Archive for March 2009
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How bout ‘dem Cowboys
Dallas finally swallowed their pride and did the right thing by dumping T.O.
SCOTT JACOBS
They say in sports that if your talent is as big as your ego most teams will let it slide. But when your ego becomes bigger than your talent, most teams will steer clear of you like the plague. Terrell Owens [...]
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Location, location, location always goes to the highest seeds in the NCAA Tournament
SI Bracketeer Andy Glockner sets the record straight on why each team goes where, and why the name of the region has nothing whatsoever to do with locations picked for the first and second rounds of the NCAA Tournament
SCOTT JACOBS
Yesterday, I asked the question: where does the NCAA Tournament committe come up with its [...]
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Lost at Sea: The Coast Guard calls it’s search off
Today we pause for the victims at sea, and remind ourselves that athletes, as super-human as they may seem, are still people too
SCOTT JACOBS
It happens everyday. People die.
But when it happens to our athletes, our big strong, super-heroes that can seemingly overcome anything except their giant egos, it just seems different. NFL players [...]
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Would someone get the NCAA Tourney committe a map!
The regions may be East, West, Midwest, and South, but take a look at where teams are really going to be slotted, and it quite frankly makes little sense
SCOTT JACOBS
Don’t let the bare simplicity fool you. A quick look at the NCAA Tournament regional final locations for 2009 show Boston (East), Glendale (West), Memphis [...]
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Cry Eagles Cry
A diehard Eagles fan says goodbye to a legend
MIKE KAYE
When I was approached to write this blog entry by my friend and colleague, Scott Jacobs of Juiced Sports, I thought to myself there is no way I could get through it without breakdown in tears. I decided, however, that this entry would be a [...]
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Look who’s back, back again
It’s none other than defending champion Kansas, and runner up Memphis
SCOTT JACOBS
Like a bat out of hell look who’s back on the scene: last year’s two participants from the national title game. And they are back with a vengeance. After opening the season 13th (Memphis) and 24th (Kansas), few expected the two teams ravaged [...]
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This isn’t the escape sports fans need right now
Bankrupt franchises, penny-pinching owners, and future lockouts aren’t exactly making sports the escape from the real world that we all truly need
SCOTT JACOBS
Sports are our escape. They give us hope, they allow us to dream, and they give us that something special to latch on to, good times and bad. It’s like that line [...]
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Shaq’s got something left in the tank afterall
The Big Cactus refuses to end his career as just another guy who played too long; Instead, Superman’s got his cape back
SCOTT JACOBS
Don’t tell Shaquille O’Neal he’s done.
He isn’t.
After a pair of 30 plus point games, and two resoundig wins over Toronto, and more importantly his former team, the Lakers, Shaq not only looks fresh, [...]
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