie Villanueva’s in game twittering
  • brackets brackets brackets
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Horse Racing

Print Media to Blame for Horse Racing’s Irrelevance

Everyone has his theory as to why horse racing has become irrelevant: it does not transplant well to television; it’s a sport for degenerates; it’s too dangerous; the tracks are poorly managed.

And you know what, each theory has a bit of truth.

But it is not the real problem.

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General Sports

March 19 2009 episode of Poor Man’s PTI

Ryan and Vin quickly run through this week’s top news stories because the tourney is on! You can download this week’s podcast directly (running time 60 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:

  • Lots of NCAA tournament talk
  • Obama vs Coach K and why Duke sucks
  • Bobby Bowden vs the NCAA
  • Jay Cutler vs Josh McDaniels
  • Oh and did we mention Duke sucks?
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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.

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

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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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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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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