Sports Illustrated: Over-Hyping the Cubs as Always

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 Sports Illustrated: Over-Hyping the Cubs as Always
Sometimes it's tough for me to admit this in public. Especially on an open forum like this blog. But here it is: I am a Cubs fan. Been one my whole life. And I'd like to take this opportunity to say I'm not one of those Old Style-slugging, no-shirt-in-the-bleachers idiots. Nor do I believe in curses. I believe in bad players and crappy organizational management. But I digress. OK, with that ... [link]

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SAINT ANDREW'S NET: SEXY EMBRACES!
Published 4/30/2008 at With Leather - Sports news and gossip for your impressionable young children
... Rumors and Rants knows SI is over-hyping the Cubs. Again.  In a related story, the White Sox are on the cover of a pamphlet I produced in my basement. The only curse is the sweet smell of mimeograph ink.   ...

The Roundup: That Was Fast - Phoenix Suns Coach Mike D’Antoni Won’t Return Next Season
Published 4/30/2008 by TheBigLead at The Big Lead
... Sesame Street! (Beautiful Game) Welcome back, Mike Cameron! (ESPN) Colin Cowherd likes our headlines. (MVN) Searching for the hottest college athlete. (Campus Clicks) DeShawn Stevenson turns up in Cleveland wearing … a Mike Vick jersey. (Washington Post) Nobody can write about the Hulkster rubbing down his daughter like a true wrestling fan. (Joe Sports Fan) Why is SI so in love with the Cubs? (Rumors and Rants) Video of a portly John Daly’s shirtless golfing excursion. ( ...

THE AFTER PARTY
Published 4/30/2008 by DCScrap at Epic Carnival - Pop Culture, Sports, Celebrities, Babes, Rumors, Innuendo
... Nation) David Beckham to be on Sesame Street. (The Beautiful Game) When land mines and youth soccer mix. (Hugging Harold Reynolds) Dallas/Phoenix = abject failures? (With Malice...) The making of the Steve Nash $6 million man commercial. (NESW Sports) Javier Bardem has nothing on Pistol Pete. (Empty The Bench) An ice-cold slump buster for Barry Zito. (Babes Love Baseball) Cubs get the SI curse. (Rumors and Rants) Papelbon now has his own planet. (Red Sox Monster) The genius of ...

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