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ESPN: Where Entertainment Comes First

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

Gone are the days of a 24 hour sports network. Say hello to the present day version of sports television, a new hybrid of sports, entertainment, drama, politics and touchy-feelyness have taken over your sets. 
 
I gave up on ESPN years ago but must continue to watch b/c of the games they have rights to (mostly [...]

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NFL Fantasy Player Rankings

Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

After Week 1, here is who MG Sports Talk is keeping an eye on in Fantasy Football:

Stock Rising…
QB Drew Brees (NO) - Even with our high expectations, no one expected 358 yds and 6 TD. If you’re in a TD league, you might consider Brees to be your best overall option but don’t expext 6 scores each week, maybe [...]

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NFL Monday Night Opener

Monday, September 14th, 2009

If my Bengals didn’t lose such a heartbreaker against the Broncos yesterday, maybe I’d be in better spirits for today’s Monday Night Season Opener, a double header at that. Either way, here are the Vegas lines for tonight with the MG picks in bold.
Buffalo Bills@ New England Patriots   -11   o/u 47
San Diego Chargers @ Oakland [...]

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NFL Opening Night

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Who ya got for tonight?
Vegas Line for tonight’s game Tennessee Titans vs. Pittsburgh Steelers from Heinz Field to open up the 2009 NFL Season:
PIT -6.5
Over/Under: 35.5 pts
I like the TITANS and the OVER in a close game. Kerry Collins will surprisingly protect the ball enough to keep his team in it, but the Steelers defense [...]

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Midweek Focus

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Forget your TPS reports. Here’s a little sports ranting to get you thru your humpday.
FAVRE SIGNS WITH VIKINGS

Cue the circus music, Brett Favre has signed with Minnesota. So Tavaris Jackson will sit and old man Favre will give the Vikings a little more agita than necessary in the 2009 season. Sure this may bring excitement [...]

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NFL Free Agent Signings

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

MG is all over the NFL offseason. Here is the latest…

Today’s big headline…Terrell Owens is cut by the Dallas Cowboys. In a surprise move, Jerry Jones has finally had enough of TO’s antics and decided to cut the primadonna wide receiver Wednesday night. With Jones’ comments during the regular season, encouraging the negative publicity brought [...]

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Weekend Preview

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Just some thoughts on the upcoming weekend in sports…

Let’s face it…if Tiger Woods was still sitting at home rehabbing his knee, no one would be talking about this week’s WCG-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona. But the PGA’s cash cow is back , after an 8 month hiatus, in usual form and the sport has my [...]

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