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I have, over time, mentioned that the Baltimore Ravens is perhaps the dirtiest team in the NFL, particularly on the defensive ...
NFL
Baltimore Ravens
Joshua Cribbs
Dick Jauron
Please give me a minute folks, I'm working on getting an I Tunes downloadable podcast together to post on SOMM and Facebook. As soon as I can get what I want to do down, I'll be back -------- with a podcast, too!
-DWil
Other
During Sunday's Tennessee Titans-Buffalo Bills game Titans owner Bud Adams gave the fans a double-barreled salute. With NFL commisioner Roger Goodell in attendance. For his action Goodell allegedly fined Adams $250,000. I say "allegedly" because, after all, it was Adams and the other 31 NFL ...
NFL
Roger Goodell
Tennessee Titans
Bud Adams
Buffalo Bills
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"And the Peyton's stayed perfect!" That was an ESPN Sportscenter anchor's attempt at facetiousness. The sad part is, the anchor is right on point with his assessment of the ...
NFL
Indianapolis Colts
Peyton Manning
ESPN
SportsCenter
By the end of the brutal 9th round...
Miguel Cotto's wife screamed, covered her eyes with her hands, and escorted her child out of the arena. As her battered and bloodied husband staggered back to his corner, his very young trainer Joe Santiago said:
"One more, one more, I'm going to give you ...
MMA & Boxing
Miguel Cotto
Manny Pacquiao
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Miguel Cotto-Manny Pacquiao needs no hype for boxing
fans. But if you are the casual sports fan
who really thinks long and hard before plunking down 50 bucks for any sporting event that is not an actual ticket, we suggest you invite some friends over ...
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The Fight Non-Boxing Fans Don’t Want to Miss
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Hey folks, I am continuing to take care of some family business and need to take a few days away from the site. Hopefully, everything will be taken care of by Sunday so I can get back to the grind. I hope you understand.
See you in a few.
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I'm taking care of family biz and writing today. I didn't know what I was going to do for a post when I saw an e-mail form Miranda. I DVR'd this video when the incident occurred and watched it at least 50 times. If you've already seen it - it's ...
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[caption id="attachment_5836" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Oakland Raiders head coach Tom Cable (left) greets has a few words with New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton."][/caption]
Stop the presses! Finally, SOMM has a female writer! She will be adding short blasts sure to stir ...
NFL
Oakland Raiders
Tom Cable
New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis (8-0) 20, Houston (5-4) 17. Houston placekicker Chris Brown went wide left to keep the Texans from going to OT with the Colts. The win sets up a big home game for Indy against New England next week. For Houston, Sunday meant another excruciating loss to the Colts. We'll ...
NFL
Chris Brown
Houston Texans
Indiana Pacers
England
If a certain sports news outlet was truly about equality, these stories would be homepage headlines all day. And with Tim Lincecum there would be at least one introductory investigative article and three columns where writers opine about the San Francisco Giants pitcher's worth to the team, ...
MLB
Tim Lincecum
San Francisco Giants
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On November 5 I received an email detailing the plight of Desiree Jennings, who was training to become a Washington Redskins cheeleader. Ten days after receiving a common seasonal flu shot, Ms. ...
NFL
Washington Redskins
Congratulations to the New York Yankees on their 27th World series title.
The series was comprised of various man-a-mano storylines that told the bigger story (besiiiiiides the money!). Here they were:
Girardi over Charlie:
Referring to yankee manager Joe Girardi’s decision to start three ...
MLB
Joe Girardi
New York Yankees
Tony Kornheiser
Philadelphia Phillies
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Donald Sterling, longtime owner of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team and his wife Rochelle have finally settled the racial bias court case against ...
NBA
Los Angeles Clippers
Donald Sterling
I am happy to report that there was no snitch in the Philadelphia Phillies clubhouse. On Novebmer 3, Tim Wilson of Yahoo Sports reported a dust-up between Phillies pitchers Cole Hamels and Brett Myers.
Wilson implied that someone informed him of the incident:
Phillies pitchers Brett Myers and ...
MLB
Philadelphia Phillies
Cole Hamels
Brett Myers
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Esteemed SOMM commenter Miranda pointed this story out to me in an email and not only did I fail to respond to it, after reading the initial reports I didn't ...
NFL
Eric Mangini
As the World Series travels back to Yankee Stadium there remains a bit of unfinished business in Philadelphia. After his game three loss Cole Hamels was distraught and seemed, at one point, to imply that he migh not pitch again this postseason:
"I can't wait for it to end. It's been ...
MLB
Yankee Stadium
Cole Hamels
Philadelphia Phillies
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First, kudos to ESPN for their Sunday Outside the Lines segment on Tom Cable. The Oakland Raiders head coach has an obvious ...
NCAA Football
Bill Lynch
Indiana Hoosiers
ESPN
Tom Cable
Oakland Raiders
Iowa Hawkeyes
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- Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been sacked 31 times already this season, 14 by Minnesota defenders. Conversely, the Packers defense has only 12 sacks in ...
NFL
Green Bay Packers
Aaron Rodgers
Matt Hasselbeck
Kurt Warner
Tony Romo
Joe Flacco
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First, kudos to ESPN for their Sunday Outside the Lines segment on Tom Cable. The Oakland Raiders head coach has an obvious ...
