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Is King James headed out of Cleavland?
I don’t know about you but, most of all my favorite sports stars stayed in one place their entire career or at least thru their prime years. The fact that Michael Jordan was a Wizard or Joe Montana a Chief is put out of our minds because when they joined these teams they were shadows of their former selves. Does anyone think that Derrick Jeter won’t retire in pinstripes...
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May 15, 2010
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Ben gets off… Again
It’s been a tough week in the Steel City as the Pittsburgh Steelers traded wide receiver Santonio Holmes to the New York Jets for a mere fifth round draft pick, watched Holmes get suspended for four games for substance abuse and finally got word that franchise quarterback Ben Roethlisberger would not be prosecuted for sexual assault in Georgia. While Steeler fans can breathe...
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April 13, 2010
Beast or Least
The Big East Conference is widely acclaimed to be the best NCAA Basketball Conference in the land. The mighty BEAST placed eight teams in the NCAA Tournament and was expected to run roughshod over a weak at-large field this March. So what happened on the opening day of March Madness which saw the Conference go 1 and 3 on Thursday and saw Georgetown, Marquette and Notre Dame as...
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March 19, 2010
Only in Philly
The swirling trade rumor of the weekend was a blockbuster! Ryan Howard, first baseman of the National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies for Albert Pujols, last years National League MVP and first baseman for the St Louis Cardinals. Wow! Okay, so it’s not going to happen, but MLB must be thrilled to have rumors floating around about their superstars just before the...
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March 16, 2010
Woulda, Coulda… Shoulda
As we move into Spring Training and beyond, one of the baseball questions that keeps haunting me as a Phillies fan is Should the Phillies have kept Cliff Lee? Yes, Roy Halladay is the best pitcher in baseball and is well worth the contract he signed with the Phillies. Yes, Cole Hamels looks motivated to prove everyone that last year was an aberration. Yes, the Phillies rotation...
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March 11, 2010
Random Thoughts on Sports These Days
So as I look over the Sports landscape these days, we are basically in a lull as we are not fully into Baseball yet, Hockey and Basketball are not yet to their playoffs which let in too many teams and March Madness is yet on the horizon. However I was looking at a few of the Sports stories these days full of either innuendo or bravado, posturing or pleading and just shake my...
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March 09, 2010
U.S.A. Olympics – Terrific!
How about that performance turned in yesterday by the young U.S. hockey team? What a tremendous game between the more talented Canadians and the upstart boys in red, white and blue. The U.S. goalie Miller was so BIG during the entire tournament; he was voted the tournament MVP in a silver medal effort. Now, I do not [...]
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March 01, 2010
A Tiger or a Cheetah, Who Cares
Did you hear the latest?!? Tiger Woods cheated on his wife! No seriously, I heard him admit it last Friday… Okay sports and golf fans, yes, Tiger admitted to making a mistake, that he cheated and that he is sorry. All better now???
I am shocked and apalled at how many people thought Tiger Woods [...]
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February 23, 2010
Colts Caldwell calls his Shot
For those of you who looked at the 13 and 0 Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints and 11 and 1 Minnesota Vikings and claimed NFL parody was dead, not so fast my friends! The NFL playoff picture is a wild ride as we go into Week 17 with only one seed set in the [...]
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December 29, 2009
Don’t Blame December, Dallas
In between taking swipes at Tiger Woods and his nine, I mean eleven, man is it up to an even dozen women?!?, pundits are expounding on the annual December swoon that descends upon the Dallas Cowboys. Swoon, shwoon; I’m not buying it at all! Last season the Cowboys went 1-3 in December, horrible right? Of [...]
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December 14, 2009
Fresh Take: Baseball Style
With the October Classic upon us, its time for SCL’s Fresh Take, ala Baseball! It’s fitting that the New York Yankees with their 26 Championships and the defending World Champion Philadelphia Phillies square off in the World Series; on the flip side, how bad is it to be a Cleveland Indians fan? Past Indian pitchers [...]
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October 27, 2009
Fresh Take: Broncos, Eagles, Titans and Bears, oh my
Welcome back Sports Fans, it’s another addition of the SCL Fresh Take! Has the NFL season been a surprise, or what?!? Jockeying back and forth for biggest surprise of the year are the Denver Broncos on the good side and the Tennessee Titans on the bad! The Broncos are 6 and oh and running away [...]
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October 21, 2009
Fresh Take – Olympics, Gisele, Jerry Jones & Seminoles
Hey, is that Rocky Balboa I see running through the market of south Philly on his way to the steps of the Philadelphia art museum? No, its Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable honing the street fighting skills he’ll need when he goes to the slammer for assaulting one of his own coaches. I thought [...]
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October 05, 2009
Fresh Take – Vick, Favre, Joba, Rumors and Sal
I see my man A-Rod may have gotten his gal pal pregnant. Rumor has it that Kate Hudson is el pregnido, knocked-up, got a bun in the oven. Way to go A-Rod! Little Ms. Hudson is a smokin’ little number. Of course, this is ONLY a rumor…..just a rumor.
Okay, let’s get started with some real [...]
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October 01, 2009
Fresh Take – Tiger and Phil, Romo, Lions & Twitter
Are you ready for some football? Hey, Monday Night Football? Okay, add in a little golf and we’ll have you covered so let’s jump right into today’s SCL’s Fresh Take.
The Detroit Lions got off the schnide yesterday ending an ugly 0 and 19 run through the NFL by beating the hapless Redskins 19-14. Streak over! [...]
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September 28, 2009
Fresh Take: UW, UH, A&M On the Rise
Get the Welcome Wagon Ready:
These programs are coming back to the party:
-Washington: Steve Sarkisian looks like the perfect fit. The Huskies played with LSU, upset USC win, Jake Locker is a true leader, and Husky Stadium still a great atmosphere.
-Texas A&M: QB Jerrod Johnson quietly leads the nation’s #1 Offense. We’ll know more this [...]
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September 27, 2009
Fresh Take – Plaxico, Urban & Lane, Twitter & WNBA
Do you want to hear a dirty joke? A white horse ran through a mud puddle.
Okay, I’ll stick with sports. So let’s jump right into today’s SCL’s Fresh Take.
It is sad day when someone appears in court and has to say goodbye to his young child and pregnant wife because he just received a two [...]
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September 23, 2009
Fresh Take – Bradley, USC, Brees & Gators
Here we go sports fans, the weekend was jam packed full of lots to talk about, so let’s jump right into today’s SCL’s Fresh Take.
The Milton Bradley experiment has ended on Chicago’s north side in a manner many expected it would. The Cubs suspended Bradley on Sunday for the remainder of the season and as [...]
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September 21, 2009
Fresh Take – Hurricanes, Jets, MLB and Texas Stadium
Hey sports fans, are you ready to go? Break out the wafers, throw the rag-top back and get ready for a spin with today’s SCL’s Fresh Take, a whole new twist on sports for you, the fan.
The U is back. After navigating the first half of the college football equivalent of “Murders Row,” the ‘Canes [...]
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September 18, 2009
SCL’s Fresh Take
Hey sports fans, welcome to the all new SCL’s Fresh Take, a whole new twist on sports for you the fan. Today, we have a bunch of topics from over the weekend to discuss, so let’s get started.
With the first Sunday of NFL games yesterday, did anyone happen to watch Tiger Woods mop up the [...]
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September 14, 2009
Good start for Rich-Rod and Wolverines
With a 31-7 pounding of Western Michigan last weekend, could the Michigan Wolverines and embattled coach Rich Rodriguez finally being seeing the end of Michigate??? Hounded by allegations of breaking NCAA practice rules and improprieties with a former booster in his previous coaching stop at West Virginia University, Rodriguez finally got to enjoy a Michigan [...]
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September 09, 2009
Solving the BCS Dilemma (Getting rid of the BCS)
The Condo Plan
Here’s how it works…
1. There will be an 8 team playoff. I will pick the teams. You do not need to worry about bias; I guarantee there will be some. I will use the polls, the computers, the conference champions, and strength...
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August 28, 2009
Brett Favre’s a Viking, Stunning
I am being facetious with that title of course, though I am absolutely stunned by the reaction to Favre’s signing with the Vikings. Why all the hating?!?
Oh my gosh he turned his back on the Packers! Sorry, Green Bay fans, no he didn’t; Ted Thompson made it perfectly clear the Packers wanted to move [...]
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August 20, 2009
Michael Vick: Fallen Falcon to Eager Eagle
It finally is here! The day that the villanous dog killer Michael Vick rejoins the NFL, this time as a Philadelphia Eagle.
Wow! I do not envy Michael Vick one bit. Granted the Eagles run the West Coast Offense and that Andy Reid is an innovative offensive mind, but Philadephia??? Philly fans are tough and [...]
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August 14, 2009
What’s wrong with Cole Hamels
The Philadelphia Phillies need to take a page from the New York Yankees handbook. Given a home series with the floundering Florida Marlins, the Phillies proceeded to screw the pooch over the weekend and watched a seven game division lead fade to four after a three game Marlin sweep! Meanwhile, the Yankees strangled their bitter [...]
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August 11, 2009
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