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Two Tickets to Tampa Please

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Championship game picks! Hot fresh, and right to order!

Last week I went 3-1.  But even I couldn’t have forseen the beatdown Arizona put on the Panthers
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NFC Championship game: ARIZONA 31 PHILADELPHIA 20
I originally thought that this game would be a nailbiter, but if the Cardinals are truly a team of destiny, which i believe they now are, then they will begin [...]

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Eli Manning: the highest paid player in NFL history? Brilliant! Not!

Giants reportedly are set to offer Peyton’s little brother way more than any sane sports fan thinks he’s worth
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The Yankees and Mets have been throwing money out at free agents all offseason.  Apparently their football bretherin, the Giants feel left out.  Not even a week after splattering all over national television in a [...]

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The Arizona Eagles?

It almost happened back in 1984, when cash strapped Eagles owner Leonard Tose, was on the verge of doing the unthinkable
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I read a story today, that somehow I had never seen before.  The Eagles almost went to Arizona.  Not for a week, not for a game.  For good. Let that resonate for a [...]

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The Anaheim Angels are officially dead

After the city of Anaheim dropped its legal challenge against the MLB franchise to rename the team the Anaheim Angels, the worst name in pro sports, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim is officially here to stay
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The Phoenix Cardinals of Glendale?  The Fort Lauderdale Dolphins of Miami?  The New Jersey Jets of New York?  [...]

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Barack Obama explains George Karl’s firing…

As I was browsing through Illinois state senate transcripts from 1999 (what else is there to do online at 3 am?), I came across a funny little argument made by then State Senator Barack Obama about why the Senate should support a school reform bill that apparently involved firing some administrators:
For those of you who [...]

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Pick a card, any card (NFL Playoff Edition!)

Hearts, diamonds, spades, or clubs?  Take your shot as the NFL playoffs roll on to championship weekend
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You ever play the game four corners as a kid?
It’s simple really. A group of people start out, and one person is tabbed as the “it” guy.  Everyone else has 10 seconds to pick a corner as the [...]

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Keep telling the Cardinals they can’t win

It’s music to their ears for the third week in a row as they continue their improbable march to the Super Bowl
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You hear that sound?  That piercing sound crackling through the sports universe right now?  That is the sound of shock… and denial, and fear.  Fear that any of us could be so [...]

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