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Musical Chairs – - Collegiate Conference Style

May 16, 2012 – 12:40 am

The money-driven realignment of NCAA conferences marches on. The Big East will add Navy, Memphis and Temple – – a school the Big East threw out of the conference just a few years ago because no one ever attended Temple football games. TCU “joined the conference” but then left before playing any games in the [...]

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The USFL Is Back?

May 15, 2012 – 12:10 am

According to reports, the United States Football League (USFL) will reincarnate itself starting in 2013 and it seems as if it will be going back to its roots. This iteration of the USFL will specifically seek to avoid competing directly with the NFL in the following important ways: The USFL schedule will consist of 14 [...]

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Dan Jenkins Enters The Golf Hall Of Fame

May 14, 2012 – 10:44 am

All of the folks who have been reading these rants for a while know that I admire Dan Jenkins’ writing. Last week, Dan Jenkins entered the Golf Hall of Fame; he is only the third golf writer to earn that honor and he is the only golf writer elected to the Hall of Fame while [...]

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Just A Bunch Of Stuff Today…

May 11, 2012 – 9:53 am

Because one of the co-owners of the Atlanta Hawks sounded off yesterday about how the Hawks never get any calls from the refs because they are young and athletic and their opponents – the Celtics – are older, slower and more established in the league as stars, I decided to watch last night’s game to [...]

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Terrell Owens/Dr. Phil: Not My Exacta Play

May 10, 2012 – 9:44 am

Earlier this week, Terrell Owens appeared on Dr. Phil’s TV show where the good doctor mediated a conversation between T.O. and three of the four women who have borne his children and who claim he is seriously behind on his child support payments. No, I did not watch that program… According to previous reports, T.O. [...]

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A Tale Of Two Pitchers

May 9, 2012 – 12:07 am

MLB just suspended two pitchers. One suspension is serious; the other is pro forma. The serious suspension is for 100 games and that was the penalty imposed on Guillermo Motta of the SF Giants. According to reports, he tested positive for clenbuterol and that makes him a two-time loser in the drug testing lottery. Motta [...]

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Recommended Reading

May 8, 2012 – 11:47 am

Gregg Doyel is a columnist who writes for CBSsports.com. In this column, he looks at the known dangers to players who play NFL football in terms of broken bodies, early onset of dementia symptoms and premature deaths. Those consequences to the players raise a moral question: Does the viewer of NFL games bear any responsibility [...]

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The Stadium To Be Named Later

May 8, 2012 – 12:26 am

The SF 49ers are about to build a new stadium in Santa Clara. The estimated cost of the new football playpen is $1.2B; for that price, it ought to be palatial. They are still in the “groundbreaking stage” in terms of construction, but that has not stopped the Niners from selling a few season tickets [...]

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Erratum

May 7, 2012 – 12:17 pm

Please note the comment from Murray on today’s rant posted a while ago regarding Relegation Sunday in the Barclay’s English Premier League. I was incorrect saying that Relegation Sunday was last week; actually it happens this weekend. Sorry about that – – and thanks to Murray for the correction.

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Not A Virtuoso On The Mandolin…

May 7, 2012 – 12:23 am

One of the great arch-villains of literature, Professor Moriarty, was a virtuoso on the bassoon – – at least according to Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes in one of the cheesy Holmes films of the late 1930s/early 1940s. Some readers here may have decided that Professor Moriarty and I have a few antisocial characteristics in [...]

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