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Cubs tell Zambrano to cut back on computer use

My biggest issue with the story was that Zambrano said he sepnt four hours a day emailing with his brother. Hasn't he heard of instant messenger?

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Evil Empire vs. Evil Empire

Nick Bakay compares Star Wars and the New York Yankees.

(via Orangebloods forums)

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Bonds has another setback

It almost brings a teat to my eye.

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Disch-Falk gets a new scoreboard

They're finally replacing the ancient scoreboard out UT's Disch-Falk Field. Looks like it'll either have 400 square feet of advertising or a motion-video screen is still coming.

I believe it's supposed to be ready for this weekend's series against Texas A&M.

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Bagwell is done

Okay so he hasn't retired yet and he's still trying to come back, but I've got to think that Jeff Bagwell's career is over. As much as I've thought he was washed up the last three years, he was at least better than Jose Vizcaino who played first base in his place last night.

They were having an interesting discussion on Mike & Mike this morning, is Bagwell a Hall of Famer? What about Manny Ramirez or Frank Thomas?

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The guy who wears too much protective gear

Who NBA players in the playoffs would be if they were at your local gym.

(via Kottke)

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The Original Whizzinator

Minnesota Vikings running back Onterrio Smith was busted in an airport with paraphernalia intended to be used to beat drug tests. One of the items was something called The Original Whizzinator, which is used with the dried urine he had with him. Apparently you attach it to your man area so it looked like your urine was coming out of your thing during the test.

Update: The testimonials are pretty hilarious.

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UT, A&M respond to supplement charges

Sounds like a sportswriter is trying to make a name for himself by reporting that Texas and A&M gave it's players power bars and caffeine. Alert the FBI!

Here's the full story (because site registration is BS):

After a newspaper reported that the two schools had bought nearly $120,000 of dietary supplements containing banned substances, the University of Texas said Monday that it had done nothing wrong and Texas A&M University promised to investigate and notify the NCAA.

I'm not concerned about any of it, DeLoss Dodds, UT's men's athletic director, said of Sunday's article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In a prepared statement, Dodds added, The NCAA has advised us that this is not an NCAA reporting issue.

Meanwhile, Texas A&M will investigate and report itself to the NCAA for a secondary violation, said David Batson, A&M's director of athletic compliance.

According to the Star-Telegram report citing athletic department purchasing records, Texas A&M has spent nearly $30,000 on supplements that were banned by the NCAA in 2000 and Texas has bought $90,000 worth. Much of that money was used for drinks and energy bars that contain amino acids.

Amino acids may be the building blocks of life, but they do not appear to fit the NCAA's guidelines that schools may provide only non-muscle-building supplements in four classes: carbohydrate/electrolyte drinks, energy bars, carbohydrate boosters and vitamins and minerals. Under the rules, supplements also must have a protein content of less than 30 percent.

According to the Star-Telegram report, UT trainers spent nearly $49,000 on Promax energy bars and $29,500 on Metabolol II recovery drink, both of which contain added amino acids. UT also paid $282 for four cases of Jacked, an energy drink that contains caffeine, according to records cited by the newspaper.

Texas A&M, the newspaper reported, had bought eight products that contain banned muscle-building substances. The university's trainers also bought the appetite suppressant MNS Gold, which contains synephrine, a substance similar to ephedra.

Tina Bonci, co-director of athletics training/sports medicine at UT, said in a statement released by the university Monday that UT officials had received the NCAA's blessing years ago.

In 2000, we provided the NCAA a list of all products we were considering to distribute pursuant to the legislation, including the products in question, containing amino acids, Bonci said. The NCAA interpretation, based on the information they had at the time, stated that it was permissible to purchase and distribute those products to student-athletes.

UT officials said the supplements were safe and not harmful to athletes.

More than five years ago the NCAA became concerned about creatine and other controversial muscle builders that were being distributed widely by some schools. The 2000 rule, however, became more aimed at not allowing bigger and richer schools to gain a competitive advantage by distributing supplements, even ones that are presumed to be safe.

Batson said that, from the standpoint of complying with NCAA rules, the supplement issue had been flying beneath everyone's radar.

I hadn't heard any talk about it at all, Batson said. Most people provide the power bars or the energy bars. Nobody thought there's any concern.

One of the few such cases involved Virginia Tech, which last year admitted to a secondary violation of NCAA rules because its strength coach had arranged for players to buy creatine at a discount. The penalty in that case was minor.

Basically, what we've been told is just don't let it happen again, David Chambers, Virginia Tech's senior associate director of athletics for external affair, told the Roanoke Times & World News in November.

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John Rocker update

He's playing with the independent Long Island Ducks and seems to be doing better off the field, however it looks like on the field he's still having trouble getting people out.

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Winslow might have torn ACL

Sounds like Kellen Winslow Jr. may have torn his ACL and could miss the entire 2005 season. The Browns could void his contract and recoup almost all of his original signing bonus.

This and his other injury are costing him millions.

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Your dad throws like a girl

Toddlers have more trouble hitting slower pitches because slow balls actually appear stationary to a child.

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Rivals actually has RSS feeds

Rivals.com has finally added something I've been asking forever for, RSS feeds of their content. Just excerpts (which it makes sense because it's premium pay content) but at least I'll be notified everytime there's an update.

Well it sure would be nice if they told someone about them. They're not using auto-discovery either, so there's absolutely no way to know they're there.

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OU baseball coach quits over racist remarks

I thought for sure he'd just be suspended for a couple of games, I'm glad Sooners' baseball coach Larry Cochell did what was right and resigned.

Now if we could only get black people to stop using that word too.

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Big 12 spring recap

Spring football recap of all the Big XII teams including the Horns.

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Cedric Benson on the cover of SI

Cedric was on the cover of ESPN The Magazine last week and this week he's on the cover of Sports Illustrated. It's their NFL Draft Special and he shares the spotlight with Alex Smith, Ronnie Brown, and Antrel Rolle.

Update: Want more info on Texas Longhorn running backs? Check out BevoSports.com!

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I am Derek Tobago

Background info.

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Reflecting on 10 years of ESPN.com

God the Web was freaking fugly back in 1995. I didn't know they've had fantasy baseball since 1996.

(via Kottke)

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IGN has first screens and a preview of Madden 2006

New stuff abounds, hopefully it's good enough to make me buy it. It sounds like you might actually have to look off defenders when throwing the ball. Pretty cool.

Screenshots look about the same as always.

I wonder if Madden and NCAA will be launch games for the Xbox 360?

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California teen beats friend to death with bat

A 13-year-old boy beat a 15-year-old to death with a bat at a Little League concession stand after being teased. Parents today rock!

I'm sure Jack Thompson will be all over this one.

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TJ Ford cleared to resume workouts

Good news for TJ Ford, he's been cleared to resume standard basketball activities, including running, shooting, and light weight work.

Hope he comes back next year better than ever.

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