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09 Apr 2009 10:31

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Sports: Did Lance Armstrong delay his drug testing?

  • What happened? A drug tester went to get samples from the unretired Armstrong, but agreed to wait 20 minutes while he showered and while Armstrong’s assistant’s checked the tester’s background. source
  • What happened? A drug tester went to get samples from the unretired Armstrong, but agreed to wait 20 minutes while he showered and while Armstrong’s assistant’s checked the tester’s background.
  • No evasion, he says Armstrong (whose blood, urine and hair samples came out clean, by the way), denies being evasive, saying he simply wasn’t sure of the identity of the tester. It raised eyebrows, though. source
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07 Apr 2009 07:59

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Sports: Why MSU choked in the NCAA championship

  • I just don’t think we did the things we did all year. When you say that, you take away some credit from North Carolina, and I don’t want to do that. It was a combination of us and them, but we need to take some of the blame.
  • Michigan State coach Tom Izzo • On why their team, on a solid NCAA tournament run, faltered in the final game. Before last night, they were a feel-good story. • source
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07 Apr 2009 07:51

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Sports: UNC: Your NCAA win was destined, but we still don’t like it

  • 5-0 North Carolina’s record against Michigan State in NCAA tourney games source
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06 Apr 2009 13:08

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Sports: Duh: Michael Jordan goes into Basketball hall of fame

In the most obvious selection in history, the inevitable MJ induction is no longer getting held off by Naismith. source
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05 Apr 2009 10:17

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Sports: Magic Johnson on MSU making the big game, 30 years later

  • To have this school come in and do what it’s doing right now, to make everybody feel good and have something to cheer about instead of more bad news … Then, when you think about what it’s going to do for the economy, oh, my goodness.
  • MSU (and NBA) legend Magic Johnson • Talking about MSU making the championship game, 30 years after he faced Larry Bird in this game – and during a particularly tough time for the state’s economy, doing it locally (the Final Four was held in Detroit this season). We’re unashamed MSU fans and just devoted a ton of space to them. You got a problem with it? • source
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05 Apr 2009 10:11

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Sports: Notable numbers from MSU’s final four run

  • 2000 the last time MSU won the national championship game source
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05 Apr 2009 10:03

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Sports: Five reasons it frickin’ rules MSU made the NCAA championship

  • Cedar Village needed stress tests, so having it bombarded by people is a big help. source
  • The Taco Bell on Grand River Ave. was going through a tough time and needed business. source
  • Tom Izzo hadn’t had an amazing season in a while. Everyone just needed a reminder. source
  • Enrollment was sagging, so how better to remind people to go to your school than winning a sport? source
  • The nerds in the dorms will finally be able to study because the partiers finally left! source
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04 Apr 2009 11:09

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Sports: The Yankees spent a lot of money on their massive shrine

  • $1.5 billion for the just-opened “new” Yankee Stadium source
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03 Apr 2009 06:57

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Sports: Da Bears on da new guy, Jay Cutler

  • He had some things that happened in Denver. We recognized those, but we treated them as just speed bumps, part of the growing process.
  • Chicago Bears general manager Jerry Angelo • Whose team traded to get Jay Cutler out of a strained situation with the Denver Broncos. They better like it; if he doesn’t work out, they just lost a couple of first-round picks for the honor. • source
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01 Apr 2009 22:15

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Sports: Jay Cutler says the Broncos never actually reached him

  • A simple, terse, “no” text message says it all. Cutler, who wanted a trade, and is now getting one apparently, did not get contacted repeatedly like the Broncos made it seem earlier today. Cutler’s agent, Bus Cook, in fact noted that they had only tried to contact him (not Jay, who noted the lack of contact via text message) on Tuesday, and the trade news was a bit of a shock. “I heard from Jay when he called to tell me he just saw on TV he was being traded,” Cook said. “They can spin it the way they want to spin it.” Draaaaaaaaama. source
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