Why is Gary Barnett still employed?
Gary Barnett seems to be the only person left at Colorado who was remotely responsible for the recent recruiting/sex scandal. The school's president, chancellor, and athletic director are all gone.
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Ranking the Big 12 coaches
I'm really excited about Gene Chizik's time at Texas. I hope he stays long enough to accomplish some things because there's a lot of talk already about him being a head coach somewhere.
(via Orangebloods)
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Phil Mickelson photo
No comment.
NFL Wonderlic Test Scores
Look at Hangartner representing New Braunfels well. Kicked pretty much everyone's ass on the thing. Other thoughts from the combine results...
- Frank Gore is a moron.
- Damn OU lost a lot of players this year.
- Fabian Washington is a fast SOB, too bad he can't cover anybody.
- I sure would take a chance on Bo Scaife in round 7, if it weren't for his knees he'd go in the first three rounds.
Update: Here's some more information about the test the NFL administers, and here's some sample questions (PDF). Learning disability or not, a score of 6 is next to impossible for someone who is supposed to have a college education.
Update: Want information and opinions on what Vince Young scored and the NFL Draft? Check out BevoSports.com.
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ESPNU debuts (not for me) today
DirecTV is debuting ESPU tonight. Too bad Grande sucks.
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Rick Barnes leaving for UVA??
There's been a lot of rumors over on Orangebloods about Rick Barnes' future at Texas in the last couple of days. Frustrations about the lack of commitment to the program from the athletic department and the desire to be back home in the ACC are possible reasons.
Personally I hope the rumors are just that, I think Barnes has started something special at Texas and would like to see him finish it. Maybe he's just leveraging leaving to get DeLoss Dodds to final make the changes to the Erwin Center seating and get the rowdy student section closer to the action.
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Reel Life: Friday Night Lights
Not a new article by any means, but I saw it last night and thought it was good enough to post anyways. I read Friday Night Lights twice when I was younger, but that was a long time ago so it was nice to see a good comparison between the book and the movie. I remembered the Boobie Miles info and that the team didn't really make the finals but a lot of the other stuff wasn't so obvious.
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Schuerholz confronted steroids
Other than the current ownership, I just love the Braves organization. John Schuerholz and Bobby Cox are two men I'd trust to make any team successful. Neither one gets the credit they deserve.
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Braves finalize contract extension for Hudson
The one reason I was a little weary of this trade originally was the Braves' willingness to put up the money it would take to resign him. Looks like they made it work and worked out an extension. Add three more guaranteed years to this season, at an average salary of about $11 million.
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Maurice Clarett is fat and slow
Wow, I could run a 4.82 in high school. That's embarrassing. Last year the courts kept him out of the draft, this year it's his slow ass.
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UT football's first Spring practice
Nice to have football back. Too bad we only have two scholarship QB's and two scholarship RB's on the team.
Randy Moss to the Raiders?
Minnesota is reportedly trading Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders for linebacker Napoleon Harris, the seventh overall pick in the upcoming draft and a late-round pick.
The Raiders overpaid.
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Blink, Lies, and Videotape
Analyzing Jose Canseco's 60 Minutes interview from earlier this week. Just by watching the two clips with the sound off, I'm guessing Canseco is telling the truth in the first one and fibbing in the second.
What do you think?
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Best WNBA comment ever
The ESPN.com Page 2 mailbag includes the best WNBA comment ever:
I came up with a fullproof idea for disproving that the WNBA is a real sport. You choose a person from a city that has a WNBA team and ask them the following question,
Would you rather your WNBA team win the championship or be walking along and find a $5 bill on the ground.So far I haven't found anyone that will choose the championship.
Also includes the following non-sports related observation:
The OC's biggest mistake was the way they raced through plots and relied too heavily on the
tune in next week!factor, which is a pretty dangerous way to go -- we weren't even midway through the second season when they were playing the lesbian card. At the rate they're going, by Season 4, we'll see Ryan kidnapped by a UFO or something.
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NHL officially done
Darn. Maybe they'll find someway to combine hockey and soccer, and then maybe Americans will watch it.
Why do we even have a hockey league that (almost) completely resides within the U.S.? There's more fans and more players in Europe, so I'm guessing it is because American owners were dumb enough to pay by far the highest salaries.
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La Russa knew about Canseco's steroid use
The most overrated manager in baseball knew about Jose Canseco's steroid use and did nothing about it.
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Texas gets first 2006 commitment
Wimberley High School offensive lineman Buck Burnette is the Horns' first member of the 2006 class. No one knows much about him (yet), but if the staff offered this early they must be pretty impressed with him.
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McCombs officially selling Vikings
Red McCombs is selling the Minnesota Vikings to Arizona businessman Reggie Fowler for approximately $625 million. Fowler will be the first minority to be a majority owner in the NFL.
McCombs bought the team in 1998 for $246 million, which by my estimates means he now has about $379 million to donate to the business school.
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ESPN needs Flash developers
Damnit I want to work there!
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Culpepper takes back necklace from paralyzed kid
The Minnesota Vikings quarterback presented a paralyzed high school football player two diamond necklaces worth about $75,000 during an NFL awards ceremony, but then awkwardly asked for them back after it was finished.
Yeah good PR move there buddy.
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