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Green Bay is offering Brett Favre $20 million to stay retired. And Favre is actually considering it
SCOTT JACOBS
Sports is a business. Athletes say it. Coaches say it. General managers say it.
Loyalty is a thing of the past.
Players and teams don’t take things as seriously as they once did. Rivalries are […]

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Does Sports Illustrated Care That David Price is Talented, or Just That He’s Black?
MITCH BLATT 
Sports Illustrated’s story published today titled “Young, Gifted, and Black,” isn’t the source of problems with race in baseball; it is simply the latest example of that problem. The problem, as SI would have us believe, is that Major League […]

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COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum sought and received permission to speak with former Green Bay Packer Brett Favre about his interest in playing for Gang Green, according to reports published last Friday.
If the Jets acquire Favre, 38, a 3-time NFL MVP and 7-time All-Pro selection, […]

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Rumored deal that would send enigmatic Manny Ramirez to South Florida may not be in the team’s best interests
SCOTT JACOBS
If you follow baseball, you’ve heard the rumor. The Marlins, Red Sox, and Pirates are talking a blockbuster three team swap that would net Florida Manny Ramirez.
I’m going to say something that might surprise […]

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A day after unveiling Houston as a candidate in our 16 team Loser-ville field, the Rockets strike a deal to bring Ron Artest to Texas. Apparently word spreads fast!
SCOTT JACOBS
It only seemed like a matter of time before volatile forward Ron Artest got his wish, and was dealt. But of all the […]

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My source proved correct in telling me that Teixeira would be traded today and predicting the Angels as the probable team to get him. He was traded for Casey Kotchman and minor league pitcher Steven Marek. With Teixeira’s free agency coming up, my source predicts the Angels will be able to resign him […]

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COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
The Boston Red Sox are contemplating trading their exasperating superstar, Manny Ramirez, before Thursday’s deadline, according to published reports.
Ramirez, 36, who is in the last season of the eight-year, $168 million contract he signed with Boston in December of 2000, urged Red Sox management Sunday night to […]

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We have a black man running for president who said earlier this year that America needs to have a conversation on race.
Well, we know that’s never going to happen…
Imus is accused of racism, The New York Times accuses Milton Bradley’s critics of racism, Nas accuses FOX News of racism, Jesse Jackson accused Barack […]

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