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Friday, February 22nd, 2013
Remember, kids: if you suck at your job, remember to be famous while doing it. That way you'll be assured of landing a job with someone desperate to latch on to someone famous when you get fired because you sucked.
Bobby Valentine is the latest in sports to follow Isiah Thomas' ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Just when we thought the Sacramento Kings' Sleep Train Arena took the cake for strangest-named sports stadium of all-time, Florida Atlantic University has upped the ante.
According to OwlAccess.com, the school will formally announce on Tuesday that it has reached a deal with The Geo Group for naming rights to its ...
Posted in College Football | 4 Comments »
Friday, February 15th, 2013
We haven't heard much from fiery coach Frank Martin this season, his first at South Carolina. That's largely because the Gamecocks suck, thus eliminating any reason to pay him much heed.
But on Thursday night we finally got some vintage Martin intensity precisely BECAUSE the Gamecocks suck. Following South Carolina's 64-46 ...
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Tuesday, February 12th, 2013
Pity the poor Colorado State basketball fan who saw the March 9, 1954 Associated Press basketball Top 20 poll and figured "Swell! This should be a regular spot for us!"
The Rams are ranked for the first time since then, cracking the now-Top 25 with the No. 24 spot in both ...
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Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
It was a literal case of breaking news Tuesday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
ESPN broadcaster Dick Vitale managed to walk through a plate-glass window prior to the Ohio State-Michigan game he was calling, requiring medical attention to attend to his cuts. Fortunately, the injuries weren't serious enough to keep Vitale ...
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Friday, February 1st, 2013
Finally, there's a NASCAR driver who understands the sport's roots. Or a former NASCAR driver who does, anyway.
Tyler Walker, who I never heard of until this sentence, was arrested Wednesday after leading police through a high-speed chase that covered ground in three (3!) different states.
Cops in Nevada started chasing Walker ...
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2013
What's the most humiliating product a football player could possibly endorse?
That's Depends.
Yet the adult diaper found a way to cross into the mainstream (no pun intended) in a new commercial featuring Pro Bowlers Clay Matthews, DeMarcus Ware and Wes Welker.
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