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There is a guy in the NFL draft that is 6’10 and weighs 388 pounds
That headline is not a typo, folks. Terrell Brown of Ole Miss is a very large human being. He stands 6’10, weighs in at 388 pounds, and Gil Brandt of NFL.com wrote that he might just be the biggest football … Continue reading
The 11 Best Sports Tweets of All Time
The official Los Angeles Dodgers Twitter account tweeted an absolutely amazing burn to the San Diego Padres the other day (more on that in a minute). It inspired me to think about some of the other best sports-related or athlete … Continue reading
Posted in Power 11 Rankings, Uncategorized
Tagged Aaron Rodgers, Brandon Knight, Brandon McCarthy, Brett Anderson, Carlos Quentin, Chris Kaman, Chris Kluwe, DeAndre Jordan, DeAngelo Williams, Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Dodgers, Mark Cuban, San Diego Padres, Steve Nash, T.J. Lang, Zack Greinke
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New Entertainment Lows and the Dangers of Gambling
Like most people, there is a soft absolutishness in my entertainment. I watch at least three professional football games a week during the season, no exceptions. Ninety percent of the music I listen to was recorded in a small window … Continue reading
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Tagged Bachelor Gambling, Gambling, NCAA Tournament, NCAA Tournament Brackets, Reality TV, Sean, The Bachelor
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Why Does Michael Jordan Need So Many Pockets to Play Golf?
A Miami country club gave MJ the David Stern circa 1993-94 treatment, telling His Airness to stay away for wearing cargo pants (or as I called them in high school, the fruits of every $40 Old Navy gift card from … Continue reading
Posted in Golf, NBA Basketball, Uncategorized
Tagged cargo pants, Golf, michael jodan, middle school style, muggsy bogues, old navy, questions
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Tinkering with the ESPN Front Page
This is a screen shot of this afternoon’s ESPN front page, with a couple of suggested improvements:
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Tagged bowl ban, College football, ESPN, front page, NVAA football, Ohio State, Ohio State Buckeyes, postseason, sports
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The Olympic Primer You Won’t See Anywhere Else
With the Olympics fast approaching, you’re going to see a slew of primers getting you ready for each sport. The one I think is most worth reading is my compadre HardaMullin’s men’s basketball primer – I came away impressed at … Continue reading
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Tagged London Olympics, Ma Long, ping pong, table tennis, Tim Wang, Zhang Jike
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Breaking Down 2012 Olympic Basketball Teams
It may be a slow, dry evening for sports, but the Olympics are around the corner, and you can turn on your television sets tonight and watch the U.S. Basketball team beat the snot out of the Dominican Republic. (Interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Bold Predictions, NBA Basketball, NCAA Basketball, Olympics, Uncategorized
Tagged 2012 Australia Basketball, 2012 Brazil Basketball, 2012 China Basketball, 2012 Lithuania Basketball, 2012 Nigeria Basketball, 2012 Olympic Basketball, anthony davis, Argentina, France, Gasol, Spain, Tunisia, USA
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Welcome to the Most Boring Day in Sports
For a sports fan, there is no worse day than the Wednesday after the MLB All-Star Game. That’s because there is literally nothing to watch that resembles an actual sporting event. There are no baseball games. No basketball games, since … Continue reading
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The Absurdity of Daryl Morey
“I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one’s burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a … Continue reading
Did anyone else see Pau Gasol get six offensive rebounds on one play?
Watch this video from last night’s Lakers-Nuggets game. Pau Gasol channeled his inner volleyball player and relentlessly kept tapping the ball at the net until he finally got it to go down. I was standing at a bar watching the … Continue reading
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The Real Lesson We’ve Learned From Jeremy Lin This Season
Today marks both the official end of the first round of the NBA playoffs for some teams and the official start of the second round for others. Among the teams that saw a postseason end early this year are the … Continue reading
SBHD Awareness Month – Carlos Boozer
As loyal SpreeGoogs readers know, March is Shane Battier Head Disease Awareness Month. We hope that you have taken up the cause with your friends and family to raise awareness of this condition and encourage that everybody be checked. … Continue reading
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2012 Baseball Milestones
The 2012 baseball season is upon us, and a popular topic this time of year (and throughout the baseball season) is to talk about records that will never be broken. However, there are plenty of records that will go down, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, ARod, baseball milestones, baseball records, Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter, Francisco Cordero, Ichiro, Omar Vizquel, Roy Halladay, Saves
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MLB preseason rankings with new 10-team playoff format
Word has it that by sometime tomorrow, Major League Baseball will expand their playoff format from 8 to 10 teams by adding 1 wildcard to each league. The change comes with very little resistance as Bud Selig continues to make his impact … Continue reading
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Tagged Alex Rodriguez, american league, angel pagan, baseball, Boston Red Sox, buster posey, central, curtis granderson, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, detroit tigers, east, expansion, hamels, ivan nova, jacoby ellsbury, joe maddon, justin verlander, kevin youkilis, Milwaukee brewers, MLB, national league, New York Yankees, pablo sandoval, philadelphia phillies, pitching, playoff, rays, San Francisco Giants, tampa bay rays, Texas Rangers, west, wildcard, World Series
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Ranking The Top 11 NFL Fantasy Rookies
SpreeGoogs would like to give ourselves a few props for our NFL mock drafting skills: we called the Oakland-Miami trade, Kenny Vaccaro to the Saints, Jarvis Jones to the Steelers, Alec Ogletree to the Rams, DeAndre Hopkins to the Texans … Continue reading →
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