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khandorssportsblog.com - 3/12/2009

In Raptorville, something changed last night ... and it wasn't good

— khandorssportsblog.com — Recent changes to the the Raptors' player roster have introduced a new and possibly toxic attitude to... their locker-room. (more) In Raptorville, something changed last night ... and it ...

NBA

Toronto Raptors

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sherdog.com - 3/3/2009

Vera Became What He Never Liked, Then Changed

— sherdog.com — Vera Became What He Never Liked, Then Changed He rode into the UFC on a horse called... hype and backed it up with four straight wins, including a brutal first-round battering of current interim heavyweight champ Frank Mir (more) Vera Became What He Never Liked, Then Changed

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UFC

Frank Mir

MMA

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epiccarnival.com - 3/10/2009

Baseball cards sure have changed...

— epiccarnival.com — For one thing I remember running down to the corner store to buy a pack of baseball... cards for a quarter. Two problems with that now: (1) there is no corner store anymore and (2) you can't even buy a single card for a quarter anymore. Now the freaking ... (more) Baseball cards sure have changed...

MLB

St. Louis Cardinals

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Exciting weekend in Capsland
the red skate — ... very much valuable, but nevertheless performing at or below the perceived level of their long-term dollars earned.  Making “hockey deals” to improve clubs seemed completely unworkable, despite best intentions from McPhee and likely many other GMs in the Cup hunt this year. Today, the Dow is below 6,700, the TSX is below 7,700 (both dropping considerably again today), and the current USD to CAD exchange rate is US$1 to C$ 1.29.  Ouch. Uncle Ted has more on that point, including mention of the 50-contract limit, which the organization has already ...

Insight From An Owner
KK Hockey — ... cap will be flat to down over the next few years. Hence there was a lot of trading player for player and salary for salary. It reminds me a bit of the NBA trading dollar for dollar and contract for contract. The economic landscape has changed too. Teams aren’t looking to add to payroll. They want to shed payroll. Many teams that had high-priced veteran players were looking to exchange those contracts for younger players with lower-priced contracts read on

Puck Headlines: Ovechkin out; was Pronger a 'sucker's bet'?
Puck Daddy — ... about the NHL Trade Deadline and the Capitals' decision not to be an active participant in the dealing -- with what would appear to be candid comments about the Pronger deal that wasn't. Relaying the words of GM George McPhee that it was a 'sucker's bet,' Leonsis wrote: "We were in the mix for a great vet player. The ask was for four of our young assets. We all had to chuckle in that this team was asking us to rebuild their team for them all in one fell swoop." Great stuff. [Ted's Take] ...

Leonsis on the Caps' quiet deadline
From The Rink — Leonsis on the Caps' quiet deadline "Time will tell if we were smart or dumb. Time will tell if the plan was right and we executed it well. There was lots of talk yesterday; lots of noise but very little signal for us and for most of the NHL. "The NHL ...

Ted Takes Us on the Inside of the War Room
On Frozen Blog — ... The team owner's blog is at its most powerful when he relates the innermost workings of the organization on one of the most important days in the hockey calendar. That's what Ted did in post mortem-ing the team's failed bid to land Chris Pronger: ...

Link Chowder 3/6
Stanley Cup of Chowder — Serving up the best links of the week from all across the newfangled interwebs Wysh grades each team on their deadline deals [Puck Daddy] PPP deals with life after Antropov [Pension Plan Puppets] The always candid Ted Leonsis takes a look at the trade deadline and how the NHL has changed [Ted's Take] Alex Ovechkin thinks Don Cherry is a "senile old man" and rips on the Canadian National soccer team [D.C. Sports Bog] Steve Downie suspended 20 games by the AHL for allegedly ...

Mid-Day Buffet
LinkedOnSports.com — ...   Glad someone agrees that this A-Rod thing is B.S. -Video of Letterman’s top ten reasons to watch the WBC.  I can’t wait until this thing is over. -Cal Ripken keeps giving back.  New website. Linked on Hockey -A new NHL, a boring NHL. -The NHL reviewed one ...