ROCKIES’ OFFICE NEEDS TO CHECK WITH SbB MORE OFTEN: We called it.
A few days ago, we wrote about the Colorado Rockies’ plan to sell all their World Series tickets online. No box office windows would be open, no phone orders would be taken - a computer would be the only way to snag these […]
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Baseball on October 22nd, 2007
SPORTING NEWS STRATS THEIR STUFF W/’86 MLB REPLAY: THE SPORTING NEWS has much fondness for the 1986 MLB season. So much so, they want to do it all over again:
The sports site will be re-visiting the Year of Bill Buckner’s Bounce through “1986: Take Two”, a web page featuring reposted stories and articles from the […]
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ANGRY HS FOOTBALL FATHER HITS FIELD TO HIT PLAYER: Many adults want to reach out to high school students in trouble - but not by slugging them in a football game:
WKYT-TV has video of a Kentucky man running onto the field and hitting a player during a high school contest.
50-year-old Kirby Thompson was arrested for […]
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Football on October 22nd, 2007
REDSKINS WR CLUCKS ABOUT REPORTERS BEING CHICKEN: Brandon Lloyd sure knows how to charm the media:
DC SPORTS BOG reports on the latest fun from the Redskins receiver. During a recent radio interview, Lloyd was asked if the play calling by offensive coordinator Al Saunders was being limited by head coach Joe Gibbs.
“Bro, I have […]
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Football on October 22nd, 2007
CHOP BLOCK UNCALLED & UNCALLED FOR IN LSU-AU GAME: They sure fight dirty down south:
The DOTHAN (AL) EAGLE throws the flag on an illegal block done by Auburn on a LSU defender during the Tigers’ wild last-second win over the, um, Tigers.
During a 3rd quarter play, LSU lineman Glenn Dorsey was tied up with Auburn […]
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Football on October 22nd, 2007
CALI FIRES CANCEL CHARGERS PRACTICE; IS GAME NEXT?: Ongoing wildfires throughout Southern California have snuffed out practice for the Chargers - and may burn out next week’s game against the Texans.
The SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE reports that coach Norv Turner met with players on Monday, and decided to cancel practice and send everyone home.
For some of […]
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Football on October 22nd, 2007
ZEBRAS SOON TO OVERRUN FINE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK, TX: The INDIANAPOLIS STAR reports today that the NCAA is finally getting serious about cleaning up college basketball.
Yeah, policing the recruitment of 8-year-olds, eliminating cash payments to players and snuffing out rampant academic fraud is important. But Myles Brand & Co. has really zeroed in on what […]
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WE NOW KNOW WHY YANKEES HAD TO LOW-BALL TORRE: Some think that playoff inconsistency was the reason for Joe Torre’s ouster. But thanks to tireless investigative reporting by NEW YORK DAILY NEWS reporter Juan Gonzalez, we may have uncovered why Torre was really fired given a low-ball contract offer.
Gonzalez recent audited the New York Yankees […]
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Baseball on October 22nd, 2007
AT LEAST WE STILL GET WASHINGTON ST. EVERY OTHER YR. L.A. DAILY NEWS City Hall reporter Rick Orlov scoops the sportswriters in SoCal by noting today that NFL officials have finally(!) abandoned the prospect of renovating the L.A. Coliseum (at $1B) for a future NFL franchise.
Disgraced former Los Angeles police chief Bernard Parks, who now […]
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Football on October 22nd, 2007
BRADY’S BEAT PIECE VS AROD’S SHE-MALE MUSCULAR TYPE Before the Patriots (bikini) waxed the winless Dolphins last Sunday, Tom Brady’s girlfriend, Gisele Bundchen, was snapped earlier in the week by photogs on South Beach. Photo from her shoreline show-off:
This is a woman who dates the most eligible bachelor in America and who makes $33M per […]
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