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Scott Jacobs
Phew! Fox is Saved by Sox!Hey guys! College has been crazy, but I found time out of my busy schedule to keep close tabs on a wild baseball post-season. Forget the fact that the Yanks nearly got swept, the Mets failed to make it in at all, and the Rockies got […]

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Mitchell Blatt
Media’s Reaction? “Totally Fabricated Piece of Crap From The Big Lead.com.”As Rick Reilly became more and more self-promoting and his columns began to lose their luster, it was bound to happen. ESPN has announced today that they signed him away from Sports Illustrated. The move is not official until June of 2008. […]

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Mitchell Blatt
Manny Regained Motivation After Reading Garko’s Editted Game 5 QuoteAfter the Indians lost Game Five and had to go back to Boston, Indians first basemen Ryan Garko made a startling revalation, “The champagne tastes just as good on the road as it does at home.” That alone doesn’t suffice for bulletin board material, […]

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Mitchell Blatt
Plain Dealer Baseball Editor is Illiterate; Eric Snow Selfish for Not RetiringEric Snow won’t retire:
Hey, Branson: “Do you think that Eric Snow might retire to free up cap space?”-Betty, Cleveland
I’m sure it’s flattering to Snow to hear your opinion on him. You’re right that the Cavs might be better off without him, but […]

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Mitchell Blatt
And It’s Only On Pay-Per-View For That Mater…The week of October 8, Sports Illustrated did their obligatory strory on how utterly lifeless boxing is, with the Pavlik vs. Taylor fight coming up. (Those guys are boxers, just so you know.) Ross Greenburg, president of HBO Sports, the only network that broadcasts boxing, […]

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Mitchell Blatt
Suing 200+ Companies Along With the Ravens Doesn’t HelpThe legal battle of Frederick E. Bouchat v. Everyone Who Ever Used the Ravens Logo in Any Capacity was decided yesterday. Bouchat lost.
Frederick E. Bouchat, the security guard who originally designed what became the Ravens’ original 1995 logo, has been fighting the Ravens […]

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Score after Manny’s homer: Red Sox: 3, Indians: 7

Mitchell Blatt
Sox Down 3-1, but “Who Cares?”Everyone knows Manny Ramirez is a classless showboater, but did he really need to celebrate his homerun that put the Red Sox within 4 like this? (Why yes, he did, or else what would I have to write about?) […]

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Sports Brethren blogger, Panther Superfan Jerry, is greated at University of Pheonix Stadium.

Guest Post: The Sports Brethren
How Can a Stadium be Named After an Online University?For all intents and purposes, this was my first time in Phoenix; it was resplendent with potential.
Entering from the West on the freeway you can make out the University of […]

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