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Absolute madness

March 22, 2008

It just took one round of the NCAA Tournament for this march to madness to take the turn for the better for two teams.
UCLA and Kansas have the road set up to the Elite Eight. Neither team will face a team better than an eighth seed in the next two rounds.
Upset City: Tampa, Fla., had [...]

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Analyze this …

October 17, 2007

First, I want to start this take by saying that I enjoy reading Jayson Stark of ESPN.com.
But … this morning on the Mike and Mike radio show, it hit that we listen to all of these talking heads like they have some inside knowledge but in reality they really don't.
Stark said the reason that the [...]

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Sports journalism

October 15, 2007

This is a well-done piece on the state of sports journalism.

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And another thing …

October 8, 2007

The Cavaliers are doing the right thing. They should not give into the demands of Anderson Varejao or Sasha Pavlovic. … The Indians bullpen is the reason they are where they are, and it will be what decides if they win the World Series or not. … Jamal Lewis being healthy is the difference between [...]

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Where in the world is Dan Patrick?

September 20, 2007

For those who are fans of Dan Patrick, he will be starting a new show on a radio syndicate Oct. 1. No word, yet, on what stations he will be on this area. He left ESPN last month.
Here is a link to his Web site.

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The Price is Right?

July 2, 2007

Dan Patrick said on his radio show Monday that he did audition for the Price is Right. Can they seriously hire him?
The LA Daily News reported over the weekend that there are about half a dozen folks in consideration to replace the retired Bob Barker.
Half the people who watch the show, if not more, have [...]

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Forward/backward

June 25, 2007

A look back at the weekend and what is ahead:
The Indians can't seem to get their hitting machine rolling. It is now the end of June and Travis Hafner still is not hitting. That is the bad news. The good news is the Tigers are only 2 games ahead and the Indians lead the wild-card [...]

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Questions of me

May 16, 2007

Some of the folks commenting want to know why I discuss ESPN as much as I do on this blog.
One reason, they provide the most content on sports on the Internet that they have produced. You can argue that Google News and Yahoo! Sports provide content but much of that is available anywhere and is [...]

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An inside look at ESPN

May 16, 2007

Le Anne Schreiber is the new public editor for ESPN and her columns appear on ESPN.com. Her first real behind the scenes look at the network is very interesting and sheds some light on the thinking that goes on between SportsCenter and the actual sports that ESPN holds the rights to. Take a look.

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Will you watch?

May 7, 2007

Major League Baseball will have its draft on TV for the first time, ESPN.com reported.
Anyone going to watch?

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