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College football starts tomorrow! (Schedule of Games)

MITCH BLATT
Tomorrow is the day you’ve all been waiting for: The first day of the weekend and the first day of college football! (There’s no classes on my Friday schedule, after all.)
That means you can watch silly irrelevant blowouts like Wisconsin over UNLV or Mississippi State over Memphis, the two games on the schedule tomorrow. [...]

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20 NFL Players you don’t know (but you will): NFC

The other day our NFL expert Mike Kaye took a look at 10 players ready to break out and make a name for themselves in 2011.  Today we bring you how the other half lives: the NFC, where anything can happen (just ask the Packers and Giants)
MIKE KAYE
There’s more to the NFL than just Aaron [...]

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20 NFL Players you don’t know (but you will): AFC

With the NFL season right around the corner our NFL expert, Mike Kaye is back as well. Today he brings you 10 under the radar players from the AFC who he expects to make noise in 2011
MIKE KAYE
Well the regular season is almost back so I thought it was time to return to Juiced. I [...]

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Colts would be wise to groom a future QB

Ignorance is not bliss. Indianapolis needs a post-Manning plan before it’s too late
SCOTT JACOBS
If anyone deserves the benefit of the doubt in the NFL it’s Peyton Manning.  The legendary Tennessee quarterback has been the gold standard for his position along with Tom Brady from almost day one of a sure-fire Hall of Fame career.  Manning [...]

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Woody Paige’s Insane Theory: Broncos will win the Super Bowl because they beat a 4-12 team in preseason

Woody Paige thinks that the Broncos beating the Bills portends a Super Bowl.
MITCH BLATT
Woody Paige’s column today in the Denver Post says this:
Omen? The last time the Broncos thrashed the Bills in their first home exhibition, they would go on to win the Super Bowl. Amen.
Anyone who has ever seen Mr. Paige on Around the [...]

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Nothing wild about this year’s forgettable Wild Card races

The Braves and AL East  are running away with the Wild Card.  Literally.  Is this year just unusual?  Yes, says previous August 19th standings dating back to 2002. Very, very unusual

SCOTT JACOBS
In 1994 Major League Baseball instituted the Wild Card, making room for a non-division winner to make the playoffs, and giving baseball a whole [...]

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Sina Weibo (Twitter) deleted tweets about Chinese basketball fight?

JSB WIRE REPORTS
Update:  Juiced Sports now reports that China’s version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, appears to have deleted tweets or prevented searching for certain keywords related to the fight with the Georgetown Hoyas. Previously, Juiced Sports reported on a memo to media outlets telling them not to report on the fight and the fact that [...]

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Bayi vs Georgetown basketball fight censored on Chinese video sharing site?

JSB WIRE REPORTS
Earlier today, Juiced Sports reported on a memo sent to some Chinese television stations instructing them not to report on the Bayi vs Georgetown basketball fight.
Now it appears the Chinese video-sharing site Youku is deleting videos of the fight.
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