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The News & Observer has a pretty article about stress on head coaches, focusing on the pressure on North Carolina coach John Bunting. Bunting is coaching for his job this year. He does a pretty good job of hiding the stress, but it’s clearly there. This article talks a bit about how and why coaches…
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It looks like “Trainer Anytime” McLendon is hurt again and will miss NC State’s opener tomorrow against Richmond. State will instead start true freshman Darrell Blackman. Another true freshman, Bobby Washington will also get carries. While both freshman are very talented, it has to hurt State to have McLendon out yet again. Seriously, has any…
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This is a really good (and long) article about Freddy Adu and his first year in the MLS. The expectations and time demands on him are incredible. He hasn’t had the kind of season on the field that he would have liked, but this article gives a good look into a big reason why. A…
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Every year, hundreds of newspapers, magazines and blogs (OK, this one is a recent trend) put out their preseason rankings of football teams. What’s the point? While I admit to finding them occasionally interesting, the idea that you can guess what the final standings are going to be is laughable. You could replay the entire…
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OK, this time I meant it. I’m not going to write any more about the state of the US national team. Don’t get me wrong, I have plenty to say, but enough is enough. I might dust of my ideas at some point in the future, but not now. That said, the Duke Basketball Report…
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From the Too-Weird-To-Be-Fiction department comes breaking news that CBS is exploring the idea of a sitcom based on the life of Bobby Knight. They say they have no writers yet for the show. I’m assuming that John Feinstein is not one of their candidates. I did happen to come across one of the sample scenes…
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Tony Kornheiser has a great take on the return of Deion Sanders. Deion really is a trip. He’s an ubelievable egomaniac and I doubt he can really make much of an impact, but I’ll give him credit for being interesting. One great quote from this whole Deion-is-returning story is the quote from his personal trainer…
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Don’t look now, but former Virginia quarterback Matt Schaub is having an incredible preseason with the Atlanta Falcons. Backing up the paper mache Michael Vick, Schaub has had back-to-back games with 3 touchdown passes and no interceptions. In the first of those two games (his second overall), he completed 16 of 19 passes. As a…
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The SportsProf has an excellent article up about why it’s time for Joe Paterno to plan to leave. When he’s on, the SportsProf is as good a sportswriter as you’ll find, and he’s on here. As for the topic, I agree with him. I wish JoePa would recognize that his time is over and hand…
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Once again, I’m jumping on a topic merely weeks after the story breaks! In this case, I’m all over the recent news that ABC is considering junking Monday Night Football, because it’s losing an astonishing $150 million a year. One hundred and fifty million! That’s insane! The real reason I bring this up now is…