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Before the 2008 NFL season, everybody had Pittsburgh and Arizona picked to go to the Super Bowl, right? Stop lying to yourself.
See, this is what sets the National Football League apart from other professional leagues (Pirates fans, you know what Im talking about). Every year each team must start from scratch (WHO DEY in 2009!) and earn [...]
“Oh Andy” - Joey Salvia
Heeee’s baaaa-aaack….again. You guessed it. Roger Clemens’ good buddy from the Lone Star state, Andy Pettitte is back in pinstripes. And why not? The guy put up respectable numbers in a tough division, throwing over 200 innings in 33 starts with 158 strikeouts. Not to mention his status among the Yankee faithful. [...]
Chris Cazzone
Los Angeles, CA - On Saturday night, in front of a Staples Center-record crowd of 20,820 fans, “Sugar” Shane Mosley KO’d Tijuana’s Antonio Margarito, a 4-1 favorite, in dramatic fashion to take the WBA welterweight belt. Scheduled for 12 rounds, Mosley would only need 9 to finish off Margarito, arguable winning every round to that [...]
Los Angeles - LA’s Staples Center on Saturday, January 24 will be the setting for a WBA welterweight title fight between “Sugar” Shane Mosley(45-5, 38 KOs) and Antonio “The Tijuana Tornado” Margarito (37-5, 27 KOs).
Gerame’s take: Both fighters are in the back end of their storied careers and a win would solidify their position in the boxing [...]
Did anyone else notice that not one person shown during the National Anthem before the Ravens-Steelers game knew the words of the song? Oh, they were singing…just not the right words. Not to mention the crowd’s “oohs” and “aahs” in response to the untimely fireworks display easily drowned out the singer, whatever her name is. [...]
The Battle of the Birds is set to take place Sunday 3pm EST in Glendale, AZ. Early indications out of Phoenix are that the Philadelphia Eagles fans have showed up en masse to soak up some sun and reak havoc on the fair-weather Cardinals fans. The way the playoffs have been going so far this [...]
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See how you match up against the MG Staff expert picks for this weekend’s AFC and NFC Championship games. Leave your picks (against the spread) on the COMMENT board. Check back on Monday for final results.
Here is the Vegas Line for both games:
Philadelphia @ Arizona +4
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh -6
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Moneyball: [...]
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Free agent pitcher Derek Lowe has agreed to a four year, $60 million contract with the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday. The 35 year old veteran went 14-11 last season with a 3.24 ERA. He has proven to be a reliable starter, averaging over 200 innings over his last 4 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Lowe will join a fairly [...]
Newark, NJ - On Saturday, veteran left winger Brendan Shanahan agreed in-principle to sign with the New Jersey Devils, the same team that drafted him 2nd overall back in the 1987 Draft.
39 year old Shanahan hasn’t played since the end of last season after failing to reach an agreement with the New York Rangers. Although several deals [...]
Here are the MG Sports Talk staff’s expert picks for this weekend’s NFL playoff games. Think you know more than we do? Leave your picks on the comment board. Results will be posted Monday morning.
Moneyball Matt: Tennesse, Carolina, Philadelphia, (too nervous to pick)
G $: Baltimore, Carolina, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
Cov: Baltimore, Arizona, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh
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Encinitas, CA - This week, the all-knowing sages of football have crowned the Pittsburgh Steelers victorious before either team steps foot onto frosty Heinz Field—surely on Sunday sanity will be restored and the universe will return to its natural order. So they think. The San Diego Super-Chargers have momentum and a lot of it. No [...]
Rochester, NY - Yes, Sunday’s game is one in which the Giants’ lose “home field” advantage (Meadowlands: only 90 miles from Philly) but it’s also one of the best rivalries around and promises to be a great one. This will be a game that playoff football is all about. Cold weather, teams that hate each [...]
