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bleacherreport.com - 16 days ago
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"Serious journalism" was never Deadspin's job. Deadspin was
created to expose corruption within the entire sports industry,
how it conflates the coverage of sports, how far removed it is from the sports fan experience, and how it ultimately hurts sports fans.
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Why Deadspin Had to Publish the ESPN Horndog Glossier
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online.wsj.com - 26 days ago
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Coaches get too cute with their playbooks, alternating
between running and passing plays about 10% more often
than they naturally should, according to a study co-written by Steve Levitt (Freakonomics) and Ken Kovash. Coaches' plan of attack sometimes gets too predictable: run, pass, run, pass
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NFL Coaches Are Too Clever for Their Own Good
blog.lovemyteam.com - 26 days ago
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The one job Bob Brenley hasn’t held is
fan. Instead of complaining endlessly, I thought I would
put together a little list of the important tools that any broadcaster needs to have to actually add something to the conversation.
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10 Things a Broadcaster Must Do to be Adequate at the Job
newstadiuminsider.blogspot.com - 4/18/2009
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With the Yankees having trouble filling the expensive
seats, now is as good of a time as
ever to start a new Yankee Stadium attendance tracker. For now, we will just post the official attendance (based on the box score), the date & time and the weather conditions for that day.
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2009 Yankee Stadium Attendance Tracker
theonion.com - 4/9/2009
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Claiming that...the sheer exuberance of college basketball fans
was "a shocking and nauseating display of everything wrong
with collegiate athletics," top BCS officials roundly condemned the NCAA Tournament Monday.
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Cheering Fans, Thrilling NCAA Tournament Disgust BCS ...
vimeo.com - 4/7/2009
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931 images were taken to create this timelapse
of the chaos. This camera was set above the
intersection of Franklin and Columbia on the rooftop of Spanky's restaurant after North Carolina's championship. By the Daily Tar Heel.
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Timelapse: Franklin Street after the victory
blogcritics.org - 2/12/2009
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blogcritics.org —
Let's stop calling Jose Canseco a Whistleblower and
call him what he really is: a fearmongering, self-aggrandizing
modern-day McCarthyite.
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Why Jose Canseco Is The Sen. McCarthy Of Baseball
kissingsuzykolber.uproxx.com - 1/5/2009
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Kissing Suzy Kolber presents...Night of the Asshole Fans.
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Hater’s Guide to the Postseason: AFC 2nd Seed — ...
nytimes.com - 11/15/2008
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nytimes.com —
Mike Leach, the coach of Texas Tech, has
led his team to the No. 2 ranking in
college football, wowing everyone with a high-scoring innovative offense along the way. Three years ago, Michael Lewis saw this storm coming when he profiled the coach and his program for The Times Magazine.
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Texas Tech at the Top? Michael Lewis Isn't Surprised
sports.yahoo.com - 11/6/2008
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The best fighter for the money is Colton
Orr of the New York Rangers. Orr fought 34
times during the past two seasons (the most in the Eastern Conference), winning 21 of them (tops in the NHL). His $525,000 salary last year was only $50,000 above the league minimum.
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Best Hockey Fighters For The Buck
riveraveblues.com - 10/26/2008
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Instead of allowing for negotiating strategies — by
saying you don’t want to go somewhere, you raise
your asking price — instead of allowing for the struggles of youth, writers and bloggers write off General Managers while displaying a willful ignorance of the role a GM and his scouting staff plays.
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Keeping the News In Perspective
sports.yahoo.com - 9/1/2008
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That's actually not hyperbole, according to sabermetrics. Finally,
something stat nerds and old cranks can agree on.
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Alex Rodriguez is the least clutch player in baseball
sportsyenta.blogspot.com - 8/29/2008
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General Suckitude is one of them.
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Eight Reasons This Is Not A Big East Preview
poynter.org - 8/28/2008
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Roger Ebert rips into Jay Mariotti for how
he handled his departure from the Chicago Sun-Times. A
must read.
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Ebert to Mariotti: Don't let the door bang you on the ass.
withleather.uproxx.com - 8/27/2008
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withleather.uproxx.com —
Everyone knows that rape and Duke University are
two great tastes that go great together. So it
should be no surprise that top soccer recruit Ashley Rape will be joining the Blue Devils this fall.
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Rape Comes To Duke
