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Sportsfrog’s 2009/10 Southern Conference Basketball Preview Part II
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The North was the other day. Now the South. The Davidson portion. Read on for more from UNC Boy. It is well worth it:
1. College of Charleston – Bobby Cremins will enter his fourth season as head coach of the Cougars, which will be his 28th overall over three programs. Charleston...
Allen Iverson Takes Leave of the Grizzlies
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Three or so games. That’s how long this lasted. Three. Or so. Well. Three. The “or so” would have been two minutes of the team’s open scrimmage back to start training camp in Birmingham.
Not one of them in Memphis.
At any rate, hard on the heels of you-***...
All You Need To Know About The Breeders’ Cup (Friday Edition)
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(from Bensell, as always)
Breeders Cup Friday race preview:
If you want to see the reasoning behind my picks, please head to the Swamp and check out the end of the first page of “The Newly Renamed Official 2009 Breeders Cup Thread.” Otherwise, take these at face value....
Heart of Darkness
2 days ago by
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Hall of Fame Redskin John Riggins to current owner Daniel Snyder: “You’re pure evil”. I paraphrase only slightly.
COLLINSWORTH: There is a fine line between being a bad guy and a bad GM if you will. Are you saying a bad guy as in the NFL needs to take a look at this...
Untitled
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Nice use of the Obama template by Deadspin this morning:
Sportsfrog’s 2009/10 Southern Conference Basketball Preview
4 days ago by
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What’s that? **** yes, I said Southern Conference preview. And once you read this two-parter from swamper UNC Boy, you won’t be sleeping on Western Carolina. Well, you might. But at least when you seen them as a #15 seed next March, you might think, hey, Western Carolina...
One Game
4 days ago by
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That was hella quick. Quoth AI:
“I had no problems (with the hamstring). I had a problem with my butt sitting on that bench for so long,” Iverson said.
When a reporter suggested that the Grizzlies’ youthful and offensively challenged bench desperately needs Iverson’s scoring...
The new Gilbert Arenas: quiet, depressed and despondent
5 days ago by
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Agent Zero is dead. The heat from the Hibachi has been turned off. Gilbert Arenas is still a really, really good basketball player. But he has no interest whatsoever in talking to the media. And since he has been forced to talk under threat of being fined, he will make us all suffer...
In Case You Have Not Looked Ahead
6 days ago by
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I just did. The traditional Thanksgiving NFL games?
Green Bay at Detroit followed by Oakland at Dallas.
Yuck.
The weird TV infatuation with the Raiders is unseemly. They do NOT need national games next year, powers that be. Stop that. And you knew going into this year that they would...
NFL Week Favre-a-palooze Part II: The Local Look
6 days ago by
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Green Bay, where it looked like it did when Favre played for them, only different. Mike Vandermause in the Green Bay Gazette with this:
Favre showed exactly why Packers General Manager Ted Thompson refused to trade him to the Vikings last season. The 40-year-old gunslinger still possesses...
Now Cliff Lee Rides to the “Rescue”
6 days ago by
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Down 3-1, good luck with that, Cliff Lee. Perhaps that might have been more useful down 2-1?
At any rate, the Yankees get good work from CC Sabathia on three days rest, and overcome a shaky bullpen by beating Philly’s shaky bullpen late in the best game of the series from a...
NFL Week Favre-a-palooza Part II: The National Take
6 days ago by
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Revenge. Dished cold and all that. The talking heads are on that and other things this morning. To the chatter:
—Don Banks, leading it off as usual, with Snap Judgements and this on the Cowboys’ day:
Believe it or not, the Cowboys’ 38-17 home-field destruction of...
In Which NASCAR Wants A Mulligan
6 days ago by
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For a few reasons:
1. Before the race, the sanctioning body issued a decree to the drivers that there was to be no bump-drafting in the corners, and that a violation of the rule would lead to immediate penalization. (NASCAR 101 moment: Talladega is one of two tracks where the cars...
NBA Wrap-up: White Boy Day edition
7 days ago by
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Steve Nash put up 18 points and 20 assists last night. And his old friend Dirk Nowitzki led the Mavericks to an impressive road win over the Lakers.
Meanwhile, in this first game as a rookie, the Bucks Brandon Jennings dropped 17 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. Remember, this is...
2009 World Series Game 2: AJ Burnett Returns Serve
9 days ago by
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(great pic from the NY Daily News as the crowd arrives last night)
AJ Burnett makes that contract pay off, as, let’s face it, Yankees players get a good chunk of their free agent money to show up in October. 7 innings, 1 run, 9 Ks, and a general pumping first pitch strikes machine...
Props to Deadspin for the Forbidden Tim Donaghy Book Excerpts
9 days ago by
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If you have not already done so, and you are at all an NBA observer, do yourself a favor and go to Deadspin and peruse. A taste? Here’s some of the goodness:
From my earliest involvement with Bavetta, I learned that he likes to keep games close, and that when a team gets down...
Sportsfrog’s 2009/10 ACC Basketball Preview Part II
9 days ago by
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Part I of UNC Boy’s opus from yesterday here. For certain read that, and then read on for Part II:
ACC Basketball Predictions for 2009-10:
1. North Carolina (12-4)
2. Clemson (11-5)
3. Duke (11-5)
4. Maryland (10-6)
5. Georgia Tech (9-7)
6. Wake Forest (9-7)
7. Boston College...
Same as it Ever Was in Memphis
10 days ago by
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Except for the new uniforms. Those were nice. But beyond that? More of Lucy pulling the football away from Charlie Brown. 17,000 fans got suckered into showing up to see the allegedly newly competent team, and I am guessing that number will dwindle rapidly in the coming games.
96...
Cliff Lee and Chase Utley In the Zone
10 days ago by
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Two home runs from Utley to stake Philly to a 2-0 lead as they cruise to a 6-1 win. And that wasn’t remotely the story.
The lead from game one was Cliff Lee. With Cliff Lee REALLY in the zone. And turning in what is a historically noteworthy series of pitching performances...
You Go On With Your Bad Self, John Fox
10 days ago by
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He hasn’t seen enough Jake Delhomme, so Delhomme will wing it into coverage once again come Sunday. 13 picks in six games? Let’s go for more. More.
More Delhomme, John. More. Always more.
John Fox’s spiritual brother:
Sportsfrog’s 2009/10 ACC Basketball Preview Part I
10 days ago by
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Not from me. From swamp stalwart UNC Boy. And it’s a whopper. First part now, next part tomorrow. Enjoy:
ACC Basketball Predictions for 2009-10:
1. North Carolina (12-4)
2. Clemson (11-5)
3. Duke (11-5)
4. Maryland (10-6)
5. Georgia Tech (9-7)
6. Wake Forest (9-7)
7. Boston...
Sportsfrog 2009 NBA Preview – League Overview
11 days ago by
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Last year, my predictions were not as bad as I originally, thought. I hit 13 out of 16 postseason teams last season after getting 14 the year before. Someday, I’ll believe in Atlanta enough to put them in the postseason.
EASTERN CONFERENCE:
1. Cleveland
2. Boston
3. Orlando
4. Washington...
The Washington Dysfunctionals Take Another Hit
12 days ago by
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It’s like a mini-rapture in DC, as the football gods liberate Chris Cooley from the sadness with a broken ankle. He joins Chris Samuels and some lucky others in nirvana, also known as the Washington injured list. Later today, the remaining healthy Washington Dysfunctionals will...
Born Under a Toxic Sign
12 days ago by
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How is this even possible?
Blake Griffin out at least six weeks with a stress fracture in his left kneecap, the injury likely happening in the Clippers’ final exhibition game. Oh, he also has tendinitis in that knee as well.
It was fun while it lasted in Clipperland. Which,...
Yup, The Chase Is Still Over
12 days ago by
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Denny Hamlin won yesterday at Martinsville.
Buuuuuut Jimmie Johnson finished second, while Mark Martin finished eighth.
That means that Johnson’s points lead extended from 90 to 118, taking even more drama out of the Chase barring a a big calamity including Johnson next week...
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