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NFL football has returned, and do you what that means Chicago Bears fans? Watching yet another year of Jay Cutler dominating every single team, every single game, for 16 games.
And every week this season there will be a new article showing how Cutler dominates every week.
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In episode #2 of The Bottoms Line College Hoops Talk Podcast, I am joined by Rob Dauster and Troy Machir of Ballin’ Is a Habit.
We three hoopsheads discuss the latest in college hoops, including: UCONN’s use of a loophole to get phenom recruit Andre Drummond into school and what the NCAA should do about it; expansion talk; some breakout sophomores; and a survey of this year’s impact mid-majors.
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This Saturday, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will try to avenge the “tragic” 31-28 loss they suffered at the hands of the Michigan State Spartans last season.
Michigan State has jumped to an early 2-0 record, defeating both Youngstown State and Florida Atlantic.
The same cannot be said about Notre Dame.
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The WNBA Playoffs start tonight, and I’ll be watching.
The WNBA recently announced that its attendance is up for the fifth straight season and that TV viewership is up for the third straight. Both numbers are the highest they’ve been since the 2005 season.
While the WNBA remains well behind the five major men’s pro sports leagues (including MLS) in both attendance and TV ratings—and likely always will—it’s nice to see the women’s association headed in the right direction.
I count myself as a fan of the WNBA. I don’t follow the WNBA nearly as closely as I follow the W-less NBA, but I check the standings every couple days and watch a lot of the Tuesday night games on ESPN2; I have the ScoreCenter app set up to give me quarter-by-quarter updates of every Indiana Fever game; and I’m looking forward to this year’s Playoffs.
But there’s a part of me that feels as though I have to justify or rationalize my affinity for the WNBA.
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The Phantastic Phour. The “Greatest Red Sox team ever.” The power-hitting Yankees. The vastly improved Brewers. Throughout the 2011 MLB season, there’s been no shortage of sexy picks to win the World Series.
One team rarely mentioned in the discussion: The Detroit Tigers.
Because they aren’t as flashy as the other top teams, they haven’t received the same fanfare. Only now, when they’ve won 11 straight games, are they starting to get our attention. A closer look, however, suggests we should’ve been heralding the Tigers as a World Series sleeper for a while now.
Here are five reasons why the Detroit Tigers just might win it all this year.
Jeff Herbst (born and raised in the Midwest) has had a passion for sports ever since he could first walk and enjoys writing in his spare time. He works with Phoenix Bats, a company that creates world-class wooden bats such as their signature wood softball bats for amateur and professional ball players around the world.| Tweet | Email Post
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I write a blog, Commercial Grade, in which I review television commercials in what is intended to be a funny and sarcastic (and potty-mouthed, I must admit) manner and assign letter grades based on how much I enjoyed each ad.
Since sporting events, and the NFL in particular, feature so many commercials that run repeatedly throughout their seasons, I decided to do a weekly MSF Commercial Grade post on a commercial you have probably seen while watching NFL games.
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As I’m sure you know by now, nude photos of Scarlet Johansoon leaked onto the Internet recently. Since we are a family sports site, I won’t link to them here, but I will present to you the most unintentionally hilarious headline that references the pics (with a hat tip to Reddit):
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The Non-BCS Watch List rolls on, with our next stop coming in the Metro Atlantic. As odd as it may seem, a team that won 25 games and will be breaking in a new coach may actually be better this season. In fact, some have already labeled them a sleeper Final Four team.
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Week two is now in the books. Arizona State upset Missouri, Notre Dame collapsed against Michigan, South Carolina avoided an upset by Georgia, and LSU continued their dominance.
Week three is not without its share of what should be exciting and entertaining games, and here at MSF we want to make sure you get to see all of them.
Here are some of the marquee games to look at this week, then the entire college football TV schedule for week 3. [Read more...]
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I answer a host of reader start/sit questions in the Week 2 Fantasy Football Podcast. Among the names discussed: Mike Tolbert, BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Plaxico Burress, LeGarrette Blount, and many more.
I also takes a look at ESPN’s rankings and picks out a few guys at each position that he agrees with and disagrees with.
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Former MLB pitcher Curtis Leskanic was pulled over recently with an astounding blood alcohol level of .331.
.331!
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I like Chris Bosh.
I know that he isn’t necessarily the toughest player in the NBA, and I don’t particularly root for he and he is team, and in the interest of full disclosure I did once post this, but I think the Chris Bosh hate has gone way overboard since he joined the Miami Heat.
And offender #1 has been, unsurprisingly, Skip “Dick” Bayless, who proved his dickishness yet again today on ESPN’s 1st Take.
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KVB just tweeted this video out, and I’m glad he did. It’s the video of former New York Giants coach Jim Fassel “raising the ante” and guaranteeing that his New York Giants (then 7-4) would make the playoffs.
Of course, they did, making it all the way to the Super Bowl.
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The point of emphasis of this column is to go somewhat outside the box in regards in waiver wire pick-ups and beyond the usual recommendations. Another objective is to indicate whether certain players are worth a substantial bid in FAAB formats. As always, all feedback is very welcome in the comments forum.
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This week in college football starts off on Thursday night with an SEC West showdown and then national title contenders Boise State playing the following night.
This week has many teams playing in their first road games of the season and teams are now starting to get into the tough part of their schedule. There are some very intriguing matchups this weekend that provide the opportunity to place great bets on.
Here are my top picks for this weekend’s set of college football games. [Read more...]
