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Cleveland’s corrupt local government was in chaos yesterday as the FBI raided homes and businesses related to Cuyahoga Commissioner Jimmy Dimora and Auditor Frank Russo. While this may be foreshadowing the results of JSB’s Loserville contest, the bigger issue is what was found in Dimora’s house: a framed Chris Wells football jersey.
Ohio State football […]

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Thanks to you the sports fan, we’ve got our 16 nominees for Loser-ville, U.S.A. Here’s the criteria for how we’re going to do this. Because misery loves company. And sports fans love lists!
SCOTT JACOBS
This summer, you the sports fan nominated cities across the United States of America for the distinction of Loser-ville, […]

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The news today from my inside source is that Mark Teixeira may be traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The players the Diamondbacks would have to give up include pitcher Jarrod Parker and first baseman Chad Tracy. Pitcher Max Scherzer has also been mentioned in some rumors, but he is not likely to be a part […]

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If athletes didn’t say ridiculous things, what the heck would we have to talk about?
SCOTT JACOBS
Manny Ramirez has said and done a lot of memorable things since inking an eight year $168 million free agent deal with Boston in 2000. But few will manage to top this gem of a quote that […]

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Manny Ramirez has been asking for trades on and off every year since coming to the Red Sox, but now it’s for real. The Red Sox really want to trade him, but they probably won’t find a buyer, according to my sources and other sources.
The Sox couldn’t trade him in his prime, so they […]

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Remember this classic promotion by Major League Baseball?
If you don’t, after seeing this video you sure won’t forget it. It’s a classic. And this video brings us back to a simpler time: when ESPN had simpler graphics and a smaller number of reporters, and they actually tried to have some witty humor. […]

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Juiced Links is back after a few weeks of being lazy not being able to post. Here’s the best of the week:

-This is the scene from a Mariners game with a fan running on the field.
-Mike Tyson and Larry Johnson partying in Vegas. Nothing bad could happen there, right?
-Why the hell is Childress […]

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In another move in their efforts to resurrect themselves in the middle of a dreadful season, the Indians traded Casey Blake to the Dodgers today for pitcher Jon Meloan and catcher Carlos Santana.
Blake, a career .265 hitter, was batting .289 with 11 home runs when the trade was confirmed.  He will try to bring some […]

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