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Well, NFL week one is coming up, starting on Thursday, September 4 with the Giants playing the Redskins in Washington. Excitement is high, and ticket prices are higher. Here are some of the most outrageously funny expensive tickets for week one and the season. Find out which team has the best fans [...]

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Ocho Cinco has officially lost his mind. You hear that Chad Johnson?
SCOTT JACOBS
So many things in sports are so ridiculous you just have to laugh when you realize that they sometimes upset you. But once in a while their is that gem, that golden nugget that is just so legendary, so off the wall [...]

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Shocking news: Adam (don’t call me Pacman no more) Jones has been fully reinstated back into the NFL
SCOTT JACOBS 
Yesterday, the big news was that the Oklahoma City NBA franchise would finally christen it’s mediocre new team with a moniker next wednesday.  Today, the news was a little more expected: Adam Jones is back in the [...]

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In just a few days the NCAA kicks off another season of college football, and as always there some great storylines
SCOTT JACOBS
Phew. Now that I’m all settled in here at The Florida State University, I can finally sit down and vent about the coming football season. You know, the one that you’ve been [...]

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I’m kidding, kind of. Michael Phelps was really exciting. The US basketball final where we beat Spain by 11 for gold might have been exciting. If it wasn’t on at 2 am this morning. They replayed it at 9. It should be a prime time event.
The TV schedule for the [...]

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The games in Beijing are over, but won’t soon be forgotten

SCOTT JACOBS
Why do we love the Olympics?
Because the athletes can run faster? Jump higher? Throw harder? Swim smarter?
Why do we watch?
Because no matter where you’re from, the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat tastes all the same. Because when [...]

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The U.S. is on top of the basketball world once again after it’s 118-107 triumph over a game Spain team in the Gold Medal Game
SCOTT JACOBS
Jubilation. Excitement. Redemption.
No one took this for one for granted.
No one just expected it. This was a journey, a long four years coming.
“We haven’t won in [...]

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COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
Former New York Yankees chump Hideki Irabu was arrested Wednesday after admitting that he assaulted a bartender at a saloon in Osaka, Japan.
Irabu, 39, a “fat pus-y toad” who went 34-35 with a 5.15 ERA over 5 lethargic MLB seasons, hoisted 20 brews and in a shitfaced rage [...]

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