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Brady Quinn is Too Muscular To Play QB in the NFL
Posted: 21st November 2009 by Colin Linneweber in NFL
Despite posting a pathetic 23.5 passer rating in MondayÆs 16-0 loss to the Baltimore Ravens, beleaguered Cleveland Browns quarterback Brady Quinn has again been named the starter for this weekendÆs game versus the Lions in Detroit.
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Quinn, 25, who shattered a startling 36 records when he quarterbacked the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for four years in college, is currently projected to throw a porous two touchdown passes this season in ...
Zack Greinke Beats Hitters and Psychological Issues
Posted: 17th November 2009 by Colin Linneweber in MLB
Kansas City Royals' ace pitcher Zack Greinke was deservedly awarded the 2009 American League Cy Young Award Tuesday afternoon.
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Greinke, 26, who received 25 first-place votes and three seconds for 134 points, went 16-8 and he posted a 2.16 ERA for the putrid Royals (65-97).
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GreinkeÆs sterling earned run average was the lowest mark in the American League since Pedro Martinez recorded a minuscule 1.74 ERA in 2000.
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The Seattle Mariners' Felix ...
Yanks Should Beat Sox Again and Sign Cuban Aroldis Chapman
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Colin Linneweber in MLB
Lefty Cuban pitching sensation Aroldis Chapman defected from his national team in July and he is currently a coveted unsigned Major League Baseball free agent.
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ESPN The Magazine reported in the summer that Chapman vacated his hotel room in the Netherlands, where Cuba was in the midst of participating in a baseballá tournament, and never returned.
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ôI walked out easily, right through the hotel door, and I hopped into a car and ...
Randall Cunningham Should Fly Like an Eagle to Canton
Posted: 12th November 2009 by Colin Linneweber in NFL
Approximately 20 years ago, former Philadelphia Eagles superstar quarterback Randall Cunningham was featured on a cover of Sports Illustrated titled, ôThe Ultimate Weapon.ö
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Cunningham, 46, a four-time All-Pro selection who was awarded the PFWA NFL MVP in 1990, retired from the sport of football as an Eagle in 2002.
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Since his unheralded departure from the gridiron, Cunningham has been relatively forgotten by the bulk of everyday football fans.
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Although his play was ...
Hours after New York Yankees Manager Joe Girardi helped lead the Bombers to their elusive 27th World Series championship in team history Wednesday night, he stopped his car to help a female motorist who had crashed her vehicle into a wall on the Cross County Parkway in Eastchester.
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ôThe guy wins the World Series, what does he do? He stops to help,ö Westchester County police officer Kathleen Cristiano said of ...
Scumbag Tom Cable Is the Perfect Coach for the Raiders
Posted: 3rd November 2009 by Colin Linneweber in NFL
Embattled Oakland Raiders Head Coach Tom Cable was accused Sunday, on the ESPN show Outside the Lines, of physical abuse by both of his divorced wives and an ex-girlfriend.
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Cable, 44, a former offensive lineman for the Idaho Vandals and a scab replacement on the 1987 Indianapolis Colts strike team, released a statement in which he admitted that he hit a woman ôon only one occasion in my life.ö
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ôMore than 20 ...
Dallas Cowboys’ Money Receiver Miles Austin and Daddy Warbucks
Posted: 29th October 2009 by Colin Linneweber in NFL
Wide receiver Miles Austin helped lead the Dallas Cowboys to a 37-21 victory over the Atlanta Falcons Sunday at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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Austin, 25, an undrafted free-agent from Monmouth University in New Jersey, had eight receptions for 171 yards and two touchdowns as the Cowboys improved their record to 4-2.
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The previous week, Miles established the Cowboys franchise record for receiving yards in a game with 250 in a 26-20 ...
The Jets Ground Game Will Fly With Shonn Greene & Danny Woodhead
Posted: 27th October 2009 by Colin Linneweber in NFL
The New York Jets destroyed the putrid Oakland Raiders 38-0 Sunday afternoon at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
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Unfortunately for New York (4-3), their dominating triumph came at a great expense.
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One week after the Jets lost defensive standout Kris Jenkins for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament, offensive sparkplug Leon Washington fractured his right fibula on his first carry of the game.
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Washington, 27, a 2008 Pro Bowl and All-Pro selection, ...
Lefthander Andy Pettitte and the New York Yankees defeated the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 5-2 Sunday night in the Bronx to capture their 40th American League Pennant.
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Pettitte, 37, a two-time All-Star selection who has accumulated the most victories of any MLB pitcher since 1995, allowed only seven hits and one earned run in 6 1/3 innings.
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ôHe did what he has done his whole career,ö said Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter ...
Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez was showering when Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins hit a double to win Game 4 of the NLCS 5-4 Monday at Dodger Stadium.
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ôI was taking a shower,ö said Ramirez, 37, a 12-time All-Star selection and nine-time Silver Slugger Award winner. ôI came out and saw it on television. Then everybody started coming in and they turned the television off.ö
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Dodgers manager Joe Torre decided to ...