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Western Basketball Stinks

2/28/2011 6:03 PM

BYU is the toast of ESPN. No matter, it is wildly overrated and couldn't finish in the top four in the Big 12, or in the top 6 of the Big East. Lock down gunner Jiminy ... 

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March Madness Equals NIT Nausea

2/25/2011 1:20 PM

What's a team to think when it comes to going to the NIT?

Depends, doesn't it.

For the most part, going to anything but the main tournament is an embarrassment. ... 

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Comments: 13

OKC Thunder Wins NBA Title?

2/24/2011 3:04 PM

Don't laugh.

Smile, maybe.

But it could happen.

The Thunder is serving notice to the old guys, who are everywhere in the NBA, by landing inside muscle.

True, ... 

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"Handled Internally:" With Kid Gloves?

2/23/2011 3:31 PM

When somebody commits a crime, violates the law, the charges and consequences are a matter of public record.

When an athlete commits a crime, the university end ... 

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Lost Weekend

2/21/2011 6:05 PM

Imagine our surprise: Car racing is a team sport.

What that means is that a slow team member can spin somebody in front out and knock the fenders off 20 competitors ... 

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Major Collapse Predicted

2/15/2011 4:28 PM

One of our specialties is picking trends, specifically, the ends of trendy runs.

Oftentimes these Mayan-like forecasts turn out to be the opposite of what the media ... 

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Anybody Home?

2/14/2011 5:23 PM

The number one high school football recruit in the country did it again, faking left, faking right, and reaching under a table to pull out the hat of the college of his ... 

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Hustlers and Catchers Report

2/10/2011 2:14 PM

We try to like baseball.

We try to buy into stuff like the Yankees buying happiness.

We try to understand HGH freaks.

We try to tolerate starting pitchers ... 

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This Just In

2/7/2011 4:12 PM

The officials who worked the OU-OSU basketball game Saturday should be suspended. They called so many fouls, the zebras became the story, not the teams. Calling games ... 

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