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danstake.com - 24 hours ago
Time is now for Team USA Soccer
— danstake.com — In my family, Father’s Day 1994 might be remembered as the day seven year old Danny McGowan... realized it was okay to like sports more than anything else in life. Eating. People. My children. There we were, a Scottish family crammed inside an Italian restaurant, mispronouncing manicotti and asking ... (more) Time is now for Team USA Soccer

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danstake.com - 4 days ago
Iverson and Jeter: A case of supporting casts
— danstake.com — There was a scene on Curb Your Enthusiasm this season in which Larry David gets into a... phone argument with a stonemason over Derek Jeter. The stonemason, as many sportswriters have suggested in recent years, says that Jeter is the worst defensive shortstop in baseball and doesn’t deserve the ... (more) Iverson and Jeter: A case of supporting casts

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danstake.com - 5 days ago
Tiger, it appears, is not who we thought he was
— danstake.com — Let the Tiger Woods saga serve as a warning to the next wave of athletes who seek... to become bigger than the sport they play, the LeBron James’ of the world, who calculate every move they make in hopes of maintaining the squeaky clean image it takes to become a global icon. You can’t be Bono when ... (more) Tiger, it appears, is not who we thought he was

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danstake.com - 6 days ago
Only one choice to help ND return to major college football
— danstake.com — How ironic that on the same weekend TCU and Boise State moved one step closer to undefeated... seasons, Notre Dame would be getting ready to part ways with Charlie Weis following its sixth loss of the year. The Fighting Irish, after all, have been the bane of every non-BCS conference program’s ... (more) Only one choice to help ND return to major college football

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danstake.com - 8 days ago
When being too athletic becomes a problem...
— danstake.com — The title of this post identifies a problem which I most definitely have never faced. My own... basketball career reached its apex my freshman year of high school when I was picked to play in the full court game with the black kids in gym class. This was an accomplishment for a number of reasons, ... (more) When being too athletic becomes a problem...

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danstake.com - 14 days ago
Have numbers become too subjective?
— danstake.com — Anyone who believes mathematics is the world’s universal language clearly hasn’t been following the news lately. Depending... on where you are or what channel you’re watching, the numbers have Sarah Palin as either the most popular woman on the planet, the most despised woman on the planet or as ... (more) Have numbers become too subjective?

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danstake.com - 23 days ago
Coach K can show Charlie Weis and Notre Dame how to win
— danstake.com — Ask anyone who is even slightly familiar with college basketball about the best coaches over the past... two decades and there is little doubt that Mike Krzyzewski will be one of the first names mentioned. This is obvious. The Duke Coach is a no-brainer. But what might be most impressive about ... (more) Coach K can show Charlie Weis and Notre Dame how to win

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danstake.com - 25 days ago
Plenty of questions remain unanswered in Jasper Howard murder
— danstake.com — It’s supposed to be such an open and shut case. We learn that a suspect in the... murder of a UConn football player is a black kid from Hartford who isn’t a student and we immediately assume the worst: He must be a gangbanging drug dealer and it was only a matter of time before he killed an ... (more) Plenty of questions remain unanswered in Jasper Howard ...

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danstake.com - 28 days ago
It's not about winning: LeBron has outgrown Cleveland
— danstake.com — That ratings from the 2009 World Series showed the greatest year-to-year growth in the history of baseball... shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone. The New York Yankees are a worldwide brand and play in the nation’s largest television market and the Philadelphia Phillies were the ... (more) It's not about winning: LeBron has outgrown Cleveland

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