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Lakers overspend on Sasha Vujacic

By JohnPaulsen | 21 points

I estimated sharpshooter Sasha Vujacic's value at $3.0 to $3.5 million per season, but the Lakers apparently think he's worth more, so they inked him to a three-year contract worth $15 million."The Lakers original offer was three years, $12 million, a deal worth $4 million per season.Vujacic and...

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FROM TIME.COM:

Top 100 Olympic athletes to watch

By Dewey | 6 points

LeBron James at #1 makes sense, but Dana Torres at #2? No way. How can you have any swimmer ranked ahead of Michael Phelps? Peep the link for the rest of the top 100.

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FROM HOT STOVE NEW YORK:

MSG to host NBA All Star game in 2012?

By JeffZNY | 5 points

Madison Square Garden was built in 1968 and is the oldest building in the National Basketball Association. The last and only time it hosted an All-Star game was in 1998 when Michael Jordan played his last season with the Chicago Bulls. The old Garden hosted three All-Star Games between 1954 and...

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FROM MSN.FOXSPORTS.COM:

Second-round strategy: Draft a RB or WR?

By FOXFantasy | 8 points

Should owners draft a wide receiver or a running back in the second round? John Juhasz analyzes the scenarios.I looked at both sides of the Tom Brady vs. a running back debate for the first round of a draft, and now I'll focus my attention on what to do in the next round.As I mentioned before, it's ...

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FROM HOT STOVE NEW YORK:

Fantasy Football WR Preview

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By JeffZNY | 8 points

Over the past few football seasons, so many different wide receivers have either come out of nowhere, or had a severe drop in their expected production. While there is a class of wide receivers in the game today that do what they are expected to, there are so many others whose numbers fluctuate...

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FROM DEWEY'S BLOG:

Arena Bowl XXII preview: San Jose vs. Philly

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By Dewey | 12 points

Our newest employee in the Yard is a former Arena Bowl cheerleader, and we welcome her to the Yard in our video preview of Sunday's Arena Bowl, which features the San Jose SaberCats versus the Philadelphia Soul. There's not too much meat in the video. Mostly because we didn't do our homework. So...

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FROM ALL THINGS PHILLY SPORTS:

Asante Samuel injures hamstring

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By Enriquefed | 26 points

This wasn't the instant impact the Eagles hoped they were getting when they signed Asante Samuel to a 57 million dollar contract this past off-season. On the first morning of full-contract drills at training camp, Samuel limped off the field with a hamstring injury. It doesn't appear serious and he ...

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FROM HOT STOVE PHILLY:

Rollins Appears To Lack MVP Character

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By Orphan | 13 points

Reigning National League MVP Jimmy Rollins was benched Thursday for the second time this season by Phillies' manager Charlie Manuel. Rollins, instead of getting to Shea Stadium in Queens to finish off a three game set against the Mets with the rest of the Phillies in the team bus, opted to drive...

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FROM 20 SECOND TIMEOUT:

Team USA Opens Exhibition Tour With 120-65 Win Over Canada

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By Doc319 | 18 points

Team USA began its five game pre-Olympic exhibition tour with a 120-65 win over Canada in the State Farm USA Basketball Challenge at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Michael Redd led Team USA with 20 points each. Anthony added six rebounds and three assists,...

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FROM THE SPORTS AGENT BLOG:

Brandon Jennings. Josh Childress. Who Is Next?

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By heitner | 14 points

I have discussed it as a guest on various radio shows, have thrown the idea back and forth among my colleagues, and have written about it on this blog: Will going overseas to play basketball become more of a common occurrence among some of basketball's great players? When foreign born players...

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FROM SCREAMINGSPORTS.COM:

Breaking down the Jeremy Shockey Trade and Its Fantasy Football Impact

By BrunoBoyCavigs | 21 points

An impact trade did happen this week. The defending Super Bowl Champion New York Giants traded four time pro bowl tight end Jeremy Shockey to the New Orleans Saints in return for draft picks. The Giants will receive the Saints 2nd and 5th round picks in the 2009 draft. But, how will this trade...

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