Sports 4 Dorks

Heading into last season, many suspected the Washington Nationals would be amongst the worst teams in baseball history. With no pitching and a flimsy lineup whose most promising players were injury prone (Nick Johnson, Austin Kearns, etc), forecasters spoke of impending, potentially historic disaster.
The Nats were not a good team in 2007 but they […]

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Top 40 Minnesota Twins: #16 Corey Koskie

CORDEL LEONARD KOSKIE | 3B | 1998-2004 | CAREER STATS

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Former senator George J. Mitchell will present his report on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball tomorrow at 2 p.m. Eastern time. That’s when the world will begin to learn who used the Clear, how players got their hands on HGH and to what extent amphetamines were a part of the sport’s culture.
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As you have probably seen, a New York Times profile on Mike Huckabee includes comments about the Mormon faith that are likely to stir up passions over religious differences between Evangelical Christians and Mormons - two faithful parts of the GOP coalition - that are best left untouched.
Huckabee’s camp responded to the initial leak from […]

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I participated in a roundtable discussion of this year’s Hall of Fame ballot over at Armchair GM, arguing in favor of Gossage and against Andre Dawson. David Pinto, Dayn Perry, Matt Sussman, and Rich Lederer also participated (no points for guessing who Lederer argues in favor of). Go check it out, along with […]

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Years ago the NBA Slam Dunk contest was the highlight of All-Star Weekend. Most of us fondly remember Michael Jordan and Dominique Wilkins battling for air supremacy at the mid-season classic in Chicago. And who can forget Dee Brown eyeing-up the hoop pausing for suspense and adjusting his Reebok pumps …

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The Houston Chronicle reports on Yao Ming criticizing the Rockets for a second consecutive game quot When you are soft yourself everything will feel tough quot Yao said. quot It s not because they are so tough. It s because of how soft we are. quot It s weird that we changed that quick. I […]

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After all the 6-9 point guard was a certified Celtic-killer during his twelve year NBA career. And once a Laker always a Laker right Well the Boston Globe story challenges this notion. And Johnson has switched sides before. Remember the Hall of Fame point guard broke ranks and donned a Celtic t-shirt for one very […]

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We’re going to cover quite a few bases in this blog, including the Texans’ victory over the Buccaneers, their nationally televised Thursday night game against the Broncos, the Luv Ya Blue reunion, current projects by two actor friends of mine…

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