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Storybook Season Unfolding in Cincinnati

Saturday, November 21, 2009

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CINCINNATI — Go ahead. Combine Florida, Alabama, Texas and TCU, the only four teams ahead of Cincinnati in the BCS standings. Now throw in the rest of the programs throughout college football, and it still won’t matter. You won’t find a collection of teams — let alone one inidually — with more riveting stories than those [...]

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College hoops’ first weekend has few big games but plenty to watch

Friday, November 13, 2009

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After the first few days of NCAA basketball have given us nothing but a few established powers beating up on low-major victims in the 2K Sports College Hoops Classic, we get pretty much a full schedule of games this weekend. When it is completed, we’ll have gotten pretty much a full schedule’s worth of established powers [...]

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Thaddeus Lewis: ‘We’re still just trying to get over that hump’

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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Thaddeus Lewis has blossomed under coach David Cutcliffe during his senior season. With a win over North Carolina on Saturday, Duke likely would be headed to its first bowl game since a 1994 Hall of Fame Bowl appearance. And Duke senior QB Thaddeus Lewis deserves much of the credit. Lewis ranks ninth in the nation at [...]

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Don’t bury Snead for Ole Miss’ underachieving ways

Saturday, October 10, 2009

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Jevan Snead had as many completions (two) as interceptions in the first half. OXFORD, Miss.  —  The call was ending earlier this week when a member of the Ole Miss publicity staff said Jevan Snead wanted to talk next week about misconceptions around campus.   Imagine what they are now.   If Snead thought he was treated unfairly after the [...]

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Beat my grandmother: Week 4 picks

Friday, September 25, 2009

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Sporting News’ Dave Curtis takes on his 96-year-old grandmother each week. This fall, Grams B tries to defend her title won rather easily in 2008. Somebody mentioned this week that the late Eunice Kennedy Shriver used to play quarterback in family football games. Later, she’d leave the labor to a relative and simply call the plays. Grams [...]

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Yankee Bowl on Horizon for Big East?

Monday, September 14, 2009

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The Big East and Big 12 conferences are in serious discussions to play in the new Yankee Bowl beginning in 2010, multiple sources told FanHouse. The Big East would send its third- or fourth-selection to New York, while the Big 12 would likely send between its fourth- to seventh-selection. The bowl game would be played at [...]

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On subject of Favre, no shortage of opinions

Thursday, August 27, 2009

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NEW YORK — As Brett Favre’s latest comeback continues, so does the debate. During a Tuesday media session featuring CBS analysts, many subjects were discussed. But Favre was discussed most heavily, and opinions varied as to whether the Vikings made a smart move coaxing Favre out of another retirement. Phil Simms “I’m just not convinced,” said Simms, [...]

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Something smells about NFL’s stance on Delaware sports betting

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

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So there’s a guy in Philadelphia with two gold chains and one eyebrow who really wants to bet on football. Let’s call him Tony. Before Monday, Tony was extra excited for the coming football season. Tony would like to bet on inidual football games. But Las Vegas is a long way from Philly. So Tony has never [...]

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T.O. Doesn’t Think Romo Is a Leader

Friday, June 26, 2009

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Leadership is a funny thing, Tony Romo said a few weeks ago. When you’re winning football games nobody says anything about it. When you’re losing, everybody talks about the lack of it. Thursday afternoon, Terrell Owens made note of the lack of leadership in his last season with the Cowboys — a year that ended with a [...]

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Monday Ramblin’s….

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

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Sasha Cohen (AKA Borat, AKA Bruno, AKA Ali G) is either a comedic genius or the best marketing mind in the entire world. I was actually watching the MTV Movie Awards live last night- why? I don’t know, really- and saw the whole event (see post below) and have to believe that Eminem was in [...]

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