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Buster Olney of ESPN discussed the Willie Randolph situation in his blog today. To avoid redundancy, I won’t get in to too much of what he said, because a lot of it is similar to what was said in this blog yesterday. But one interesting item he had in there was something [...]

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I can’t believe it, but today is the 10th anniversary of the perfect game thrown by David Wells against the Minnesota Twins. I remember May 17, 1998 distinctly and it seems like just yesterday. I had a baseball game that day and right after the game I went straight to a family [...]

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Tomorrow afternoon Fordham University will hold its commencement for the Class of 2008. Charlie Rose will give the commencement address and I’m sure that all of the graduates and their families will be praying for nice weather. This time of year makes me think back to last spring, when I was graduating from [...]

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The NFL’s all-time leading rusher turns 39 today. Emmitt Smtih, who ran for 18,355 yards in his career, will always rank as one of my favorite athletes of all-time. With quarterback Troy Aikman and wide receiver Michael Irvin, Emmitt was one of the highly acclaimed Dallas “Triplets” that led the team [...]

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I didn’t realize this until Ken Singleton mentioned it during the telecast of tonight’s Yankee game, but tonight is the 12th anniversary of Doc Gooden’s no-hitter against the Seattle Mariners at Yankee Stadium.  May 14, 1996 seems like just the other day, I can’t believe it’s been 12 years.  I was 10 years old at [...]

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After yet another loss in which the Yankees failed to score enough runs to win the game, some Yankee pitchers expressed their frustration over the offense’s inability to put up runs. In last night’s 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay, the Yankees let down starting pitcher Chien-Ming Wang, who pitched 7 strong innings. Hideki [...]

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Saw a couple of interesting things on SI.com’s NBA Truth and Rumors page regarding the New York Knicks.  Obviously most of it has to do with new head coach Mike D’Antoni and changes around the organization that could result from his hiring.  Here they are:

“Will Knicks Go After Nash?“

in one week, at the NBA Draft [...]

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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that on Monday a Milwaukee area home owned by former NBA player Latrell Sprewell has been foreclosed on.  Sprewell, a former Knicks star and Milwaukee native, failed to make payments on the home, which resulted in the foreclosure.  This is not the first of Spree’s assets to be seized, [...]

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According to Peter Abraham, Ian Kennedy will return to the Yankees starting rotation on Thursday. Kennedy, who was lights out in his first start after being demoted, got the start for Scranton today. He pitched only one inning tonight, allowing just an infield single. That runner was caught stealing, and Ikky retired [...]

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I saw these highlights on SportsCenter last week, two throws by St. Louis Cardinals centerfielder Rick Ankiel. The two throws were assists to third base, without a doubt the #1 Web Gem of the week on Baseball Tonight. They are probably two of the best throws I have ever seen. I would have [...]

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