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Stu Miller, 1927-2015
Sometimes, an athlete gets a reputation he doesn't deserve, because of one bad moment. This is particularly true in baseball.Bill Buckner got over 2,700 hits, but is remembered for one error he made in...
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Analyzing the 2015 Baseball Hall of Fame Vote
Randy Johnson: 534 votes, 97.3 percent. Over 300 wins and over 4,000 strikeouts, more than any lefthander in history, and one of the most dominant pitchers of his era. A jerk, but he belongs.Pedro...
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Baseball Hall-of-Famers by Team, 2015 Edition
With the announcement of the elections of Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez, John Smoltz and Craig Biggio, it is time to update this list. (The recent vote of the Veterans' Committee elected no one.)A...
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Living Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, as of January 7, 2015
A player is counted with the team if he played at least 4 seasons with them. Teams are ranked in order of most Hall-of-Famers (hereafter abbreviated as "HOFers").If there is a tie, it will be broken...
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J. P. Parisé, 1941-2015
Every sports team, assuming it doesn't get so badly mismanaged that it folds quickly (a la the Seattle Pilots), ends up having a first hero, who, if he doesn't also end up being the man who helps them...
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Elvis at 80: 10 Things You Might Not Know About Him
There are sports references in this post, believe it or not.January 8, 1935, 80 years ago today: Elvis Aaron Presley is born in Tupelo, Mississippi. The world won't know it for many more years, but the...
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Greatest Teams in States' Histories
Alabama: 1974 Birmingham Americans, World Football League Champions. A pro league title, no matter how far under "major league" you might consider it, is ahead of a college team, no matter how many...
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Greatest Teams in Cities' Histories
I broke it down by State. Now, by City. I'll limit this to metropolitan areas that have teams now -- American and Canadian, but not Regina or Hamilton, the cities that have only a CFL team, not one in...
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New York Head Coaches: The Current, the Longest-Serving, the Shortest-Serving
Today, it was announced that Todd Bowles has been hired as head coach of the New York Jets.He succeeds the recently-fired Rex Ryan -- who has been hired as head coach of the Buffalo Bills, an AFC...
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How Long It's Been: A Team Won Back-to-Back Super Bowls (And the New England...
In a way, it's a disappointment that the San Francisco 49ers didn't make it to Super Bowl XLIX -- just for the sake of the number.Instead, it will be the defending World Champions, the Seattle...
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Top 10 Quarterbacks of All Time
The Super Bowl is coming up. What is the purpose of a quarterback? To lead his team to victory -- ultimately, in the Super Bowl.That's how great quarterbacks are measured. Dan Marino: Great passer, but...
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Ernie Banks, 1931-2015
Ernie Banks once ran for Chicago's city council, the Board of Aldermen. It was in 1962, while he was still one of the best players in baseball. He figured the election was non-partisan, so he wouldn't...
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I Love the FA Cup
To paraphrase the former opening sequence of my favorite TV show, Castle:There are two kinds of folks who don't love the FA Cup: Psychopaths, and people who've never heard of it.I freakin' LOVE the FA...
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How Long It's Been: The Miami Dolphins Were In a Super Bowl
There's a football revolution brewing in Miami, Florida.It's not the Dolphins. It's not the Hurricanes.It's David Beckham's MLS expansion franchise, awarded last year, although no one yet knows what...
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Top 10 Sports Finals That Should Have Ended Differently
Spoiler Alert: I'm only going to alter the ending of 1 Yankee World Series loss. It's not 1955: I wouldn't deny Brooklyn its only World Series win. It's not 1957: I wouldn't deny Milwaukee it's only...
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How Long It's Been: The Cardinals Won the NFL Championship
This Sunday night, Super Bowl XLIX, the NFL championship game, will be held at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, outside Phoenix.The host team, for the 2nd time, is the Arizona...
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Pro Football Hall of Fame Members by Team, 2015 Edition
Congratulations to the newly-elected members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, whose new members are annually announced on the day before the Super Bowl:* Mick Tinglehoff, center, 1960s-70s Minnesota...
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Living Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame as of January 31, 2015
I was a bit surprised to find out that, even with the addition of Tim Brown (elected today, obviously after that banner was made), Da Raiduhs came out on top of this list.Inductees are listed here with...
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Useless Last-Minute Super Bowl Betting Tips
In the first 48 Super Bowls...The NFC Champion has won 26, the AFC Champion 22. Not a huge difference there. But if you count teams that started in the old, pre-1970 merger NFL, including the Steelers...
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Worst NFL Season Ever
Cheaters 28, Seahawks 24.Seriously, Russell Wilson, you had the bastards right where we all wanted them. How could you throw that pass at that time. Goat City.Between the Cheatriots, domestic abuse,...
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