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Things Overheard At The Shaun Rogers Press Conference When He Was Introduced As A Cleveland Brown
March 06, 2008 by
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1. "You guys got a Sonic Burger here?"
2. "How about Fuddrucker's?"
3. "Dunkin' Donuts or Tim Hortons?"
4. "So, the target weight is a minimum, right?"
5. "I'll answer questions, but first I need to be put on pure...
Browns Prove Dumbness Not Relegated To Allen Park
March 05, 2008 by
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Another Mistake By The Lake.
Until today, that was the less-than-flattering nickname given to the city of Cleveland, Ohio. Like many city monikers, it was neither accurate nor fair. Chicago isn't all that Windy, Philadelphia doesn't show much Brotherly Love, and Detroit...
Shame On Red Wings If The Future Blinded Them
March 05, 2008 by
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I'm loathe to agree with Free Press columnist and sometimes radio blowhard Drew Sharp, but I fear that I fall on his side of the fence when it comes to the Red Wings and the much-ballyhooed NHL trading deadline, which came and went yesterday like the month of March: in like a lion...
Darko Needs To Stop Playing The Pistons Card, And Right Now
February 29, 2008 by
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If you have seven feet and some change available on a wall somewhere, vertically, clear out about 24 inches from left to right. Then you'll have room for a poster of Darko Milicic. For Milicic is certainly the Poster Boy for why drafting teenagers in the NBA is a risky proposition...
Cavs' Trade Much Ado About Not Much
February 29, 2008 by
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Add the Cleveland Cavaliers to the list of delusional teams -- the ones that think Ben Wallace is the final piece to a championship puzzle.The Cavs are puffing out their chests, wrongly thinking that they've rocked the basketball world with their 11-player, 3-team trade made yesterday...
Better To Lose Big BEFORE Trade Deadline, Than After
February 27, 2008 by
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The Red Wings' current six-game losing slide couldn't have come at a better time, really. Better to find out now where your warts are, than later -- i.e., after the upcoming trading deadline of February 26.Better to know now where you need to apply some blemish cream, because...
Millen's Cowardice Has Only One Cure: Winning
February 26, 2008 by
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The short, dumpy, bespectacled man with the un-combed hair and ill-fitting suit stood before the throng of reporters at his introductory press conference and if you thought he was funny-looking, you were in for a treat once he began speaking. In a squeaky, nerdy voice singed with Canada...
Zednik's Lucky, But Malarchuk Even Luckier
February 22, 2008 by
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I read about Richard Zednik this morning, and I knew that unless his head had been lopped off, I wouldn't be shocked by the ensuing video.Zednik, a Florida Panthers forward, had his neck slashed by a teammate's skate in a freak accident during yesterday's game against Buffalo...
Thursday's Things
February 22, 2008 by
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(on most Thursdays at OOB I rant in list fashion. Last week it was Things Roger Clemens Also Said At His Congressional Hearing)Things You Could Hear, If You Listened Hard Enough, As Nick Lidstrom Crumpled To The Ice In Denver On Monday1. Oh2. My3. God4. You5. Have6. GOT7. To8. Be9...
Let's Stop The Charade: Start NBA East Playoffs ASAP
February 21, 2008 by
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Instead of saying, "If the playoffs started today...", in talking about the NBA -- specifically the Eastern Conference -- let's go ahead and do it.Better yet, let's start the conference semi-finals right now and dispense with the rest of the regular season and the...
16 Years Of Cup-Worthiness Makes Us Take Red Wings For Granted
February 19, 2008 by
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It's going to be asked around the water cooler at work, over the airwaves on sports talk radio, and in some of the area's finer establishments -- and even the not-so-finer. And it will go something like this:"Do the Red Wings have a shot at the Stanley Cup this spring...
Not Surprisingly, Lions Can't Get It Done In Crunch Time
February 19, 2008 by
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Let's play a round of Liar's Club.Who among you actually thought Dallas Cowboys QB Tony Romo WASN'T going to lead his team to victory in the final drive of yesterday's game, despite needing 83 yards with 2:15 left and sans timeouts?Who among you were surprised when...
Fedorov's Return To Red Wings Should Be Hailed, Not Jeered
February 17, 2008 by
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The ovation would be thunderous, let there be no question about that. Forget all the warnings of a mixed reaction; these things have a way of fooling you.If no. 91 stepped onto the ice at Joe Louis Arena, again a Red Wing, then you can plan on the face-off being about a minute or two...
Thursday's Things
February 16, 2008 by
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(every Thursday at OOB I rant in list fashion. Last week it was Things Rich Rodriguez Should Know About U-M Football)Other Things The Chicago Bulls Need To Do To Regain Respectability (Besides Firing Scott Skiles)1. Activate Scott Skiles2. See if Scottie Pippen is still interested...
Thursday's Things
February 14, 2008 by
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(on most Thursdays at OOB, I rant in list fashion. Last week it was Things I'd Like To Add To My "Bucket List")Things That Roger Clemens Also Said Under Oath At His Recent Congressional Hearing1. "I thought it was a rabies vaccine"2. "I'm 'The Rocket...
Privacy Reigns, But Speculation Breeds As Watson Leaves Titans
February 11, 2008 by
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I used to root for Detroit Southwestern High School in basketball. It seemed like they were getting to the Michigan state hoops finals every year, and every year they'd lose. This is back in the 1980s. The Prospectors, in their familiar (to me) gold and blue unis, were always at...
Despite Hordes Of Losses In Minnesota, Three Wins Stand Out
February 10, 2008 by
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The Lions haven't celebrated too many glorious Sundays in the great white north of Minnesota in the past several decades, but there've been a few that stick out in my memory.Perhaps the most memorable was a win in 1974.The Lions, when they invaded the old Metropolitan Stadium...
Inge Should Be Careful About What He Wishes For
February 10, 2008 by
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I'm not going to get to him in time to say this in person, because I won't be in Lakeland, Fla. for spring training, so I'll blare it here, in black and white. Brandon Inge, my friend, let me tell you a tale of two Detroit Tigers: Mickey Stanley and Lance Parrish. Then...
Knight Produced Winners Off The Court, So All Is Forgiven
February 08, 2008 by
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I don't know if I ever stopped to think of how I thought Bobby Knight would quit coaching, but I must say, the way he did so doesn't surprise me in the least.No farewell tours. No big announcement at center court at Texas Tech. No "win one for Bobby" mentality in...
30 Years Ago, Hull Pulled A Selanne For Red Wings
February 08, 2008 by
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It worked OK for Chris Webber last year; we'll see about this winter. It didn't work so well for Rudy Giuliani in the political world. Only time will tell if it will work for Scott Niedermayer and Teemu Selanne. Chris Chelios doesn't think he's earned the right, at...
January Football Now Means Something Else For NFL's One-Time Great Teams
February 04, 2008 by
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It was just a question, asked glibly, but the words cut to the bone of the die-hards of Da Bums in Brooklyn."The Dodgers...are they still in the league?"It's a quote I've known about for years and years, but only now, as I verify its source on the Internet, do I learn...
Giants' Win Big, But Not Bigger Than Namath's Jets' Upset
February 04, 2008 by
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Yesterday's Super Bowl was truly super. That makes the Big Game 20-for-42, by my count, in being super as opposed to being a dud. And, frankly, this one might have been in the top three or four in terms of excitement and history and with the upset factor thrown into the mix.The...
Out Of XLI Games, Only XIX Have Been Super
February 03, 2008 by
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I love super balls. To this day, I can't resist the urge to slam one down on the ground, and watch it bounce into the air as if it was shot out of a cannon. And they're reliable. I've yet to bounce a dud super ball. Maybe if you left one out in the freezing cold, you might...
Thursday's Things
February 02, 2008 by
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(on most Thursday's at OOB, I rant in list fashion)Things I Remember Most From The Previous XLI Super Bowls(in no particular order)1. Garo Yepremian "passing" the ball in VII after a blocked FG, and it being intercepted by U-M's Mike Bass, who took it to the house...
Lidstrom The Best Ever -- Even An Oldtimer Must Cede That
January 31, 2008 by
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Once, there was Doug Harvey -- my dad's favorite, by the way -- who was a shot blocking maniac and so much of a stay-at-home defenseman that I wouldn't be surprised if he received his mail in front of the Red Wings' (and Canadiens') goal crease. There was also Bob Goldham...
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