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With preseason play coming to a close, and the NFL season only one week away, it’s time to make largely unfounded but highly anticipated season predictions. Though I condemn the idea in principle, I could not resist predicting the records of each team. I acknowledge that quite a bit can change during the course of a season, so I do not expect these records to accurately predict so much as convey how I envision the relative strength of each team’s opening day roster. So, without further ado…

As Ken Griffey Jr. was carted off the field in the late innings of Sundays game versus the Braves, the only word that came to my head was bittersweet. It was a memorable night for The Kid in more ways than one, as he tied Mickey Mantle for 12th on the all-time home run list with the 536th of his career, and 35th of the season, but then needed assistance in the 12th inning after spraining his ankle.

Here are the power rankings as we move into the last month of regular season baseball. Questions and comments are appreciated as always.

Lance Armstrong and Barry Bonds are great athletes. They are the best at what they do, and they are both the most popular figure in their respective sports. They have had great careers and have a ridiculous amount of accomplishments to their credit. Bonds has won the National League MVP award seven times in his career, Armstrong won the Tour de France seven times in a row. What more could these two men have in common?

Here are the MLB power rankings for another week. Comments are always appreciated.

The inductions of Dan Marino and Steve Young to the Pro Football Hall of Fame got me to thinking: Why is Joe Montana considered the game’s greatest quarterback? Whatever the network, whoever the pundit, most proclaim Joe Montana as the greatest. Is their reasoning based on his statistics or any records he may hold? No, because Dan Marino holds most of the major passing records, and Steve Young has the highest passer rating in the game’s history. What their arguments usually start and end with is Joe Montana’s 4 Super Bowl Rings.

Well, Terry Bradshaw has 4 Super Bowl Rings, why isn’t he considered the greatest of all time?

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When the founding fathers spoke of inalienable rights, I’m pretty sure they meant to include betting on sports as one of them.

If your idea of time well spent is watching the game on a huge screen while holding a betting slip as you talk trash to your buddy, then you must make a pilgrimage to Las Vegas. In a town of sin and sex, we’d like to add sports to the mix.