Archive for March, 2011
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
Tony Parker returned to the San Antonio Spurs Friday night just in time to participate in the team's utter destruction of the Miami Heat. To be more specific, what the Spurs did to the Heat is most often referred to as a curb-stomping. San Antonio did whatever it wanted, whenever ...
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
As predicted yesterday, the NFL's owners agreed to extend the current collective bargaining agreement by seven days today. The players' union had already agreed to such a measure yesterday and the world was just waiting for the owners to come to the table. They have, and now we may actually ...
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
It appears that for the first time in months, we may actually have movement on an NFL labor agreement. While the decision to extend the current collective bargaining agreement by 24 hours isn't the godsend that some have touted it as, there has been some movement in the negotiations.
What happened ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The NFL's owners and players' union came to an agreement to extend the current collective bargaining agreement for 24 hours on Thursday. The implication is that the two sides will use the next 24 hours to continue labor negotiations with a view towards coming to an agreement. But frankly, I ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson has gotten tons of ink since the college football season kicked off in the fall of 2010. Hell, the guy even got Heisman hype for a while. But in the lead up to the 2011 NFL Draft most experts have assumed Peterson would go in the ...
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Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Wow, I guess the Chicago Cubs are really just like all of us. According to outfielder Reed Johnson, everyone in the Cubs' clubhouse is addicted to all things Charlie Sheen.
Johnson was on "The Waddle & Silvy Show" on ESPN 1000 in Chicago yesterday when he said, "The Clubhouse stops and ...
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Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
If there is an NFL season this fall, the New York Jets will certainly look like a different squad. On Monday the Jets cut loose center Damien Woody, nose tackle Kris Jenkins, linebacker/defensive end Jason Taylor and defensive end/gigantic bust Vernon Gholston. But the Jets also made some moves Monday ...
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
According to virtually all reports, Nevada quarterback Colin Kapernick killed it this past weekend at the NFL Combine. So much so that his stock may have jumped by three full rounds.
Before the Combine, many saw Kaepernick as a third, fourth or maybe even a fifth rounder. After this weekend he's ...
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Tuesday, March 1st, 2011
It's not often that we delve into global politics here at Rumors and Rants, but Iran's recent actions have made it unavoidable. Quite frankly, there's no way anyone should ever allow these people to have nuclear technology, or for that matter anything more powerful than a musket.
Why's that?
On Monday it ...
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