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| I Hate Mondays: The Rose Bowl |
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Some say love, it is a river that drowns the tender reed. But I say love it is a flower, and USC its only seed.
The sweet smelling Rose Bowl will host this year’s BCS National Championship Game and differing strength of schedules makes...
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| VD's Previews: Detroit Lions |
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Last Year:
What’s white, blue and silver and underachieves? No, it’s not a homeless guy wearing a Detroit Lions jacket. With a stellar draft and a lavish free agency period, the Lions were everyone’s darling heading into...
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| Big XII Conference Preview |
Your favorite sportswriter is out of hiatus, and back to contribute!! Here's my Big XII preview.
The Big XII will once again be a very competitive conference. Oklahoma’s iron grip over the conference will be weakened and upsets will be...
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| The Jester's Quart: Unanswered Questions |
"If the game ends in a tie, a shootout decides the winner."
"If a player is called for fighting, he is immediately suspended for one game."
"There are no two-line passes."
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| VD's Preview: Denver Broncos |
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Last Year:
Last summer, the running back factory that is the Denver Broncos partnered in a blockbuster deal, trading their backfield star, Clinton Portis, for a defensive backfield star, Champ Bailey. The ground attack...
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| Sports Gospel- John Feinstein is a jerk |
The Sports Gospel-John Feinstein is a jerk
Mark Chalifoux
July 26th, 2005
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| "Hey Dad, I never knew Chicago had another baseball team..." |
By Sara Normand
Take a moment. Close your eyes. What comes to mind when I whisper the words, “Chicago baseball”? If you imagined Wrigley Field, the Chicago Cubs, Harry Caray, the brick walls covered in green ivy, the Friendly Confines,...
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| Half of NBA offseason over with Sarunas signed |
I know there’s a lot of action going on this summer, but if we all take a step back and look at the NBA's offseason with an objective look, it can get very simple.
Quite honestly, only two things mattered from the offseason’s very beginning:
1. The Larry...
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| VD's Preview: Dallas Cowboys |
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Last Year:
The Dallas Cowboys release of quarterback Quincy Carter came as an abrupt surprise – kind of like 19-year-old Frankie Muniz’ engagement. Head coach Bill Parcells felt that his marriage with Carter was built on a...
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| I Hate Mondays: Trailer Park Boy |
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As Ricky Williams arrived at the Miami Dolphins training camp it seemed like a perfect time to cue the mellifluous music that opens each Trailer Park Boys episode.
In the first installment of each new season, Ricky, a character on the...
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| Thank You, NHL |
Thank you very much.
Thank you for bringing back hockey. After watching the World Championships, the World Junior Championships, the World Under-17 championships, the Telus Cup, the Royal Bank Cup, the Memorial Cup, the Allan Cup, the Spengler Cup, the Ontario Hockey League, the...
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| Signup for the NFL picks of the week contest |
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The NFL picks of the week contest is ready for signups. There will be a special usergroup to play this year. You can join this group by either going to the user conrtol panel (usercp) and clicking on "group memberships" (left hand menu under miscellanoeus) or by clicking
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| The Jester's Quart: The NHL on HBO |
From the moment the thought crossed my mind, I haven't been able to shake the fantasy.
The broadcast begins with a montage. Arturo Gatti, Fernando Vargas and Jermain Taylor throwing punches at random opponents. Bob Costas sharing a laugh with a...
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| VD's Previews: Cleveland Browns |
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Last Year:
Questioning Jeff Garcia’s sexuality, threatening to decapitate opposing quarterbacks and shipments of Pepto-Bismol all factored into making the Cleveland Browns the laughing stock of 2004. The stress swelled...
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| Cardinals-Cubs: Not Your Average Rivalry |
By Sara Normand
Nearly 300 miles and four and a half hours separates them. One city is located on the southwest coast of Lake Michigan; the other, west of the Mississippi River. One city is known for its...
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| A visit to Redneck Wall Street |
Sports Gospel- A visit to Redneck Wall Street
Mark Chalifoux
July 19th, 2005
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| I Hate Mondays: The Contract Year |
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The contract year: the final season of a player’s agreement before he becomes a free agent.
There is no greater form of deception in all of sports.
One player Mark Blounts his way through half a season and...
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| VD's Previews: Cincinnati Bengals |
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Last Year:
A streak of thirteen consecutive non-winning seasons continued in 2004 as the Cincinnati Bengals were unable to surpass the eight win barrier once again. Second year quarterback Carson Palmer took over the...
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| VD's Previews: Chicago Bears |
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Last Year:
Lovie Smith has no relation to John and Jane Smith but his new marriage with the Chicago Bears was just as rocky Mr. and Mrs. Smith’s in its first year. No, Lovie and the Bears didn’t resort to the same violence...
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| The Jester's Quart: Problems Hockey Can't Solve |
Before we get to this week’s column -- and oh, what a column it is -- I wanted to take a moment and share some news with you.
I’ve been writing "The Jester’s Quart" since 1997, starting small (one hockey newsgroup) and eventually branching out to over 20 web sites that...
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| Oh No, Not Kwame!!!!!! |
Welcome to the Weekly Rant!!
I woke up this morning all ready to write another one of my college football previews when I read that the Lakers have agreed in principle to trade Caron Butler and Chucky Atkins for Kwame Brown!! Say it ain’t so Mitch, say it ain’t so!...
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| Illinois' should've waited on Weber's extention |
Illinois head coach Bruce Weber received his much anticipated two-year extension today form the Illinois Board of Trustees.
The University just better hope it knows what its doing.
The deal puts Weber under contract through the 2010-11 season. The new deal raises...
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| Signing of Ilgauskas puts Heat on hotspot |
All the pieces are falling into place for the Cavaliers.
With this week’s signings of Zydrunas Ilgauskas and restricted free agent Larry Hughes to five-year deals, the Cavs are poised to make their next move.
The Cavs, armed with the most salary-cap space in the NBA...
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| VD's Previews: Carolina Panthers |
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Last Year:
In 2003, the Carolina Panthers played like Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn’s characters in the Wedding Crashers, preying on innocent victims who underestimated them. A year later, the Panthers were merely a playoff...
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| Sports Gospel- Wie's got next |
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After Michelle Wie narrowly missed making history at the John Deere Classic last week, she has become somewhat of a polarizing topic in the sports world. The majority of people seem to stand on the “she’s too young to keep doing this and its going to ruin...
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| VD's Previews: Buffalo Bills |
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Last Year:
After the first four weeks of the 2004 season, the Buffalo Bills were as average as the Fantastic Four without its super powers. Then, as if a cloud had fundamentally altered their DNA, either that or Willis...
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| I Hate Mondays: A Brave Prediction |
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The National League East is baseball’s tightest division heading into the All-Star break, leaving many spectators guessing as to who their playoff representative will be.
The New York Mets, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Florida Marlins...
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| The Weekly Rant--Memoirs of An Aging Sports Addict |
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Welcome to this week’s installment of “The Weekly Rant”!! Today, we have a guest feature from one of our most talented readers, Tim Whiteman. It is entitled, “Memoirs of An Aging Sports Addict”, and it is one of the best articles I’ve received in a very long time. Check it out, and give this guy...
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| Decisions, Decisions for Tubby Smith |
By Sara Normand
The 2005 NBA draft on June 28 made history everywhere. This year’s champion North Carolina moved past Duke for the most players drafted in the first round when the Tarheels had four. Utah became the first school ever to have number one draft picks in both the NBA and...
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| VD's Previews: Baltimore Ravens |
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Last Year:
After a brief playoff appearance and a record setting 2066-yard rushing season from Jamal Lewis, the Baltimore Ravens were supposed to take another step forward in 2004. Their focus was shifted off-the-field...
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| The Jester’s Quart: The Swagger Factor |
There were two of them. The guy on the left was short with a shaved head, looking very much like he wrestled in high school about 15 years ago and then forget how to do a sit-up after that. The guy on the right was tall and bulky, wearing a green shirt and a backwards...
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| 3rd Anniversary Of The Rant |
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Today marks the 3rd anniversary of sportsrant.com. This site has come along way over the past 3 years, reaching heights that never entered my mind. When the first anniversary approached I was weary of reaching just 1,000 members, same for the second, when we approached 5,000. Now one year later, I...
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| Sports Gospel: Hockey needs a hero |
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It goes without saying that it is a bad time to be a hockey fan. Nevertheless, in an effort to be more dramatic, I will say it: It’s a bad time to be a hockey fan. Between the slowing of the CBA talks, Roenick’s tirade, drunken Zamboni drivers and hockey...
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| Da Rant: Heisman Preview plus Mail |
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The Heisman Trophy may be the most prestigious award in all of sports. It is given to the top college football player in the country, and it is an honor that will last a lifetime. There are many guys this year that have a shot at winning it, but there are a few that should be considered favorites....
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