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Debate continues nearly every year about what the “ Most Valuable Player ” award in baseball means.
The best player in the league?T he best player on the best team?T he best player out of all of the playoff teams? A guy whose team just missed the playoffs, but couldn’t have done ...
MLB
This Fall award season we’ve seen a number of significant honors bestowed. President Barrack Obama received the Nobel Prize for Peace; Kansas City Royals hurler Zack Greinke received the American League Cy Young Award; and Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Clay Zavada received the ...
MLB
Arizona Diamondbacks
Kansas City Royals
Zack Greinke
Clay Zavada
Cy Young
All kinds of chatter is pouring out of Lawrence, KS this week as rumors are running rampant about the fate of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino. The 2007 NCAA Coach of the Year is apparently on the hot seat as the school conducts an “internal review” which included a private ...
NCAA Football
Mark Mangino
Kansas Jayhawks
November 18, 2009
When it was announced that Kansas City Royals’ pitcher, Zack Greinke, would be taking home the American League Cy Young Award, we expected big things from headline writers across the country. They certainly delivered.
– CBSSports.com
– ESPN.com
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MLB
Zack Greinke
Cy Young
Kansas City Royals
joesportsfan.com - 3 days ago
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On Saturday, our cyber homies over at DC
Sports Bog and Mister Irrelevant shared a neat little
trick that has enthralled us in the past. In short, head over to Google …begin typing an athlete’s name …and watch in amazement as the underlying ...
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Fun with Athletes and Google Suggestions
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November 17, 1940
A mere 69 years ago, the first NFL team traveled by air. This team was none other than the Green Bay Packers – who traveled to play the New York Giants in a 7-3 losing effort. They must have left their offense on the Green Bay runway. Heyyyy-o.
According to the ...
NFL
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
joesportsfan.com - 4 days ago
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Record : 1-8 Sunday’s Inevitable Outcome : Saints
28, Rams 23 The Line : Saints -15 Week
10 Viewing Strategy : Recognize that the team I follow has next to no chance and just enjoy the opportunity to watch perhaps the most exciting ...
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Sundays From the Cellar: The Haves versus the Have Nots
November 16, 1964
On this day, 45 years ago, Dwight Gooden was born in Tampa, Florida. On our weekly podcast , we often conjecture that Gooden may have compiled one of the oddest professional careers over the past 20 years.
Gooden was brought up as a 19 year old in 1984 with the New York ...
MLB
Dwight Gooden
New York Mets
Tampa Bay Rays
joesportsfan.com - 4 days ago
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Happy Particular Day that Some Feel is Unlucky
Due to the Date and Day Matching Up A
Certain Way! One thing that didn’t match up this week was many of the Gold Gloves awarded and logic. Since the Gold Glove has been covered in a previous Top 7 ( ...
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Top 7: Biggest Wastes of Time in Sports
November 13, 1964
On this day, the St. Louis Hawks’ Bob Pettit became the first NBA player to reach 20,000 points. Impressive. Even more impressive; St. Louis once supported a basketball team. Now that’s crazy talk.
Pettite was also the first recipient of the NBA’s Most ...
NBA
Atlanta Hawks
Kobe Bryant
Wilt Chamberlain
Michael Jordan
joesportsfan.com - 8 days ago
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DOWNLOAD EPISODE 37 | DOWNLOAD PAST EPISODES Episode
37 began by glorifying the greatest human to ever
wear the #37; Keith Hernandez . Baseball, mustache, Seinfeld, and drugs (allegedly) everywhere in between. The man is a legend. We also ...
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PODCAST: Rejected ESPN “30 for 30″ Concepts and Will ...
joesportsfan.com - 8 days ago
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During this installment of shameless self-promotion, we bring
to you a video recap of some extracurricular activities
that took place in and around “ Blogs with Balls 2.0 ” in Las Vegas earlier last month. The video features, me, as the ...
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Blogs with Balls “After Dark” Video, featuring Matt Sebek
November 11, 2009
The video below has very little (read: absolutely nothing) to do with November 11th, except that today is probably the first time you’re witnessing such glory. And that’s special. Congratulations.
You have to love the big fella rattling off some high ...
Soccer
Much like dog- and cock-fighting, the global phenomenon that is midget wrestling has gotten a bad rap in recent years, reaping stern warnings from the halls of Capitol Hill and nasty telegrams from Ringling Brothers.
Clearly, the sport is legal, and certainly, there is little that is more ...
Other
ABC
joesportsfan.com - 10 days ago
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I’m not sure why Kim Kardashian is just
now posting pictures of her attending the Saints/Dolphins game
on October 25th. She’s supposed to be soooo now, dammit. Nevertheless, she captured a pretty tremendous moment in personalized jersey ...
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Personalized “KARDASHIAN” New Orleans Saints Jersey
November 10, 1991
19 years ago today, Bernie Kosar’s NFL record of 308 passes without an interception ended as his Cleveland Browns lost to the Philadelphia Eagles.
Since Kosar set the record, Jeff George has come to the closest to reaching the mark. Over the course of the 1993 (with ...
NFL
Bernie Kosar
Cleveland Browns
Jeff George
Philadelphia Eagles
joesportsfan.com - 11 days ago
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Our usual “ Sundays from the Cellar ”
guru, Josh Bacott, was out late last night celebrating
the Rams bye week. He’ll be back in the saddle next Monday, where we’re assured to be entertained by his recap of the Rams ...
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Sundays From the Cellar: A Bye Week in St. Louis
November 9, 1931
Today, we celebrate the 78th birthday of Whitey Herzog. Growing up in St. Louis, it’s tough to imagine a more popular persona in the past 20 years than Herzog, who managed the Cardinals from 1980-1990 and brought home a World Series trophy in 1982.
Many traditional ...
MLB
St. Louis Cardinals
joesportsfan.com - 11 days ago
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Every week the Top 7 column will be
enhanced by the newest addition to the JoeSportsFan Radio
Network, Seven Minutes with Jason Major , where our Top 7 guru rants on the current topic, touches on previous lists and also vehemently defends his ...
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Top 7: Redemptions in the Clutch
joesportsfan.com - 15 days ago
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Yankees Win World Series; Centrod Emerges Victorious
