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Since the dreadful series against the St. Louis Cardinals, the Reds have reeled off six-straight wins, sweeping both the Florida Marlins and now the Arizona Diamondbacks.
In doing this, they have become the hottest team in the major leagues.
They are currently 19 games over .500 and have their biggest lead of the season in the National [...]

It’s hard to find anyone else in college football who’s spent a greater percentage of his career on injured reserve than Illinois defensive back Marcus Laron (better known by his nickname Miami, the city he grew up in) Thomas.

In the 2009 preseason, Thomas was [...]

Though Team USA beat Lithuania in a 77-61 exhibition game win, head coach Mike Krzyzweski said there is still room for improvement on the squad. The press asked the Duke Blue Devils’ college basketball coach of what areas Team USA should work on in this year’s FIBA World Championships.
“Everything,” he said.
USA had a bad first quarter, hitting only three shots out of attempting 21. [...]

Everyone’s favorite sportswriter spent his Saturday morning in a Los Angeles jail. The details are scarce at the moment and unfortunately they aren’t releasing his mugshot. At any rate, The LA Times has what we do know at the moment.
ESPN personality and sports columnist Jay Mariotti was arrested overnight by Los Angeles police officers in [...]

When one speaks with softball superstar and sports media megabrand Jennie Finch, the self-assurance of her retirement decision is evident.
She’s the anti-Brett Favre; and the antithesis of Roger Clemens. There’s almost no chance she would change her mind and comeback, but even if she did, there wouldn’t be a press conference each pre-season. Her Chicago [...]

Yesterday Golden Boy Promotions CEO Oscar de la Hoya sat down at a press conference to answer questions about the state of the game as it’s been unfolding these last weeks. There was a lot to choose from on the menu, the least of which was Antonio Margarito’s recently denied appeal for a California-sanctioned boxing [...]

It’s an acclaimed statement “Miami will win the NBA Championship title blind folded”, while there is a lot of truth to that prediction due to their astounding star studded bench, however it could always turn out otherwise as nothing is certain in sports.

Los Angeles is hands down the NBA’s…

Dearest BLB readers,

I just had to take a moment to ask your thoughts on Roger Clemens being indicted. Do you think he’s delusional enough to believe that he never used anything? Do you think he’ll go to prison? Do you think he deserves to go to prison if he’s found guilty? What about that creepy Brian McNamee keeping all those DNA covered syringes? Do you think McNamee had planned to screw Clemens all along? Do you think Barry Bonds is next on the list to be indicted?

UPDATED: Friday August 20, 2010
Our first update to one of our teams in the Sports Bank‘s 99 team college basketball preview in 99 days.* Auburn took a major hit with news that two expected impact freshmen did not qualify academically and will not enroll at the university.* If I could, I would easily move the [...]

It is the home front and the human connection that gives The Vicious Kind, a 2009 film festival hit, its impact. As it’s completely stripped of any glamour, charm, sap or fruit-cakiness, this independent film deals with the human issue from the nitty-gritty perspective. It’s back-story is full of despair which makes the sympathy for [...]