Cut That Meat! (From Your Diet, Anyway)

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 Cut That Meat! (From Your Diet, Anyway)
This struck me after I heard about it on ESPN sometime this morning, and it’s fascinating in the way that it defies our regular assumptions about athletes — Brewers 1B Prince Fielder says he’s given up eating meat , per the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . Our conception of the American athlete kind of revolves around the beer-swilling, red-meat eating archetype, with very ... [link]

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Links of the Day + mascot bloopers
Published 2/21/2008 by Gilbert at Obscure Sports Quarterly
... might be pretty good. (Bugs & Cranks) Johan Santana was traded for some Prada shoes. For real. (Larry Brown Sports) Division I’s last team without a win fired their coach. There’s only one game left, NJIT might finish 0-29. (One More Dying Quail) Over/unders for MLB teams this season. (Vegas Watch) Dog shows are not a sport. (We Suck at Sports) Prince Fielder is not going to eat meat anymore. (Signal to Noise) ...

Inside Dwight Howard’s Superman Dunk
Published 2/22/2008 by Larry Brown at Larry Brown Sports
Dwight Howard explains his superman dunk in postgame comments [Hoops World] Aussie Rules Football has a great Wonderlic exam [You Been Blinded] Prince Fielder is becoming a vegetarian. Yikes. [Signal to Noise] Police didn’t let Miami students storm the court against Duke [The Sporting Blog] Billy Gillispie doesn’t like his players enjoying losses [We Are the Postmen] First ever streaker … ...

Friday Blizzard
Published 2/22/2008 by Pacifist Viking at Pacifist Viking
... and fierce pass rush on Brady, and he had just 5.5 yards per attempt in getting the Patriots to just 14 points. Perhaps because of the changes in rules regarding pass coverage, the only way to stop a really good passing team is to pressure the quarterback. But that doesn't mean the secondary shouldn't be tinkered with as the Vikes add defensive ends. If your pass defense is bad, you have to look a the secondary and find ways to improve yourself. Links Signal to Noise talks about Prince Fielder going vegetarian. On a related subject, I Dislike ...

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No more steaks for Fielder
Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder does not look like a vegetarian. So when people find out that he's giving it a try, they have approximately the same reaction.