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30 Sep 2009 08:44

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Sports: All those hits NFL players take are not good for their psyche

  • 19x higher rate of dementia for former NFL players source
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22 Sep 2009 21:06

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Sports: Sucky fate for a former Superhero: Plaxico Burress is going to jail

  • I think in this case a fundamentally decent man, who violated the law, is going to be sentenced to a prison sentence. But I do not believe, under the circumstances of this case, we are sentencing a criminal in the true sense of he word.
  • Lawyer Benjamin Brafman • Discussing the Plaxico Burress case after his sentencing. Burress got sentenced to two years in prison today, and will likely spend 20 months in jail as a result of the incident, where he brought a gun into a nightclub and accidentally shot himself in the leg. A bit harsh considering he was the one who got hurt, but he had an expired license for the gun in a different state. Just two seasons ago, Burress, a former New York Giant, was the star of the show at the Super Bowl. • source
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21 Sep 2009 11:15

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Sports: Duh: Athletes don’t know what to do with all that money

  • 78% of NFL stars wind up broke within two years of retiring
  • 60% of NBA stars are broke within five years of retirement source
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20 Sep 2009 21:19

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Sports: Daily Poll: Mark Sanchez, The Patriots, and the day’s huge upset

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12 Sep 2009 14:02

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Sports: Richard Seymour “blindsided” by unexpected trade to Oakland

  • I was blindsided by this whole event, When you get blindsided, you should take a moment to gather your thoughts. I have a lot of personal issues more pressing than football.
  • New Oakland Raider Richard Seymour • On getting traded from the New England Patriots. Seymour, a five-time Pro-Bowler, was traded last week and found himself in an unenviable position of trying to move his entire family out of the Boston area within a week. As a result, his family situation – he has a wife and four kids, plus is his cousin’s legal guardian – has gotten ultra-complicated. Seymour will live in Oakland by himself, while the rest of his family moves back to South Carolina. The Raiders have sent Seymour a letter saying he needed to be in Oakland in five days or he would forfeit his season. • source
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11 Sep 2009 13:32

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Sports: You have dysentery: A brief “Oregon Trail” history of the NFL.

  • Best part about this video? It perfectly captures the feelings of every jaded NFL fan. And it does it in 8 bits.
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06 Sep 2009 14:02

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Culture: Instant Twitter trending topic: Did Shawne Merriman choke Tila Tequila?

Football star Merriman was arrested for battery for allegedly choking and restraining the reality icon. Yuck. This screams tabloid. source
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31 Aug 2009 20:30

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Sports, Tech: The NFL put in a bunch of stupid rules against social media

  • team Players (or team officials) can’t tweet (nor can surrogate tweet for them) during the game, nor 90 minutes before or after. The surrogate part is the Ochocinco rule.
  • press They can only use social media to update once a quarter, so as not to usurp play-by-play mechanisms media outlets pay the NFL a lot of money for.
  • fans Fans can tweet to their heart’s content based on current rules. Which means you have a leg up on NBC News if you go to a Redskins game with a cell phone. source
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28 Aug 2009 01:39

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Sports: That Michael Vick guy did OK, considering all that jail time

Bro made his debut as a Philadelphia Eagle last night. Since he won’t play for reals until around week six, it actually made for a good preseason game. source
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22 Aug 2009 11:57

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Sports: Brett Favre, the new guy in purple, makes us grimace

He only ran eight plays for the Vikings, but he left a burning rage in our eyes that’s gonna last forever. Jerk. source
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