Monday, October 8th, 2012
For his final movie role, Alex Karras is apparently reprising the part of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail's" Black Knight.
Karras, a former University of Iowa and Detroit Lions standout defensive lineman who went on to even greater fame as Mongo in "Blazing Saddles" and George Papadapolis in the 1980s ...
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2011
I'm not sure what geography majors do when they finish college, but obviously they don't end up working at ESPN.
Friend of the program and lifelong Minnesotan Bdogmarvelous caught the pictured error on Sports Center yesterday -- a rather shocking imagine of the outline of Minnesota labeled as "Wisconsin" in some ...
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Tuesday, June 14th, 2011
We assume the following conversation took place between ESPN writer Buster Olney and his brain this weekend before he wrote a story detailing baseball's possible realignment to two 15-team leagues.
BUSTER: Hey brain, do you have any ideas? There's nothing interesting going on right now and I need to stir ...
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Monday, June 6th, 2011
The beauty of the Chicago Cubs is the simplicity of their design. Just when you think they've lost in the crappiest way you could ever imagine, they find a way to do something even worse the very next day.
That was the case on Sunday, as the Cubs got swept by ...
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Tuesday, February 8th, 2011
Ever have one of those times when you can't tell if you're in the minority or the majority? This is one of them for me.
Deadspin's story (and I use that word in the same sense as fish stories and children's books) about New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez having somewhat ...
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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010
You know, I was really enjoying a pretty quiet beginning of August. Should've known Brett Favre was fixing to ruin that.
You see, I'm a Packers fan. Always have been. As a result, I've morphed into something of the Brett Favre expert on this site. Truth be told, Favre was my ...
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Tuesday, September 29th, 2009
I've long wondered why the BCS is so messed up every year and we end up with a muddled picture at the top of the college football world. Well, after taking a look at Scott Wolf's week five ballot, I've figured it out. Simply put, the lion's share of people ...
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