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SEC West Basketball Preview

SEC West:

1.) LSU (27-9, 14-2):
Head Coach: John Brady (10th Season).
Post-Season: Final Four (Lost to UCLA 59-45).
Key Additions: SG Alex Farrer (6'5", 205 LBS; Redshirt 2005-06 Season), SG/SF Terry Martin (6'6", 203 LBS; Transfer from Texas Tech & Sat Out 2005-06 Season), SG/SF Dameon Mason (6'5", 190 LBS; Transfer from Marquette & Sat Out 2005-06 Season) & PG Tack Minor (5'11", 200 LBS; Medical Redshirt for 2005-06 Season).  Read More »

SEC East Basketball Preview

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SEC East:

1.) Florida (33-6, 10-6):
Head Coach: Billy Donovan (11th Season).
Post-Season Results: 2005-06 NCAA National Champions (Beat UCLA 73-57).
Key Additions: SF/PF Jon Mitchell (6'7", 243 LBS), SG Brandon Powell (6'3", 187 LBS), PF Marreese Speights (6'10", 245 LBS) & SF Dan Werner (6'7", 235 LBS).  Read More »

AZ Republic Version of Super Bowl Shuffle for Da Bears

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Hey, we're not comin' to start no scuffle.

Just wanna do the new Super Bowl Shuffle. {ellipsis}

Thomas Jones:

Well, I ain't no Sweetness, but I like to dance.

Cardinals can't say they didn't have their chance.

They turned me loose, now I'm gonna sing  Read More »

Recruiting of HS Prep Star Eric Gordon

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Bruce Weber: F I've always been a big supporter of Bruce and the staff, but this was completely effing ridiculous. You needed to have this closed up months ago. There is no way you should have ever let this become a saga. You needed to press an ultimatum saying, "either you publicly come out and say you're not looking at IU at all anymore or you formally re-open your recruitment so I can continue to look for replacements should you leave." You played the nice guy and didn't have the stones in this case. Nice guys don't win recruiting battles, Coach. You blew this one, and you blew it big time.  Read More »

Are green beans next thing out?

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It appears that the E. coli contamination is far from over; Salinas, CA-based Nunes Co. Inc. has recalled lettuce after it found some "generic" E. coli in a secondary water source for the lettuce. Generic E. coli? That sounds sort of like "half-pregnant" or "mostly dead" do us -- we aren't sure if we buy it.

In response to the recall, company president Tom Nunes Jr. said, "Food safety is number one in our company. We'd rather make a mistake and be overly careful than getting somebody sick."  Read More »

My MLB Postseason Predictions

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 Well the 2006 MLB Season is over. Alot of wacky and wild finishes. The Tigers choked away the AL Central Division crown vs Royals this weekend. Twins snuck right in and won the division. Cardinals almost had near collapse in the last 2weeks of season. Astros got it as low as 1/2 game before blowing against the Braves this past weekend. Should be fun and wacky October, who will be the next champ. Here are my predictions:  Read More »

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