tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50765567702702428072024-03-14T03:11:46.666-04:00The Website-www.MassAuthentics.Ecrater.comwww.MassAuthentics.Ecrater.com sells authentic signed sports memorabilia from the biggest names in sports history past and present.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.comBlogger213125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-69470795092482362492015-08-18T09:40:00.003-04:002015-08-18T09:40:34.752-04:00Red Sox farm system tops in baseball according to some<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://www.masslive.com/redsox/index.ssf/2015/07/boston_red_sox_prospects_farm.html#incart_related_stories" target="_blank"><b style="background-color: white;">Masslive.com article link</b></a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">According to ESPN's Keith Law, the Boston Red Sox have not only A top ranked farm system, they have THE top ranked farm system. At the halfway point of what has turned into a miserable baseball season the Red Sox have at least one thing going for them, strong minor league players....5 in of the top 50. They are Rafael Devers at #8, Juan Moncada at #11, Manuel Margot #14, Henry Owens #37, and Javier Guerra #48. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It's pretty remarkable that the Sox have 3 of the best 15 minor league players in baseball considering just how poor their major league team has been. Fortunately, some players that have made a great transition and seem to be the future are, Xander Boegarts, Mookie Betts, and pitching phenom Eduardo Rodriguez. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the other side of the coin, pitcher Matt Barnes has looked pretty uncomfortable in his role as a reliever and in his first start last night gave up 6 runs in 5 innings. Another pitcher with no so great showings has been Henry Owens, in his last start he gave up a career high 10 hits in limited innings. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hopefully, this wave of the future gets promoted and succeeds sooner rather then later because its looking like the Sox are going to finish in last place in the division for the 3rd time in the last 4 years. </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3600825 -71.0588801000000142.1722125 -71.3816036 42.547952499999994 -70.736156600000015tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-12619292532825702172015-08-17T09:28:00.003-04:002015-08-17T09:28:43.263-04:00Jets coaches talking Geno AGAIN!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/13451605/geno-smith-new-york-jets-reprimanded-team-todd-bowles-unauthorized-physical-activity-surgery" target="_blank">ESPN.com article link</a><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Jets head coach Todd Bowles was forced to once again talk Geno Smith to reporters as he reprimanded him for throwing during his recovery from a locker room fight that left him with a broken jaw. He's excluded from team activities and will reportedly be out from 6-10 weeks. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">The situation really could be a blessing in disguise as many think Smith isn't even the best quarterback on the roster to begin with. The Jets have built a top 5 defense and have acquired weapons on offense but are still going to best be suited to win low scoring ball control games. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">This is just another fateful chapter in the Geno Smith melodrama, he has been a turnover machine his first two years in the league and many have questioned his dedication to his craft and work ethic. Last year there were several incidents that irked the team, he showed up late to at least a few team meetings and was caught on camera cursing at a fan. Just more examples of the immaturity on the Jets former first round pick.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d;">Veteran journeyman Ryan Fitzpatrick and his Harvard education have taken over the starting QB duties and its yet to be seen if Geno will ever get another shot in New York. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Should players lose their starting jobs over injuries??? Years ago, Alex Smith was playing the best ball of his career in San Fran and Jim Harbaugh still continued to go with first time starter Colin Kaepernick.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Prudential/florham Park, Florham Park, NJ 7932, USA40.791767 -74.3829289999999915.2697325 -115.69152299999999 66.3138015 -33.074334999999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-45993741952350006672015-08-16T02:27:00.003-04:002015-08-16T02:27:45.850-04:00Has the most dominant women of this era just been defeated by a swiss teenager<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">It's a strange feeling watching someone show sheer dominance for months at a time, match after match, to the point that it seems she toys with opponents at times and kicks it into gear once the match starts to go against her. All the time knowing her skills are so superior to nearly all those who come against her that when she's really on her game, it can end in rapid succession, quicker then it takes to sit down for dinner.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">This was supposed to be the year of SERENA. She has completed the "Serena Slam" before but was still searching to complete the official title by winning all 4 majors in a single season. This year she won the first three and was the overwhelming favorite to win the Rogers Cup but it just wasn't meant to be. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Losing in the semi-finals isn't a total disaster for the worlds #1 ranked female player but being upset by an 18 year old new comer from Sweden was the most shocking of the news.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Is Serena still the most dominant women in sports or does that title go to Rhonda Rousey competing in Mixed Martial Arts and ending matches faster then Mike Tyson did in his heyday....</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Montreal, QC, Canada45.5016889 -73.56725599999998645.1459249 -74.212702999999991 45.8574529 -72.921808999999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-80746660193986937682015-08-16T01:11:00.003-04:002015-08-16T01:11:42.035-04:00One bad bad MAN to some bad bad little MEN....you got to earn your keep!!! Sends a strong message to kids<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13447657/james-harrison-pittsburgh-steelers-takes-away-kids-participation-trophies-says-awards-earned" target="_blank">ESPN.com Article Link</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">We can all agree that any man that can leg press the equivalent to a car basically can fairly be called a bad bad man. And when that bad man has kids, often he's going to be teaching them how to get swolllll when the time comes. For now, he's teaching more life lessons it seems with this story.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">When James Harrison found out his two boys received trophies for participation in the league he was quick to offer praise and say he's ALWAYS proud of his kids and will always continue to be, however, he firmly believes in everything in life is better if you earn it. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">Something along the lines of if you work for your allowance you'll be that much more careful about spending it, if it's just handed to you, then you really won't grow up with any concept of hard work or how to go about earning money.</span><br />
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<b><u>HERE IS THE EXACT QUOTE MADE BY THE STEELERS LINEBACKER</u></b><br />
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<a href="https://instagram.com/p/6aXCJ2JFi5/" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: inherit; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_top"><span style="color: #ffd966;">I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for nothing, participation trophies! While I am very proud of my boys for everything they do and will encourage them till the day I die, these trophies will be given back until they EARN a real trophy. I'm sorry I'm not sorry for believing that everything in life should be earned and I'm not about to raise two boys to be men by making them believe that they are entitled to something just because they tried their best...cause sometimes your best is not enough, and that should drive you to want to do better...not cry and whine until somebody gives you something to shut u up and keep you happy. #harrisonfamilyvalues</span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #ffd966;">A photo posted by James Harrison (@jhharrison92) on <time datetime="2015-08-15T17:09:24+00:00" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Aug 15, 2015 at 10:09am PDT</time></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Pittsburgh, PA, USA40.440624799999988 -79.99588640000001840.24723929999999 -80.318609900000013 40.634010299999986 -79.673162900000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-38284975721116378942015-08-15T13:30:00.003-04:002015-08-15T13:30:45.432-04:00 Carolina may not recruit the top ranked class every year but they often play like a top ranked team EVERY YEAR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #6fa8dc;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/team/roster/_/id/153/north-carolina-tar-heels" target="_blank">ESPN.GO North Carolina Tar Heels Roster Link</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">While Roy Williams and the North Carolina Tar Heels may not be recruiting yearly at the historic level John Calipari is over at Kentucky, they seem to hang on to their talent for 2-3 years as opposed to one and done's. This year the Tar Heels bring back all three top 50 ranked freshmen from last years class. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Justin Jackson has greatly improved his range and his confidence continues to grow with every game and the competitive summer league action at the UNC courts from pros will only help him blossom. Theo Pinson has worked hard on his strength and conditioning and will be a force to be reckoned with as he slashes to the basket absorbing fouls and making free throws. Nate Britt's ball handling has only gotten better and better throughout last season and this summer. His handle has become just another high level weapon he possesses at his disposal.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">The two incoming freshmen Kenny Williams and Luke Maye will have to crack a deep lineup to see the court but particularly Williams seems ready to make the jump to the next level with the pedigree of his NBA father and instruction from Roy and his staff,</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Who's your pick to with the ACC???? Will Duke shine again with another top recruiting class or will Roy have the upper hand because of his teams experience???</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Chapel Hill, NC, USA35.9131996 -79.05584450000003535.8103276 -79.217206000000033 36.0160716 -78.894483000000037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-61504276085628154422015-08-14T09:25:00.002-04:002015-08-14T09:25:31.751-04:00Stan Wawrinka talking tough after Nick Kyrgios takes it below the belt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/tennis/story/_/id/13428451/stan-wawrinka-urges-action-nick-kyrgios-mutters-unacceptable-comment" target="_blank">ESPN.com tennis article</a><br />
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During his tennis match against fourth ranked Stan Wawrinka Australian Nick Kyrgios was heard on a court microphone saying his friend and fellow Aussie Thanasi Kokkinakis who played mixed doubles with Stan's girlfriend 19 yo Donna Vekic, had slept with her. Tennis is one of those sports that prides itself of sportsmanship, somewhat similar to golf. The fines seem minuscule compared to what we are used to hearing for numbers in football and basketball but Kyrgios was fined both a $10,000 for "verbal abuse" and another $2500 for unsportsmanlike conduct.<br />
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Alright, while the comment was crude, I have to admit, this whole hubub over an insult is kinda irritating to me....Think about all of the horrible atrocities going on in the world today, Genocide and rape going on across parts of Africa, the alarming treatment of Muslim women in some cultures, children forced to work by the time they can walk basically across Asia....COME ON PPL GET A DAMN GRIP!!!!!<br />
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Stan, I get it, you have to stand up for your girlfriend, otherwise you ain't gonna be hittin that for a whileeeeee. Now, the story does't get into when the kid actually slept with his girlfriend supposedly. I assume they are inferring that she cheated on him, but that's not anywhere in the reporting as far as I can see.<br />
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So ppl, what's the deal? What do you think should happen to Krygios? Is Stan right to be demanding such severe punishment for words he couldn't even hear if not or those court-side mics???</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Montreal, QC, Canada45.5016889 -73.56725599999998645.1459249 -74.212702999999991 45.8574529 -72.921808999999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-14898550455965434032015-08-14T03:03:00.003-04:002015-08-14T03:03:15.484-04:00Good ol Johnny Football is a man of his word...at least this time he is<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13433812/johnny-manziel-cleveland-browns-does-not-do-money-sign-touchdown" target="_blank">ESPN.com article link</a><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Mr. Manziel has had many past digressions. Digressions of all kinds. Some bothering opposing fans like his trademark "money sign" after scoring a TD which he crafted at Texas A+M throughout a stellar college career. Unfortunately he decided to bring it with him to Cleveland and that's where quarterbacks go to die....and fittingly, so did the money sign.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #783f04;">Manziel played sparingly but did drive the team 36 yards on his second possession after a Redskins fumble on a punt return. After scampering for the 12 yard score, Johnny Football made possibly the first wise choice of his career....he turned around and embarrassed his teammates. One step in the right direction as far as I can see.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">What do you think of Mr. Football now? Has your opinion changed since last years disastrous outcome???</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Cleveland, OH, USA41.49932 -81.69436050000001641.309026499999995 -82.017084000000011 41.6896135 -81.371637000000021tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-62128120575730983852015-08-13T10:31:00.001-04:002015-08-13T10:31:13.351-04:00UCLA wants to ride 18 year old freshmen Josh Rosen to the promised land....and a bowl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="https://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-college-football-preview-ucla-bruins-josh-rosen-true-freshman-quarterback-success/" target="_blank">Grantland.com college football preview link</a><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If your going to be called "the chosen one" a la Lebron James back in the Mount St. Mary's days, you better take each step on and off the field like it's all part of your master plan. Incoming true freshmen Bruin, Josh Rosen, has all the right high school credentials but the next step means taking over the starting QB role while competing against two minimally recruited Juniors after the departure of last years hit or miss slasher Brett Hundley. While Hundley did make it to the NFL, it's likely he's going to be relegated to a lifetime backup. He lacks accuracy, and the "it" factor when a play breaks down. More Vick then Manning he's going to get hurt if he doesn't protect his body at the next level.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Back to Mr, Rosen. The recipe for success in football often times means relying on the other men on the roster to do their job and that allows you to shine. Obviously the quarterback position is the focus in football but without a line to keep him upright, a running back to keep the linebackers honest and receivers who can anticipate the throws, that quarterback isn't going to look quite a shiny as he did on the first day of practice. </span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br />Well, that all bodes well for QB1 because the Bruins are returning 6 starters on the offensive line, the top rusher in the Pac 12 named Paul Perkins and the leading contender for top draft pick in the division in linebacker Myles Jack. This all doesn't mean the division is going to be handed to them but it's a great start to a promising college career for Josh Rosen.</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Inglewood, CA, USA33.9616801 -118.3531310999999833.908995600000004 -118.43381209999998 34.0143646 -118.27245009999999tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-963827077981911152015-08-13T09:23:00.001-04:002015-08-13T09:23:46.152-04:00IOC RULES OUT VIRAL TESTING IN RIO FOR OLYMPICS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ioc-rules-viral-testing-rios-olympic-waters-210325353.html" target="_blank">Yahoo news article link</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, let me get this straight. Years ago when the Olympic voting committee was deciding where to have the 2016 Olympic games the decision was made to go with Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....with the caveat that the disgusting, vile, repulsive, dirty(literally I mean DIRTY) disease infested water would be cleaned up prior to the worlds BEST ATHLETES participating in events, in the very water this is filled with all kinds of "shit" .... both literally and figuratively. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As of yesterday August 12, 2015, the international Olympic committee has decided against viral testing after realizing that it is going to be impossible for Brazil to clean up the water to pass the original tests prior to the games....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is all after an associated press story investigated and found out that ALL OLYMPIC VENUES WERE INFESTED WITH DISEASE CAUSING VIRUSES. DID YOU HEAR THAT???? ALL VENUES. EVERY SINGLE FUCKING ONE. THAT MEANS THE ABSOLUTE BEST, FASTEST, GREATEST, MOST ACCOMPLISHED ATHLETES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD, WILL BE SWIMMING LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY IN HUMAN FECES, COMPETING FOR GOLD METALS.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In order to call the water "passable" the director says they instead will be sticking with only bacterial testing. Let's just hope that the majority of the athletes we send to Brazil make it back to U.S. soil without being infected.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ok, so this is supposed to be like the GREATEST, MOST ACCOMPLISHED, INCREDIBLE, AMAZING, ATHLETES IN THE ENTIRE WORLD RIGHT???? AND NOT ONLY ARE THEY GOING TO BE LITERALLY SWIMMING IN HUMAN EXCREMENT, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO JUST ACCEPT IT AND PRETEND "IT'S ALL GOOD"</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Could someone please, tell me what incentive athletes have to attend, besides that shiny gold metal???</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Rio de Janeiro - State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-22.9068467 -43.172896499999979-23.3748742 -43.818343499999976 -22.438819199999998 -42.527449499999982tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-59462847599234382532015-08-12T18:45:00.002-04:002015-08-13T08:34:30.513-04:00Red Sox look to blow another game<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast?gameId=350812128" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/mlb/gamecast</a></span></b><br />
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With a 2 run home run in the top of the 7th giving him 2 long balls for the game David Ortiz made this laughable performance by the entire team just a little less painful to watch. After overcoming a 4-1 deficit after two innings pitcher Edward Rodriguez did something the majoring of the Sox starters routinely fail to do....shut down the opposing offense when your team finally puts some runs on the board for you. Unfortunately for Boston the positive feelings were short living as the meager Miami Marlins offense managed to bash out TEN HITS throughout the bottom of the sixth to chase the Sox young ace.<br />
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Another worrisome performance is that of Cook out of the bullpen again shatting himself while giving up 4 hits, 4 runs all earned while recording a miserable single out! His ERA now stands at a whopping 14.29 as of this writing.<br />
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Please Boston, let's get Jackie Bradley Jr back on track so we have a great group of defenders in the outfield making more then reasonable money with Mookie Betts and Castillo. Between the pair of young catchers coming back along with Travis Shaw showing some capability to compliment standout Xander Bogaerts we can finally really look towards the future without needed to acquire that many position players for exorbitant sums of money....get out there and find a #1 starter and then start building around him. I don't want to hear the name Porcello ever again, I dont care if you have to eat every god damn dollar of that stupid moronic $80,000,000 contract before his worthless ass ever recorded a stinking out in a Red Sox uniform.<br />
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AND PLEASE PLEASE BRING SOMEONE ANYONE IN WHO CAN FIX OUR FLAME THROWING 6TH OR 7TH MAN JOE KELLEY.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Miami, FL, USA25.7616798 -80.19179020000001425.5329123 -80.514513700000009 25.9904473 -79.869066700000019tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-2103146417676607402015-08-12T13:06:00.002-04:002015-08-12T13:06:12.937-04:00Juice or No Juice....I'm going to confidentially say NO JUICE but I reserve the right to change my opinion if this "growth continues at this pace"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/collegebasketballnation/post/_/id/108337/cal-frosh-ivan-rabb-is-apparently-captain-america" target="_blank">ESPN.com article by Eamonn Brennan</a><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Ok, I'm not exactly sure why i'm not jumping all over this obvious transformation like it was A-Roid and the Rangers. But it feels more like pre-A-Roid, like maybe A-Rod when he was in Seattle.... Just an incredibly athletic teenager beyond his years and finally having a professional explain diet, exercise, maybe a protein shake here and there between the bench press and the situps....</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Who really knows these days? Right now Alex Rodriguez looks like he's having a hell of a breakout season....again.....after sitting out nearly two years from professional baseball. He's mashing home runs like he never left to begin with. AND HE'S AT THE RIPE AGE OF 40 RIGHT NOW!!!! The cheaters are always going to be ahead of the game. 10 years ago anabolic steroids stayed in your system for weeks and the testing was extremely minimal, then came stuff like the cream which was undetectable within days, and now some stuff is gone in hours....<br /></span><br />
<span style="color: #134f5c;">Like I said, i'm going to give this kid and the Cal trainer the benefit of the doubt. This very well could be the first time Rabb has been on a workout schedule, along with a better diet, and nutrients. I hope we never have to deal with steroids in college sports like we have had to in the professional ranks. Although we never really had a problem publicly in the NBA and therefor maybe we won't in the NCAA.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c;">Ivan Rabb looks like one great prospect and the best thing to go to California for basketball in a long time. Let's hope these new found muscles don't interfere with that deadly shot. It sure looks like its going to be a huge help slashing to the rim with that new look!!!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Berkeley, CA, USA37.8715926 -122.2727469999999837.7713231 -122.43410849999998 37.9718621 -122.11138549999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-84424332939988791662015-08-11T14:04:00.005-04:002015-08-11T14:04:42.290-04:00In the NOT so shocking news world Geno Smith is out 6-10 weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: red;"><a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CCgQFjADahUKEwi5t5WPzKHHAhXGND4KHQdnA5s&url=http%3A%2F%2Fprofootballtalk.nbcsports.com%2F2015%2F08%2F11%2Fgeno-smith-sucker-punched-in-jets-locker-room-out-6-10-weeks%2F&ei=OTbKVfm2GMbp-AGHzo3YCQ&usg=AFQjCNGqOii-fdav-TEUEpyUfLo-BXG7MQ&sig2=NFKGyfKEHcT0QKsAHCQgyg&bvm=bv.99804247,d.cWw" target="_blank">ProFootballTalk article</a></span></b><br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394;">Now, this is the Jets being the JETS.... It's not a total surprise that Geno Smith won't be taking first team reps for the next few months. It's not a total surprise that he won't be taking the back up reps either. What shocking is that it's not his performance that took him out of the lineup. It was damage done by an angry teammate. Jets linebacker <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15.5200004577637px; line-height: 21.7280006408691px;">linebacker </span><a class="nameLink" href="http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/9700/ik-enemkpali" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 15.5200004577637px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21.7280006408691px;">IK Enemkpali</a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.5200004577637px; line-height: 21.7280006408691px;"> seemingly out of nowhere walked up to his starting quarterback in the locker room and cold cocked him. It's been reported that the Jets immediately released the obviously unintelligent linebacker. </span></span></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0New York, NY, USA40.7127837 -74.00594130000001840.3275822 -74.651388300000022 41.097985200000004 -73.360494300000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-39742045775716037162015-08-09T02:04:00.003-04:002015-08-09T02:04:42.888-04:0049ers promising d-end continues to endanger the lives of others and STILL can't accept that he is in the wrong!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=espn:13394821" target="_blank">ESPN.com story on defensive linemen Aldon Smith</a><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">Wow. Seriously, WTF, Wow. Ok, so your a stud NFL player and you've made some bad choices over the early part of your professional career and throughout your college years. To be honest, you've made A LOT of bad choices. The fact of the matter is god only knows how much trouble you've actually caused because I can guarantee that he didn't get his first DWI the first time he EVER drank and drove, and I feel more then comfortable saying his second DWI, along with vandalism and leaving the scene of the accident were not the second time in his life he drank and drove. Hell, he left the scene because he knew damn well he shouldn't have been driving. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;">YOUR AN NFL PLAYER. YOUR NOT LIKE A PRACTICE SQUAD GUY WHO MAKES 40K A YEAR LETTING YOU RUN HIM OVER. You make great money. You would be making even greater money if you had just had the decency to call a cab. If that's too "embarrassing" to big bad you, THEN CALL A DAMN LIMO. But don't get on the roads and put innocent lives in danger because your an idiot. Really though, thank goodness he didn't hurt anyone seriously....</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0San Francisco, CA, USA37.7749295 -122.4194155000000137.373501499999996 -123.06486250000002 38.1763575 -121.77396850000001tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-14663142162084686892015-04-21T03:14:00.002-04:002015-04-21T03:14:58.867-04:00I've got good news and then i've got some rather frightening bad news...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #0c343d;">I think we as football fans, and any other players from our local sports teams, try and find an excuse when there is one to justify our hero's poor judgment. Players from Incognito, Greg Hardy, Adrian Peterson have all managed to have at least one suitor that is more then willing to pay for their services.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">Each transgression should be taken and investigated individually. Obviously the players and their union want someone, anyone other the Roger "I didn't see the Rice video". </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">I really feel like the "heads up" initiative for tackling at the lower levels all the way up through high school is a step in the right direction. With all the facts about degenerative brain disease coupled with the very public suicides of some popular players, there are more reasons then even to walk away once your financially set in order to give you the best chance of keeping your faculties.</span> <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-73340930506907652072015-04-20T19:49:00.002-04:002015-04-20T19:50:06.997-04:00Take a position and let it flow!!! ANGELS players union rep vs. Ownership of said Angels vs Josh Hamilton vs Mrs. Josh Hamilton <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Would it be harder to come back from another relapse of booze and blow to compete at the major league level or to deal with a divorse from the women who stood by his side while gently guiding him in the right direction for both him professionally and personally for their family. Anyone who has either directly or even indirectly knows it can get bad...very bad. It's one of those times where the saying, "its gonna get a lot worse before it gets better".</span><br />
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/12659451/los-angeles-angels-josh-hamilton-protection-nfl-vets-imagine" target="_blank">ESPN.com story</a><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;">While im certainly not qualified with respect to his bank account to know how much that either helps or hinders divorce proceedings. Personally, looking in from the outside I can't see how someone can say having hundreds of millions of dollars is a negative. And I've def heard plenty of ppl complain about not being able to afford gas, or Christmas gifts or a car ect ect but I still think its pretty shady that the owner of the team has been on record saying that the team should be released from his obligation to pay the player for the amount he signed for. A for effort Artie but your going to have to dig into your ridiculously over stuffed wallet and lock up Mr. Trout with your own money, not from screwing Josh Hamilton out of what you agreed to pay him. I know how all you owners, or at least the great majority of them, somehow spin the story to downplay exactly what you are making after ticket sales, concession stands and TV deals which continue to grow rapidly. Now that's the owner vs player part. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">Divorce is a sad thing. It can be sad for both parties involved, but more often then not it seems like by the time the D word is out there, Mr. and the Mrs. both are more angry then sad and that's too bad...my grandparents were together for nearly 60 years. Couldn't find one without the other from middle school until the day my grandfather suffered a heart attack and passed. People don't take their vows as seriously as they should in my humble opinion. If your fighting over stupid little things remember how amazing you felt that night you first met, or the night you said I Do. Try counseling. Do whatever you can think of and either agree to disagree or simply compromise, its what adults do!</span><br />
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I don't know how I would deal with drug abuse when I would have so much to lose but I know from personal experience that once some drugs get ahold of you, they won't let go until you put in the necessary work. You can't half ass it.<strong><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"> I've been clean since May 5th, 2013</span></strong>....that's my redemption and I'll be fighting to keep it that way the rest of my life....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Anaheim, CA, USA33.8352932 -117.9145035999999933.624261700000005 -118.23722709999998 34.0463247 -117.5917801tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-82824418147853284512015-02-08T09:33:00.002-05:002015-02-08T09:33:34.473-05:00North Carolina coaching legend Dean Smith passes away<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Former all time leader in men's division 1 college basketball, Dean Smith, died peacefully on Saturday Feb 8, 2015 at his home with family and friends close by his side. Smith retired the all time leader in wins, 2nd in total final fours with 11 and won 2 national titles along with coaching some of the greatest if not THE greatest player in basketball history in Michael Jordan. The Tar Heels to this day play in the "Dean Dome" as a tribute to their all time great coach who still resided in Chapel Hill.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0North Carolina, USA35.7595731 -79.01929969999997629.124975099999997 -89.346448199999969 42.394171099999994 -68.692151199999984tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-55321466583951872014-01-09T18:01:00.001-05:002014-01-09T18:01:47.600-05:00Washington Redskins make a splash with their new hire<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Redskins have done it again....they are the big story in the NFL today and they aren't even in the playoffs. After a sub-par comeback season by Robert Griffin III and a combination of bad play in all facets of the game the Redskins hired first time NFL head coach Jay Gruden. Gruden was a head coach in the Arena Football League previously for 2 different teams and was actually elected to their Hall Of Fame back in 1999.<br />
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There is a big difference between the arena league and the NFL obviously and the Redskins are still comfortable making this change from longtime coach Mike Shanahan who has had 3 disappointing seasons. Owner Daniel Snyder has now hired 6 different head coaches in the 15 years he has owned the team...and that's the most of any team during that period. The hiring and firing of a head coach is exactly the type of unstable enviroment that players hate. When a new coach is hired he brings his own philosophy and playbook. Players must adjust and sometimes learn an entire new system. Stability is something the great teams seem to all have in their head coaches...some examples are teams like the Patriots, Saints, 49ers, and Seahawks. <br />
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The Redskins def took a step back this season and it all started with loudmouth, pre-Madonna, quarterback Robert Griffin III. RG3 is the epitome of what the typical high maintenance NFL quarterback is. He failed to return to his form from the previous season and was eventually benched for backup QB Kurt Cousins.<br />
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Whether the Skins did that to make a point to Robert, hoping they could raise Cousins trade value or a little bit of both the fact of the matter is if Griffin isn't going to be running that spread option he ran so perfectly the last year when he lit up the entire league with over 3,000 yards passing, 20 TD's through the air and another 7 with over 800 yards. The problem he's facing is the league had a chance to scout him and prepare for the option, these are professional athletes getting paid millions of dollars on the defensive site of the ball too, and they were more then prepared this time. Combine that with the erratic play of RG3 and the Redskins fell to a miserable 3-13 after taking the league by storm the previous year taking the NFC East title with a 10-6 record.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com1Washington, DC, USA38.907230899999988 -77.03646409999998938.709493899999991 -77.359187599999984 39.104967899999984 -76.7137406tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-77133705916815303862014-01-09T16:42:00.000-05:002015-04-22T02:38:43.958-04:00Oh how the mighty have fallen....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The university of North Carolina is one of if not THE best college basketball program in the country....some would go with UCLA or Kentucky but for me its no doubt the Tar Heels are the best. The problem is they sure as hell aren't playing like it. With a handful of top 100 recruits every year to re-stock their system when players leave for the NBA early after their freshmen year they should be a top 10 team. PERIOD. Looking at them on paper I would never see them losing to a team like Miami....Good Ol Roy Williams teams always seem to have a problem with teams that are lanky and athletic. Miami is one of those teams. Hopefully they move on and start blending together better on the court.</em></span><br />
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The Tar Heels are 3-0 versus ranked teams yet have lost 3 times to teams that don't have a single McDonald's All American, while they have 4. Yes they are dealing with injuries along with the surprising dismissal of PJ Hairston who was their best outside shooter and ready to have a monster year. Hairston was lighting up the summer league and poised to have his best year yet but after 2 public arrests in which he was driving a car that was rented by a known drug dealer put the pressure on the team to make a statement. Unfortunately for North Carolina they don't have another guy to just throw into that 2 guard spot that has the shooting ability of Hairston. He's big, strong, powerful and he has a beautiful touch from outside.... </em></span><br />
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Nobody is still thinking about the 3 teams ranked that you beat, remember it's a what have you done for me lately kind of school, and the only thing they have done lately is LOSE. and LOSE TO TEAMS THAT SHOULDN'T EVEN MAKE THE NCAA TOURNEY!</em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6;">LET'S GO TAR HEELS!!!</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com1Chapel Hill, NC, USA35.9131996 -79.05584450000003535.8103276 -79.217206000000033 36.0160716 -78.894483000000037tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-90885421239095017582014-01-09T14:31:00.002-05:002014-01-09T14:31:35.284-05:00Bama seemingly about to make a MONUMENTAL MISTAKE.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The university of alabama is reportedly interviewing former Tennessee and USC disaster of a head coach Lane Kiffin. Kiffin has so far in his illustrious career built a 35-21 record between those 2 schools and lost in both bowl games he coached.... 21 losses in 5 years, that's about 4 losses per year at a school that was a national powerhouse before he arrived. USC is a DESTINATION that players have historically flocked to. The Trojans have all of the west coach to recruit and especially with the number of players in the southern California area. So far its pretty obvious coach Kiffin has only gotten jobs because of his last name. His father Monty Kiffin is the creator of the "tampa 2" defense that was so popular with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In more recent news, Monty Kiffin was the defensive coordinator of the Dallas Cowboys defense that gave up a record number of points throughout the year. There were injuries on the defense that became too much to overcome as you can only coach up talent to a point.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Southern California34.9592083 -116.4193890000000228.2410358 -126.74653750000002 41.6773808 -106.09224050000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-87296239004804270032013-12-15T19:45:00.001-05:002013-12-15T19:45:35.240-05:00THOSE CRAZY NFLERS AND THEIR MEDIOCRITY..... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Alex "just manage the game" Smith puts up 56 on the Raiders, San Diego beats the Broncos and MR. Football by 7 and the depleted Patriots play down to their competition in a place that always gives them a tough game against the Dolphins and the suddenly tough Jeff Fisher coached Rams manage a way to beat Sean Peyton, Drew Brees and the rest of the Saints while giving up nearly 400 yards passing and only putting together 158 themselves. Fisher once again is putting his stamp on his team and bringing winning to a recently hapless franchise quietly controlling nothing but the score and turnover battle. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">After dominating the scoreboard to the tune of 26-3 against the practice squad Packers the Cowboys we know and love have come back(and by come back I mean back down to the pitiful, unpredictable, unreliable and longtime losers that they are) and let the Packers get back into the game by giving up enough points to take a all to close 36-30 lead at the 2 minute warning. Predictably enough the Boys in Blue let Green Bay run off a 7 play drive ending in a 1 yard rookie Eddie Lacy TD run for a 1 point lead Packers.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">In the division no one wants to win, the NFC Least, after a surprising upset victory over the Lions who were a popular pick to make a playoff run, they snapped back into reality and hopelessness taking a 48-30 schlacking by the hapless Minnesota Vikings and lifetime backup Matt Cassell. Cassell lit up the Eagles so called defense for 370 yards and cruised to the victory even though possible NFL dark horse MVP Nick Foles stacked up 396 with 3 td's and almost 200 of them to superstar DeSean Jackson. </span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0United States37.09024 -95.712891000000013-41.116323 99.052733999999987 90 69.521483999999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-86581738618837061212013-12-15T18:28:00.002-05:002013-12-15T18:28:45.034-05:00Sans-Gronk and Sans-Win, the Patriots put up a subpar performance across the board<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">From the proverbial penthouse to the essence of the prototypical Rolling Stones Sani-can the New England Patriots put up a paltry 20 points while moving the ball with regularity throughout. In the biggest moment of the biggest game(so far at least in regards to securing the #1 seed) the Pats defense didn't look as bad as a Kardashian pregnancy but they sure didn't resemble Giselle or any of the Angels either. Giving up 24 points to the Dolphins </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/mia/miami-dolphins" target="_blank">espn.com link</a> </span><span style="color: #9fc5e8;"> </span><span style="color: blue;">who've had an up and down season isn't really out of character or an ab oration but it sure wasn't part of a winning formula either....</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Foxborough, MA 02035, USA42.0653768 -71.24783079999997442.0182243 -71.328511799999973 42.112529300000006 -71.167149799999976tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-75548552888957854152013-12-14T21:29:00.002-05:002013-12-14T21:29:23.287-05:00For this post we'll call this The Longhorn Network<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: orange; color: black;"><a href="http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/10138466/mack-brown-resigns-coach-texas-longhorns" target="_blank">espn.com college football article link</a></span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">After the pounding that BYU put on Texas when they not so graciously had them up for a double blindfolded DP and finished up with a Blumpkin goodbye to the score of 41-20 including 550 rushing yards with an additional 234 through the air for a grand total of 679 MASSIVE YARDS FROM SCRIMMAGE! Once the regents, board of directors, donors and other boosters made their displeasure know, defensive coordinator Manny Fernandez was put before the firing squad and played the good patsy I mean soldier.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It was lock-down time in the lone star state..... Next up was Mississippi and they were stacked up almost immediately after they got 10 or 15 yards up field. The fact is Texas nearly cut their net yards given up in half surrounding a measly hair under 300....yes, 300 yards of rushing offence AND that was nearly half what they got stomped on for the weekend before.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Mack Brown has been a winning coach at Texas. Texas considers itself one of the premier, upper echelon, top notch programs in the nation. Texas fans expect nothing but absolute 100% commitment to not just the program, team, coaches and school but to the community. If the good citizens hoping to have to honor to be buried in burnt orange are surrounded by 40 high school ESPN top 300 recruits, 3 times more then the next closest state, they at least deserve to beat hated rivals, Texas Tech, Texas A+M, Oklahoma, Baylor and the rest of their below average strength of schedule.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Throughout the past week, and that's on the low end, I've heard various versions of why Mack Brown is obviously staying, why he's obviously not leaving and why were all just stirring things up by reporting on this whole Nick Saban thing. Mr. Master Million Dollar Manipulator just netted himself a cool extra 2 MIL outta the already pitiful president, AD, and everyone else in the state of ALABAMA. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SURPRISE. MACK BROWN IS "RETIRING" OF HIS OWN VOLITION AND NICK SABAN IS STAYING AT NATIONAL POWERHOUSE AND RECRUITING GIANT ALABAMA.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Austin, TX, USA30.267153 -97.74306079999996729.828484 -98.388507799999971 30.705822 -97.097613799999962tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-91488260469135246812013-12-14T20:01:00.003-05:002013-12-14T20:01:38.773-05:00Orpik gets punked like a typical Penguin and in typical penguin fashion their "franchise" player cries more in a game then the whole floor at the infancy clinic in a year.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>How about a topic that has completely been overblown, exaggerated, dissected and redirected by people in and around professional hockey....some from x-players and coaches and then a bunch from random "official NHL commentators" who have chosen to either ignore the subject completely or essentially absolve Thornton of his thuggish actions. When I say thuggish actions, I actually mean it as a complement. I'll explain.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>So, Mr Orpik opens up and sets the tone by intentionally "green lighting" one of the Bruins "perceived" young future budding stars, Loui Eriksson and kneeing him in the head as he knee-led on the ice. Erikkson's tough guy terminator and own hometown hero Shawn Thornton immediately challenged Orpik to a straight up fair fight which the 6'2" 219 lb defense men shamelessly refused. It's bad enough this breaks "old school" protocol but with the bad blood already boiling from Stephen Neal's cheap-shot on Brad Marcharnd for which he got a 5 game suspension. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>Shawn Thornton is listed at a solid 6'2" and weighs all of the 217 in the media guide. SO YOUR TELLING ME HE ACTUALLY WEIGHS LESS THEN THE GUY WHO TURNED THEIR -CHICKEN-SHIT, CHEAP-SHOT, COWARD BACK ON HIM. I listed to talk radio like Felger and Mazz lambaste, flambe, burn, and trash what Thornton did in every possible fashion but how about we bring up the ensuing action. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><b>EVERY ACTION HAS AN EQUAL AND OPPOSITE REACTION.... Should Thornton have just taken no for an answer and waited for the BitchBerg Penguins to send out someone a few inches taller and a significant amount heaver to handle their lack of following that hockey code and "protocol" that they so feverishly pound their drums for now? WHY? The back-trip was a dirty move by an absolutely straightforward, tough, man's man who made a mistake. It was a dirty move. THAT PART WAS DIRTY. Orpik should've fought though...what a fucking coward. YOU DO SOMETHING THAT MAKES AN OPPOSING PLAYER WANT TO BEAT YOUR ASS, TAKE YOUR MEDICINE ASSHOLE. </b></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Pittsburgh, PA, USA40.440624799999988 -79.99588640000001840.24723929999999 -80.318609900000013 40.634010299999986 -79.673162900000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-48759193233684460762013-08-11T15:37:00.003-04:002013-08-11T15:37:43.963-04:00Heat Stroke Kills.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As we start to hear the rumblings of pre-season football yet another anniversary passes. While it seems we hear a new story of a young athlete falling ill on the field at a rate far greater then we should, teams are making an effort to keep players safe both on and off the field. <br />
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9554531" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Outside the Lines Video Link</a><br />
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Heat Stroke kills athletes suddenly, tragically, and indiscriminately. Over the past decade as the public has become more and more aware of the dangers to athletes during the hot summer months we have gained knowledge through the unfortunate deaths that have occurred. One that was both highly publicized and extremely heartbreaking was that of Minnesota Vikings lineman Kore Stringer. With his wife and kids lounging around in the air conditioned home that all his hard work on long hot days on the football field provided, Kore Stringer succumbed to a number of factors while at a practice with the Minnesota Vikings. <br />
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One of the facts that were stated on the Outside the Lines piece was through the Kore Stringer foundation they have found that 1/3 of all high school football teams do not have a trainer on staff at this point. Since the Stringer death unfortunately happened his widow has been at the forefront of the movement to enlighten the public about the dangers of heat stroke. Heat Stroke is something that can be prevented. <br />
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Everyone from children participating in youth sports like football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, tennis, to high school kids and even professional athletes can fall prey to being a victim of the heat. As athletes we have everything from our own personal ego to a sense of competition involved. Sometimes we can't be the ones to make the right choices when it comes to things like water breaks. When the temperature rises outdoors and it's combined with pushing our bodies to the absolute limit there can never be enough "water breaks". Drinking water during practice shouldn't be something scheduled, players need to be encouraged to replenish their system continuously if they want to keep their bodies in top shape and condition. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Minnesota, USA46.729553 -94.68589980000001641.126442000000004 -105.01304830000001 52.332664 -84.358751300000023tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5076556770270242807.post-84847527181560149022013-07-12T18:15:00.003-04:002013-07-12T18:16:09.140-04:00Timmy always was a stubborn boy....but he was OUR stubborn boy.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Put together a great season between the posts, dominate games, move forward towards the ultimate goal of winning the Stanley Cup series by series, finish the year on top of the hockey world and then take your opinionated, controversial, outspoken ass back to your recliner and tell your team that your gonna take it easy for a while and they are going to deal with it. After the fact that your serious, yes your actually going to just refuse to suit up and forfeit the phat paycheck you turn on your daily news to find out you've been traded....to Edmonton. Boston and Edmonton do have 1 big thing in common though....Tim Thomas isn't going to be playing goalie for either team. After a year and a half of "family time" word is your thinking about returning to the ice, and after the meltdown that Pittsburgh had in their pitiful series with the Bruins, they'd be LUCKY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU. There will be competition though, and it won't be coming from too far away, the crosstown rivals are looking for help as well, give the Flyers a look and go with your heart Timmy....<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03273926719537681612noreply@blogger.com0Boston, MA, USA42.3584308 -71.059773242.170560800000004 -71.38249669999999 42.5463008 -70.7370497