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The NFL Preseason and Why It Does Kinda Sorta Matter

on 09 3, 2010 | No Comments

The NFL Preseason and Why It Does Kinda Sorta Matter

I’ve been watching a little bit of preseason football lately.  Not a lot, not more than I normally do.  Just the Bills games and the highlights on SportsCenter.  But still, more preseason footbal

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NFL Rookie Contacts and Why They Suck

on 08 12, 2010 | No Comments

NFL Rookie Contacts and Why They Suck

This sucks.  For two straight years, the Buffalo Bills first-round draft picks (Aaron Maybin in 2009 and CJ Spiller in 2010) have been holdouts through all of part of camp.  Last year, the linebacke

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Number Four Watch

on 08 12, 2010 | No Comments

Number Four Watch

You know who I love?  Brett Favre.  And I’m not being sarcastic.  I really am not.  I love him.  I love this story we watch every year.  I love the drama.  I love the tension. I really do.

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Why I Love July, Part Two

on 08 3, 2010 | No Comments

Why I Love July, Part Two

We talked about training camp.  And look, training camp rules.  It’s like the unofficial official start of football season.  But there’s something else that kicks off this wonderful time of the

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Why I Love July, Part One

on 07 19, 2010 | No Comments

Why I Love July, Part One

It’s officially mid-July, which for a football fan means that excellent things are on the horizon: Training Camp and Fantasy Football.  Here we go, the first two part column of my Bareknucks career

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How LeBron James Just Single Handedly Ruined the NBA

on 07 11, 2010 | No Comments

How LeBron James Just Single Handedly Ruined the NBA

I don’t need to go into this LeBron James thing.  You know what happened: the drama, the ridiculous hour-long special, the insane amounts of media attention.  You don’t need me to repeat it.  A

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Why Chris Bosh is Not Worth a Max Contract

on 07 1, 2010 | No Comments

Why Chris Bosh is Not Worth a Max Contract

The obvious news in the coming weeks is the NBA free agency—a topic I will be actively watching and researching, as my New Jersey Nets are trying to desperately pull something together by the end of

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Winners and Losers of the NBA Draft

on 06 30, 2010 | No Comments

Winners and Losers of the NBA Draft

Thursday’s NBA Draft was just the beginning of this important offseason.  Lottery pick teams hoping for a big name free agent to fall in their lap had several decisions to make.  Below, I’ve got

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How Important Is Attitude?

on 06 21, 2010 | No Comments

How Important Is Attitude?

In light of this most recent Albert Haynesworth situation, it’s brought me to ask an important question about professional athletes:  How Important is Attitude? This seems silly, because honestl

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World Cup Fever

on 06 17, 2010 | No Comments

World Cup Fever

This is interesting.  I don’t think I’ve ever even been aware of the World Cup until this year.  My fifteen-year-old brain probably just didn’t care at all.  Nor my eleven-year-old brain.

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