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SATIRE — The legend of Kevin Kolb is one that began three years ago, when the Philadelphia Eagles selected the University of Houston great in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft.

Kolb played sparingly in his first two seasons.

But when he did play, the Eagles were dominant. In Kevin Kolb’s first game in the NFL…

Because my take clearly isn’t very popular here, I’ve invited one of the dissenters, Gregg Ferrara, to offer his counter. Gregg is a good guy, and I appreciate him taking the time …

After a few emails back and forth today with Jeff, he asked me to say a few words on here. I am the furthest thing in the world from a writer, I am in the IT field by trade, but I will take a stab at it. Prefaced, I am sick of the steroid talk…

Jim Tressel is a smart man. He’s smart enough to understand that possibly challenging for a National Championship next year is much more important than winning a meaningless bowl. He’s smart enough to understand that student-athletes really love the athlete part of it. So whenever there’s a chance to play, they want to play. He’s also, apparently, a good salesman because he basically sold ice to his Eskimo suspended players. Follow me now…

The Ukrainian boxing champs, Klitchko brothers have recently announced that they are ready to face the British World Champion boxer David Haye, in the upcoming year.
At the moment, the thirty-four-year-old Wladimir Klischko holds three heavyweight world championship belts. Whereas his brother, Vitali holds one and the British number one champ, David Haye holds one world [...]

It was exactly like the first (and only) time Chicago and Houston met in a major postseason sporting event. Granted the stakes in the college football Texas Bowl were much lower than that of the 2005 MLB World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros; and Baylor University is about as geographically far from Houston as the University of Illinois is from Chicago. But the results were as similarly lopsided as when the Sox swept the ‘Stros in the ’05 Fall Classic…

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The Milwaukee Brewers are leaving no stone unturned as they head into the 2011 baseball season. They already addressed their starting rotation in a major way when they acquired both Shaun Marcum and Zack Greinke via trades.

Now they are addressing their bullpen.

The Brewers signed RHP Takashi Saito…

There are those who can forgive Michael Vick for his sins.

There are those who are struggling to do so.

And then there are those like FOX News commentator Tucker Carlson.

Yesterday, Carlson released the following statement while guest-hosting Sean Hannity’s show:[...]

According to Frank Seravalli of the Philadelphia Daily News, the Flyers have recalled 22-year-old rookie defenseman Erik Gustafsson from Adirondack. Gustafsson leads the Phantoms in points (26) and assists (22) in 33 games.
Gustafsson could make his NHL debut on Thursday in Los Angeles as the orange and black continue their crucial west coast swing against [...]

Fantasy Studs

QB Josh Freeman, Buccaneers-21/26 237 passing yards, 5 TDs, 0 INTs
QB Aaron Rodgers, Packers-25/37 404 passing yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs
QB Carson Palmer, Bengals-16/21 269 passing yards, 4 TDs, 0 INTs
QB Matt Cassel, Chiefs-24/34 314 passing yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
QB Tom Brady, Patriots-15/27 140 passing yards, 3 TDs, 0 INTs
QB Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers…