D.J. Augustin declares for NBA Draft
Texas point guard D.J. Augustin has declared for the NBA Draft and will leave school after his sophomore season. Not a huge surprise. He hasn't hired an agent yet, but unless he gets hurt in workouts in the next six weeks I don't see him coming back next season. Good luck DJ.
Bevo Sports is now 40 Acres Sports.
J’Covan Brown signs his letter of intent with Texas
Stud guard J’Covan Brown signs his letter of intent (at last!) with the Texas Longhorns. Kid is a player and will really help the basketball team as soon as he gets in campus.
Bevo Sports is now 40 Acres Sports.
Ryan Perrilloux is in trouble again. Surprise!
LSU junior quarterback Ryan Perrilloux allegedly caused a scene at a local restaurant Friday night, a few days before he was expected to rejoin the team Monday for spring practice.
Unsung Braves built for October glory
Jayson Stark thinks the Atlanta Braves win the NL East and make a run for a World Series title.
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Longhorns guinea pigs in new 50-yard line, elevated court set up at Reliant Stadium
Crazy set up at Reliant Stadium for the Sweet 16 basketball games. Hope nobody gets hurt.
Dexter Pittman has huge hands
Dexter Pittman is going to be a monster for the Longhorns next season.
Posted in College & Sports & Texas
Microsoft adds ESPN programing to Xbox
If I'm going to pay $4.50 for a football game I want it on something more flexible than my Xbox 360. I'm not averse to paying for HD copies of games I could watch on my PC, TV, or something more portable.
Posted in Games & Sports & Tech
Kevin Durant to the Seattle Supersonics… maybe
The NBA Draft lottery was held tonight and the Portland Trailblazers won the right to take the first overall pick. That means the Texas' Kevin Durant is likely headed to Seattle who holds the number two pick. Tough break for KD as he'd have been an instant national superstar if he'd been drafted by Boston.
Oklahoma names watermelon state vegetable
The state of Oklahoma defies science and declares the watermelon the official state vegetable.
Posted in College & Funny & Sports
Vince Young on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Video of Vince Young's appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live to announce he would be on cover of Madden 2008 is posted over at Bevo Sports.
Posted in Games & Sports & Video
Antoine Wright exposes cheating at Texas A&M
Not completely surprising news for any college but certainly damning news that Texas A&M is doing all they can to make sure their student-athletes don't get an education.
Are the Red River Rivalry's days in Dallas numbered?
This week the Cotton Bowl Athletic Association Board of Directors voted unanimously to move the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic out of Dallas. Could the annual rivalry game between Texas and Oklahoma be next?
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Watch March Madness on Demand
Great service from the NCAA and CBS to show free streaming video of the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament. Great way to catch the basketball games live if you're at work or away from your TV for any other reason.
Posted in Sports & Video & Web
Texas Longhorns start spring football practice
First two practices will be the only ones open to the public. Great opportunity to see some of the new guys who need to step up in action, and to check out if quarterback Colt McCoy is healthy and ready to go.
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Are the Oklahoma Sooners headed for NCAA sanctions?
Rumors are that the Oklahoma Sooners are in big trouble with the NCAA. There may be evidence OU knew about more players being paid for work they weren't doing and they covered it up.
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Kevin Durant is a bad man
The Longhorns are young and have been inconsistent this season, but freshman diaper dandy Kevin Durant has been nothing short of sensational. Not only dominating the Big 12 but probably the clear leader for the overall player of the year honors as well.
Video highlights of Texas vs. Oklahoma St. OT Thriller
What a freaking game. Too bad the Longhorns had to lose but it was incredible to watch the young team rise up in a hostile environment. Horns will be tough to handle in March.
Posted in College & Sports & Video
Braves trade LaRoche for bullpen help
Atlanta definitely needed to pick up quality arms but Adam LaRoche is a pretty big price to pay. The lefty first baseman had really come on in the second half of last season. Hopefully Mike Gonzalez works out a little better for the Braves than Dan Kolb did.
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Reebok Vince Young Cross Trainers
Sweet new "agility trainers" from Reebok featuring the VY logo and in either Texas Longhorns or Tennessee Titans color schemes. They'll set you back $75.
Dodgers to open all-you-can-eat section
The Los Angeles Dodgers are jacking up the price of their rightfield bleacher seats from $10 to $35 dollars this season, but fans sitting in that section will still be getting their money's worth. The section will be able to eat and drink as many hot dogs, peanuts, popcorn, nachos and soft drinks they can. Beer won't be included for obvious reasons. Genius idea.
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Barry Bonds still cheating, still playing
Busted for amphetamines, blames teammate, then actually admits he just made up the story, still a jerk and a big cheater. Reportedly the Giants are having second thoughts resigning him... yay!
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eBay is buying StubHub
eBay is buying ticket resell site StubHub for $285 million. StubHub is a great way to get tickets to sporting events (a lot of season ticket holders sell their tickets when they can't get to games.) I love the way StubHub functions and don't really want another auction site, hopefully eBay doesn't try to merge the service into the main site. There's a market for both methods.
Posted in Business & Sports & Web
Longhorns name new defensive coordinator
In a surprise move the Texas Longhorns and Mack Brown have named former University of Arizona defensive coordinator and current 49ers special teams coach Larry Mac Duff as the new Texas co-defensive coordinator. There have been a lot of names floating around the last several weeks but Mac Duff's was not one of them. Mac Duff will coach linebackers while Duane Akina returns to coach the secondary and is now also calling the plays.
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Ricky Williams seeking return to NFL
Nick Saban was one of Ricky Williams' biggest supporters with the Miami Dolphins so it'll be interesting to see how much Miami's new coach will want Williams back on the team. Hopefully he's got his head on straight and can come back and have a successful season and prove a lot of people wrong.
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Texas 84, UTA 52
Longhorns play well in second half and blow out UT - Arlington. Freshman Kevin Durant is an absolute stud. Texas fans should be keeping their fingers crossed he shocks everyone and comes back for a second season.
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ESPN ranks Texas as #1 football state
Number one in college and high school football (probably by a large margin) and number four for pro football. Might have been even higher if the Texans had drafted Vince Young and won a few games this season.
Posted in College & Sports & Texas
Longhorn fan threatens Doug Flutie
Moron thinks Doug Flutie's pregame comments on ABC jinxed the Horns and caused the loss to Kansas State.
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Texas Longhorns Forums
We've been adding new community features over at Bevo Sports, and we are now happy to introduce our Bevo Sports Forums. The forums are powered by BBPress, which is a nice, speedy new bulletin board, and will integrate nicely with the rest of the site.
Mutiny in Aggieland?
Sounds like Dennis Franchione may have some internal issues on his hands in addition to the trouble the Aggies are having winning football games against solid teams.
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Vince Young has It
Vince Young is looking better every week and the Titans are winning, meanwhile in Houston the Texans keep losing and David Carr is getting worse and worse.
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Texas beats Texas Tech
Damn a really scary one. This Colt McCoy kid is starting to come into his own. If he keeps playing like this the rest of the Big 12 better look out.
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Rockies use iPods to study game film
The Colorado Rockies are putting game film onto video iPods so they're players can study their mechanics and scout their opponents. They've already got all the video, putting it onto portable players was just the next logical step. The screen on the video iPod is a tad small, but it's probably the easiest to use and easiest to get people to carry around.
Video iPods as a business expense, sweet.
Everything is bigger in Texas
Next season, the Texas Longhorns will have the world's largest high definition monitor at the south end of DKR - Texas Memorial Stadium. The new 7,370 scoreboard is just one of $8 million worth of audio/visual improvements to the stadium.
The new scoreboard is just one big screen and will allow the Horns to show high def video, statistics, and easy to change advertising. Should be a beauty, I can't wait to see it in action.
John Brantley commits to the Longhorns
Texas adds a big-time QB recruit to their huge class. 18 commits already with a 10 months until Signing Day.
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Vince Young impresses during Pro Day workout
And ESPN ignores it and focuses on the lone negative report they can find from an anonymous scout.
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Ricky Williams fails drug test
Faces a minimum one-year suspension if he loses his appeal.
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UT approves stadium expansion
$150 million in upgrades including major changes to the North endzone.
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Aggies = Cheaters
Whoops. There's just certain things you're supposed to not say to a reporter. Silly Aggie.
The Milk Man, the Sheep, and the Seahawk
Student section at the Erwin Center came prepared to Saturday's Texas vs. Texas A&M game.
Longhorns sign 25 recruits
Texas finishes with the #5 class in the nation.
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Greg Davis to the NFL?
Rumors have UT coordinator Greg Davis headed to the Texans and maybe Vince Young and Ricky Williams too? I doubt any of them end up true.
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Bevo Sports' bowl coverage
A lot of information and opinions on the Rose Bowl and the rest of the NCAAF bowl season.
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Vince Young on Pardon the Interruption
I'm mainly linking to it because the Flash Video (FLV) thing is pretty darn cool. And my PHP foo is getting stronger.
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Panthers cheerleaders arrested in bar sex incident
Not the normal fair here, but I thought this was too good not to post...
Two Carolina Panthers cheerleaders were arrested after a bar dispute that broke out early Sunday after patrons complained the women were having sex in a bathroom stall, a police arrest report said.
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Hooking a Heisman?
Terry Bowden moves Vince Young to the top of his Heisman list, where we've had him for a while.
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ESPN's early 2006 MLB Power Rankings
What a surprise, ESPN is claiming the Mets will win the National League East. Just like they do every year. And just like every year the Braves will win it and even more likely, the Mets will suck.
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The Texas/USC double standard
Why do slow starts mean USC has heart and Texas has weaknesses?
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Ugly uniform epidemic
Florida and Virginia Tech both displayed some hideous uniforms this weekend. Miami will displaying similar ones soon as well.
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Mazzone heading to Baltimore
I wonder if there's anything else going on that would make Mazzone so eager to leave Atlanta. He almost went to the Yankees before signing with the Orioles.
He's a very large part of the Braves' success the last 15 years, I hope they're able to continue without him.
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Reserve your Rose Bowl tickets now
Bid on the ability to buy Rose Bowl tickes for face value.
(via Bevo Sports)
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Lance Berkman is the anti-Killer B
Makes him sound like a bit of a jackass, but overall a very positive article of Lance's ability and his personality.
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Griffey, Giambi named comeback players of '05
What exactly was Jason Giambi coming back from? Steroid withdrawals? No way he should've won the award.
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Braves may surprise people
They may not win it all this year, but at least they're fun to watch again.
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Braves win 14th straight division title
They've won every title since I was ten.
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Tiger Woods signs deal to endorse A-Rod
A-Rod wants to be recognized not just as a star, but as an honest and hard-working individual, and the easiest way for A-Rod to get people to perceive him in this fashion is to sign a much more beloved athlete to tell them that.
I really need to remember to read The Onion more often.
Barry Bonds is a piece of crap human being
Trying to use the tragedy in the Gulf Coast to distract from the fact that he's on steroids. Just because people still want you to admit you're a cheater doesn't mean we've forgotten about the people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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College football TV listings
College football season has officially begun, don't miss a game!
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Happy 47th Julio!
Julio Franco turns 47 today, and for all we know he may really be more like 50. He will become the oldest man to ever homer in a game the next time he hits one out.
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NCAA backtracks a little
Florida State threatened to sue over the NCAA's moronic ruling and they backpedaled as fast as they could. I imagine the threats and lawsuits will keep on coming till they repeal the whole stupid thing.
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Lawrence Phillips runs down kids
At least he's finally trying to kill men, he usually sticks to beating women.
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49ers lineman Thomas Herrion dead at 23
310-pound offensive lineman Thomas Herrion of Fort Worth collapsed and died after the San Francisco 49ers' preseason game against the Denver Broncos last night. He was 23.
This morning's Sportscenter led the show with crap on Terrell Owens and some preseason NFL scores before they bothered to mention the young man's death.
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Racist Paternalism at the NCAA
Points out that the NCAA’s recent ruling against Indian mascots is even more ridiculous than I thought.
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MLB stats adjusted for steroids
Found this link via one of my Google ads, they've used Baseball Mogul with steroid-free adjusted power ratings to redo the last twenty years of Major League Baseball. Want to know how the records should really look? Check out the article.
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Mike Tyson to star in porno with Jenna Jameson
I believe we officially know where rock bottom is. What do you think is more dangerous for Iron Mike, getting in the ring again or having sex with Jenna Jameson?
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Bonds out till 2006?
Darn.
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Rafael Palmeiro suspended for steroids
Holy cow. First big name guy goes down with Major League Baseball's new steroid policy.
Guess Skip Bayless was right. Damnit.
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Longhorn fan survives 5 days in lava field
I'm not sure how smart he is for getting his ass lost, but at least he was on the ball and showed his Longhorn pride for the photo op.
As we got closer you could see the man flashing a mirror and waving a dark orange fabric,she said.As he was coming down the path, clearly he couldn't move that well.
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Baseball and softball out of Olympics
They axed baseball and softball from the 2012 Olympics, but are trying to add squash and roller sports.
The IOC makes the NCAA look well-run.
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CFN's Big XII preview
Losses to Aggy and Mizzou?? I just don't see that happenening. Ohio State scares the bejeezus out of me though. Full Texas preview.
(crossposted at Bevo Sports)
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What if other NFL players spelled their names like Brett Favre?
Brett Favre's ancestors couldn't spell, what if other NFL players had the same problems?
- Drew Bledose
- Ben Reothlibsegrer
- Vinny Testavedre
- Jerry Rcie
- Chris Fuamtau-Ma'alfaa
- Michael Vcik
- Jamal Leiws
- Willis MaGaehe
- Laveranues Coels
- Brett Farve
Tony Batista scares tiny Asians
Former major leaguer Tony Batista gets beaned in a Japanese pro baseball game and the poor pitcher takes off running thinking he's coming after him.
(via BestWeekEver)
TexasSports.com using SlideShowPro
Was looking for photos of last night's Texas game and saw that TexasSports.com is using SlideShowPro for their galleries now. I wonder when that happened. They have a separate slideshow set up for each sport, and then each slideshow contains multiple galleries.
Pretty cool implementation.
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Kevin Durant to Texas?
Scout.com is reporting that Kevin Durant, the nation's top SF prospect and number 3 overall player, will commit to play basketball at Texas tomorrow. Huge pickup. Stay tuned...
(Crossposted at BevoSports.com)
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Phil Jackson rejoining Lakers
Reunited and it feels so good.
I give it eighteen months.
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College World Series bracket
The official bracket for the CWS is up and ready. If Texas wins their first game I should be able to catch all of them on TV. I wish I had ESPNHD, stupid Grande.
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Plunk Biggio
A weblog "Dedicated to Craig Biggio and his (probably unintentional) Quest to break the all time major league career record for getting hit by pitches."
Although he's having a good season, I wish he and Jeff Bagwell had stopped getting plunked two years ago before their salaries and talent decline started to really hurt the Astros.
(via Kottke)
Rocket to Rangers?
Now this might actually make sense for the Astros and Clemens. The Rangers are actually in contention and have prospects to trade, while there is essentially no reason for the Astros to deal with the Yankees.
We'll see what happens if the Astros keep playing this poorly and the Rangers this well.
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Jake Plummer looks like a porn star
The Blu-Blocker sunglasses really top off this ensemble. I'm not sure this is a look I could pull off.
Cy Young winner Santana prepares with PSP
If only my copy of MVP Baseball would ACTUALLY SHOW UP! It was supposed to be here Monday, but stupid UPS sent it 330 miles from Mesquite to Port Arthur instead of the 20 miles to Plano. Morons.
(via Om Malik)
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Ricky 'absolutely' set for Dolphins camp
I can't decide whether I want him to come back or not. I miss seeing him play and had no problems with him retiring, but I don't want him coming back only to quickly retire again. He apparently has a good report with Nick Saban and is in shape, but someone on ESPN mentioned he only weighed like 190. That's way too light for him to be ready to play.
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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)
Posted in Entertainment & Funny & Sports
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.
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
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)
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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86 things we hate about you
86 funny reasons to hate the Boston Red Sox.
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Jermaine O'Neal thinks NBA age limit is racist
How is that racism? Almost all college basketball players are black too. That makes no sense. Agree or disagree with an age limit in the NBA, the idea that it's racist is moronic.
For every Amare Stoudemire and LeBron James, there's 10 Leon Smith's.
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Why can't anyone throw a baseball faster than 100 mph?
Good article on why major league pitchers aren't throwing a baseball faster than 100 MPH even as they're getting bigger and stronger.
(via Kottke)
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RonMexico.com
Michael Vick is being sued by a woman who claims he knowingly gave her an STD. He allegedly uses the name Ron Mexico
for the purpose of his testing and treatments.
Berg tried to buy the RonMexico.com domain but was one day too late. Now whoever beat him too it has a site up with nothing but a link to a CafePress store. My favorite item is the thong.
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Orangebloods.com 2006 football recruiting board
The Longhorns now have 17 commits for the 2006 season, 4 or 5 of them are considered the best in the state at their positions. At this time last year we had maybe one or two, and even on Signing Day only 14. Not too shabby.
This is one of the few free articles from Orangebloods, a pay site that I try to quit but can't.
Update: Want more info on Texas Longhorn recruiting? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Damian Moss among 38 minor leaguers caught using steroids
Damian Moss had a great year or two for the Braves before he was traded for Russ Ortiz. I really liked him as a player. His career went downhill after leaving Leo Mazzone and apparently he turned to performance enhancing drugs.
No current Astros or Braves were caught.
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Alex Sanchez first MLB player suspended for steroids
Notice that it's a Tampa Bay Devil Ray and someone most people have never heard of.
Posted in Sports
My bracket is an outright embarrassment
2,496,993rd place.
Seriously, I could've drawn teams out of a hat and done better than that. You have to intentionally be bad to get only two teams out of the Elite 8.
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Blog Maverick
Blog Maverick is a great site for open and honest discussion from a person you wouldn't normally be able to get that from. How many billionaire, CEO, NBA owners have a weblog where they come and talk so frankly about sports, technology, and world events?
His sports posts can sometimes be a little long and whiny, but almost every single post on technology is well-written and spot on. I definitely have a lot more respect for Cuban after reading his thoughts on things. He's really an intelligent and likable guy.
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ESPN Insider: Fantasy Games blog
I'd love to add this to my blogroll, but I can't because there's no freaking RSS feed. ESPN.com has feeds for just about everything, but for the few items they actually call blogs
they don't. Doesn't make much sense.
I'm guessing that since it's an Insider only feature, they don't want to be giving away the content. They could at least offer a feed with just the excerpts, it would encourage people to pay up to see the rest of the content and allow me to know when it was updated.
Oh well, if you're an ESPN Insider, then be sure to check them out because there's some great stuff in there. Fantasy sports junkies will especially enjoy it.
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Detroit is a cess pool
The city of Detroit really just keeps outdoing itself.
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Saban open to Williams rejoining Dolphins
Still no real word on Ricky's feelings about returning, but it seems Nick Saban and the Dolphins would be open to it. The article actually claims they'd be open to having him and a top round pick like Cedric Benson in the backfield together. I can't imagine them still drafting a running back that early if he comes back.
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Bonds may miss entire season
Barry Bonds reportedly may miss the entire season because of his knee injury.
Maybe this is some sort of hush, hush steroid suspension? Jason Giambi missed almost all of last year, now this. Intersting.
Nice quote to point out why no one likes Bonds and wants him to go down:
You wanted me to jump off the bridge, I finally have jumped. You wanted to bring me down, you've finally brought me and my family down. Finally done it. From everybody, all of you. So now go pick a different person. I'm done. Do the best I can, that's about it.
Ummm, Barry we weren't the ones who brought your family down. It might have been your mistress of nine years.
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The Couch-to-5K Running Plan
It's awfully complicated and starts off pretty easy, but it might be something I can do before work in the mornings.
(via LifeHacker)
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Roberto Alomar retires
Alomar was one of my favorite players back in the day, you know until he spit in an umpires face.
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Nelson resigns, Avery Johnson takes over
I'm sure the local media will be behind this, they're all big fans of Avery. Of course most people are big fans of Avery Johnson, because he seems like a great guy, he's short, and he has a funny voice. What's not to like?
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McGwire refuses to answer if he used steroids
Mark McGwire stated that his lawyers advised him not to answer certain questions, and in the great American tradition of jumping to conclusions and assume that means he's guilty.
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Texas Angels go co-ed
They'll now be the Texas Angels and Gabriels. How freaking lame is that?
The official duties of a Texas Angel are:
The Texas Angels are a group of young women whose primary duty is to promote The University of Texas football program, while assisting the staff with the recruiting of prospective student-athletes.
I guess guys can handle the first part of that, but I'm not sure a bunch of Gabriels
are really going to help in recruitment.
(via Orangebloods message boards)
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Employers face millions in productivity losses due to NCAA Tourney
At least the Longhorns don't play till 6 tonight.
Update: Want more info on NCAA March Madness? Check out BevoSports.com!
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McGwire again linked to steroids
If we ever have concrete proof Mark McGwire and/or Barry Bonds were on steroids then every single statistic and record of theirs should be taken away.
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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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Recruiting gone bad
Wow, kid didn't even bother to tell his mom where he was going. I told you, I hate anyone ages 12 - 19.
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Houston Chronicle on Perrilloux and recruiting
Psssssst... Ryan Perrilloux is a piece of crap and everyone in Lousiana and Texas knows it.
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Emmitt Smith to retire
Although there's still a window open for one more season, it looks like Emmitt Smith is going to retire this offseason.
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Longhorns get a commit from Metroplex lineman
Irving Nimitz offensive lineman Chris Hall committed to the Horns today. The Texas coaches are supposed to have rated him pretty high.
Hall decommitted from Oklahoma State when Les Miles ditched them for LSU.
Update: Want more info on Texas Longhorn recruiting? Check out BevoSports.com!
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EA, ESPN announce 15-year gaming partnership
This should piss off just about all of the gaming community. It's cool to hate the mainstream favorite even if it's a hell of a game. Last month they signed an exclusive deal with the NFL and the NFLPA, and now they've grabbed the ESPN brand name and personalities too.
ESPN NCAA 2006 or whatever they call is going to freaking rule.
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Chizik officially joins UT staff
Gene Chizik, the defensive coordinator for an Auburn squad that was one of the nation's premier defenses a year ago, has been named co-defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at Texas. Chizik was recently named the 2004 Broyles Award winner, honoring the nation's top assistant coach.
HUGE hire for the Texas program.
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Major to the Cuse
Former Texas defensive coordinator Greg Robinson took the head coaching job at Syracuse last week and after some speculation officially named Major Applewhite his quarterbacks coach on Saturday. Congrats to Major, that's a pretty big promotion for him.
Update: Want to know more about Major Applewhite? Check out BevoSports.com!
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TJ Ford still recovering from spinal injury
Sounds like the injury is healing but not very quickly, he's out for the rest of the season and is aiming to return next year.
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Chizik to interview for UT def. coordinator spot
Texas is interviewing current Auburn defensive coordinator for the same position here. I don't know much about him, but Auburn's had some great D's the last couple of years. Plus, Geoff Ketchum and Jason Suchomel seem really excited about it.
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Mark Cuban on Randy Moss
Mark Cuban thinks the media is looking really stupid with this whole Randy Moss Controversy
. My sentiments exactly.
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Mangum's game winning kick
Wow, look how close Dusty Mangum's game winning kick came to being blocked. I guess it was just meant to be.
There's a ton more fantastic images here.
W calls to congratulate Mack
Pretty cool to have the President of the United States give your football coach a ring when you win a big game.
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Pat Forde's Top 25 for 2005
We're number two!!
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Fantasy Football Addiction
Mike and Keith both had posts about their fantasy football league, and I have to agree it's one of the most fun things I've done in years. I ended up finishing third in my league, partly because the Eagles clinched so early and gave McNabb time off.
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Be a UT football assistant coach
I guess it's state law that all University job openings must be openly posted. If you want to be the next running backs coach at Texas all you have to is apply and be able to deal with exposure to large crowds.
Maybe I should apply, but I only have one year of coaching experience.
Maybe I can fib a little like George O'Leary did.
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Longhorns visit Disneyland
The Rose Bowl is only a couple of days away. I can't wait. I love bowl season!
Update: Wanna know mroe about Texas Longhorn football? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Pay raise for Mack Brown
I'm wondering if Texas making a BCS bowl triggered some automatic increase in his salary.
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TLU to honor Berkman, mentions my dad
TLU is honoring Lance Berkman at the Front Row Gala
in February. The press release mentions my pop.
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AP pulls out of BCS
The AP has told the BCS to stop using it's poll as a factor. Hopefully this send the entire system toppling down.
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Mark Cuban tells Chad Pennington to get a blog
The NYC media pissed Chad Pennington off and rather than trying to explain why to that very same group of people, Mark Cuban suggests he should start his own weblog. Not a bad idea.
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TAMU's Listeater garners national headlines
Old news, but this is the first story I've seen from a reputable place. Fat ugly girl cuts in line, eats list. Best quote?
As she's up there talking, people started throwing doughnuts at her.
Good old Aggies.
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Hardeman had cocaine and $4,000 cash
There's really no way around this one. Twenty grams of cocaine and $3,774 in cash on him.
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Texas Tech on drugs?
Looks like coaches Bobby Knight and Mike Leach approved purchase of some products containing Ephedra, which is banned in this country. They could be in big trouble if they knew what they were doing, although I'm guessing they had no idea what the products actually contained.
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Texas vs. Auburn for the national title!
Well on the ESPN SportsNation poll at least. Go vote!
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Gammons on the Hudson deal
Peter Gammons calls the Atlanta and Oakland deal a win for both teams.
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Braves acquire Hudson
The Braves traded three players to the A's for Tim Hudson today. Very good pick up for the Braves. Didn't have to give up much to get him either. John Smoltz and Hudson will be a very nice one-two punch at the front of the rotation.
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The NCAA is a joke
Um, so how is beating up your friend and almost killing him a medical issue? This is retarded. I'm at a loss for words.
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NFL helmet prototypes
Some pretty cool looking stuff here, unfortunately on a lot of them he doesn't know if they were actual prototypes considered by the teams. Still cool. (via Authentic Boredome - Linkage)
Moron Mets offer Pedro 4 years
I love the way the Mets throw money at all the wrong people. It's as important to the Braves streak of division titles as Bobby Cox and Leo Mazzone.
Now they're offering Pedro Martinez $50 million over four years, in other words two too many years and thirty million too many dollars.
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2004 AP All-American team
The Associated Press has released their 2004 All-America team. Derrick Johnson makes the first team and Cedric Benson while Jonathan Scott make the second.
Who the hell is the third team tight end? Texas Tech's Trey Haverty? It's not a good sign if you're on an in-state in-conference team and I've never heard of you.
Update: The 2005 AP All-Americans are posted over at Bevo Sports.
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Braves acquire Kolb, move Smoltz into rotation
The moving John Smoltz thing was expected, with the other losses in the rotation and his desire to be a starter again it was inevitable. I'm not a big fan of trading their best pitching prospect for a 29 year old closer with one good year and without dominating stuff.
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UT football banquet weekend
It's an important weekend for Longhorn football recruiting. They need to make a big impression to keep Ryan Perrilloux and make an impression on Roy Miller, Patrick Turner, and RJ Jackson.
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Dvoracek rejected in bid for medical hardship
You mean I can't get a medical redshirt for putting someone else in the hospital? Damnit!
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ESPNU coming March 4, 2005
ESPN is launching a multi-media college sports television network on March 4th, 2005. The very first week will include men's and women's NCAA tournament games. I better get DirecTV and ditch crappy Grande by then.
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Michigan DE likes to show his peepee
Turns out that Michigan's starting defensive end is a serial flasher that Ann Arbor Police have been looking for since the summer.
Update: Yikes, it's actually much worse than the first article. I've updated the link to a new article stating that he was doing a lot more than just exposing himself.
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When you gotta go, you gotta go
Another Michigan player is in trouble with the law, this time for peing on the floor in the middle of a club.
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Secret BCS ballots
Another opinion on the whole poll conspiracy. The people at Cal sure aren't very intelligent. Some of them actually tried to blame it on Bush.
Wow.
Update: Want more info on the BCS? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Derrick Johnson wins the Nagurski Trophy
Texas senior linebacker Derrick Johnson was named the winner of the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, awarded every year to the best defensive player in college football.
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Tom Lemming is an ass
ESPN's recruiting expert
is horribly biased, ranking random crappy white Notre Dame losers way higher than anyone else. Well now he's also trying to influence kids to go there.
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Mike Williams is free at last!
UT basketball freshman Mike Williams will play today against Seton Hall. A four-person panel (not from the NCAA) had decided based on the entire hearing record that he should be eligible. (Back story)
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Ricky turns down the NFL for good
Well at least he's sticking to his guns.
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NCAA seeks to rule on M. Williams quickly
The NCAA might be in big trouble by now. I haven't seen any news about it but Texas' Mike Williams (no relation to the other Mike Williamses.) was supposed to have a hearing this morning with the University to decide whether or not he should be eligible. The NCAA has been dragging their feet and dragging Williams through the mud with no proof and no hurry.
Hopefully this will be resolved with the kid's best interest in mind.
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The other great debate
Everyone is talking about who should be ranked number 1 and number 2, and which of the three undefeated teams is going to be left out. The race for who is number 4 is actually much closer, and the consequences of being left out are much worse.
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Texas gains on Cal in latest BCS
Texas is now only .0013 points behind Cal in the latest BCS poll released today. A loss or even a close win by them next weekend versus a crappy Southern Miss team could cause Texas to jump them and head to the Rose Bowl.
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Top 10 college football helmets
He ranks Texas at number one and takes a shot at Bob Stoops. I don't know who Pete McEntegart is, but he's my new favorite writer.
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Eli Manning to start for NY Giants
Eli Manning has been named the starting QB for the New York Giants this week. I'm not sure why, if the offensive line could protect Kurt Warner at all he would be having a pretty decent season. All I care about is how this affect my fantasy team. Will they give Tiki Barber the ball more? Will teams gang up to stop the run and force the rookie to beat them. Damnit there are fantasy playoffs to consider here!
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Latest BCS standings released
Latest BCS standings are out and as expected Texas is screwed. Utah is sixth and Cal is fourth, therefore both would currently be guaranteed at-large spots and we would be left out.
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Lonhorns 2005 recruiting board
A board compiled the Orangebloods.com staff to give a general idea of the prospects UT may be pursuing. Never any new news, but a good compilation of information.
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Bobby Cox named NL Manager of the Year
Bobby Cox and Buck Showalter were named the managers of the year today. Finally Cox won the damn thing, thirteen straight division titles and it's only his second time to win it (he did win it in 1985 with Toronto).
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Gmail Enables POP access
Gmail keeps adding features, the newest is allowing you POP access to your email. In other words, you can access your Gmail account using Outlook. I don't have the feature yet, but it'll come in handy. (via Gizmodo)
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Johnson named Lombardi finalist
Not really a surprise, but Texas linebacker Derrick Johnson has been named one of the four finalists for the Lombardi Award. The award goes to the nation's top lineman or linebacker.
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Maurice Clarett rats out OSU
Maurice Clarett is a piece of crap, but he's now ratting out Ohio State claiming he got cash, cars, and grades.
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Bevo Beat
Okay, yeah it's a pretty lame name but it's actually usually a pretty good read. "Bevo Beat" is a blog from the Austin-American Statesman covering UT athletics. It's written by all the beat writers that cover the Horns on a daily basis, so it often has some interesting stuff. It's just random news, observations, and opinions but I enjoy it.
Update:Berg and I have started our own Longhorns sports weblog with an equally lame name, check us out at BevoSports.com. (8/29/2005)
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Texas sixth in newest BCS
Rankings stayed pretty much the same, but Texas passed Utah to move up to sixth in the rankings. We are .0393 ahead of Utah and .0086 behind number five Wisconsin. Utah is guaranteed a BCS bowl berth if they're in the top six, while we're only guaranteed one if we're in top four.
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Berkman tears his ACL
Lance is out 5 - 6 month with a torn ACL. No news on how it happened yet.
Update: As Matt guessed, Lance hurt himself playing flag football.
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D-Backs fire Backman after 4 days
The Arizona Diamondbacks hired Wally Backman without doing a background check. Now after the recent revelations about his history, he's been fired.
Just a couple days ago Diamondbacks' officials stated they would have hired him even if they did know about his history. Why the change in opinion?
Not to be too judgemental, but he does kinda look like white trash. I guess years and years of chewing tobacco isn't good for your smile after all.
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QB attempts 101 passes
Jesus, that's a lot of pass attempts in one game, the previous record was 92 attempts. I wonder how many times they ran the ball.
Lensch completed 56 passes for 507 yards and two touchdowns, with three interceptions, and remarkably was not sacked. He is averaging 59 attempts and 308 yards passing this season for Dana College, a 500-student NAIA school in Blair, Neb.
To put that in perspective, Texas quarterback Vince Young has attempted 143 passes all season!
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Spurrier won't coach UF
Steve Spurrier has withdrawn his name from the University of Florida head coach search. There's gonna be some pissed Gators fans.
This is also probably make the UT conspiracy theorists think this implies he will coach Texas next year.
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DMN on Frank Okam
Pretty good read on UT freshman defensive tackle Frank Okam from the Dallas Morning News.
If it asks you to sign up to read the article, head on over to BugMeNot and get the log in. They even have a Firefox extension.
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The candidates on sports
It may be too late to sway your vote, but check out where Bush and Kerry stand on sports-related issues such as steroids and Pete Rose.
There's a quote from Kerry claiming he was at the Red Sox vs. Mets game in `86 when the ball went through Buckner's legs. I remember hearing a report claiming it was impossible for him to have been there because there was proof he was in some place else that evening.
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SportsNation Elections
Okay, here's an election that actually matters. Vote on such crucial sports issues as whether MLB should have a salary cap and whether college athletes should be paid. Easily the most important decision you'll make today.
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NBA opening night snafu
Mark Cuban's thoughts on this year's Mavs team. Even more telling his thoughts on why the hell the NBA season is kicking off the same night as the election.
I won’t say what i really think about the genius that started the season on election day since it’s probably the same person that started the season on Halloween in previous years. There’s only a presidential election 1x every 4 years. We start on that day..Genius. Let’s see, which are going to get more highlights and press coverage Nov 3rd. The kickoff of the NBA season or the election. The NBA has a great idea to feature “Premiere Week” and we start it on Election Night. Brilliant.
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Keyshawn runs his mouth again
What an incredible idiot.
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Astros want Biggio back
The Astros have picked up Craig Biggio's $3 million option for next season, and I can't say I'm overly happy about it. Biggio is still a serviceable hitter, but runs and throws like a girl so he's a liablity in the outfield. I'd like to finally give Jason Lane a shot out there.
Nothing else matters though unless they manage to resign Carlos Beltran, and I have my doubts about that.
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Orangebloods.com
Orangebloods.com is the Texas Longhorns branch of the Rivals.com network.
For the most part a great site, the articles and news stories are definitely worth the subscription price. Great writing and great information on the Longhorns current team and on recruiting in a very timely manner. The message boards are active and for the most part the posters are intelligent and sane.
It's not cheap ($7 - $10 per month) so I've considered cancelling several times, but I'm always drawn back in by something. There's really no down time anymore, there's always recruiting info and the coverage of the football, basketball, and baseball team is usually lightyears better than any other source.
Update: Berg and I have started our own Longhorn sports weblog, check us out at BevoSports.com. (8/30/2005)
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Vince Young named SI.com Player of the Week
In SI's Weekend Review they have named Vince Young the player of the week.
It's nice to see him getting some positive press after the beat downs he took in the media (and on this site) about his play the last two weeks. He looked more comfortable and more like the quarterback we were all expecting to see this season.
I particularly liked the photo, it looks like he's giving the Hook 'Em Horns signal and saying "Up yours"
at the same time.
Update: Head over to BevoSports.com for Vince Young updates and opinions.
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Gators fire Ron Zook
Well that didn't take long. After Florida lost to freaking Mississippi State this weekend there was a lot of talk about Ron Zook losing his job after the season, well it's already happened. ESPN is reporting that UF's crappy play along with other incidents have gotten Zook canned.
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Top basketball recruit picks Texas
Shooting guard CJ Miles out of Dallas has committed to the Horns. Rivals has him ranked as the number six SG and the 26th overall player in the nation. Big pick up for Rick Barnes and the Texas basketball program.
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Berkman shouldn't be overshadowed
Good article from Yahoo on Carlos Beltran's monster overshadowing Lance Berkman's monster postseason.
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Ricky to meet with NFL
Ricky Williams and his representatives will meet with the NFL this week to try to clarify his options. Ricky wants back in the NFL (and he doesn't want to pay back $8.6 million) and he wants to find out if the league is going to let him.
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On tape, Bonds on roids
Barry Bonds' personal trainer gets caught on tape saying he provided Bonds with an undetectable steroid. Suspend Bonds from baseball for life now so he won't catch Ruth or Aaron!
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Caminiti OD'd
Unfortunate.
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UF coach looking for a fight
Well we may have lost to Oklahoma five times too many, but at least Mack Brown isn't wandering campus looking for a fight.
Actually I don't mind too much what Ron Zook did for his players. Sounds to me like some frat boys were talking shit and jumped some players. Zook just went back and made sure the punks knew they would be taken care of.
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Plummer removes Tillman sticker
The NFL got their way and Jake Plummer is removing the Pat Tillman "40" sticker from his helmet. Only Tillman's former team (the Arizona Cardinals) is allowed by the league to honor him, so despite the fact that Plummer played with him in college and in the NFL he's not allowed to put a small sticker on his helmet.
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Furcal begins sentence
Rafael Furcal had a little more motivation to win the NLDS than most of the other guys did. He had to report to jail yesterday to begin serving his sentence for his DUI.
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Network Solutions sucks
Talk about some BS. I'm glad I haven't had any trouble with my registrar or host yet, because it seems as if issues are pretty common place with these types of companies.
Gizmodo and Gawker should sue the pants off NetSol.
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Braves lose it
Braves won their division again, but it just set them up for another postseason disappointment. Something I never realized:
The Braves' first season in Turner Field was 1997, and in seven of their eight years in "The Ted" the Braves have been eliminated from the postseason at home. The lone exception was 1999, when the Braves were swept in the World Series by the Yankees, and Game 4 was played in New York.
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Astros win NLDS
Astros have finally won a postseason series, their first in franchise history (42 years). In fact it's the first for either Texas team, as the Rangers have also never won one.
Congrats to Lance and the rest of the Astros. I tried to root for them yesterday, but just couldn't bring myself to root against my Braves.
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Culture of chemicals
Editorial on performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Discusses the effects of Gary Sheffield's admission of "unknowingly"
using a steroid cream and Ken Caminiti's death yesterday.
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Reebok Classic Pump Bringback
My parents are teachers, therefore when I was younger and all the kids were getting Reebok Pumps I was getting bupkis. Somehow I didn't even get them two years after everyone else did. Maybe they stayed too popular and too expensive. Damn I was deprived as a kid.
Anyways, Reebok is bringing back the Pump in a new limited edition shoe. Maybe I can revive my NBA aspirations.
Don't be surprised if you see me walking down the street in a couple weeks wearing my new Pumps, a pair of Z. Cavariccis, and my Hypercolor t-shirt.
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Good read on Chris Simms
Good article on Chris Simms from Tampa Bay Online. Talks a lot about his UT days and the lessons learned. A lot of comments and quotes from Mack Brown and some current Horns. I'll definitely be watching his first career start this weekend and be rooting for him to succeed.
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TX/OU predictions
Pretty funny.
John Kerry picks Oklahoma. John Kerry picks Texas.
Update: Want more info on Texas and Oklahoma football? Check out BevoSports.com!
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Ricky wants back (again)
It sounds like Ricky Williams has no urge to pay the $8.6 million an arbitrator told him he owed the Dolphins. He's asked his agent to find out what it would entail to get back in the league and playing for the Dolphins this season. Problem is, even if he wants back he's facing suspensions for all sorts of reasons.
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Bonds introduced Sheffield to BALCO
I really hope Barry Bonds blows out his knee mowing the lawn or something this offseason. There is no way I want this man passing Hank Aaron or even Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list.
I am getting more and more convinced that Bonds is/was on steroids, and this story from ESPN seems to be in line with that theory. Gary Sheffield reportedly told a grand jury that Bonds introduced him to BALCO and that he unknowingly used a topical steroid. Sheffield also calls Bonds an a-hole repeatedly:
The breaking point occurred, Sheffield told SI, one morning when Bonds left for their workout without him, leaving Sheffield to find his own ride to the gym. When Sheffield arrived, he found Bonds laughing at him with someone he later learned was a writer for Men's Journal.
What a class act.
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Astros have wild-card lead
Astros won last night to sweep the Cardinals, while the Cubbies and Giants both lost. What does that mean? Well, the Astros now have a half game lead in the National League wild-card race with only four games to go.
Bad news for me and the Astros? If the Astros do win, they'll likely play the Braves in the first round of the playoffs.
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Indians pitcher shot
No one was seriously hurt, but pitcher Kyle Denney had to have a bullet removed from his calf by trainers when someone fired on the Cleveland Indians' team bus.
I'm sure if one of the players had tried to tackle the shooter in defense, MLB would have suspended him at least eight games.
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Kobe's still a POS
Man, is Kobe Bryant an a-hole or what? New reports have him just flat out rolling over on Shaq, claiming he paid off his women all the time.
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UNC punter steals flash drives
The University of North Carolina has sucked at football since Mack Brown left, and now they're kickers are stealing from Wal-Mart. Man, they've really fallen on hard times. What kind of jackass tries to steal a bunch of USB flash drives, they're not that valuable and everyone who wants one has one.
Moron.
Braves' magic number: 3
The Braves won last night and are one step closer to winning their 13th straight division title. Any combination of three wins by the Braves or three losses by the Florida Marlins clinches the title.
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Winslow injury costly to wallet too
Now this make the hilarious injury to Kellen Winslow Jr. even funnier: "All Winslow had to do was participate in 35 percent of the Browns' offensive plays and he qualified for two sets of bonuses that would have given him $5.3675 million in 2005."
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Kobe free, still a scumbag
Wow. This is the transcript of an interview between Kobe Bryant and Eagle County PD just one night after the incident. Kobe comes out of it looking pretty bad.
To sum it up: Kobe's cheated multiple times. He tried to buy his way out of trouble. He likes it rough. He wanted to have anal sex with her but she declined.
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Insurance company won't pay Lance
Wow, talk about low class. A Dallas insurance company was supposed to pay Lance Armstrong five million bucks for winning his sixth Tour de France. Well now they're balking at paying the money, due to the baseless claims that Lance used performance-enhancing drugs.
Nice work morons.
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40 hurt by lightning in E. Texas
About 40 players and coaches with the Grapeland High School football team in East Texas were injured, two of them critically, when lightning struck near their practice field Tuesday evening.
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