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Just a month removed from the Philadelphia Phillies' World Series celebration, the pilot light on the hot stove appears to have flickered out. All of the post-season awards have been announced, the Jake Peavy trade rumors have died down, and none of the major free agents seem to be in a hurry to ......

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Well it is that time of year again. The leaves are gonea??or on the ground, snow has made a brief appearance and is close to staying for a couple of months. Football is in full swing, as we bear down down on the NFL playoffs and a spot in the BCS.A This week brings us [...]...

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Get accustomed to this guy getting my POTW a while. Stephen Curry's second half against Oklahoma was nothing sneeze at. In the season's first match up of ranked opponents Curry dropped 27 and handed out two assistsa??in the second half. The junior finished with 44 and three dishes. All that i......

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Over the last couple of weeks we have spent some time reviewing the AP's Pre-Season poll. First we looked at 1-5, then 6-10, moved on to 11-15, looked at 16-20, and finished with 21-25. Any time a poll like this is published, skepticism has to be expected. I scratched my head at a few [...]...

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To say that Notre Dame fans across the country are disgusted, embarrassed, disappointed, angry, ticked off, agitated and/or sickened would cover approximately 80% of the emotional spectrum.A A For the other 20%, insert some expletives in front of those adjectives and we'll have everyone covered.......

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Too bad endorsement deals were not as rampant during my playing days as they are now. With one of my nicknames I could have easily represented Chips Ahoy pretty well. I was another one of those first guys to make the jump from high school to the NBA. All but four games [...]...

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Since it's not easy for even the most dedicated fan of the game to keep track of everything that happens during the off-season, I'm going to try to make it a point to provide a brief update each week of the significant transactions that occurred over the last 7 days. Some of these, of course, [...]...

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My NBA career was one of relative anonymity - eleven seasons with six teams. I played in Seattle when they were know as the Supersonics. Then an early-season trade moved me to Chicago. I continued moving east and roamed the hardwood of the Aud with a Braves uniform. A mid-season trade [...]...

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Someone please post a topic and get us started. ...

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After honing my hardwood skills on Rockaway Parkway in Brooklyn, I went on to college where my #22 was retired. I earned a first round pick in the NBA draft and made good on my status. In 11 seasons I dropped over 5,000 and grabbed 3,000+ boards. But those numbers only tell [...]...

Original Story: http://ccww.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/who-a...

In college I was part of a national championship team. Before I graduated I garnered third-team and first-team All-American honors. I was a first round pick in the NBA draft. There I learned a lesson about how an ally can become a thorn in the side. During my 17-year career I [...]...

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On one hand the Demon Deacons will start three juniors - Ishmael Smith, L.D. Williams, and Chas McFarland - and two sophomores - Jeff Teague and James Johnson. In comparison to many teams on the AP's pre-season list the Deacs might look a little green. On the other hand Wake Forest returns 100%......

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Since we focused last week on the current Studs and Duds in the NFL, I thought we would take this week to focus on the state of the NFL coaching ranks - focusing on who might be joining the NFL Unemployment Line. After all when a team wins, coaches get too much of the praise [...]...

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20,000 points, 6,600 boards, 6,100 dishes, 2nd team All-American, 1st team All-NBA, 2nd team All-NBA, 3rd team All-NBA, 10 All-Star games, a spot in Springfield? Yeah, those are all nice, but I'm missing one thing: a championship. Call me Mr. 2nd Place because I have lived next door to first pl......

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Have I mentioned my love for three yards and a cloud of dust? Okay so that saying has become outdated with all the turf fields showing up in the NFL. Still, I love smash-mouth football. Especially when the Giants do the smashing. Give my POTW to the offensive line of the [...]...

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