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Sports, how do we love thee? Let us count the ways
Cupid's juiced. Lance Armstrong's head is corked. Is there anything left to love about modern sports, the apparent bastion of liars, cheats and psychopaths? Well, here are 100 Valentines dedicated to all that's still good about sports. "There are really...
Tags: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Baseball, Chicago Bears, U.S. Army, Pittsburgh Steelers
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Ray Rice's first down doesn't stand alone in Ravens lore
Ravens fans are still atwitter about Ray Rice's 30-yard mad dash for that game-saving first down Sunday in San Diego, and why not? It brought the Ravens back from the dead. It put them in position to eliminate the Pittsburgh Steelers from AFC North...
Tags: AFC North, Ed Reed, San Diego Chargers, Ray Lewis, Art Modell
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The Saints are bad
The Saints are bad. That should come as no surprise to anyone who has watched the last four games unfold. The Saints have two traits of bad teams: they cannot run the football with any consistency and they cannot rush the passer. That means the Saints...
Tags: New Orleans Saints, Dezman Moses, Green Bay Packers, Sean Payton
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If the Saints want to star in their own Super Bowl, the time to rebuild is now
The New Orleans Saints are in trouble, and its not for losing the NFC divisional playoff at San Fransisco on Saturday night (although that one hurts, especially since Eli Manning and the Giants disposed of Green Bay Sunday, meaning if the Saints would...Tags: National Football Conference, Eli Manning, Religion and Belief, Jimmy Graham, Carl Nicks
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For those of you pining for last year's utterly futile Bears offense...
The Bears’ offense had one -- count it, one -- drive. It came on their second possession.
After that, pffft.
Fifty-one minutes of pffft.
Last season kind of pffft.
I thought the Bears had learned something this year. I thought they had it...Tags: Television, Greg Olsen, Entertainment, Drew Brees, Chicago Bears
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Enemy film breakdown: Some statistics, and the one player Michael Vick must account for on the Saints' otherwise bad defense
Eagles InsidersThe Death Star in Star Wars was the ultimate power in the Universe, but had one glaring design flaw, as discussed here: The New Orleans Saints are in many ways almost like a "Reverse Death Star," in that they're a...... -
Chris Paul is a big Drew Brees fan
The Fabulous ForumClippers star Chris Paul, who used to play for the New Orleans Hornets, took to Twitter on Monday night to congratulate New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees for passing Dan Marino's record for most passing yards in a year. His...... -
Alston heading for Saints' mini camp
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.Former WVU running back Shawne Alston finished moving out of his apartment in Morgantown last week. Alston, who already graduated from WVU with a degree in criminology, loaded up the car and returned home to Newport News, Va., closing the book on his...Tags: Pierre Thomas, Mark Ingram, New Orleans Saints, National Football League, Heisman Trophy
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Tavon Austin in St. Louis could be the next 'Greatest Show on Turf'
The Baltimore SunOne of my favorite assignments in the past year or so was the feature I did this week on former Dunbar and West Virginia star Tavon Austin, who for weeks has had talent evaluators in NFL organizations and in the media salivating about what he might do...Tags: San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams, Steven Jackson, West Virginia Mountaineers, Percy Harvin
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St. Louis Rams trade up to select Tavon Austin in the first round
Representing Dunbar High with a maroon suit and maroon tie, Tavon Austin strolled into Radio City Music Hall around 7 p.m. Thursday night to see his lifelong dream fulfilled. At 7:34 p.m., he and 22 other top prospects were introduced to the crowd....
Tags: Jeff Fisher, St. Louis Rams, Percy Harvin, Danny Amendola, National Football League
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Bernie Miklasz: Rams make a bold, beautiful move with Tavon Austin
St. Louis Post-DispatchST. LOUIS _ The Rams have added a lightning bolt to their offense. His name is Tavon Austin, the wide receiver, returner and all-purpose baller from West Virginia. The Rams loved this guy all along and clearly were willing to be ultra aggressive to...Tags: St. Louis Rams, West Virginia Mountaineers, Percy Harvin, Jason Taylor, DeSean Jackson
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Unique set of skills highlight Tavon Austin at the right time
Imagine the football field as a chess board, its synthetic green grass replaced with two-toned squares. Picture wideouts as rooks rocketing up and down the edges of the board and backs as bishops slashing through a front line of pawns. Tight ends and...
Tags: Steve Smith (wide receiver, born 1985), West Virginia Mountaineers, Carolina Panthers, Percy Harvin, Reggie Bush
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