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Tony Romo has surgery,out three weeks
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo will be ready for training camp. The word surgery tends to freak people out.
Seeing that Romo just collected a fat $108 million contract extension from the club, its important to note that this procedure won’t impact his long term status.
That out of the way, the Dallas Morning News is reporting that in April, Romo had a cyst removed from...
Atlanta teens strive for greatness through USA Football
Their favorite team is the Atlanta Falcons.
Like many eighth graders in Atlanta, they relish the opportunity to go to games and dream of what it would be like to play on the turf of the Georgia Dome.
The difference between Dorian, DJ and the average eighth grader,is that they are doing something about it.
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Rahim Moore moving on from Broncos' tragic loss
Denver Broncos safety Rahim Moore will be forever haunted by one play.
In the divisional round of the 2012-13 AFC playoffs, Moore gave up a 71-yard floating touchdown pass to the Baltimore Ravens Jacoby Jones.
The fact that the play happened is bad within itself. Its the timing of the play that has subjected Moore to scorn.
The play happened late in the game at a point in which...
Mario Williams defends himself against rumors of suicidal text messages
Buffalo Bills defensive end Mario Williams has seen a very private matter get nasty and get public in a hurry.
Williams is suing his former fiancée Erin Marzouki to retrieve the $750,000 engagement that he presented to her.
In the fallout has come allegations from her camp of Williams possessing a dark side that gave him suicidal thoughts.
Mario Williams held a press conference...
The most decadent menu items at MLB ballparks
The Pittsburgh Pirates, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox and other Major League clubs have reset the gluttony bar with their latest menu pairings.
There is some sort of irony to be found in the concept of watching the fittest athletes in the world compete while chomping down on the least nutritional food possible.
Gone are the days where a simple burger and fries was the worst...
Can Joey Votto return to MVP form?
Is Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto steadily working his way back into his 2012 MVP form?
Batting .349, the left-handed hitter has hit in eight straight games.
This includes a game on Saturday against the hosting Phillies where he successfully reached base six times.
Votto was 4-for-4 with two singles, a double, and a two run homer in the top of the ninth to cap things...
Geno Smith was scolded for playoff proclamation
Geno Smith has been a quick study when it comes to learning how to handle the intense media presence that envelopes the New York Jets.
Smith provided a shining example of how not to deal with the media during the week preceding the 2013 NFL draft.
So much so that his mouth and the fingers that typed some ill-advised Tweets may have cost him first-round money.
On Sunday,...
Video: Tony Parker shuts down Memphis in Game 1
The San Antonio Spurs made the Memphis Grizzlies look like the overachievers that many pegged them to be on Sunday.
As a whole, they appeared to be lethargic and in-over-their-head as the veteran Spurs group cruised to a 105-83 Game 1 victory in the Western Conference finals.
Tony Parker generated 20 points and dished out nine assists.
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Video: Miguel Cabrera ties Hank Greenberg on home run list
The Detroit Tigers Miguel Cabrera smacked two home runs on Sunday against the Rangers to tie Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg with 331 career home runs.
The shots were taken off starter Derek Holland in the third and fifth innings.
Before the night was done, Cabrera took a total of three balls out of the park.
Video: Miguel Cabrera pops three home runs against the Rangers
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Tom Brady on his journey to get better
Can New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady become even better? He certainly thinks he can be.
Brady explained that even in the wake of the passing of his mentor Tom Martinez, he continues to find ways to elevate his game.
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Slow Motion Video:The Indiana Pacers advance to the Eastern Conference finals
The Indiana Pacers needed a career-high game from Lance Stephenson to take down the New York Knicks in Game 6.
Stephenson chipped in 25 points on Saturday as the Pacers walked away with a hard fought 106-99 win to advance to the Eastern Conference finals.
Stephenson also secured 10 rebounds while Paul George contributed 23 points to the Pacers’ collection plate.
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Larry Fitzgerald says 2012 was a personal low
Larry Fitzgerald does not make the headlines very often.
The Arizona Cardinals star receiver does his talking on the turf and does not let negative energy lead the way for him.
Since the departure of quarterback Kurt Warner, Fitzgerald has led the Cardinals through dark days that were spearheaded by arguably the worst quarterback play that the NFL has ever seen.
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Nick Saban: Rolando McClain is being fair to the Baltimore Ravens
Rolando McClain’s time in the NFL and more recently the Baltimore Ravens, has not gone as planned.
McClain has retired from the NFL to get his life together after legal problems off the field have taken over the forefront of his mind.
McClain’s college coach Nick Saban told the Baltimore Sun that McClain is doing right by Baltimore by retiring at this time.
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Titus Young is the latest athlete to publicly struggle with mental health
We like our athletes big, bold and fearless.
We tend to not allow much room for vulnerability.
They are however, quite human and as such they to fall prey to the same statistics that provide a snapshot into the sample size of American life.
Mental health awareness is gaining more exposure as the taboos and stereotypes that are associated with these various disorders are either...
Tennessee Titans Kendall Wright slims down after dumping junk food
The Tennessee Titans drafted wide receiver Kendall Wright in the first round of the 2012 draft.
The wideout was fresh out of Baylor as RG3′s favorite target and ready to make a direct impact on the NFL. His 64 catches for 626 yards and four scores were hardly the numbers of a bust. But they were not set the world on fire stats either.
To combat the plague of the perception that...
New York Jets Mike Goodson arrested on drug charges
When the New York Jets acquired running back Mike Goodson formerly of the Oakland Raiders and the Carolina Panthers, they probably did not know that he would end up being just another distraction.
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Kobe Bryant literally dove into an ocean full of sharks
Through the years Kobe Bryant has claimed to be the ultimate competitor.
The Los Angeles Lakers shooting guard has built his entire myth around it.
Each and every one of his nicknames/handles point to this. ” The Assassin,” ” The Black Mamba” and other aliases serve to point to his psyche as much as they point to his basketball skills.
Heidi Burgett over at Nike has just...
Kevin Durant: This season was not wasted
Once again Kevin Durant is being compared to another NBA living legend.
After his Oklahoma City Thunder were booted out of the NBA playoffs by the Memphis Grizzlies, Durant spoke with ESPN and rebutted a certain suggestion that was once made by Kobe Bryant.
Bryant at age 32 stated that any year that did not culminate in a NBA championship ‘ was a wasted year of my life.’
Durant...
Video: Carmelo Anthony lifts New York Knicks out of elimination
The New York Knicks live to fight another day.
After a week that has been rife with rumours of bickering and frustration, the Knicks managed to pull it together to get a 10-point win over the Indiana Pacers to force a sixth game on Saturday in Indiana.
Carmelo Anthony scored 28 points off 28 shots Thursday, pushing the Eastern Conference semifinals series to a 3-2 tally after...
Video: Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors say goodbye
The Golden State Warriors held on for as long as they could and it just was not enough.
As he has been prone to do throughout his entire career, Tony Parker shot down the Warriors’ dreams in flames with one deadly shot.
Parker’s backbreaking 3-pointer with 1:15 to play Thursday pushed the San Antonio Spurs into the Western Conference finals with a 94-82 victory.
The Spurs...
Andy Reid told DeSean Jackson that he did not want to deal with his father
Andy Reid has a new team of players to coach in the Kansas City Chiefs. DeSean Jackson is now the ward of Chip Kelly’s regime.
Yet in the new documentary DeSean Jackson, The Making Of A Father’s Dream that will come out around Father’s Day, it is revealed that Reid was apprehensive about working with Jackson because of his father Bill.
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Green Bay Packers cheeseheads get their own reality show
Every body wants to be a star as witnessed by the movement that has casted Green Bay Packers fans as the stars of their own reality show.
Real Screen’s Adam Benzine is reporting that the show will be pretty light-hearted.
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Will the New York Mets be forced to shut down Matt Harvey in 2013?
With Matt Harvey on pace for over 200 innings pitched, is it possible the New York Mets will shut him down early?
Chances are he’ll be doing his best Stephen Strasburg impression by the season’s end.
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Steve Smith rips New York Jets Mark Sanchez
Carolina Panthers wide receiver Steve Smith has never held his tongue.
Smith recently appeared on former teammate Muhsin Muhammad’s radio morning show on WFANZ.
During the appearance, he teed off on New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez.
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Arizona Cardinals see Tyrann Mathieu as the best playmaker in the 2013 draft
The Arizona Cardinals and Tyrann Mathieu have to know that the easiest way to stop people from paying attention to a chequered past is to stop bringing attention to it.
This is why that their tag-team comments that are running on NFL.Com may be one of the last times that the general public is exposed to Mathieu’s THC-related war stories and their impact on his new life.
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