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BLACK MAGIC which originally aired on ESPN in 2008 is finally available on DVD. It’s the story of basketball at historically black colleges, the coaches who lead these programs, and the players who played for them. Some, such as Winston Salem State star Earl “The Pearl” Monroe and Grambling’s Willis Reed would find fame in the NBA, but most languished in obscurity, largly ignored...
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Pitt continues their amazing start in conference play!
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Via ESPN:
Pete Carroll has reached agreement with the Seahawks on a deal to be their next head coach, multiple NFL sources confirmed early Saturday morning.
Carroll was fully expected to be introduced by the Seahawks as early as Monday, assuming they comply with the Rooney Rule this weekend.
The hangup could be locating a candidate to interview that would put the Seahawks in compliance with...
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A History of Gilbert's Practical Jokes →
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Some context for why Gilbert Arenas would leave unloaded guns in front of Javaris Crittenton’s locker as a joke.
To say Arenas enjoys a good practical joke is like saying Timothy Leary enjoyed the occasional recreational drug. He responded to the veterans’ orders to bring doughnuts to practice by buying plain ones and sprinkling baby powder on them—that is, when he wasn’t buying...
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What we’ve been working on for the past year or so, premiering at SXSW this March in Austin.
Written, Directed and Edited by AARON KATZ Story by AARON KATZ, BRENDAN MCFADDEN, BEN STAMBLER Produced by LARS KNUDSEN, BRENDAN MCFADDEN, BEN STAMBLER, JAY VAN HOY Cinematography by ANDREW REED Production Design by ELLIOTT GLICK Original Score by KEEGAN DEWITT Starring CRIS LANKENAU, TRIESTE...
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December 2009
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Jason Kendall, 2 yrs and $6 milllion...
What exactly to make of the Royals recent Jason Kendall signing:
I spilled some ink writing about the parallels between the Pirates and Royals earlier in the year. The two ‘small market teams’ have made some similar mistakes over the the course of the past two decades and the result has been a combined total of one winning season (Royals in 2003) over the past fifteen years.
When the...
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November 2009
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This year, the voters returned to [Orlando] Hudson [for the NL second baseman...
– Rob Neyer with some sharp commentary on the Gold Gloves. (via willdo)
And on Utley’s teammate:
“Victorino didn’t make a great number of plays this season, either. But one can almost forgive the voters, because Victorino was solid last season (when he won his first Gold Glove) and even better in...
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The Giants, who were rumored to be interested in dealing either Aaron Rowand or...
– Texas Rangers still an option for Milton Bradley — chicagotribune.com (via diamondleung)
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Los Angeles is expected to move at least one of its many arbitration-eligible...
– MLB Trade Rumors: Dodgers To Trade One of Their Core?? - FakeTeams (via diamondleung)
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2009 Fielding Bible Awards
The 2009 Fielding Bible Awards, determined by a panel of ten analysts—including John Dewan, Peter Gammons, Bill James and Joe Posnanski—examined the 2009 seasons of every defensive player in Major League Baseball and then used the same voting technique as the Major League Baseball MVP voting. First place votes received 10 points, second place 9 points, third place 8 points, etc. A perfect score...
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Lincecum busted for marijuana possession →
sportscentr:
Giants ace, Cy Young candidate, and Washington native Tim Lincecum got pulled over for doing 74 in a 60 MPH zone, at which point officers confiscated a little over three grams of weed, plus a pipe. The story claims that the officers smelled weed, but I think they probably searched the car because they didn’t believe Lincecum was old enough to drive.
While you might guess Lincecum...
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I would change policy, bring back natural grass and nickel beer. Baseball is the...
– Bill “Spaceman” Lee (via mightyflynn)
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