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Ochocinco: I’m going to stay with a fan (AP)

Chad Ochocinco has found a new national football league home. He's still looking for a place to stay. The veteran wide receiver Tuesday said he still has a lot of work to do, but is starting to feel comfortable with his new teammates in the New England new england patriots' offense. He gave fellow receivers [...]

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What’s All This About Tim Tebow Needing Hormone Replacement Therapy? [Video]

I'm a little confused. I wouldn't have believed Tim Tebow would need hormone replacement therapy — he seems like a healthy young man in the prime of his life. Frankly, I would have been shocked if someone told me Tim Tebow needed hormone replacement therapy. But it's a funny funny world we live in, one [...]

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Jets WR Burress held out of team drills (AP)

Plaxico Burress has been held out of team drills in practice by the New York Jets, who say they'll continue to play it safe with the wide receiver as he recovers from an ankle injury. It doesn't appear to be a setback for Burress, who tweaked his left ankle while running routes last Wednesday.
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Flip Flop Fly Ball: A statistical conquest through the power of visuals

It’s fun, full of facts and random information, all compiled neatly into 150 pages of no hold barred baseball joy. Here’s our review
SCOTT JACOBS
What happens when art meets sport meets fan meets book?  You get Craig Robinson’s lovechild, Flip Flop Fly Ball:  An Infographic Baseball Adventure, a 160 page graphical odyssey illustrating baseball’s unique past [...]

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With NBA lockout looming, former wide receiver LeBron James thinking about taking his talents to the Philadelphia Eagles

“I’ve always wanted to be the world’s first two-sport billionaire athlete,” LeBron says, according to source.
MITCH BLATT
The NFL got its issues in order, but the NBA is in for a long, drawn-out process, and many analysts don’t believe there will be a 2011-12 season. While LeBron James has publicly said he is optimistic that there [...]

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ESPN: It Doesn’t Actually Sound Too Fun

Living in Bristol? Drugs, whores, and sexual harassment will get you through the boredom.
MITCH BLATT
ESPN: Those Guys Have All the Fun is a detailed 745-page history of the network, from its start in 1978 until today, as told by the anchors, personalities and executives who helped contribute to its three decade and counting history. The [...]

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LeBron James vs. Merril Hoge: It’s on like Donkey Kong in Tebow Twitter war

Hoge well within his rights to criticize Tebow — LeBron needs to get a clue sometimes
SCOTT JACOBS
The NBA is in a steady, gruesome lockout, and LeBron James is still making news. Yesterday after Merril Hodge told the world what he thought of Tim Tebow on SportsCenter, LeBron came out 140 chararacters a fightin’, tweeting:
“Tim Tebow [...]

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Osi Umenyiora possible trade to Patriots, whom he attacked before 2008 Super Bowl

Osi Umenyiora ended his holdout with the Giants only to demand a trade, and one of the teams that is rumored to be in the running for a trade is the New England Patriots.
An interesting note on the Umenyiora-to-New England Patriots connection is that before the 2008 Super Bowl, Umenyiora created a fake controversy by [...]

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