The Open Championship is closed to Americans

J Rose
Boston-based commentary with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
On Sunday, Padraig Harrington won his second consecutive British Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in Southport, England, becoming the first European golfer to pull off the back-to-back feat in over 100 years.
And the question I have is: who cares?
According to the reaction of most Americans I […]

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We waited for… Thunder?

Oklahoma City Thunder? They’d fit perfectly in the WNBA with the Atlanta Dream and Chicago Sky! But in the NBA?…
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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… stand up, and make some noise for your… Oklahoma City… Thunder! Cousins of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Brothers of the Chicago Sky.
Welcome to the show. […]

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The 5 Most Villainous Athletes Of The Past Decade

COLIN LINNEWEBER
Big City Bias Without The Boston Bullshit
Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated film, The Dark Knight, premiered this weekend and all eyes were transfixed on the late Heath Ledger’s portrayal of the dynamic villain, The Joker. In tribute to Ledger’s devilishly mesmerizing character, I have decided to nominate the 5 most villainous sports figures of the past […]

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Juiced Sports Presents “Loser-ville”

It’s the really ugly, cold place on the suburbs of Titletown. We’re not visiting it. We’re bashing it! And we want your help!

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In honor of ESPN’s horrifically dumb idea to turn 20 places into Titletown, the good folks at Juiced Spots figured, what if you flip the script. What if there was […]

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Hey, ESPN: Mike McColgan Says Boston is Titletown, USA…

ESPN is busy telling us who Titletown, USA is, and they even have profiled a few high school teams and Ivy League schools and stuff. While Los Angeles might be able to make an argument for Titletown, USA, I sadly agree with Mike McColgan, frontman for the Street Dogs, whom I interviewed yesterday that […]

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Aren’t you glad that’s over with?

Baseball finally resumes the second half (in full) tonight, and you can say you survived the worst midweek in the sports calendar
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“I’m so cold. I think I see Blue. He looks glorious!”- Will Ferrell, Old School
Sports fans were seeing blue to this week as they actually had to leave their houses […]

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How to survive the worst day of the sports year

J Rose
Boston-based commentary with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer
Okay, so yesterday was technically the worst day of the sports year, but today is a close second.
The day after the All Star game has been widely regarded as the worst day for sports viewing, because it is one of the few days of the year […]

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Bold predictions for MLB’s second half

Picks so risky you’ll be saying, ‘did he really just say that?”
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The Indians will not be in the World Series as I predicted at the start of the year… so who’s got the best shot?… O, cmon, did you really think I was going to answer that in the first line? No way […]

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