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Two years ago Toby Gerhart, now with the Minnesota Vikings then with the Stanford Cardinal, ran for over 200 yards on Notre Dame. The performance moved him up the Heisman Trophy pecking order, and he lost (by the slimmest margin of all time) to current member of the New Orleans Saints then member of the Alabama Crimson Tide Mark Ingram. Tonight Andrew Luck, the mortal [...]

In last week’s upset watch, we went 1-2 picking the Titans over the Falcons and the Bengals over the Ravens — both were wrong. But we also picked the Eagles over the Giants, which saved us from going 0-3 on the week.
Three more teams are on upset watch this in Week 12.
Cleveland Browns over Cincinnati Bengals
Where: [...]

The night was Saturday November the 19th, and one team that was given no real chance of being a contender in the off season predictions were on the verge of climbing to the very top of the NHL standings. This team hasn’t had much success throughout their 12 years in the NHL. Only having one division title and that pretty much sums up their awards as a franchise. [...]

Big League Stew recently published a long and free-wheeling interview with Pete Rose. I don’t know that Rose said anything he hasn’t said before and he still comes across as an arrested adolescent with little or no self-awareness. But hey, maybe I’m projecting.
Anyway, Mike Silva uses the interview as a jump-off point [...]

Early on Sunday morning, the Football Association of Wales announced that the manager of the Welsh national football team, Gary Speed, was found dead at his home at the age of 42. Both The Telegraph and journalists from The Times are reporting that Speed’s death was a suicide by hanging.
Speed was named manager of a struggling [...]

The Toronto Raptors still find themselves in the headlines in Canada even though the 2011/12 NBA is on hold. But it’s mostly for all the wrong reasons. One of the most interesting stories developing concerns a season-ticket holder who’s taking the club’s owner, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (MLSE), to court.
Mark [...]

The Havoc, Lamont Peterson, is fully confident of beating the currently unified World Boxing Association Super and International Boxing Federation Light Welterweight Champion, Amir Khan, in their upcoming fight on December 12, 2011 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C. [...]

Why, after 149 days of debilitating disagreement, were the owners and players finally able to get a deal to end the NBA lockout on Friday? According to NBA.com’s David Aldridge, the sides became desperate to hammer out an agreement and save the season before it was too late.
“Everyone felt the urgency of getting a [...]