SPORTSbyBROOKS Salutes Our United States Armed Forces

Saluting our Armed Forces around the world this weekend:

I know many of you visit here, and I wanted to let you know that we’re thinking about you, and appreciate your service.

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Will Yankee Announcer John Sterling Use A-Bomb For A-Rod Home Run Call Against Dice K?

YANKS “A-BOMB” RADIO CALL ROLLS DICE WITH PC POLICE: In case you haven’t heard John Sterling’s “An A-Bomb from A-Rod!” call of Alex Rodriguez’s game-winning home run against the Indians yesterday, here’s the audio.

Dave Smith of Sporting News Radio asked today what many will be thinking as the Yankees embark on their Red Sox rivalry […]

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Pennsylvania Stoners Soccer Team Helps Us Celebrate 420 Day

WELCOME TO MR. HAND’S FAVORITE DAY OF THE YEAR! I bring you my new favorite sports team, at least on 4-20:

The name of the long-defunct squad was officially credited to Pennsylvania being known as the “Keystone State“.

Yah, sure it was brah.
UPDATE: Huge news on 4-20 from the world of motorsports:

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Virginia Tech Merchandise Sells Out In Wake Of Campus Tragedy

VA. TECH MERCH SELLS OUT IN WAKE OF CAMPUS TRAGEDY: Darren Rovell reports that Virginia Tech merchandise across the nation is selling out (as it should be) as people buy Hokie gear to show their support of the fallen students.

Rovell also adds: “Today is Orange and Maroon Effect Day, where people are supposed to show […]

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Michael Waltrip May Remove Himself As Driver Of Toyota Team

MICHAEL WALTRIP MAY LEAVE SECOND WRECK VERY SOON: NASCAR team owner Michael Waltrip tells the NEW YORK TIMES that he “would consider removing himself as driver” of the Nextel Cup No. 55 Toyota “if the team did not improve.” Waltrip has failed to qualify for seven of the first eight races, including this Saturday’s […]

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And 1 Mixed Tape Touring Team Doesn\’t Like It When You Play Defense

AND 1 TEAM NEEDS TO BOOK THE WASHINGTON GENERALS: Apparently former University of Missouri players who took on that lovable gang from the AND 1 MixTape tour this week in Columbia, Mo., are unaware that:
A) You aren’t supposed to play defense
B) You aren’t supposed to dive for loose balls
C) You AREN’T SUPPOSED TO WIN

The COLUMBIA […]

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Warren Moon Leigh Steinberg Fresh Off Dueling DUIs Host Concussion Conference

BYOB WITH STEINBERG AND WARREN IN MARINA DEL REY: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports today “the Sports Concussion Institute will hold the first National Concussion Summit in Marina del Rey, California. Agent Leigh Steinberg and Pro Football HOFer Warren Moon are both involved in the conference.”

Coincidentally, both Moon and Steinberg have been popped for DUI […]

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Charleston Daily Mail Marshalls Johnson Is The Whole Package

MARSHALL LINEBACKER HAS A SPECIAL DELIVERY COMING:

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Jenn Sterger And Kurt Vonnegut Have More In Common Than You Think Thanks To Sports Illustrated

SI DEVOLVES TRANSITIONS FROM VONNEGUT TO VACUOUS: SPORTS ILLUSTRATED reports in its latest issue that recently-passed author Kurt Vonnegut worked at SI in 1954 despite the fact that he “confessed to knowing next to nothing about sports.”

He knew “next to nothing about sports?” Amazing that that hiring philosophy at SI, at least when handing out […]

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Mascot Helps Minor Olympic Sports Bore Fans And Scare Kids To Tears

MINOR SPORT BORE NOW SUCCEEDS IN SCARING KIDS TOO! SoCal’s AAU Sportsletter introduces us to my new favorite another-European-sport-which-doesn’t-translate-here mascot: “Meet Chabala, the official mascot of the 2007 Women’s World Team Handball Championship, to be held in France, December 2 – 16.”

What’s a more frightening prospect, a plaster-based feline caricature with a head the size […]

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