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On the same day that one Kansas City athlete found out that he won’t be playing for a month or so, another Kansas City athlete found out that his return from the brink of career disaster has officially come full circle.
Royals hurler Zack Greinke was named the AL Cy Young Award winner today, beating out Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, C.C. Sabathia, and Roy Halladay.
Curiously, Jose Contreras did not receive any votes.
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Via KCChiefsBlog.com, Chiefs WR Dwayne Bowe has been suspended for using performance enhancing drugs.
His suspension will reportedly begin immediately.
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Week 10 is gone and you are now one of four people.
You are one of the few who are cruising your way into the playoffs, in the driver’s seat, in first place…
Or are you the one who would be in the playoffs right now if the season ended today, but you have three weeks left and a ton of pressure from the teams right below you…
Or you are one of the many who are clawing their way from being one of the non-playoff teams and trying everything to move into one of the final playoff spots…
Or is your season done and now you are just trying to screw everyone else.
Regardless of which one you are, (hopefully you’re in groups one through three) you are reading this because you are looking for more information to help you this week.
So who are this week’s sleepers and waiver wire steals?
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The Browns got their asses handed to them again last night in another embarrassing offensive performance that culminated in a 16-0 shutout.
But nothing the offense did (or didn’t do) could match the collective fear and frustration felt when Josh Cribbs needlessly went down on the last play of the game and then had to be taken off the field on a stretcher.
Let’s forget for a moment how asinine it was for the team to run a “hook and ladder” play with the game out of reach and get to the important stuff: this morning’s Josh Cribbs injury update.
The latest Cribbs injury update, according to the Plain-Dealer, is that Cribbs was taken to the hospital immediately after last night’s game and is being evaluated for a concussion.
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Update: The NFL Week 17 TV schedule, point spreads, and picks post is up.
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BAM! Now that’s what I call a comeback.
After two straight sub-.500 weeks that had me one more really bad week away from the .500 line for the year, I dominated in Week 10. After a 12-3 record picking against the spread, I am now up to 78-58 on the year, which is a very solid 57% success rate.
With how zany and unpredictable the NFL is, and considering the fact that I pick these games based on gut instinct at the beginning of the week, I will take that all day long.
But there is no time to revel in past glory. It’s already Tuesday morning and another week of NFL football starts in less than 72 hours on Thursday night.
As always, here is your TV schedule, announcer lineup, and spread picks for each game.
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The college football bowl game TV schedule and point spreads have been posted!
Follow the link to view the college football bowl game TV schedule and point spreads for the 2009-10 bowl season, including all BCS games.
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Getting a jump start on next week’s college football TV schedule and point spread post because I don’t want to have to worry about it tomorrow night. Peyton v Brady will have my attention.
Anyway, the schedule is not filled with marquee matchups (Ohio State-Michigan is the headliner, if that tells you anything) but certainly could still be a pivotal week in the overall landscape of the season if any of the top teams stumble.
All will be favored by double digits though, so don’t hold your breath.
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I knew that if I stuck with Jamaal Charles long enough that he would come through for me; and come through he did. Not that it should be all that surprising, but Charles carved up the Raiders’ D for 100+ yards and a touchdown.
The question now becomes whether or not Charles is a must-start on a go forward basis. Most weeks he may be, but you certainly have to wonder about him this week with the Pittsburgh Steelers on the schedule.
I’ll tell you one guy I wouldn’t question in Week 11: Ricky Williams. He should be a guy you’re playing most weeks anyway, but with Ronnie Brown’s status in doubt for Thursday night, Ricky’s value skyrockets.
As I try to do every week, I’ll make my best attempt to steer you in the right direction about Charles, Williams, and a host of other players. That’s what this post is all about, so let’s get to it.
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NFL betting started early for Week 10 with the Thursday nighters back in town. We already prepped you for Bears/49ers, Cowboys/Packers and Patriots/Colts and Jerod picked every game in his Week 10 picks and TV schedule post.
It’s time now to make a few more NFL picks for some of the other key matchups in Week 10.
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For the Green Bay Packers and coach (for now) Mike McCarthy, this is starting to feel like one of those star-crossed seasons that teams and coaches have during which things just seem to go wrong at every turn.
A story in yesterday’s Journal-Sentinel provides yet another example, and honestly doesn’t make a damn bit of sense from the Packers’ perspective.
A longtime Packers employee, Mike Wood, was fired by the Packers because McCarthy claimed that Wood told him not to “lay an egg” a couple of days before the epic Packers-Vikings game at Lambeau. Wood claims that he said nothing of the sort and merely told the coach to have the team ready to “kick some butt.”
I wonder why the hell it even matters, especially in relation to the employment of a loyal, 22-year employee.
Of course, this is the same coach who famously pushed for another longtime Packers employee to leave…but I digress.
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Certain days just have a different, more exciting feel about them, and every year this is one of those days for me.
Another season of Hoosier hoops tips off tonight.
Tom Crean and his young, talented team take the Assembly Hall floor tonight against Howard. The Big Ten Network is carrying the game, which will tip off at 8:00 ET. (FYI, find out all IU basketball viewing info at our 2009-10 IU basketball TV schedule).
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No folks, that’s not a type there in title. Croppy is the intended word.
And the beautiful photoshop work featured in this post is the fruit on our own Ryan Russell‘s labor of Browns love, in response to the most colorful and nonsensical figurative part of Jamal Lewis’ pre-practice rant about Eric Mangini earlier today.
“If you look at this like it’s a farm, we (the players) are just the crops. We’re just the crops. We’re just the crops. You’ve got to take care of your crops. You’ve got to nurture them. And if you don’t, when it comes harvest time, your crop isn’t going to be any good.”
Full size picture (Eric Mangini included!) after the jump.
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Very interesting comments over at The OBR today from Browns offensive captain Jamal Lewis regarding his head coach.
Let me see how to put this as nicely and succinctly as possible: it doesn’t sound like Jamal is the biggest fan of the Mangenius.
Berea Report: Lewis Rips Mangini — (The OBR)
Can’t wait for Monday!
Update: Our friends at Cleveland Frowns have responded to Lewis’ comments. And we’ve responded to it all.
Quick Site Update
Hey everyone. If you visited the site tonight you may have noticed a few hiccups for a short time and you may now notice a few posts missing. Nothing to worry about, we were just doing some server and database maintenance.
So my apologies for any delays, especially if you’re here looking for the college football and NFL TV schedules that we usually have posted by now. I’m working on them as we speak, and you’ll have them by tomorrow.
Have a great night all.