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Olympic Blunders: Shenanigans on the World’s Biggest Stage
Watching NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver has gotten me thinking along some strange lines. If one were to sit down and examine the history of the Games, who and what were responsible for the biggest blunders in the event’s storied reign atop the global stage?
Don’t get me wrong – Costas, Michaels [...] -
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Strangest Sports Superstitions
We all have our own rituals when it comes to our favorite sports. A favorite chair, a lucky jersey, or a carefully chosen pre-game litany – each of these put us in a positive mental state, which sometimes may help us achieve our desired outcome.
But level of superstitions practiced by the athletes we idolize [...] -
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The Camera Makes It Boring
There are certain things that you just have to do yourself. Such is the motto I’ve lived by, and it’s provided me with some interesting experiences in my lifetime.
But for those days when you’re cooped up inside, it’s nice to see other people having a good time with a little friendly (or sometimes not [...] -
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Curing the February Funk
Sitting at my desk, staring out at the bleak, gray landscape, I can feel it settling over me like a stifling blanket. It’s that time of year, ladies and gentlemen. Lock your doors and grab some intoxicants – The February Funk is upon us.
This column, my WannaBe Brethren, is a preemptive strike against the [...] -
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Streakers: The Greatest Runs the Modern History of Pro Sports
As I was assembling one of my requisite Brett Favre columns, I got to thinking about his consecutive games streak. It’s a legendary feat, to be sure. But where does it stack up in the pantheon of all time iron-man greatness?
And so, as is my customary practice when faced with such a conundrum, I’ve decided [...] -
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Famous meltdowns of players, coaches, and fans
Meltdowns
Don’t you just love it when players and coaches overreact after a play or a call doesn’t go their way? Well I love it. From Bobby Knight to Mike Ditka, coaches have always been at the forefront of public meltdowns. Most of the time, the coaches who have the meltdowns don’t even realize it [...] -
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How to Drink While Watching Sports
The title of this article should make it pretty obvious as to where I’m going with this article.
Let me give you a little back-story. I’m plodding through a semi-hangover this morning as a result of a sporting event I watched last night. Or rather, as a result of the libations I consumed during said sporting [...] -
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The Holy Grail
Any individual, man or woman, who collected sports cards at one point or another in their life knows about this card. It’s the one we all stared at, time after time on the top of Beckett’s “Hot List” throughout the 1990’s.
1989 Upper Deck. Ken Griffey, Jr. Rookie.
For kids like me, for whom a $100 [...] -
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Milwaukee and Atlanta: Strange Bedfellows
On the surface, Milwaukee and Atlanta may not seem to have much in common. The City of Suds rests on the shores of Lake Michigan, far from the peach trees and sweltering Georgian summers.
But don’t be fooled by their geographic differences. These two cities were, are, and shall forever be linked by the world [...] -
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Top Sports News Stories of 2010
Tired of all those year-end columns rehashing the greatest moments of the past year? Well, before the columnists beat our fond memories to death, here’s a brand new horse for them to quibble over.
Here, courtesy of my crystall ball, are some of the future highlights from 2010’s year in sports.
Colts win the Super Bowl.
Peyton [...]
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