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Man U Looks For A Quadruple

Man U Looks For A Quadruple

Jan. 31 | By John ST Soccer Net Live If Manchester United are in the grip of an injury crisis, they are not showing it. The Red Devils were rampant in a masterful 5-0 thrashing of West Bromich Albion on Tuesday and moved two points clear of Liverpool who failed...

2009 BCS Championship Odds

2009 BCS Championship Odds

Jan. 31 | By Vince Mullins Fantasy College Blitz Courtesy of Sportsbook.com, The Top 21 for the College Football 2009 Odds for BCS Championship (entertainment and market sentiment purposes only). Oklahoma +350 USC +400 Florida +400 Ohio St +700 Texas +1000 Oregon...

The Passing Of John Updike

The Passing Of John Updike

Jan. 30 | By Beaker In “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu” John Updike begins, “Fenway Park, in Boston, is a lyric little bandbox of a ballpark. Everything is painted green and seems in curiously sharp focus, like the inside of an old-fashioned peeping-type...

Lost Punks and Nasty Dunks

Lost Punks and Nasty Dunks

Jan. 29 | Knowing that I need to write my first blog, and desperate for a new storyline in the NBA, I decided to write a running diary of the Mavericks/Warriors game last night. I was hopeful that I might see a Warriors team playing with renewed vigor after having...

Health and Fitness Advice: Personal Trainers need to do more

Health and Fitness Advice: Personal Trainers need to do more

Jan. 29 | Personal trainers need to do more than count reps, fix the seat and adjust the weight stack on equipment during a workout. Personal trainers need to be more than a valet. Tune in to get details.   AudioPlayer.embed("pod_audio_1", {soundFile:...

Pugilist Emery Doesn’t Shill For Anyone

Pugilist Emery Doesn’t Shill For Anyone

Jan. 29 | Goalie Ray Emery takes a stand against corporate sponsorship in Russia where capitalism runs wild. I’m sure Naomi Klein is horny tonight. Didn’t Emery punch out an old man in Ottawa for a minor traffic incidence? He has problems. Sure. NHL...

Plotting Super Bowl XLIII

Plotting Super Bowl XLIII

Jan. 29 | The Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals will battle for football supremacy in Super Bowl XLIII on February 1. Once the conference finals concluded, it came down to a legendary AFC franchise (Pittsburgh Steelers) and a vagabond organization from...

Browns Family Mourn Lavelli

Browns Family Mourn Lavelli

Jan. 28 | Quite possibly one of coolest name in football lore, Dante Lavelli died last week at the age of 85. Lavelli played E-DE for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1956. He was a member of Paul Brown’s legendary Cleveland teams that dominated the AAFC...

Federer Book Documents Battles with Roddick

Federer Book Documents Battles with Roddick

Jan. 28 | By TennisGrandstand Swiss journalist and author Rene Stauffer chronicles in detail three of the most important matches between Roger Federer and Andy Roddick in his highly-regarded book THE ROGER FEDERER STORY, QUEST FOR PERFECTION (New Chapter Press,...

Ovechkin’s Town

Ovechkin’s Town

Jan. 27 | By Alex If I was a writer left to choose an assignment for a fancy sports magazine (the type that serves flavored bagels and beer), I would want to have a look at what’s going on in Washington with the Capitals. If that gig was not available, the...