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Whilst Michael Phelps was undoubtedly the King of
the pool, the choice of the Queen is just
as easy to clarify. Stephanie Rice won every event she competed in the games, adding 3 Golds to Australia’s tally.
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Graydon Gordian is the author of 48 Minutes
of Hell and a contributing writer for Hardwood Paroxysm.
His HustleJunkie column runs every week here at HP. This week, an interview with an artist with flair for the NBA. I first came across the ...
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Grady Sizemore seals a sweep for the Cleveland
Indians as he swats his 29th home run of
the year and knocks in a career high 7 runs in a game. Cliff Lee picks up win number 18.
Frankly, I'm not sure what more more I
can say about good ole Buzz. I think we
covered everything here and here and here and, at last, here . I mean, what more is there? I suppose I can just leave you with videos, if you were somehow just beamed ...
Welcome to our 2008 College Football Preview…Busted Coverage
style. By now you know we care very little
about Xs and Os. This site is dedicated to absurdity in the world of sports and we start off the new football season with a look at ...
Pithy musings from week three of Hard Knocks:
* Miles Austin is the man. Bit of a
tangent: Back in our newspaper days, we covered him in high school. Weird: He was teammates with Luis Castillo (now with the Chargers). They both went to the same ...
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It's out with the teal-dominated Hornets jerseys, and
in with the pinstripes, "Creole blue" and "Mardi Gras
gold." Check 'em out. "'We are extremely proud to be the New Orleans Hornets , and our new logos and uniforms pay ...
We've seen how stupid the ESPN Member commenters
are, but now it's time to take them and
their personal page to task for being the biggest bandwagoning douchebags on earth.
Marc Berman from the NYPost reported : The
Italian Stallion's back is still not 100 percent. Still
resting an injured back he suffered during summer league in Las Vegas last month, Knicks New York Knicks first-round pick Danilo Gallinari has withdrawn from the Italian National Team, which kicks off today its Eurobasket Qualifier tournament vs. Serbia. According to Gallinari's father, ...
Now that the Olympics are almost over (and
too bad, too-- where else am I going to
find 75 hours of swimming on the tube?), many Olympians need to consider what they will do next. Some will turn pro. Some will go on the lecture circuit. Some will transition into the corporate world. But only a special few will take that truly extraordinary leap—and become professional wrestlers. Below are ...
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We decided to pit the 2008 "Redeem Team"
against the original 1992 "Dream Team" who captured gold
and admiration from across the globe in a dominant performance at the Olympics in Barcelona.
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Quick….what’s the first thing that comes to your
mind when I ask “Why did the Browns fall
short of the playoffs last season?” Ok, so “the Bengals game” is your first answer. Fair enough. What’s the second thing that comes to your mind, then? “Defense and a lack of consistent pass rush”? Bingo! When Phil Savage [...] ShareThis
SEC Football 2008 Season Predictions . SEC Football
Blogger is known for two things, and two things
only. I do SEC Football Videos and Predictions . Lets do the thing. Please a comment below. SEC West Predictions 1. Auburn . They have great ...
You certainly don’t need a refresher on who
Brian Collins is, but just in case, here ya
go: It’s now three years later, and Brian has graduated from Ball State and used his stardom from the video above to catapult ...
A look around the league and the web
that covers it. It's also important to note that
the rotation order and starting nods aren't always listed in order of importance. That's for you, dear reader, to figure out. C: Variety , via AA . IMG Sports ...
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The California State Athletic Commission has issued Affliction
fighter Edwin Dewees a one-year suspension and $2,500 fine
for alleged use of Nandrolone, an anabolic steroid. The CSAC today sent news of the punishment to MMAjunkie.com via email. ...
St. Louis Rams RB Steven Jackson is no
doubt a happy man after signing a six-year contract
Thursday. He was on the field for practice after completing a physical. Jackson ended his holdout yesterday. Jackson had been entering the final season of a five-year, $7 million deal. HC Scott Linehan said Jackson would be in uniform for Saturday night's preseason game against the Ravens but would not play.
Remember when baseball hall-of-fame president Dale Petroskey put
the kibosh on a Bull Durham 15th anniversary celebration
in Cooperstown because of anti-Iraq war statements by actors Tim Robbins and his mom life partner Susan Sarandon? No? Well I ...
Considering there’s already a Zubaz Super Bowl XXVI
hat in our family, that headline is saying a
lot, but this clearly takes the cake: That right there is a Hogs mesh hat, purchased by my in-laws circa 1985 from a street vendor outside RFK ...
The introduction took place about 11 years ago
at a bar in Mississippi, of all places. Eli
Manning was only 16 when he was introduced to the quarterback who ruled the NFL at the time - Brett Favre. "Just where...
After dropping 11 of their last 13 games,
Kevin Millwood and the Texas Rangers come out firing
on all cylinders in a blowout victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Validating the negative influence of recently fired Texas
Rangers pitching coach Mark Connor on promising young hurler
Brandon McCarthy.
EliteXC can't catch a break this week. Today
they learned their Heavyweight Champion tested positive for steroids.
Rear Naked News has the full story.
UFC Heavyweight Brock Lesnar will return to action
in November. Find out who he could face and
where the event will take place.
Who would have thunk it? Adam Rubin played
right field at Shea before Ryan Church . Daily
News sports writers Peter Botte (pictured), John Harper and Rubin combined with an All-Star crew from the New York media market to beat the ...
The TORONTO BLUE JAYS have acquired INF JOSE
BAUTISTA from the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to
be named later. BAUTISTA, 27, is currently with Indianapolis (AAA) of the International League, having appeared in five games, hitting .300 (6-20) ...
From the "hmmm, that's damn curious" department, Florida
State has scheduled a 2010 game against Samford .
Samford ... not Stanford. Samford... as in Homewood, Alabama. Samford. Sullivan, speaking at the Samford Business Network Birmingham ...
The Week One announcing schedule for ESPN listed
a few of the new teams, but I wasn't
exactly sure if those were official or not. Well, I now have the full list and there are definitely some interesting pairings that will be covering College ...
Photo: Frank Ordonez, Post-Standard We're moving right along
on this stupid countdown of the Top 20 Orangemen
of the HumpIdiot Era . With 36 HumpIdiot Points, WR Kevin Johnson ('95-'98) earns the #11 spot on our list. The Captain, "Great ...
While folks around baseball keep talking about what
a surprise the A.L. Central has been this season
with the faltering Tigers and Indians losing more ground everyday to the White Sox and Twins, when you think about it, it isn't surprising at all. ...
As the Olympics near their closing we pay
what will most likely be out last tribute to
the ladies who are competing in this summers games. Here at Walker-Sports we don't always get some of the events, but we can appreciate the beauty.
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Former University of Kentucky quarterback Curtis Pulley will
transfer to Florida A&M University and be able to
play immediately, according to a UK spokesman.
Curtis Pulley, an all-state high school player in
Kentucky and former Kentucky Wildcat quarterback, will transfer to
Florida A&M University, announced the Kentucky athletic department this afternoon.
And now for a much-delayed Olympics update... Lotta
shit went wrong for the US of A in
the however long since I last wrote about the Olympics. Both the men's and women's 4x100 relay teams screwed the pooch by dropping their batons . Our softball ...
Since June, no pitcher in the National League
has more wins than Mike Pelfrey. But this is
where and when it started and this was the dreadful bottom and this is the glorious result.






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