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Playing Hookie on Campus - 7/30/08

Obiora @ July 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet

- With a new college football season coming, I can just hear the griping about to start - the polls are biased against this team, the voters don’t know anything, the polls favor that team, we need a playoff, we need a playoff, we need a playoff. Like most folks, I too would favor […]

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Red and Black Blues

Obiora @ July 27, 2008 # 2 Comments

As we wade through this summer’s transfer market, I am reminded that financial structure is one of the most glaring contrasts between the sports leagues of the USA and the domestic soccer leagues of the ‘rest of the world’. By and large, the big American sports franchises (with some exceptions like the NY Yankees) try […]

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I have an idea for Brett Favre’s next gig

Little SK @ July 22, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Hey NFL fans, Gossip Girl here, and I have the biggest news ever! One of my many sources sends me this, Spotted in Mississippi, Brett F frantically texting his former BFF Ted that he wants back in the Pack! But Ted’s on vacation! Will he get Brett’s desperate message? Or will he move on with Brett’s frenemy Aaron?

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Where Nets vs Galacticos (Could) Happen

Obiora @ July 11, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Brandon Jennings, considered the best high school basketball player in the country this past season, will be taking his game to Europe next season because he didn’t ‘pass’ the SATs and so can’t play the requisite one year in college. This move has touched off a lot of speculation about whether American high schoolers […]

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Sonic-less in Seattle

SK @ July 10, 2008 # 3 Comments

It’s been a few days since the legal system finally caved in and gave Clay Bennett and company the permission to leave Seattle without professional basketball.  I have to believe that it doesn’t hurt any less.  The last court the Sonics played in was, unfortunately, a legal court and not a basketball court.

For me, the memory […]

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6+5 = better futbol?

Obiora @ July 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Recently, FIFA agreed in principle that Sepp Blatter’s proposed “6+5″ limitation on domestic futbol clubs was a good idea. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, the rule would provide that a club team must start a match with at least six players who would be eligible to play for the national […]

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Free Kicks (7/1/08) - Euro 2008

Obiora @ July 1, 2008 # No Comment Yet

A few thoughts on Euro 2008:

If you missed Euro 2008, you missed one of the best sports tournaments in recent memory. Watching Fernando Torres score the winner against Germany was especially gratifying for this fan given the criticism leveled at El Niño for not finding the back of the net much during the rest […]

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