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Archive for October, 2008

StarBury? More Like DingleBury

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

Wednesday is opening night in the NBA. I think my favorite part of the NBA season is watching the Knicks fall apart every year. This pathetic excuse of a franchise has averaged 26 wins in the last 3 seasons. For a team with the highest payroll in the National Basketball Association (I know what you’re [...]

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SEC: Kiss WVU’s Ass

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Take that SEC!                                                                                                              No they’re not Alabama or Florida or Georgia, but Auburn is a well-respected program within the oh-so-dominant SEC who happens to be having a rare .500 season. The Mountaineers excited the 64,000 fans at Mountaineer Field last night with downfield passing (gasp!) and a steady running game, led by Noel Devine with [...]

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Mountaineers Look To Re-gain Respect

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Tonite on ESPN @ 7:30pm Auburn vs. West Virginia…
Its true this game’s implications have fallen off beyond belief since Week 1(each are currently unranked after pre-season polls saw both teams in the top 10). That doesn’t change the theme of this Thursday nite showdown, one that has always been…Big East versus the nation. Since being [...]

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2008 World Series Prediction

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

So Tampa Bay gets home field advantage and seems to be the favorite going into the World Series. Some things to consider before the start of Game 1 tonight….both teams came out on top of very strong divisions. The Rays were able to fend off the Red Sox not only in the playoff race, but [...]

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2008 World Series Expert Prediction

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Yes, the 2008 Major League Baseball season has been great. From the outhouse to the penthouse, the Tampa Bay Rays have arrived.  They have speed, hitting, fielding, and pitching to go the distance this season. And, they are in the final round.
Well, obviously the decisive game is Game 1. So, with that said, the Rays [...]

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Hopkins Executes Pavlik

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

 
Atlantic City, NJ - Who would’ve expected Bernard Hopkins to do the unthinkable on Saturday night? With ease, the 43 year old future Hall of Famer schooled the younger Kelly Pavlik for 12 rounds in a completely lopsided bout that will go down in history as possibly Hopkins’ best performance ever. Its true Pavlik moved [...]

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Misfortunes of Bengal-dom

Monday, October 20th, 2008

As a winless season stretches on like a dark cloud of doom over Cincinnati, let’s review some of the adversity the orange & black has had to overcome recently.

From 2007 on, lose Eric Steinbach, Brian Simmons, Justin Smith and Kevin Kaesviharn, among others, to free agency.
Carson Palmer - knocked out of the 2006 Wild Card [...]

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Typical Broncos Will Fade

Monday, October 13th, 2008

Denver Broncos fans must have deja vu from 2007 as they get out to a quick start to the season and start losing games they should win, Kansas City last week and Jacksonville this week AT HOME!
At 4-2 the Broncos are now vulnerable to not winning AFC West division. They can’t stop the run, they [...]

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