Month: August 2012
Joe Mauer takes one in the shoulder blades
Video when it becomes available of course, but in the third inning of today’s game, Roy Oswalt was down 3-0…
Read more »Red Sox Lineup vs Angles 8/23/12
Ciriaco 3BEllsbury CFPedroia 2BGonzalez DHRoss RFLavarnway CGomez 1BAviles SSPodsednik LF Morales SP
Read more »Opening Lines: Preseason Week 3
The Patriots are 6.5-point favorites as they travel to Tampa Bay in the third week of the preseason. The Patriots…
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Starting Pitching Miscellanea
Marco Estrada was finally able to land his first win of the 2012 season on Tuesday evening against the Cubs,…
Read more »Lucky Strike: Steelers Win
24 26 It was just a preseason game, but hot damn did it feel good to sit in the yellow…
Read more »Cody Ceci Signs ELC
With a number of other teams having inked their 2012 first round draft selections to entry level contracts, the Ottawa…
Read more »Arguing over fake football
This originally ran on Buffalo Wins. Thanks again to Joe for having me contribute. There are a number of important…
Read more »Purple People Apparel: Vikings Fans and Their Jerseys
As EVERYONE knows, the biggest news from last Friday was that I attended a Minnesota Vikings football game. The second…
Read more »Three former Spurs highlight forgotten Gold Medal team
Yesterday, while thumbing around Twitter during some down time at work, my friend WOAI reporter Mike Board, posted this amazing…
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A different kind of platoon idea for Howie Kendrick
There I was minding my own business monitoring Tuesday's Angels game via Gameday as I pretended to work. As chance…
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The minimum number of fires, as a result of meth lab explosions, always burning in Missouri, our nation’s leader in…
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Tennessee Titans third preseason game preview
The Titans finally play at home at LP Field this preseason, in front of some enormous new video boards. They…
Read more »Nets Agree to Terms with F Donte Greene
For one of the last spots on their roster, the Brooklyn Nets have reportedly agreed to terms with forward Donte…
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Assorted Thursday Scuttlebutt
For the past few years, I had always associated X-Factor with that British blowhard Simon Cowell’s incessant desire to print…
Read more »Boba Fett: New Orleans Saints Season Preview
2011 Record: 13-3 2011 Ranks Total Offense: 1 Run Offense: 6 Pass Offense: 1 Scoring Offense: 2 Total Defense: 24…
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Terry wants his number retired in Dallas
Jason Terry had a great run with the Dallas Mavericks but after eight seasons, two appearances in the NBA Finals,…
Read more »Links of the Day 8/23/12
The Minnesota State Fair started today. Look for the Rhino and Compass booth at the Fair! You won’t find it,…
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COLLEGE SPORTS BUCKET LIST: No. 38 – The Holy War
How can you not include a game that’s simply known as “The Holy War” in any college sports bucket list?…
Read more »Do you believe in Mario Williams?
The Chris Nolan Batman series will probably go down as the greatest movie trilogy of all time. By now, we…
Read more »Upon Further Review: Preseason week 2, Special Teams & Defense
After reviewing the game footage for the pre-season week 2 game against Arizona, here are some additional thoughts. As always,…
Read more »Series Preview: Yankees at Indians 8/24-26
As the Indians epic slide into oblivion continues, a few things are being made more clear. We now know that…
Read more »Red Sox Put Beckett on Trade Waivers
The Red Sox have placed Josh Beckett on trade waivers allowing any team to claim him if they are willing…
Read more »Former Cornerstone star Najera retires, will coach in D-League
Former San Antonio high school sensation Eduardo Najera retired on Wednesday and will move on to positions with the Dallas…
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Celtics Sneaker Madness 2 continues
In the final poll of round 1, KG’s Anta “KG2” lost to Brandon Bass’ Nike “Zoom Soldier V”. Bass’ kicks…
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