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Monday 11/09 Quickie: Cowboys, TCU,Unbeatens, Freeman, College Hoops, More
27 days ago by
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"Team to beat" is a wonderfully elastic concept -- one week, it's the Eagles. The next week, it's the Cowboys. (It's a good lead for today's SN column.)In a sport like pro football, where any individual win or loss is not season-crushing, it's a useful...
This Week's BlogPoll Top 25: Oreg-ugh
28 days ago by
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For the first time in a long time, I have Florida-Texas as 1-2 in my BlogPoll ballot. Even with Florida's struggles offensively, the defense is the best in college football in a decade.I still love TCU. I still love Cincy -- although giving up 40+ to UConn doesn't say much...
Thought for the Day
28 days ago by
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When the season started, all the talk was about whether Tim Tebow would finish his career as the greatest college football player of all time. That may have been tabled, but what was mostly overlooked -- until recently -- is that this Florida defense is not just the best in the country...
Sunday 11/08 (CFB) Quickie
28 days ago by
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A win's a win. At this point in the season -- perhaps in this era of college football -- "style points" are an archaic concept. Just survive, week to week. It's not that easy, as Iowa and Oregon fans will tell you.*Florida wins without style -- just the best defense...
CFB Saturday Picks and Live-Comment
29 days ago by
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Today's Quickie is in the post directly below (or just click here).On those days when you don't see any upsets coming? That's when you know the upsets are coming. I've had good luck with my Upset Specials this season, but this week's pick -- Northwestern over Iowa...
Saturday 11/07 (Wall) Quickie
29 days ago by
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7:15 p.m. kickoffs make for very long Saturdays...The John Wall Era is here: 27 pts and 9 ast in his exhibition debut for Kentucky. Folks who make preseason All-America teams really need to adjust, if they don't have the best player in college basketball on there. (15 years into...
Follow-Up to D-League Post from Yesterday
November 06, 2009 by
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Quick follow-up to yesterday's D-League post: I did discount one factor -- a star HS player will make ~$30K for the year he's in the D-League; he can make 5-10X that for one year in college.I'm not being sarcastic, and it's not an insubstantial factor. (That said: If...
Friday 11/06 Quickie: LeBron, Yanks,NFL Week 9, Buckeyes, Hot Stove
November 06, 2009 by
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I'm a big fan of New York Times NBA writer Howard Beck, who has a nice bit of analysis today -- in honor of LeBron's one trip this season to the Garden -- questioning whether LeBron even needs New York. (Short answer: He doesn't, at least from a business standpoint.)I saw...
Latavious Williams: New Brandon Jennings
November 05, 2009 by
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I was so inspired by the novelty of Latavious Williams -- the first prep hoops player to jump straight from high school to the D-League that I sent a note to Henry Abbott over at TrueHoop, who graciously posted my argument why this is A Really Big Deal.It's a little like Brandon...
Thursday 11/05 Quickie: Yankees, A-Rod, Matsui, Spikes, Meyer, D-League, Magic
November 05, 2009 by
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I had almost forgotten what "Yankees fan triumphalism" felt like. You'd never guess it had been 9 years since the last title -- Yankees fans effortlessly ride that bike again.Speaking of triumphalism, I argue in the lead of today's SN column that a year from now ...
Wednesday 11/04 Quickie: Pettitte, Pedro,Utley, Dirk, Purdue, Buffs, LeMoyne
November 04, 2009 by
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I need my baseball specialists to help me with today's SN column lead, in which I contend that the Yankees' best strategy for winning a best-of-7 series was to concede Game 5 -- not tank, but certainly not start Burnett on short rest -- but set up their rotation for optimal...
Tuesday 11/03 Quickie: Utley, Lee,Saints, Spikes, Rockets, Bias, More
November 03, 2009 by
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Chase Utley for World Series MVP: Is it THAT crazy, even if the Yankees end up winning the Series? His homers -- two of them, making 5 for the Series (tying Reggie '77) -- certainly qualified: The first to get the Phillies on the board; the second to provide the game-winning margin...
Monday 11/02 Quickie: Favre, A-Rod, STFU,Oregon, BCS, Magic, VY, Moats, Eagles
November 02, 2009 by
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Has there ever been a bigger "STFU" day in sports than yesterday? I don't think I can recall one.First, Brett Favre walks into Lambeau -- "Lam-boo" (to Packers fans' credit) -- and walks out having torched his old team and tortured his old fans. It was so...
BlogPoll Top 25 Ballot: Texas Up, USC Down
November 01, 2009 by
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This week's BlogPoll ballot. I was impressed enough with Texas' biggest win of the season -- convincingly -- that I put them at No. 1, but I don't put last week's No. 1 -- TCU -- that far behind.I think Florida proved enough to put them at No. 3, but only slightly ahead...
Sunday 11/01 (Very) Quickie: Quack!
November 01, 2009 by
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And that's the end of all that discussion of USC as a BCS contender. Thank freaking goodness. Don't you find it refreshing to see an end to USC's stranglehold on the Pac-10? Oh, I'm sure someone will find a reason to promote them for an at-large BCS bowl bid, but at...
Saturday 10/31 (Halloween) Quickie
October 31, 2009 by
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There comes a moment in every parent's life when commitment to children conflicts with commitment to sports fandom. This is one of those days, as the Florida-Georgia game overlaps with the hour of trick-or-treating that will happen between 5 and 6 in my neighborhood. At least there...
Wright Thompson on Tim Tebow vs. Billy Cannon
October 30, 2009 by
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Tim Tebow is the Billy Cannon of 2009. (Or maybe Billy Cannon was the Tim Tebow of 1959.) I went to the expert for an evaluation:Wright Thompson is, in my opinion (and as I have said before), the best sportswriter in America today. That's why it is a thrill and honor for me that...
This Week In Tebow at TimTeblog.com
October 30, 2009 by
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I may not write a more profound tweet than this:What does "hyper-topical" journalism mean? It means reporting that Lil Wayne's rhyme with "Tim Tebow" is "Grim Reflow."What a great way to end the week -- The Week in Tebow. If you're not making it...
Slate's Jack Shafer Likes My Politico/Steinberg Idea
October 30, 2009 by
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Slate's Jack Shafer apparently agrees with my thinking about how Politico should embrace sports -- right down to hiring Dan Steinberg. Shafer doesn't actually cite my post... although my analysis went up 6 hours before his column was filed. (Not implying ANYTHING by that comparison...
Friday 10/30 Quickie: Booing Favre,Burnett, Texas, Oregon, Melo, Kansas
October 30, 2009 by
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It seems entirely appropriate that on Halloween weekend, the operative word is "Boo!" in Green Bay, where only the most repressed people in town won't want to boo Brett Favre's return.That's the argument I make in today's SN column: Booing Favre isn't...
Love: NBA Play-In Playoff Tourney
October 29, 2009 by
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Wow, do I love this idea. One unintended consequence: I could go 0-82, but simply structure my team to win three straight games in mid-April to earn that 8th spot. More realistically, if I knew I wasn't a Top 7 playoff contender, I would probably sit my stars mid-season if they...
Politico's Dan Steinberg Factor in D.C.
October 29, 2009 by
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It's no secret that the successful politics web-print hybrid start-up Politico has modeled itself after ESPN, at least in its hyper-intense coverage planning. (And Mike Allen's Playbook -- like the Daily Quickie! But...um...better! Better? Yeah: Better. No! Different! Equally...
Thursday 10/29 Quickie: Lee, A-Rod,Pedro, Cavs, Flynn, LJ, Mocks, Herschel
October 29, 2009 by
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Ahh, there's nothing like the sweet, sweet smell of panic in the morning. Should Yankees fans panic?Unfortunately, not really.Oh, they can't beat Cliff Lee -- hell, per this morning's SN column, they turned him into the hybrid of Josh Beckett 2003 and Don Newcombe 1949...
Wednesday 10/28 Quickie: Yankees,Celtics, Arenas, Agassi, Bryant, More
October 28, 2009 by
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There are two equally interesting outcomes to this year's World Series:(1) Yankees win. Restoration of Yankees' glory... blah blah blah... Although I would argue that this year's Yankees team was under more pressure to win a W.S. championship than any team in history. World...
Re: Parents, Children and Baseball
October 27, 2009 by
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Despite last week's interesting discussion of whether you'd let your kid play football -- and let's hope the answer is a resounding "no," instead focusing your selfish projection on turning your kid into a football FAN -- I have been delinquent in keeping up with...
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