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April 30, 2004

ACC Notes



As I'm sure everyone saw earlier this week, Luol Deng declared himself eligible for the NBA draft. He said that he isn't going to sign with an agent, but there's no chance in hell that he's coming back to Duke. None. Baring some disastrous event, he'll be drafted in the... [Full Story]

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Liz Berlin of Rusted Root...



I know this isn't sports related (well it is if you read it), but it is amazing that JD got an interview Liz Berlin. Hey, there is more to life than just sports ... isn't there? [FULL STORY]... [Full Story]

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NY Yankees: Don't Pop The Corks Just Yet



Wake up this morning and read the papers or surf the net and you will think that the Yankees batting woes are over. [FULL STORY]... [Full Story]

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Top 10 Athletes in Sports



Top 10 Athletes in Sports: Part I Chris, In regards to ESPN's best athlete in the world series, I was wondering who you would pick as the top 10 athletes. I think it is a pretty tough call b/c everyone has a different opinion on which sport requires the most... [Full Story]

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April 29, 2004

Move On



The Chicago Bears now are interested in Browns QB Tim Couch. Packers' GM/head coach Mike Sherman wants him, but Couch now has some bargaining power. Since I don't see him as the man to replace Brett Favre, it would be best for the Pack to deal long enough to make... [Full Story]

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Dale Earnhardt Sr. Said She Wouldn't Last a Year



Ten years later, Alba Colon is GM Racing's Chevrolet program manager and one of the most powerful women in what has generally been regarded as a man's sport. She manages Chevrolet engineering programs at the tracks, both racing and testing. She also tries to improve communications between the GM Racing... [Full Story]

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April 28, 2004

Tuesday, Wednesday, Happy Days!



- Believe me when I tell you I’m saying this in the most un-biased way possible: Luol Deng is making the right choice by leaving Duke after his freshman year to enter the NBA Draft. OK, maybe I’m a bit biased. After all, I was an advocate for Maryland’s Chris... [Full Story]

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April 27, 2004

The ACC - A Familiar Caste



Ken Pomeroy posted an article where he makes the point that Frank Haith made a mistake by accepting the head basketball position at Miami (and frankly, I wasn't too impressed with Miami's choice of him either). Ken's point is an interesting one. He says that in the ACC, teams at... [Full Story]

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MLB Record!



In an amazing development, as of 6:45 EST, every baseball game being played today is deadlocked in a 0 - 0 tie! This update has been brought to you by Miss Emily Latila. [Full Story]... [Full Story]

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Manning / Rivers, Manning / Leaf, and Elway



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Bills, Bledsoe Reach New Deal



ESPN is reporting that the Buffalo Bills have reached a new contract agreement with Drew Bledsoe, avoiding a potentially disasterous situation come November. Bledsoes contract, which followed him after his trade from New England, called for him to receive a $7 million bonus in November to trigger the 2005-2007 portion... [Full Story]

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Redskins 2004 Draft Review



On February 4, 2004 I wrote the following: “In short, don't expect Kellen Winslow II (don't even get me started on that II) to be wearing the burgundy and gold.”And since the end of the NFL regular season I’ve been telling anybody who would listen (a list that grows shorter... [Full Story]

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Rolling Rivers



Unlike every other sports-related writer, I didn't see fit to put out my own mock NFL draft. It just seemed a pointless exercise. Sort of like artificial sport. Journalistic onanism. I think more people were interested in guessing who teams would pick than in the results of the actual picks.... [Full Story]

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Mavericks/Kings Chalk Talk



I want to look at the last play of the game last night between the Dallas Mavericks and the Sacramento Kings. The Kings hung on to win 94-92 when Steve Nash narrowly missed a buzzer beating jumper that drew back iron. [Full Story]... [Full Story]

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NY Giants: Rolling The Dice Just Got Dicier



The news this a.m. is that Kerry Collins is most likely gone as NY Giant. He has refused to restructure his contract and the New York football Giants (thank you Mr. Berman) will most likely release him. [Full Story]... [Full Story]

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April 26, 2004

Denver: DJ Williams and Tatum Bell



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2004 NFL Draft Report Card



There is so much to cover, so I thought I'd pick a few of the best kids in the class and a few of the trouble makers. With that in mind: [FULL STORY]... [Full Story]

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NFL Draft Thoughts



http://chazsports.blogspot.com - Eli Manning might be a great quarterback in the NFL. He also might be a mediocre one. At this point though, it is impossible to tell. Unlike his whiny counterpart John Elway and brother Peyton, scouts were not unified in their belief that Manning will be a star... [Full Story]

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April 25, 2004

Watching "Ferrari Red" Paint Dry



Jenson Button's first ever pole position in Imola held out some promise that what has passed for racing this season, would take a decidedly different look once the green fell on Ferrari's home track. The promise held, for nine laps, then the race took on all the excitement of watching... [Full Story]

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Two Sides Of The Same Nuggets



We saw the heads side of the Nuggets last night. The up-tempo get out and run side. [Full Story]... [Full Story]

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April 24, 2004

Eli Manning, Prick



Ever wonder why so many people hold professional athletes in such low esteem? All you need to do is look at the case of the first pick in the NFL draft Eli Manning, Payton Manning's brother and son of former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning. As the drafts top... [Full Story]

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Talladega - Is The "Big One" Around The Corner?



On the eve of another episode of "freight train" racing, Daytona being the first, Talladega Motor Speedway always prompts the question, will I get caught in "the big one?" At Daytona and particularly Talladega, races have become two parallel trains, the 43 car pack lapping at almost 200mph in two... [Full Story]

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April 23, 2004

Bills Draft Thoughts



The Bills have many needs heading into the draft tomorrow. Wide receiver, defensive line, quarterback, tight end and offensive line are all areas they would like to upgrade. Let’s break down their current situation and see if we can gaze into the draft crystal ball to determine where they go.... [Full Story]

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2004 Mock Draft



Say what you will about Eli Manning, and don’t worry, I will. But you have to admit, the NFL Draft is going to be a lot more fun this year with all the drama that Eli and his Poppa have created in the past 48 hours. In the past... [Full Story]

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April 22, 2004

Tim Thomas Does Not Read The Post Game ... Yet!



Tim Thomas apparently called Kenyon Martin a phony tough guy as reported in The Daily News. Thomas went on to criticize his teammates for not retaliating after the Collins hard foul ... [Full Story Here]... [Full Story]

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Can Anyone Make Sense Of This Saturday's Draft? Just Use The Force.



Today the Manning family pulled an Elway and made it quite clear to the San Diego Chargers that it would not be a good idea to pick Eli Manning as the first pick of the 2004 draft. Visual of ol' sidearm Archie in an Obi Wan Kenobi robe using the... [Full Story]

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April 21, 2004

Dikembe: Don't Write A Check That Your Game Can't Cash



Why are the Knicks talking trash about the New Jersey Nets? I'm a lifelong Knicks fan. Yes, I've been saying "Maybe next year" since 1973. I stopped babbling somewhere around the time Patrick Ewing retired. But I'm still a big fan and as a guy who bleeds blue and orange,... [Full Story]

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The Draft



I had the opportunity to train a few college players for the NFL combines. And while many fans sit around on draft day and watch the picks. The real work has been already done prior to the draft. Most teams know who they will take and who is going to... [Full Story]

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So Far So Good



The Boys in blue have come out of the spring training on fire. The bats keep attacking and the Dodgers have started with a team chemistry and offensive punch that they never saw last season. But this great experience is also coming at the start of a very young season.... [Full Story]

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Biggest NFL Draft Busts



http://chazsports.blogspot.com With the NFL Draft only three days away, teams in the league are spending the last 72 hours trying to sort out who is going to be the next Peyton Manning and who will be the next Ryan Leaf. It’s an inexact science, to be sure. Sometimes can’t miss... [Full Story]

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America's Most Wanted or Pro Football Team?



I remember when actor Charles Dutton, of "Rock" fame, put together an HBO show called "The Corner" which chronicled the happenings of certain crime ridden areas of Baltimore. Cetain folks in Charm City were up in arms as they predicted the show would bring negative publicity to the city. Those... [Full Story]

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Bills Projected To Pick Phillip Rivers



the 13th pick in the upcoming draft, the Buffalo Bills are projected to pick the heir apparent or apparent replacement to Drew Bledsoe. For most people near Niagara Falls, if the talk is not honeymoon sweet nothings it probably is filled with expletives regarding their Bills and the QB who... [Full Story]

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Maurice Clarett asks SCOTUS to Permit him to Enter NFL Draft



The New York Times reports:Maurice Clarett, the former Ohio State running back, asked the Supreme Court yesterday to lift an appeals court ruling that bars him from the N.F.L. draft this weekend. The case falls under the jurisdiction of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who may ask the National Football League... [Full Story]

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Denver Broncos Draft Day Prediction



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April 20, 2004

Turn Back the Clock



On this date, in 1939, Ted Williams played in his first major league game. Giving the Red Sox nation a taste of things to come...[full story]... [Full Story]

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Hey Franchise, Nene! Eyes Up Here On the Chalkboard



I am amazed sometimes at the performance of "marquis players". It used to be that you knew a marquis player not just by the athleticism, number of tattoos or size of the biceps, but by the innate instincts, decision making, clutch performances and mere court presence that made the team... [Full Story]

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Lesner is Fast



Ex-WWE star Brock Lesner got in a motorcycle accident. He'll be ok, but what caught my eye was that he ran a 4.65 40 in a private workout. He certainly makes for an interesting NFL prospect. Since he hasn't played organized football since high school he's a perfect candidate for... [Full Story]

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A-Rod's Awful April



http://chazsports.blogspot.com It’s like clockwork. Every year around this time the Yankees new free agent signee is having a rough start and the media jumps on the story like they would if a cute, little blond girl got kidnapped. It happened with Jason Giambi, Mike Mussina and even Bernie Williams when... [Full Story]

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April 19, 2004

Law, Dillon and the Pats '04 Slump



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April 16, 2004

NFL Stock Market: Part 1; Decliners



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2004 Pre-pre-season Redskins predictions



Pre-pre-preseason Redskins Predictions http://chazsports.blogspot.com It doesn’t make much sense to predict the upcoming NFL season before the draft, training camp and preseason. But it also doesn’t make much sense to drive a total of two-and-a-half hours roundtrip for some Popeye’s chicken, which my college roommate and I did on occasion.... [Full Story]

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April 15, 2004

2004 NFL Schedule Thoughts



Some thoughts on the 17-week, 256 game NFL schedule that was released yesterday. Maybe Santa will bring us better games: For the first time since the 1971 playoffs, the NFL will have a doubleheader on Christmas Day. So, of course, for this rare holiday treat, the NFL schedules Oakland vs.... [Full Story]

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Ellison Gets Barry's Balls



I thought the guy who got Barry Bonds' 660th home run ball was pretty lucky. The next day, the same strange man in a mask got Bonds' 661st home run ball. We now know that strange, lucky man was Oracle CEO and billionaire Larry Ellison. "Just Waiting for the Sock... [Full Story]

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Couch Talk



Cleveland Browns QB Tim Couch and the Green Bay Packers are in contract discussions. If they can agree on that the Pack then has to convince the Browns that Couch is worth a third-round draft pick at most. "Packers Negotiating with Couch"... [Full Story]

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April 14, 2004

The Most Underrated Sports Day of the Year



A few weeks ago I declared that the first two days of the NCAA Tournament were the best sporting days of the year. I stand by that statement, as well as my Top 5 (Sunday at the Masters this year, however, was #1) but today is perhaps the most underrated... [Full Story]

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Northcutt to Denver?



The past week has seen lot’s of water cooler talk about Browns’ WR Dennis Northcutt being traded to Denver, probably for Denver’s ‘04 3rd round pick – and the Browns have already “refused” to trade Northcutt to Baltimore for Baltimore’s ‘04 4th (or 5th) and 7th rounders.... [Full Story]

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April 12, 2004

WonderPhil



Phil Mickelson had earned kind of a bad rap during his professional career. It’s true that he was 0 for 42 in major championships in that span, but somehow along during that stretch of missed opportunities, Mickelson earned a reputation as a choker. In actuality he was far from it.... [Full Story]

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NBA Playoffs



It's the stretch run in the NBA. The year began with the much anticipated coming of a kid named LeBron James. Who many predicted his failure. Think again. He's only a freshman in the league and helped his team the Cavs to inches short of the playoffs. The Melo man,... [Full Story]

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April 10, 2004

Thompson Leading Candidate for Georgetown Job



The Washington Post reported earlier this week that Princeton coach John Thompson III is the leading candidate to replace Craig Esherick at Georgetown and that "the job is Thompson's for the taking if he wants it." The Post also reports that, according to Georgetown sources, Johnny Dawkins is on the... [Full Story]

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ONeal and Hayward



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April 9, 2004

An American Legend



Saint Paul at fraterslibertas.com went off on women's college basketball in particular and women's college athletics in general. On one point, he's correct: women athletes shouldn't act as barbarian-like as men. But he disparraged the women's b-ball game too harshly. I rarely watch women's basketball, but I watched this year's... [Full Story]

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April 8, 2004

2004 Baseball Preview



2004 Baseball Preview Bonanza American League East 1) New York Yankees Here are the #2 through #8 hitters in the Yankee lineup. Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield, Bernie Williams, Jorge Posada, Hideki Matsui. Jeez. New York hasn’t seen sluggers like that since 1984, when Mike Tyson was... [Full Story]

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Giants-Chargers Talk No. 1 Pick



The Chargers have made little to no effort in signing a free agent quarterback and after re-signing Flutie, it appears as if Schottenheimer and company are content with the quarterback situation as it stands right now. A trade down and acquiring any respectable linemen on either side of the ball... [Full Story]

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April 7, 2004

Another Mock Draft



As we get closer to this month's NFL Draft we see more guessing games as to who will go where. Since I'm a die-hard Packer Backer, my eyes went straight down to #25 (barring a trade) and saw that Green Bay might take defensive tackle Darnell Dockett. By cutting Gilbert... [Full Story]

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April 6, 2004

Bambi Dies



Former pitcher and manager of the Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets, George Bamberger died at the age of 80. "Bamberger Tutored Multitude of 20-Game Winners"... [Full Story]

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NCAA Tournament Recap



At the start of the 2003-2004 college basketball season, every meaningful poll in the country predicted that the Connecticut Huskies would finish the season as the #1 ranked team in the country. And even though Jim Calhoun’s team slipped from that perch during the regular season, the Huskies regained... [Full Story]

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Opening Day



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Don't Bother Waiting 'Til Next Year



The UConn men win a national title (the women play tonight against Tennessee) and ESPN's Andy Katz is already talking about next year. He gives my Wisconsin Badgers some praise (assuming guard Devin Harris doesn't bolt to the NBA): If the Badgers have Devin Harris in uniform for his senior... [Full Story]

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April 5, 2004

Bradley Acquisition Shakes Up Dodgers



The acquisition of Milton Bradley on Sunday led to numerous changes in the Dodgers opening day lineup. The largest impact is defensively as Bradley assumed the center field job immediately. That meant Dave Roberts had to either head to the bench or find another spot in the outfield. Despite an... [Full Story]

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Eye Candy



As the Left Coast moved ahead to daylight savings time. The morning rolls in with opening day MLB style. The weekend brought many thrilling victories and to some, defeats. Here's what caught my eye this weekend....... [Full Story]

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April 4, 2004

Trojan Huddle Report



Today marked the seventeenth annual Trojan Huddle, when USC plays its annual Spring Football game for fans and alumni. About 6,000 people flooded the Coliseum on an overcast, then sunny, Saturday afternoon to watch the National Champions gear up for next year. In a simulated Overtime, after a "final" score... [Full Story]

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April 3, 2004

Georgia Tech One-Half of Final Two



Will Bynum made the game-winning layup, but the Yellow Jackets' hero was center Luke Schenscher. He was huge with 19 points and 12 rebounds. He also moved a Oklahoma State player slightly giving Bynum a better look at the basket. "Georgia Tech 67, Oklahoma State 65"... [Full Story]

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Are there any real Sacramento King fans out there?



Miller's Time and Brandon's Speaks have a friendly bet going. According to Miller's Time, The wager is this: When the Kings win he will have to put a banner (that I design) on his site for one week showing his new found love for Sacramento Basketball. This will be in... [Full Story]

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You can't Play Here!



While growing up one of the greatest feelings in the world was being picked first on a team. Sometimes you would even get a chance to be a captain. Others are not so lucky and on occasion you might think being picked last is the worst. Think again... [Full Story]

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Once Upon a Time



Once upon a time in the NBA there were 4 hall of fame players Gary, Karl, Kobe, and Shaq. They all played for one team and were led into battle by a hall of fame coach named Phil. They were destined to play for the NBA title in 2004. But...... [Full Story]

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‘04 AFC West Finish



Looking around the world of Broncos fans I see that some are already asking, “Who will win the AFC West”. Personally, I think it’s a little early to be making such predictions, though I must humbly (ok, not really very humbly at all) admit that I did correctly predict last... [Full Story]

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April 2, 2004

DC United to Turn Away Fans?



The following article from yesterday's Washington Post caught my eye: Supply Won't Meet Ticket Demand United's Home Opener on Saturday Is Nearly Sold Out D.C. United officials reiterated yesterday that they will not open the upper deck at RFK Stadium for Saturday's season opener despite the large interest in 14-year-old... [Full Story]

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April 1, 2004

They Should’ve Asked Me



Here’s a couple of points that Shanny and Ted Sundquist should have asked my advice on. 1. Mobley and Gold... [Full Story]

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Not Just April Fools



Why should April fools have all the fun. Surely a fool in September deserves a special day just like a fool in April. And what about February fools? They’re already a fool in the shortest month of the year, isn’t that enough to warrant a holiday in their honor? Apparently... [Full Story]

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