Archive for November, 2010
Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Andre Smith is having a rough start to his NFL career. The No. 6 pick in the 2009 NFL Draft reportedly broke the fifth metatarsal of his left foot this week and will definitely miss this weekend's game against the Indianapolis Colts.
But Smith, who has started just four games in ...
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
Record after week 10: 107-50 (78-76-3 ATS)
12 pm ET
Miami (6-3) at Georgia Tech (5-4) (+3)
Both teams have not played even close to expectations. Both teams lost their stud quarterback recently. Miami's offense sputters easily. Georgia Tech's defense is terrible. What's a gambler to do? Stay the hell away from this ...
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
When Sandy Alderson took over as the general manager of the New York Mets everyone expected there would be changes. The first move Alderson made was to exercise the $11 million option on shortstop Jose Reyes for 2011. But that doesn't mean Alderson sees Reyes with the Mets long-term.
In fact, ...
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Thursday, November 11th, 2010
With the addition of a healthy Blake Griffin and the rapid development of super guard Eric Gordon, a lot of people expected the Los Angeles Clippers to be "exciting" this year. Their athleticism, scoring ability and flash was supposed to help the Clippers take the next step. And heck, maybe ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Despite all the fun had at his expense (the most well-crafted stuff comes courtesy of our friends at Kissing Suzy Kolber) Philip Rivers has become one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Sadly experts often refer to Peyton Manning, Tom Brady and Drew Brees as the "Big Three" but ...
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Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
Yeah, read that one again. The Miami Heat, Miami Thrice, The Big Three, the greatest combination of superstars in NBA history have the same number of losses as the Indiana freaking Pacers. I'll allow you a few minutes to stop laughing...
The Heat allowed a 22-point lead to slip away Tuesday ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
It's no secret that former Oregon head coach and athletic director Mike Bellotti wants to return to coaching at some point. It's also no secret that he's as robotic and wooden an analyst as ESPN has on it's current roster of color guys. While Bellotti has interesting takes about players ...
Posted in College Football, Rumors | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
I could not believe my ears Monday night as the new Kid Rock song "Born Free" played while ESPN's Monday Night Countdown segued into Monday Night Football. The same song was used incessantly during TBS' postseason baseball coverage, which was apparently the network's only way of making a game called ...
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Tuesday, November 9th, 2010
By now we all know that the Dallas Cowboys are in the midst of massive turmoil. Head coach Wade Phillips was canned after a stellar 1-7 start that followed three years of disappointment. So assuming that interim head coach Jason Garrett isn't the long-term solution, who will be next in ...
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Monday, November 8th, 2010
Well, actually he just isn't having his contract renewed for next year, but this means the mission of the greatest blog in history actually came to pass. Has this ever happened before?
It's like the greatness of FJM actually made something happen. I'm scared. Oh, and go read their second to ...
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