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• WVU Should Ban Fans That Can't Behave
• By Kevin Blackistone 2/04/2010 11:10 PM ET
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• When the once dynastic Italian soccer club Juventus lost for the ninth time in 12 games late last month, falling 2-1 to Inter Milan in the Italian Cup quarterfinals, it did so without any of its ... More »
• Paul Brown, Not Don Shula, Merits Honor
• By Kevin Blackistone 2/01/2010 11:20 PM ET
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• It's difficult to criticize our favorite new NFL coach, the Jets' hoot-from-the-lip Rex Ryan, for his juvenile reaction to Dolphins' fans heckling him last weekend at an MMA card in Sunrise, Fla. The ... More »
• Senior Bowl Black-and-White for QBs
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/28/2010 11:58 PM ET
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• He stands 6-foot-4 and weighs 220 pounds, which is pretty much the prototypical frame of an NFL quarterback. He passed for over 2,000 yards and ran for more than 1,000 last season for the second ... More »
• Caldwell's Dungy-Like Demeanor Is a Hit
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/24/2010 11:10 PM ET
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• INDIANAPOLIS – Jim Irsay all but swore early Sunday evening that his new coach, Jim Caldwell, who was taking his Colts to the Super Bowl, was different from his retired coach, Tony Dungy, who ... More »
• Antonio Margarito Should Explain Himself Before Return to Ring
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/22/2010 9:42 PM ET
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• Before the conclusion of Eric Drath's documentary, Assault in the Ring, a revisiting of what is arguably boxing's most-heinous plot -- which unfolded in the Luis Resto-Billy Collins Jr. bout in June ... More »
• Horse Racing Worse Off Than BCS Mess
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/19/2010 11:10 PM ET
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• It is too bad the folks who run the BCS don't run horse racing too. For as ridiculous a way it is that the BCS goes about crowning a so-called best college football team in the land -- an arranged ...
• No Surprise Here: Chargers Choke Again
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/18/2010 12:00 AM ET
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• SAN DIEGO -- On Saturday night at Seau's The Restaurant, the namesake eatery of the Chargers' former great linebacker Junior Seau, a fan of the local NFL franchise asked a quartet of us from the media ... More »
• Ex-NBA Star Olden Polynice Agonizes, Waits for News from Haiti
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/13/2010 11:41 PM ET
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• On Tuesday afternoon, not far from where he makes his home nowadays in Southern California, Olden Polynice found himself daydreaming about his father, Lester, who 38 years ago brought the ... More »
• In Battle of Cheats, Only Women Lose
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/12/2010 6:17 PM ET
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• If there was going to be some real price to pay, then maybe the breaking voice, quivering lips and sniffles to fight back tears would generate some catharsis in me for steroid cheats like Mark ... More »
• You've Been Warned: Cards Are a Threat
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/11/2010 12:00 AM ET
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• GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Veteran NFL linebacker Bertrand Berry, his left arm in a cast from hand to elbow, stood before his locker early Sunday evening in his team's home dressing room at University of ... More »
• Mayweather's Blow Hits Below the Belt
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/10/2010 12:03 AM ET
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• It's been 17 years since Floyd Mayweather Jr. made his first imprint on the boxing world. It was at the 1993 National Golden Gloves Championships in Little Rock, Ark. He was 16 and won his weight ... More »
• As Vanity Fair Cashes In, Tiger's Image Gets Tossed Into the Gutter
• By Kevin Blackistone 1/06/2010 8:40 AM ET
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• Now there is yet another woman with whom Tiger Woods is linked who is not his wife. Her name is Susie Phipps. Phipps was born in Louisiana and married to a rich crawfish merchant. When she applied for ... More »