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Death is the only guarantee in life, and the game of football is not exempt from this reality.
There have been quite a few people associated with the game who passed away during a season. The impact of their deaths has varied throughout the history of the game, but most remember the teams that rallied in [...]

USC vs Boston College
AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
Saturday, December 26
8 PM EST, 5 Pacific, ESPN
USC embarked on a 2009 football campaign with expectations of appearing in a California Bowl at season’s completion. The Trojans stayed true to their west coast mission, but San Francisco’s Emerald Bowl wasn’t the prime target. The program will travel to [...]

Even though they were just nailed with $25.69 million in luxury taxes, the New York Yankees aren’t quite done spending.
Braves righty Javier Vazquez was given back to New York Tuesday in a trade that sent centerfielder Melky Cabrera to Atlanta. The Yankees will also get tall drink of water Boone Logan while the Braves will [...]

Pau Gasol, PF/C Los Angeles Lakers- Without a doubt, Kobe could have just as easily been the Laker to get this recognition this week, but he didn’t do anything spectacular, at least by Kobe’s standards. Therefore, Pau Gasol, who dominated the paint last week, will receive the coveted No Guts, No Glory NBA Fantasy Player [...]

What a compelling matchup in Las Vegas!
It is a matchup between the Pac-10 Conference and the Mountain West Conference. Both teams were in the position to win their respective conferences.
This is the fifth straight appearance for Brigham Young in the Las Vegas Bowl with the record of 2-2 in the previous four appearances, while Oregon [...]

Essentially this is to pit Sports Jabber member’s NFL knowledge against one another.
Topics will be randomly generated by the Admin crew here at Sports Jabber and the seeding will be determined by a random generator.
Participants will have three replies apiece per debate to persuade the anonymous judges to their point of view.
Please, only the participants [...]

The Cowboys sure looked a lot better in pulling off the upset victory over the New Orleans Saints tonight, 24-17. I can honestly say that I didn’t believe the Cowboys could do it, but I am eating my crow. I was hoping that they would pull it off, and they did. Great game tonight by [...]

Scott Schenter is currently on a business trip in South Africa, but he took time to respond to an L.A times report published yesterday about his possible involvement in improprieties and connections to Joe McKnight and the USC football program.  In an email sent to both the L.A. Daily News and Seattle Times, Schenter took [...]

Milton Bradley’s rocky moments with Chicago Cubs — chicagotribune.com
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Here’s the article written by the Trib’s Paul Sullivan:
April 16: After getting standing ovation at Wrigley Field before his first home at-bat, Bradley is called out on strikes and ejected by plate umpire Larry Vanover, who alleges Bradley made contact with bill of his cap. [...]

See Below: Edwin Valero’s victory over Hector Velazquez on Saturday night in Venezuela.
Edwin Valero and his family were denied a visa to come to the United States. In a recent interview with fightnews.com, Valero said the following to Robert Coster:
“I really feel that the decision has been a political retaliation for my being a supporter [...]