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We’re now more than a week into free agency, and the flurry activity is finally starting to slow down. We’ve seen big names like DeMarco Murray, Jeremy Maclin, Andre Johnson, Ndamukong Suh and Darelle Revis finding homes, potential impact players like Eddie Royal, Harry Douglas and Ryan Mathews land teams, and crazy trades being pulled off like Sam Bradford for Nick Foles and Jimmy
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Remember the Star Wars prequels? Yeah, I’d rather not as well. After years of anticipation, George Lucas proved that everything Star Wars ISN’T automatically awesome but DOES require a good script. And if you’ve seen the prequels, you too have experienced how painful all the dialogue was between Anakin Skywalker and Padme. And then there’s Jar Jar Binks. Yikes. You
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1. Tampa Bay Buccaneers- Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State Despite an overanalyzed slow 40 time, Winston impressed teams with his high football IQ. Draft guru Todd McShay also called him the second best QB prospect of the past decade (behind only Andrew Luck). Bucs’ head coach Lovie Smith seems to be on the Jameis bandwagon as well, so unless there
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This week, the NFL was handed another reprimand for its handling of a player conduct issue. Adrian Peterson’s case is just another example of the NFL’s inconsistent and haphazard rulings that do more to create tension with its players than it does to develop a consistent and firm message on how to address players’ off the field actions. I believe
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Anyone watch the new “Odd Couple” TV show starring Chandler from “Friends” and that guy who was the lieutenant in “Reno 911”? Yeah, me neither. Or at least not that I’m willing to admit. OK, fine. The show is terrible. I mean, it would have been funny in 1970 when the material was fresh (i.e. when the original “Odd Couple” launched),
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The proud history of the NFC North is often remembered for stoic faces like Lombardi, Grant, Ditka, Payton, Charter and Sanders. When Joe Kapp climbed his way out of the Canadian Football League to be branded by Sports Illustrated as, “The Toughest Chicano” it was because of grit and determination. Barry Sanders had an indomitable spirit that refused to let
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Do you remember Ryan Leaf? Let’s time travel back to 1998. Leaf comes in 3rd for the Heisman Trophy, behind runner-up Peyton Manning and winner defensive back Charles Woodson. Leaf finishes his junior year at Washington State University, forgoing his senior year to enter into the NFL draft. Manning, finishing a degree in Speech Communications in 3-years, returned to the
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