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A Sports Medley…….The Thanksgiving Edition

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

Everybody takes the Friday after Thanksgiving off from work. To me, that is just a waste of a vacation day. You see, no work actually gets done on the Friday after Thanksgiving, so you might as well just show up and sit like a corpse in your seat until the powers that be let you out early. PLUS, you save the vacation day which can now be dropped at a time when there is a lot going on. Just trust me on this.

While killing some time at work and with a pile of thoughts floating around in my head, it is time to come with my third Sports Medley. We shall dub this version the “The Thanksgiving Special”…

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The Writer Formerly Known As JDWC

Post author By JDWC
Post date November 24, 2006
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Turkey Day: The Cowboys are destroying Tampa Bay and I’ve already made the mashed potatoes for my mom. I have two options right now as I await my Thanksgiving feast.

1. Try to converse with relatives I hardly know
2. Reminisce about recent sports news

Hmm…tough choice. So what am I thankful for on this cranberry sauce-filled holiday? Besides the monumental feast, I am thankful for the opportunity to sit here and write about whatever I want.

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College Football Grab Bag

USC Loses game and possible chance at the national title in Corvallis

Somebody tell me, because I am really not sure, but did USC lose this weekend? Of course I am being sarcastic. I have seen headlines such as “Leave it to Beavers” (ESPN) and other witty headlines all weekend. They lost and really did anyone not see this coming? Of course losing to Oregon State nobody could have predicted, but you knew this team was going to lose a game.

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Hey- We Like NFL guys!

The NFL, and football in general, still gets away with anything in the public’s forgiving eyes; but other sports, namely baseball, are held to far more scrupulous standards, especially by the media.

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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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The End of a Record Service

Post author By bsd987
Post date September 29, 2006
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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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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?