Archive for April, 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Here's the thing about tenured professors of archaeology at the University of Michigan. They are not up on their girly drinks.
Christopher Ratte brought his son to a Tigers game, and bought him some lemonade from a vendor. Whoops. It was Mike's Hard Lemonade. The professor says he had never ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Is this what an NFL kicker does during the offseason? Maybe, but if you are Pittsburgh Steeler Jeff Reed you can do this during the season too. Whether it be taking pictures of yourself in the mirror like a teenage girl for her myspace profile or in Vegas wearing a ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
Philadelphia is known for having some of the craziest, if not the craziest sports fans in the country. How they can let some guy dressed with a pig nose and a cape do this to the Rocky statue is appalling. I fully expected about 10 guys to jump out of ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
I saw this on ESPN's draft coverage Sunday afternoon and couldn't wait to post about it. But my lackadaisical attitude and computer illiteracy, especially on how to post a video clip on youtube had me waiting for someone else to do it. Thankfully someone did. Mel Kiper and Todd McShay ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
As most of you don't know, I love The Hills. I have no idea what keeps me so captivated, but 10pm on Monday nights you will find me glued to my TV drooling over LC. So I wake up this morning and my dreams of marital bliss with Lauren Conrad ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
So, where do I start?
Well, the return game between Man U. and Barcelona promises to be outstanding. The first leg should have gone to Barcelona who dominated the game. Unfortunately for the Blaugranas, the 20 million chances they had to score never materialized. Man U looked confused. They ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
As the left-coast correspondent for SportsCracklePop, it's my job to cover all sports that the rest of United States is oblivious to, such as cycling. To kick off our first cycling-related post, let's start with the basics: the cycling jersey (ie. spandex).
Last weekend the Tour of Georgia wrapped up with ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Now it looks as though they're here to stay. Oh I believe in yesterday. I wonder if this is the song Ronaldo is humming to himself right now. Back in 2002, the Brazilian striker was on top of the world. Leading his country to a World Cup title and married ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
From the Embarrassing Career Moves department, Barry Zito was demoted to the bullpen today after his 0-6 starting record for the SF Giants -- only the 3rd pitcher since 1956 to go 0-6 before May. Not that anyone cares about the SF Giants, nor about Barry Zito anymore, but ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
I am no Andy Katz or Jay Bilas, but I do love me some college basketball. With Sunday�s deadline for underclassman to declare for the NBA draft passing, let me give you my pre-preseason top 5.
1. North Carolina � The good news for the Tar Heels is that first team ...
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