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NHL Uses Their Fans As Punching Bags When It Comes To Outlawing Fighting
January 30, 2008 by
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It sounds like a dinosaur story, what I am about to tell you. It's tempting to begin it with "Once upon a time," but why should I resort to such trite methods, when some of you know exactly of which I speak?They roamed. Another dinosaur-like word. But they did. Maybe...
The Lions Can't Compete, And That's The Biggest Indictment Of Them All
January 30, 2008 by
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In all of professional sports, there are plenty of reasons why a franchise cannot get over the hump and have an opportunity to play for the whole enchilada. Bad luck. Injuries. Poor decisions. Free agent busts. A negative culture.But there is an even greater indictment of an organization...
Today's Red Wings A Team Without Anyone To Hate
January 29, 2008 by
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Dino Ciccarelli was one of those NHL players with a Napoleonic Complex. He was a shrimp, so he decided that he'd be the most annoying, disturbing, pugnacious little shrimp that he could be. That, and scoring goals against the opposition, would keep him in the league for some 18...
We'll See If McCarty Is Cut From Same Cloth As Chelios, Or From Redmond
January 27, 2008 by
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Darren McCarty is making news, sort of, in attempting a hockey playing comeback, with Flint of the IHL. He hasn't played in an NHL game since April 2006, with the Calgary Flames -- who signed him after the Red Wings let him go following the 2004-05 lockout. He's had some off...
Too Early To Hate These Celtics
January 27, 2008 by
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(note: this column was written Saturday morning, prior to last night's game)OK, so just who ARE these Boston Celtics, anyway? Who are these guys who are 28-3 and running amok in the NBA?One of those "3" in the right-hand column came courtesy of the Pistons, a couple weeks...
Coaches Not So Smart When They Try It In Detroit
January 26, 2008 by
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The way I see it, the true genius of Mike Martz was in getting everyone to think of him as a genius in the first place.Funny how a coach's IQ is directly tied to the quality of players that he has at his disposal.Martz, canned by the Lions as their offensive coordinator (he latched...
Thursday's Things
January 26, 2008 by
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(every Thursday at OOB -- just about -- I rant in list fashion)Things George Blaha Says That I Love (And You Should, Too)Some gems from the Pistons' play-by-play man, now in his 32nd year with the team:1. "Feels it, fires it, FILLS it!"2. "Oh! That one was halfway...
If Rodriguez Allegations Are True, Michigan Must Respond
January 26, 2008 by
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IF Rich Rodriguez did what they say he did, then all I can say is, there's nothing "Michigan" about that.I hope that the allegations are either false or at the very least, embellished -- the ones that say that new U-M football coach Rodriguez destroyed file upon file...
Archie Manning Showed He's A Dad Like Any Other
January 26, 2008 by
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Archie Manning is the epitome of the phrase, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again -- and if that doesn't work, then make kids who can do it instead."OK, so I placed an addendum in there. Yet it's true, even if it's an axiom that, this morning, only...
Leyland A Dying Breed: The Quotable Manager
January 26, 2008 by
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It was very early into a baseball season that would turn magical, when the very mention of the manager's name would spread the lips of millions of Tigers fans into relieved smirks, then eventually into elated grins.The crusty Jim Leyland regaled us with a story of a broken down...
Leyland, Babcock, Saunders On Hot Seat? Chances Are, Yes -- Eventually
January 26, 2008 by
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Mike Babcock is going to get fired, odds are. So will Flip Saunders. I'd even say that Jim Leyland's seat will get hot one of these days.Put Bill Belichick on that list, too. And Mike Holmgren. Don't be surprised if Terry Francona gets canned by the Red Sox. Or if the Celtics...
Thursday's Things
January 25, 2008 by
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(on most Thursdays at OOB, I'll rant in list fashion)Things That Could Derail The New England Patriots In Their Quest To Go 16-01. Bill Belichick's video camera breaks.2. Tom Brady tears an ACL being blindsided by a Don Shula criticism.3. On-field officials quit the Honorary...
After Further Review, Lions Will Be Lucky To Win Another Game
January 25, 2008 by
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How the Lions ever got to be a 6-2 team surely must go down in history as one of the great mysteries in sports. And it wasn't all that long ago.I remember the Lions intercepting Kurt Warner on the Cardinals' opening possession, back in those 6-2 salad days, and driving down...
NHL's "Original Four" Carry On Without Two Of Their Brethren
January 23, 2008 by
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There was familiarity, and it bred contempt â€" just as some wise soul once proclaimed.Fourteen times they would meet during the regular season, at a time when a "trip west" meant your train stopped in Detroit, then Chicago. The watches and clocks would only have...
Thursday's Things
January 17, 2008 by
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(every Thursday at OOB I rant in list fashion. Last week it was Things The Chicago Bulls Can Do To Improve Besides Firing Scott Skiles)Things Mike Martz Can Do If He Doesn't Get Another Coaching Job1. Work for the Wayne County Road Commission -- helping them build more passing...
Broncos Of Early AFL Years Provided Comic Relief
January 16, 2008 by
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The Denver Broncos are an original AFL team -- and I don't mean Arena Football League. The American Football League, which ran competitvely with the NFL from 1960-69, was playing with two-point conversions a generation before the NFL caught on and intro'd it in 1994. And the...
While Their Competition Crumbles Around Them, The Pistons Stand Tall And Rock Solid
January 13, 2008 by
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Taking a walk through the NBA's Eastern Conference graveyard...There lies the Miami Heat, former NBA champions. Once the only serious challengers to the Pistons for conference supremacy. See their grave marker -- the one that says "We flamed out too soon." Don't walk...
Lions, As Usual, Come Up Empty In Crunch Time
January 12, 2008 by
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Randy Moss would have caught it. Terrell Owens would have caught it -- and told everyone how he did it for as long as you cared to listen. Marvin Harrison would have caught it. Donald Driver would have caught it.Those receivers play on teams who've lost but four games between them...
This Version Of "Scrubs" You Can Cancel, As Far As I'm Concerned
January 10, 2008 by
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Watching the Pistons-Celtics game Sunday evening, a carrot-topped player caught my eye, and I had some ghoulish memories. Then, moments later, history repeated itself. But more on that in a second.One of the reasons why I had no significant problem with LeBron James's explosion...
Masked Men In Suits A Tigers Tradition
January 10, 2008 by
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The commissioner of baseball himself was staring at the proposed trade, and he looked at the Tigers general manager who was about to jump out of his skin, waiting for the final stamp of approval."This is what they agreed to?," Bowie Kuhn asked Jim Campbell, who was about...
Red Wings' Downey Shamelessly Uses His Fists To Help His Team
January 09, 2008 by
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If there was such a thing as The Red Wing You'd Most Like To Buy A Beer, then I'd reserve that cold one for Aaron Downey.This would be after a hearty handshake and hug, and a slap on the back for good measure.Downey, no. 20 in your program but no. 1 in brawn, is the Red Wings...
Give Big Baby His Rattle And Send Him Home (And Not Just Him)
January 08, 2008 by
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The desperate pass landed square into the mammoth torso of Shaun Rogers, and the football stuck to him like Velcro. Off he went, rambling some 60 yards or so toward the Denver Broncos goal line, falling into the end zone, his 360 pounds (or more) crashing onto the turf. He was gassed...
Lions Need To Start All Over (Maybe With Holmgren?)
January 06, 2008 by
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First, let me thank DirecTV. They tried to spare me.For almost an hour after kickoff of yesterday's Lions-Chargers game, DirecTV lost their over-the-air channels, probably due to the bad weather. These included Fox 2, which was showing the Lions. Even my fancy-shmancy NFL Sunday...
Red Wings Unlikely To Repeat 1996 Disappointment
January 03, 2008 by
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They blitzed thru the NHL schedule, winning 62 games, losing just 13, and amassing 131 points. They lost only two home games all season. In doing all this, they also set the league record for most regular season wins in one season. Their coach was the same as the team whose record...
Woody Demonstrates Lions' Skewed View Of NFL Life
January 02, 2008 by
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Lions guard-tackle Damien Woody summed up, perfectly, the misguided mindset of his team after yesterday's 25-20 win over the Kansas City Chiefs."We haven't won in a month and a half," Woody said. "So it (win) came at a good time. Right around the holidays, so...
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