College-Football Rankings: Sagarin v. Sagarin (1)
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USC and Oklahoma State are both in the Top 10 of major college-football polls. According to one well-known computer ranking, if the two teams were to hypothetically play at USC on Saturday, Oklahoma State would be favored to win by about two and a half points — a close result fitting such a marquee matchup. But by another prominent ranking, USC would be favored in that matchup by 25 points. Associated Press Would running back ...
FIFA ‘09 Indian Prices (1)
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Just a quick reminder for all those who have been waiting to grab your own copies of the EA’s FIFA ‘09. The game is in town and just waiting to be picked up. Take your pick from the wide selection of platforms. Xbox 360: INR 1999 PS3: INR 2499 PC: INR 999 PS2: INR 1599 PSP: INR 999 See you online in 10 vs. 10! Related ArticlesFaceBreaker, Madden NFL 09 Demos LiveThe Madden Cover CursePreview: ...
The Fighter: Pitt Out; Wahlberg Worried; Location Scouting (1)
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It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a concrete update on Darren Aronofsky’s The Fighter, the real-life story of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s (to be played by Mark Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world lightweight title. His Rocky-like rise was guided by half-brother Dicky (Brad Pitt), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO’d by drugs and crime. When we talked with director Darren Aronofsky last month, we got the impression that The ...
Rick Reilly tells NBA rookies how to go broke (1)
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In ten easy steps.2. Buy a house the size of Delaware. Evander Holyfield was in danger of losing his 54,000-square-foot pad outside Atlanta, and it's a shame. He had almost visited all 109 rooms!
Why Red Auerbach was so good (1)
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Ticketmaster Is Evil And Must Die [Complaints] (18)
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Ticketmaster is an evil monopoly that steals cash from defenseless consumers. They are infinitely more evil than their hated 30% surcharge would suggest, and they must be destroyed. A Modern Monopoly Did you know you aren't Ticketmaster's primary customer? Sure, you and your friends bought 141 million tickets last year, but Ticketmaster's loyalty belongs to their true customers: venues and promoters. Ticketmaster secures its monopoly by goading them into multi-year agreements that empower Ticketmaster to ...
Philadelphia Hockey Fans Wildly Boo Sarah Palin (3)
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Hey McCain-Palin campaign: not to say “we told you so,” but in fact to say “HA HA TROLLOPS, we told you so,” Sarah Palin was not received well by Philadelphia hockey fans tonight when she dropped the ceremonial first puck at the Flyers’ season opener. Liberal gotcha journal the New York Times describes the chorus of boos as “resounding (almost deafening).” This video is staggering. We’re fairly certain that the arena music is turned up ...
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Emily competes in the Triathlon at Pacific Grove (1)
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Emily's first triathlon from JD Lasica on Vimeo. With the Ironman triathlon being held today in Hawaii, I thought it would be appropriate to showcase an interview I did with Emily Goligoski, a friend who just ran her first triathlon last month, the Triathlon at Pacific Grove — Olympic Distance along the Monterey Peninsula. In this 9 1/2-minute video, she talks about her preparation, her training and conditioning with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team ...
Steve Doocy thinks coaching girls is like "herding cats" (1)
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Filed under: Celeb parentingNot every child is an athlete. But those who do enjoy sports come in every age, shape, and yes, even gender. It might come as no surprise to you and me that girls can actually, oh, enjoy sports and maybe even be good at them. But according to Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy, girls don't really like sports at all.In a recent interview promoting his new book Tales from the Dadside, ...
NFL Live-Streaming Pulls in 500K Uniques (1)
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Over the course of the first four live-streamed NFL games (which kicked off Sept. 4), the league says it attracted an audience of more than 500,000 unique visitors, each of whom spent an average of 40 minutes online. The NFL also found that the live-streaming is not cannibalizing the TV audience; in fact, most people are looking at the games on the web in addition to watching them on television. “We’ve found that this is ...
Rays vs. Red Sox: Of Homerism and Glorious Villainy (1)
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Last July, I typed for ages about a profound personal crisis: I was losing my identity as a sports fan. My beloved Boston Red Sox had become winners, and their pink-hat-wearing clan had become cocky. This made me uncomfortable, as I had known only pain as a fan before the Red Sox won the World [...]
The Wrestler Press Confrence (2)
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Fox Searchlight has released five videos from The Wrestler press conference at the New York Film Festival. A lot of it was covered in our extensive three-part interview with Aronofksy last month (you can read there here, here, and here) but there are some juicy bits that make these worth watching. Plus, its fun to hear Mickey talk about his preparation for the film. Check the videos out after the jump. Darren Aronofsky talks about ...
BASEBALL PLAYER OFTEN SHITS HIS PANTS (1)
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We don’t usually give a “crap” about sports but this little nugget of a diarrhea story reminds us why it’s nice to occasionally just be with the guys. We don’t usually give a “crap” about sports but this little nugget of a diarrhea story reminds us why it’s nice to occasionally just be with the guys. “I’m good for about two of those a year” is the best quote because it implies someone wants him ...
Pittsburgh might establish sports magnet high school (1)
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"Manny Being Manipulated" (1)
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One of my real, lasting pleasures from the Web has been reading Bill Simmons, "The Sports Guy". Simmons is another example of how talent wedded to craft, combined with passion, usually yields impressive results. He gives us 9000+ words drenched with his profound love for sports and for the Boston Red Sox in particular, and his enthusiasm for the unique guy who is Manny Ramirez. (It's so entertaining that I'll even forgive yet another of ...
Eli Manning’s automagical condo (3)
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Say hey, that’s New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, also known as my new fantasy football quarterback since about halfway in to the first quarter of the Patriots-Chiefs game when Tom Brady’s leg exploded along with my dreams of a good season. Anyway, Electronic House has an interesting piece on Eli’s New Jersey condo. It’s apparently an exercise in automated simplicity, as most of the gadgets and doodads are controlled via a customized interface that ...
Owwwwch… Sorry, Obama (1)
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Some pro-Obama Cubs fans put together the following unintentionally bleak t-shirt before the Cubs were immediately swept out of the playoffs this year... ...and they now have a nice ironic tee for McCain fans in St. Louis. Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have had 50,000 of these t-shirts made up:
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Washington PostDamn, are they really the Red Sox?Newsday - 1 hour agoTwo world championships in four years, with the possibility of a third this month, have moved baseball's philosopher-theologians to declare Boston's reincarnated ballclub to be "the new Yankees.Video: 'Dice-K' Leads BoSox to Game 1 Win AssociatedPressALCS: Matsuzaka Carries a No-Hitter Into Seventh Inning to Lift ... Washington PostNew York Times - MLB.com - The Republican - MassLive.com - SI.comall 2,738 news articlesShared by xxdesmus (155)Contribute commentBreaking Midstate News with The Patriot-News (6) permalink
PITTSBURGH -- A social work professor wants to convert a failing Pittsburgh high school into a sports-related magnet school for grades 6 to 12. Pitt professor John Wallace wants Westinghouse High School to target students interested in sports-related careers...Shared by yosh (36)Contribute comment
