davidl on February 11th, 2009

From Fox Sports:

The brief Brett Favre era in New York is over.

Favre has informed the Jets he is retiring after 18 seasons in the NFL, ending a record-setting career in which he was one of the NFL’s

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Eric Florack on November 27th, 2008

The Lions lost again today.

Ummm… 47 to 10.

That’s a high school Basketball score… which is fitting because it appears to me that the local high school basketball team could beat the Lions at football.

The Thanksgiving tradition in

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davidl on August 22nd, 2008

Now I have never said that a blonde can’t be smart.   Here is one smart blonde.  Note what Ms Walsh does just prior to asking permssion to make a statement.

Aside, if Ms Walsh wishes to pursue a

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Eric Florack on June 7th, 2008

From ESPN:

Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.

McKay is best known for hosting “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” and 12 Olympic Games.

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Eric Florack on May 18th, 2008

Mark Beech at the end of a longish bit at si.com notes the same thing I did within hours of the death of Eight Belles:

And so racing will probably only have three more weeks to admire its newest superstar.

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davidl on February 2nd, 2008

Senator Arlen “Scottish Law” Spector in letter to N.F.L. Commissioner Roger Goodell wants to know why the league destroyed the evidence of the New England Patriot spying on the New York Jets, from brnaz, Empty Wheel:

“That requires an

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Eric Florack on January 19th, 2008

It was so cold.....I hadn’t even thought of this, but a friend points out on IM just now that Green Bay is going to be seriously cold tomorrow for their football game with the Giants.

I watched Buffalo’s playoff chances disappear this year

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davidl on January 7th, 2008

Roger Clemens (><img border=Roger Clemens (Roger Clemens compiled a life time record of 354 wins to 184 losses.  You don’t win that many ballgames without being competitive.  Well Clemens may be retired, but he is still competitive.  Clemens have filed a defamation lawsuit against his

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