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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: This Is Why College Football's Preseason Polls Are...
In six of the last eight seasons, the eventual BCS champion was ranked in the preseason top five of both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll. And only Auburn in 2010 was ranked outside of...
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Andy Roddick Will Retire After The U.S. Open
Today is Andy Roddick's 30th birthday. And how did he celebrate? He announced that he will retire following the U.S. Open (via ESPN)... I've decided this is going to be my last tournament...I just...
View ArticleHere's The Bizarre Promo For The Baseball Playoffs That Uses The Latest...
Fox has unleashed a promo for the 2012 baseball postseason using the popular Korean rap song "Gangnam Style." And it is as bizarre as you might imagine. For those not familiar, "Gangnam Style" is a...
View ArticleWatch A College Football Player Run 58 Yards In The Wrong Direction
What's worse, recovering a fumbled punt on the 6-yard line (technically it was a muffed punt) and then running 58 yards in the wrong direction? Or tackling the wrong way-runner instead of letting him...
View ArticleUCLA Freshman Quarterback Runs For 72-Yard Touchdown On His First College Play
UCLA's redshirt freshman quarterback Brett Hundley stepped on to the field tonight for the first time as a college football player. And 72 yards later, he had scampered and juked his way to a...
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Philadelphia Eagles Owner To Coach: You Will Be Fired If We Go 8-8 Again
The Eagles enter the 2012 season with considerably lower expectations than they faced last year. There's no "Dream Team" label, or cross-sport comparisons with talent-laden superteams like the Heat or...
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Maria Sharapova's Engagement Is Off
Maria Sharapova and Sasha Vujacic, one of the bigger athlete couples in sports, have been broken up for three months, according to the Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport. The translation of the...
View ArticleThe San Francisco Giants Are Having A Bruce Lee Tribute Night, And The Promo...
The San Francisco Giants are going to have a "Bruce Lee Tribute Night" on Sept. 4, which will include a Bruce Lee bobblehead giveaway. And the commercial released by the Giants to promote the night is...
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This Botched Touchdown Celebration Shows That Some College Football Teams...
The highlight below summed up Mike Leach's first game back as a college football coach. And there is so much to love about it. There is the little guy (Washington State's Ricky Galvin is 5-foot-8)...
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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: The Great American Men's Tennis Drought Continues
With Andy Roddick's announcement that he will retire following the U.S. Open, it is a chilling reminder that he was the last American man to win a Grand Slam singles title way back in 2003. To give...
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We May Now Know The Date Of Roger Clemens' Return To Major League Baseball
Roger Clemens will make his second start for the Sugar Land Skeeters next Friday. And according to Danny Knobler of CBSSports.com, there is "strong speculation in baseball" that Clemens will then...
View ArticleMy Unsuccessful Tryout To Be A US Open Ball Girl
The US Open got underway this week but the ball persons have been put in place for a while. I was lucky enough to score an invite to the grueling tryouts back in June, which meant I had to get ready...
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The 10 Loudest Grunters And Shriekers Playing At The US Open
The US Open is underway, but our ears have already crowned Maria Sharapova as the loudest grunter of the tournament. The people who oversee women's tennis, however, want to eliminate excessive...
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The 8 Most Notable Celebrities At The US Open
All tennis Grand Slams feature some celebrity spectators. Pippa Middleton was at Wimbledon, Pau Gasol was at the French Open, and Prince William went to the Aussie Open. But no tournament brings out...
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Five Crazy Stats That Put Tiger Woods' $100 Million In Career Earnings In...
Tiger Woods finished a respectable third at this weekend's Deutsche Bank Championship. But more importantly, his $544,000 winnings puts him over the $100 million mark for his career, becoming the...
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Here's What LeBron James Ate At His Labor Day BBQ
LeBron James had a Labor Day BBQ yesterday and it looked pretty delicious. LBJ has taken a lot of flack for being a little over the top at times (selling $300 shoes, wearing a shirt with a huge...
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Here Are The Crazy New College Football Uniforms You Missed This Weekend
It was opening weekend in college football and that meant it was the first opportunity for a number of schools to show off their crazy new uniforms. These wild unis are becoming more and more common...
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Read This Anecdote From A Former NFL Player If You Think The Preseason...
This story that former player Ephraim Salaam told on a Grantland podcast last week really makes us think the preseason is worthless. The short version: When Salaam was playing in Houston, he called...
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SPORTS CHART OF THE DAY: Once Again, Large Payrolls Mean Little In Major...
Having a large payroll in Major League Baseball means a team will have more stars and they will have more depth than other teams. But it doesn't guarantee a team will make the playoffs. Below is a...
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The Best American Soccer Player In The World Is Now The Highest-Paid American...
Clint Dempsey has agreed to a new contract with Tottenham Hotspur of the English Premier League that will make him the highest-paid American soccer player ever (via Yahoo! Sports). The deal, which...
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