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Breaking News: 106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony
Breaking News: 106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony
WASHINGTON D.C. – Style Points has confirmed reports from multiple sources that one hundred and six sportswriters for major American newspapers have tested positive for the performance enhancing substance, Sanctimony. Their names are currently being withheld as the testing was done ...
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It’s 4:19, You Gotta Minute? (June 25th)
Sportress of Blogitude — ... ] • “Breaking News: 106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony.” Tell me more, Clinton Portishead. [ Style Points ] • The guys at KSK get a letter from dyslexic Jets head coach Rex Ryan. [ ...

Entrails: June 26th, 2009
The Arena — ... Gay is absurdly fast. (Universal Sports) On soccer versus football. (Dan Levy) Stanford: Generic. (FanHouse) Rebirth: Never coming out, but still drops before Detox. (RapRadar) Who leads the Twitter board? (Sporcle) Win Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 10. (The Sports Game Guy.) That’s stupid. (Stupid Sports Blog) Sportswriters and santicmony: A bravura performance. (Style Points) Whitlock is very right about many things. Also, he “walks with ...

Linked And Loaded - Tuesday 6/30
Paneech — ... The Fifth Corner finds Tar Heel Garrett Reynolds signing with the Atlanta Falcons. Style Points breaks the news that 106 sportswriters have tested positive for sanctimony. Bear Goggles On ...

Good Morning Tar Heels 06/30/09
The 5th Corner — ... In a piece that is well worth while reading, Style Points talks about how 106 sportswriters have tested positive for sanctimony. Check it out and draw your own conclusions. Mine is that this was excellent! ...

Red Reposter - 7/1/09
Red Reporter — ... Reds.com today at 11AM. FanGraphs takes a look at the most improved defenses over last year They took last year's team UZR ratings (is that redundant?) and compared them to the ratings teams have compiled through the first half of this year. The Reds rate as the 3rd most improved team, behind only the Tigers and Pirates. I gotta say, this really isnt something to be proud of. The defense was just that dreadful last year. I didn't read the article but this is the headline of the day. Raise the ...

Clearing out the inbox
Redleg Nation — A number of items here that I haven’t had a chance to mention…. –Greatest headline I’ve seen this year. Hilarious. –Did you see what The Pujols said about Homer Bailey? –Justin was asking “What’s wrong with Bronson Arroyo?” even before he stunk up the joint on Sunday. –A look at the future for the Reds. –Speaking of the future, Doug wonders whether things are finally starting to click for former first-round draft pick Devin Mesoraco. ...

Testing Positive
baseballmusings.com — I agree with Redleg Nation, this is a great headline.

Breaking News: 106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony
BBTF's Baseball Primer NewsblogBreaking News: 106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony Not sure if this was posted… Style Points has confirmed reports from multiple sources that one hundred and six sportswriters for major American newspapers have tested positive for the performance enhancing substance, Sanctimony. Their names are currently being withheld as the testing was done anonymously, as per the bylaws of the Sportswriter Association of America union contract. These results do not come as a surprise to most of the American public, who have been noticing dramatically higher levels of ...

Pickoff Moves, Lunchtime Edition
6-4-2 — an Angels/Dodgers double play blog — ... (and I think it's fair to say you could say any major league uniform). Style Points has the obvious prescription, er, diagnosis. Thanks to Marc Normandin for the heads-up (via Facebook). Padres Send Scott Hairston To A's ...

Link-O-Rama: Janish isn't much of a pitcher
Circling The Bases — ... to watch his ERA rise from 2.80 to 3.34, and my guess is that there's some more regression on the way. * Headline of the Week: "106 Sportswriters Reportedly Test Positive for Sanctimony." _

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