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So can anyone explain how exactly the NFL penalizes for pick plays? They were a staple of the Denver offense in the their almost comeback last night. Is it only illegal when the player setting the pick makes contact with the defensive player and the "pick" is really making the defender ru...

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Watching Reggie Wayne grab right below his knee after non-contact fall on turf screams ACL tear to me. Mark him DONE for the year! Jermichael Finley still in ICU after being carted off the field yesterday, too. TOAST. Yesterday was brutal on key injuries, me thinks. As a FF friend of mine likes to s...

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Well, the Tigers' Bullpen got exposed for the weakness it is, didn't they. Verlander better go 9 tomorrow.

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This pretty much sums up my feelings on the whole event.

And Tim Finchem is an ass-clown of immense proportions.

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I love to watch golf, but this President's Cup thing seems forced. No real drama. Not a fan at this point. You?

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To me, it's the my goon vs. your goon fight that's not necessary. I have no problem when a player feels the need to protect himself against another player in the heat of battle. And I know it's hard to eliminate fighting completely. My solution would be that after a players' 3rd fight in a given sea...

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He wrote some great thrillers early on. His later work wasn't as good, to me.

Heavy smoker=dead early.

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In a game that saw 10 Fighting Majors handed out to open the season between Toronto and Montreal, the Goon vs. Goon fight in the third saw Leafs Goon Colton Orr lose his balance and while falling pull Habs Goon George Parros down with him. Parros hit the ice face first and at full force. Carried off...

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I've just completely changed how I feel about the Middle East. After 9-11, I wanted us to go in and wipe them out. But, the reality today is we don't do that any more, we pussy foot around to try to avoid collateral damage. If we're not trying to win a war, don't go to war. Period. that's how I feel...

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Just a follow-up note. I am not available this season for FF. I was in the Unknown League.

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I was in Unknown League last year. My late summer/fall schedule is just nuts. I am going to withdraw from FF for this year. Maybe this helps you combine 2 leagues. I promise to be back next season.

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From the Syb: "While I respect your opinion on abortion and I think it is reasonable, do you believe it should be imposed on others by making abortions illegal, or more realistically allowing individual states to pass laws severely restricting abortions? " No I don't, actually. And, in the...

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Howard and Shirley: First, Howard, I was not offended by your use of the word fuckwad. I knew for whom it was meant, and was pretty sure that wasn't me! You don't have to extrapolate on that. Second, I do not consider those who practice safe, legal abortions murderers. This is a very difficult dilem...

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I am Pro-life. I don't think I'm a fuckwad, but maybe I am. I do not believe, EVER, that the end justifies the means. The means (or the acts) must in all cases stand on their own merits, if they do not they are reprehensible, and punishable as to the act. There are fuckwads on both sides of this iss...

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Bensell wrote:It's being reported that Hernandez is getting arrested now

Now we consider why they signed Tim Tebow:

a) To pray for the speedy recovery of Gronkowski
b) To pray for Hernandez innocence
c) To play TE for the Pats
d) All of the above

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Well, I missed on the winner (Westwood), but I nailed the runer up (Mickelson)!

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AB_skin_test wrote:I'll take Stevie Stricks.

Stricker would have been my sleeper pick if Merion were dry and fast. He's a very good putter, and straight.

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Bensell poised for a run in the Finals here!!! He should definitely move up the board. Can he move all the way up to the top, though, that's the question?

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All this rain will make it hard for USGA to get the greens to roll as fast as they want. This could bring into play a good player who hits it straight, good iron/wedge player, who might struggle with putting. To me, this brings Lee Westwood right to the top of the list of favorites. Adam Scott, who ...

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That was a hook. The idea that you don't make that call in double OT is problematic towards the integrity of hockey. I've ranted about this forever (as you all know). If there had been a Pittsburgh penalty called earlier in the 2nd OT then that hook would have been called to even things up. First o...

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West Final, Game Three: 26 guys in this game have Stanley Cup rings. Both teams playing brilliant situational hockey. This is a tremendous game. What a difference decent ice makes, eh? After that abnormally terrible ice in Chicago, that surface in LA looks fantastic. Commentators typically don't me...

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Scottie wrote:Timmay is looking like Cy Young tonight. But, damn, there's been some bizarre umpire calls. Doc, watching this one?

Did not see it. What specifically happened? Umpires have had some "shoot themselves in the foot" moments this year, no doubt.

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But, there's this.

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Off the subject, but I think it's almost ironic that SportsDoc debates this while sporting the Fighting Sioux logo, which spurs its own dialogue on the subject. Speaking of which, the last gasp legal attempt against the NCAA to keep the name was thrown out of Federal Court this week. That final cou...

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Have you taught them context? Problem with context is, as is usually true in these issues, whose context matters most? The one saying it or the one hearing it? Since today's reality is it's usually the one hearing it, it's usually deemed racist, regardless of the context it was actually said in. PC...

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Have you taught them context? Problem with context is, as is usually true in these issues, whose context matters most? The one saying it or the one hearing it? Since today's reality is it's usually the one hearing it, it's usually deemed racist, regardless of the context it was actually said in. PC...

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EDICT:

From this point on, all determinations as to whether terms are, or are not racist shall be made by Colin Montgomerie.

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My players are dropping like flies! It's a game of attrition, and I'm losing that one!

I absolutely have to have the Hawks win tonight or I'll be back in the bottom half before this thing is over.

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Post Memorial Cup: Central Scouting has bumped MacKinnon up to #1 overall and dropped Jones to #2. Rest of the order remains the same.

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As of right now there are 6 teams left in the playoffs - the last 5 Stanley Cup winners and San Jose. If Chicago and LA win their home game 7s, it'll be the last 4 champions in the final four. That's probably never happened anywhere. Well, right now, the five teams left are the last five Stanley Cu...

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I would agree, draft the over the top talent at forward before defense at the top of the draft. Think St. Louis wishes it had drafted either Staal or Toews instead of Erik Johnson? Defense takes time to develop, and many times is harder to evaluate at the Junior level. A highly skilled forward light...

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Portland beats London 6-3. So, as Scottie predicted, all 4 teams sit at 1-1 with two pool play games left. Big game is probably tonight, if we assume Portland will beat Saskatoon tomorrow. Very important for Halifax to defeat London or else they risk elimination in tie-breaker format against Saskato...

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Upon further research, all Portland Winterhawk games are broadcast in US on Comcast Sportsnet during this year's Memorial Cup.

So, those with Comcast or maybe satellite could get tonight's game. I am not one of those people.

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The adage that in the Playoffs a Series doesn't get legs until someone wins on the road is one I buy into. Consequently, the game tonight between the hawks and Wings should be a doozy!!!

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sancarlos wrote:Big hit by Brad Stuart on Justin Williams last night.

This would have been a five and a game in college. Not because it is (it is a perfectly legal check), but because the officiating is that bad.

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Well, London dismantled the Blades Friday, then Halifax beats Portland soundly Saturday, their supposed competition for the Cup. I suspect nothing more than a mental letdown by Halifax doubled up with back to back games on the road by young kids. I still say Portland and Halifax meet again in the Fi...

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There seem to be quite a few relatively unheralded coaches who are getting a lot out of their rosters in the NBA right now. Lionel Hollins, Mark Jackson and Frank Vogel quickly come to mind. Larry Drew did a great job in Atlanta this season. Tom Thibodeau might be the best of them. It's amazing tha...

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ALAMOS. An $11 Malbec from Argentina is quite nice. But, I am not a wine judge, so ...

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I'll take Portland over Halifax in the Final.

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West Coast bias. Heh. I suppose you saw this : Ryan Getzlaf and Teemu Selanne believe the Hart Trophy voting is a product of EAST COAST BIAS. "The only time the media in the East sees anyone in the West is when we play them," Getzlaf said. "You're not going to see our games, the medi...

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