By Mike Perry

As reported on ESPN, “ESPN and the BCS announced the deal on Tuesday. It includes exclusive television, radio, digital, international and marketing rights for the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls from 2011-2014 and the BCS title game from 2011 to 2013.”
This means the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar Bowls, plus the BCS Championship Game, will be [...]

By Micah Warren
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The National League announced its MVP for the 2008 season and his name is Albert Pujols. Not terribly surprising, we knew it would be between Pujols and Philly’s Ryan Howard. In the end, however, baseball writers don’t like it when a guy strikes out 200 times and plays shaky defense. That said, the Phillies don’t [...]

By The Second Coming

Blast’s This Is God Given Blog parodies Little Steinbrenner

By Jeffrey Kim
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I can barely even talk about the Eagles right now. I am still fuming over Sunday night’s game. Every time I think about it I just see red. The team’s flaws are so obvious; they have been exposed for everybody to see. The Eagles are good enough to compete against any team in the league but they certainly [...]

By Micah Warren
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NFL sources tell the Boston Globe that Tom Brady returned to Boston for a checkup on his surgically repaired left knee. The same sources confirmed that Brady has suffered from a postoperative staph infection that has slowed his rehab process.
The good news is that, in all likelihood, the patella tendon graft will be kept and [...]

By Micah Warren
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Major League Baseball has announced Tampa Bay Rays 3B Evan Longoria has won the AL Rookie of the Year, while in the NL, the award goes to Chicago Cubs C Geovany Soto. No real surprises here.
“I had a great year, bar none,” Longoria said. “I know I have the ability to do more.”
Longoria hit .272 [...]

By John Guilfoil
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Every now and then we like to throw down a mention about sports cards and trading cards.
Pay attention to Upper Deck 2008-09 Basketball, if you’re a fan of that side of the hobby. Whole boxes are coming out dirt cheap. It’s a 200-card base set without many bells and whistles — great for a younger [...]

By Micah Warren

The Redskins have signed former Falcons and Raiders cornerback DeAngelo Hall to a one-year, $1 million deal, which will be prorated for the rest of the season.
“It’s a one-year deal for now, but we’ll work something out long-term,” Hall told FOXSports.com. “That’s why I chose them. I don’t want to hit the market in the [...]

By Micah Warren

The National League announced their 2008 Gold Glove winners on Wednesday:
Nate McLouth, OF, Pittsburgh Pirates
Carlos Beltran, OF, NY Mets
Shane Victorino, OF, World-Champion Philadelphia Phillies
Greg Maddux, P, San Diego Padres/LA Dodgers
Yadier Molina, C, St. Louis Cardinals
Adrian Gonzalez, 1B, San Diego Padres
Brandon Phillips, 2B, Cincinnati Reds
Jimmy Rollins, SS, World-Champion Philadelphia Phillies
David Wright, 3B, NY Mets

By Micah Warren

As I half-assed promised earlier in the week, here are my AFC mid-season report cards.

AFC East:

-New York Jets (5-3):
Say what you want about the Jets, they are still boring to watch. They added a slew of talent (what do Mangini and Tannenbaum care, if they don’t go all in, they are out of here anyway. [...]

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