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| The (sports) Gospel According to Mark: Chaney bigger than one game |
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People are not going to remember John Chaney as a great man and a great basketball coach. They are not going to remember him for the great things he has done for the players who have been a part of his program, or for the fact that he did things the right way. Sadly, they are going to remember...
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| Players of the Year |
By Sara Normand
Yes, players. Plural. With so much talent in college basketball these days, it’s difficult to narrow the field down to ONE athlete for the player of the year...
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| The Weekly Rant |
I normally just publish the articles from my weekly sports letter....today I've decided to publish the articles and the emails from previous articles as well.
We have a double-feature of the Weekly Rant this week. There's one today, and...
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| I Hate Mondays: The Year of the Veteran Quarterback |
With the NFL combine in Indianapolis currently taking place, it’s easy to focus on the plethora of youth which is about to enter the league but even so, this off-season appears to have an aging theme:
It’s the year of the veteran quarterback.
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| HE'S BACK! |
HE'S BACK!
By Callie Spear
Will he be able to lead the league in pitching yet again? The Atlanta Braves may be taking an enormous gamble. 38-year-old pitcher, John Smoltz finds himself once again returning to the bullpen. Smoltz has decided to restake his claim...
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| Jason White is he NFL material |
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The best college football athletes regularly move on to the NFL and Oklahoma University quarterback Jason White is one of those players, but does he have what is needed to become NFL material?
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| Cubs Will Win Without Sammy |
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Sammy Sosa—#21; one of the greatest Cubs ever. Sammy Sosa—a future Hall of Famer. Sammy Sosa—his 574 career home runs ranks seventh on the all-time list and most by a Cub ever. Sammy Sosa—great for Cubs’ business. Sammy Sosa—with the signature sprint to right field before games. Sammy Sosa—the...
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| Bledsoe is right fit for Parcells |
I can't say I blame Bill Parcells for wanting to win now with Drew Bledsoe rather than risk throwing a year (or more) away to develop a completely unproven player in Drew Henson.
In all sports today, especially football, a team can be turned into a winner in about a month -...
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| The Jester’s Quart: Melting Away the NHL’s Lost Season |
The carcass of the National Hockey League’s canceled 2004-05 season continues to smolder, like a pile of charred logs in the bottom of a fireplace.
It’s fun to poke it and see what falls off…
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| The (sports) Gospel According to Mark: Mailbag |
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Recently I tried to think of several ways to become a better columnist. I started by examining other successful columnists and tried to emulate some of the things they do. Needless to say, espn.com’s Bill Simmons is one of the most popular columnists around and his mailbag column is one of his...
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| 2005 NFL Draft Breakdown |
Draft Breakdown:
By: Wade Peery
Drop him a line at wadepeery@yahoo.com
2005 NFL Draft: Linebackers
1. Derrick Johnson-OLB-Texas Longhorns- the 2004 Butkus Award winner and 2004 Nagurski Award winner, Johnson is the...
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| I Hate Mondays: NBA All-Star Week |
Is it over yet? Can I stop cringing?
Surprisingly, there has been more than one protracted painful exhibition in the sports world this week so I guess I better clarify.
I’m talking about the NBA’s All-Star Month, which has hopefully ended by now.
What...
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| New labor strife perspective |
The assessment has become total cliché: “The (insert league here) work stoppage is just another example of millionaires fighting with billionaires.”
While it is true, this perspective is useless, so we may as well find some other way to analyze it all.
Just because the rest...
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| The Jester’s Quart: The Bright Side of Armageddon |
I was wrong about the National Hockey League Lockout.
That’s a hard pill for me to swallow, because I was convinced that this was all for the best. That the very fate of the NHL — at least in the short term — hung in the balance. That, finally,...
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| Terrell Owens, The True MVP |
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Deion Branch won the Superbowl MVP recently. He had a good game and helped his team to win. However, Deion shouldn't have gotten the new Caddy. Guess what, Tom Brady shouldn't have gotten it either. It should have gone to Terrell Owens. Terrell Owens has...
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| How to Save the NHL |
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You know what's happened. You know the story. You've read the papers, argued the talk radio, grimaced in pain as Bettman's smarmy face weaseled through a press conference with such empty blatherscite, if the camera were at a different angle it would reveal the recoiled string attached to his back....
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| Jumping On The Steriod Bandwagon |
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A new Sports Illustrated article came out yesterday, once again turning to the steroid scandal in baseball. SI writer, Richard (Dick) Hoffer, has jumped on the steroid bandwagon. Why now are all these members of the media coming out and making these statements, “Bonds needs to retire before...
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| The Shaq Trade |
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As we near the halfway point of the NBA season, its time to look back on the most controversial move of the offseason. This was the trade of Shaquille O'Neal to the Miami Heat for Lamar Odom, Caron Butler, and Brian Grant. At the time both teams were expecting to benefit from the trade. The Heat...
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| The (sports) Gospel According to Mark and Amanda: Valentines Day special |
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, this week’s edition of the Sports Gospel will be co-authored by my valentine and girlfriend Amanda Hughes (this is her gift-just kidding, its yours-just kidding again) I thought the SG could use a woman’s touch, so for one week (and one week only), I’ve decided to share...
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| Random Sports Observations |
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I will get this out of the way right from the get go. My observations here are going to be sophomoric, idiotic, moronic, stupid, lacking of empirical data, not representing the top .006 of individuals in their respective professions. How dare someone claim our...
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| After Expansion ACC Basketball is Still the King |
by Wade Perry
drop me a line at wadepeery@yahoo.com
When the ACC decided to bolster its stance in the college football landscape by expanding to 11...
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| The Jester’s Quart: Simply Fixing the NHL |
The solution to professional hockey's problems isn't found in salary caps or luxury taxes or franchise players or "cost certainty." All of those machinations exist to keep a sinking ship afloat, and to ensure it'll miss the iceberg on ensuing voyages. They don't...
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| It Ain't Over Yet! |
It Ain’t Over Yet-Brady and Montana Comparison
By Callie Spear
He’s not your average Joe…..or is he? With only 5 years in the NFL, Tom Brady has proven to be one of the best-ranked quarterbacks in the nation. And who gets him? The New England Patriots.
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| The (sports) Gospel According to Mark: Pats are not a dynasty |
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New England was the heavy favorite. Everyone outside of Pennsylvania was putting their money on the two-time champs. There was no way the Eagles could win, the talking heads yelled. On paper, New England was just the better team, a dynasty in the making, but as the saying goes, that’s why they play...
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| I Hate Mondays: Charity a Rarity |
It’s because of Latrell Sprewell and the NHL Players Union that we, as fans, have often jumped to assumptions and tabbed most athletes as greedy money grubbers.
You know the drill. We’ve all scoffed when players like Eli Manning have held out before displaying an ounce of credibility...
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| Girls Don't Know Anything About Football |
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A 30-SECOND TELEVISION COMMERCIAL PROPOSAL FOR ANHEUSER-BUSCH INC.
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| The Jester's Quart: Why The Eagles Will Win the Super Bowl |
The Eagles will win the Super Bowl because Campbell's Chunky is the master of New England Clam Chowder.
The Eagles will win the Super Bowl because as a God-fearing Christian, I cannot question His plan for Terrell Owens.
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| Top 5 RB's Of All Time |
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Emmitt Smith has decided to retire from football. He was one of the most steady and reliable runningbacks of all time. Whenever a player like Emmitt decides to hang up the cleats, inevitably people tend to ask who is the greatest runningback of all time. The runningback...
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| So Travis Henry wants to go to Miami... |
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Runningback Travis Henry of the Buffalo Bills has gotten permission from the team to seek a trade, and the first suitor his agent lined up appears to be hated division rival, the Miami Dolphins. First to jumpstart what should be a busy offseason for the position, Miami has a golden opportunity here...
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| Sports Gospel profile: Ohio Volleyball Coach Geoff Carlston |
If Geoff Carlston had stayed on his couch and finished watching an episode of the “The Simpsons” while he was a student at Minnesota, his life would be completely different.
As it was, Geoff’s friend made him get up from his couch and go to the Minnesota club Men’s Volleyball team...
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| 2005 NFL Draft Breakdown |
2005 NFL DRAFT BREAKDOWN SPECIAL WEEK 1:
KICKERS/PUNTERS
This is a series that I will be releasing every Monday night around 10 p.m. for the next 11 weeks breaking down all the positions leading up to the NFL Draft. If you have any comments drop me a line at
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