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When someone offers you $254 million, even the classic angel and devil on the shoulder argument sometimes colludes into the same thing.   More brilliant work from one of our favorites: 7th Inning Sketch freelance artist Gary Finkler.

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Cause it can’t have both
SCOTT JACOBS
Here’s what we know.  Leagues shouldn’t own teams.  Because when the interests are mixed between what’s right for one team, and what’s right for all, you get dumbfounding situations like Thursday, when an agreed upon trade which would have sent all world PG Chris Paul to the Lakers, gets vetoed, [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
In the wake of Albert Pujols STUNNING defection to the Angels, a thought immediately popped into my head:
Did Albert Pujols just become a bigger social pariah then LeBron James?  Did the beloved iconic slugger just tarnish his ’sterling’ reputation by bolting the only franchise he’s ever known for sunny skies and warmer weather?  And [...]

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MIKE KAYE
Season: 121-62 (66%) /  Last Week: 9-6 (60%)/  Scott’s Pick: 4-7-1 (1-0)
Welcome back everyone, Week 13 is in the books and the playoff picture continues to develop. Who would have thought the 49ers would have locked on or let alone make the playoffs? I believe the AFC’s playoff docket will start to take shape [...]

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MEGAN BROWN
“Drivers, start your engines!”  NBA training camps and free agency starts starts tomorrow, and there is going to be a crazy race to sign players.
Teams have been given the green light to speak with players’ agents but no deals can be finalized until the collective bargaining agreement is officially ratified. There is a real [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
While the Marlins and Cardinals hogged the spotlight in the Albert Pujols derby, a third ‘mystery team’ was waiting in the wings. Hello Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Shortly after Miami pulled their $200 million offer to Pujols, it was assumed that Phat Albert was a lock to return to the Red Birds.  The sides [...]

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SHANE SMITH

When modern sporting games were at their inception, it was believed that games like baseball and basketball would instill a form of virtue lacking from the sporting culture emerging in early America. These games would teach children and men the virtues of life:  how to win and lose gracefully, how to work within a [...]

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SCOTT JACOBS
There’s lots of dollars and minimal sense in the wild Albert Pujols bidding war.   Three teams, including the previously penny-pinching Marlins (more on them in a moment) and the hometown Cardinals are apparently all willing to give a decade long deal to a guy who is 31, and closing in on 32.  They’re ready [...]

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