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You may know Rashad Jennings as a running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars. He’s a bright young man with all the talent in the world to survive in the NFL, but also after his football career is over. Coming out of Liberty University, Rashad was a three-year starter and set Big South records in rushing [...]

Can you imagine the sort of shady crap you’d have to be involved with for the FEDERAL BUREAU of INVESTIGATION to show up at your doorstep? Yeah, that kind of thing only happens on television… unless you’re Jose Canseco.
I happened to be scanning my Tweetdeck this afternoon when @JoseCanseco (yes, I totally follow him and [...]

Even if you take at face value how much the Illini are trying to win the NIT, their second half performance against Kent State was inspiring.
Such is life for the Illini, who had to answer a barrage of questions about whether or not they really wanted to be in the NIT after their 75-58 win [...]

Denis Douglin is a rising junior middleweight prospect, who is quickly becoming noticed for his steadily improving boxing skills and an unusual nickname, “Da Momma’s Boy”. Denis uses the nickname because his mother, Saphya, has been his trainer since he was eight years old. She is a certified boxing coach, and has been a personal [...]

Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz believes Alex Ovechkin(notes) intentionally hurt defenseman Brian Campbell(notes) and that players should be suspended as long as the players they injure are out: “If any one of our great players put Ovechkin out for the season, he should be out for the season, too.” Which is usually what management says [...]

1. Cavs-
Really is there any team playing better ball right now? Z is about to return as is Shaq. The only team that can beat the Cavs, are the Cavs.
2. Magic-
Not quite at the same level as teh Cavs but not too far behind either. A matchup in the Eastern Conference finals could be epic!
3. [...]

Join Mark and Ben as they continue previewing Major League Baseball 2010 with the AL and NL Central divisions. They’ll also recap the first weekend of the NCAA Basketball Tournament and make equally poor predictions for weekend #2!
Plus Mark will do his usual sports world whiparound to cover the other major stories and Ben will [...]

I figured that title would capture your attention. Now come on in and let’s talk.
First and foremost, the statement that Roy White is better than Jim Rice is not my evaluation; it comes from Bill James (King James himself).

So what does this statement say about sabermetrics?

The moment that NASCAR fans have waited three years for is finally here: the wing is history.

Sunday marked the final time that the Sprint Cup Series cars will have a wing mounted on the rear deck lid. It was part of NASCAR’s new Car of Tomorrow that debuted back in March of 2007…

What’s your new final four? For me I have Ohio State taking the Midwest. They should beat Tennessee, and then they should beat MSU, assuming MSU beats UNI. In the West I’m sticking with Syracuse. As bad as my bracket has gotten, in the West the only game I have missed was the Vandy-Murray [...]