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Gang Sign Patrol: NFL Hiring Experts After Paul Pierce NBA Episode

ESPN | Posted 07.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: NFL Gang Signs, Gang Signs, Sports, Paul Pierce Hand Signal, Paul Pierce Gang Sign, Football, Menacing Gesture, Nfl, Gang Signs in Sports, Hand Signal, Entertainment News

The NFL has hired experts to study game footage to determine whether players are displaying street-gang hand signals as part of their on-field celebra...

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: National Convention, Timetable, Pow, Fisa, Immunity, Campaign, Withdrawal, Telecom, Rnc, Nuts, 2008, Sofa, Mccain Flip-Flop, Dennis Kucinich, Midotw, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Status of Forces, Leni Riefenstahl, Football, Amnesty, Democrat, Nuremberg, 08, Acceptance Speech, Platform, Democrats, Barack Obama, Election, Sister Soulja, 08 Election, Stadium, Elections, Mddotw, Martin Luther King, Whiners, Maliki, Russ Feingold, Cheesehead, Speech, Senator, Impeachment, Iraq, Pittsburgh, Anniversary, Denver, King, Republican, Lion of the Senate, Phil Gramm, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, 2008 Campaign, Mental Recession, Green Bay Packers, John McCain, Mlk, Prisoner of War, 2008 Elections, Jesse Jackson, Green Eggs and Ham, 2008 Election, Teddy Kennedy, Recession, 08 Campaign, Convention, 2008 Presidential Race, I Have a Dream, Telecommunications, Medicare, Steve Schmidt, Flip Flop, Steelers, Broncos, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Michael Vick Applies For Bankruptcy Protection

AP | MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 07.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Michael Vick, Mike Vick, Chapter 11, Bankruptcy, Michael Vick Bankrupt, Atlanta Falcons Michael Vick Dogfighting, Sports, Nfl, Football, Atlanta Falcons, Business News

RICHMOND, Va. — Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick filed for bankruptcy protection while serving time for federal dogfighting charges, saying h...

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Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists

Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, Mormons, Stu Rothenberg, Mckinsey, Economy, George W. Bush, Cindy McCain, Connecticut, Larry Craig, Dick Cheney, George Hamilton, Thomas Hendricks, Harvard, Charlie Crist, Creationism, Mike Huckabee, Brown University, Hewlett Packard, Ebay, Carly Fiorina, Mississippi, Republican Party, Christians, Mark Foley, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Football, Campaign Finance, Mitt Romney, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Hockey, Meg Whitman, Religion, Rudy Giuliani, Sex, Fred Thompson, Harry Reid, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Tim Pawlenty, Evolution, Fishing, Senate, Gay Issues, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.

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Brett Favre Comeback A Possibility: Report

AP | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Brett Favre, Greenbay Packers, Bret Favre Greenbay Packers, Bret Favre Comeback, Brett Favre Playing Again, Football, Sports, Home News

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Brett Favre dismissed an ESPN report that he's considering coming out of retirement as "all rumor." Favre responded Wednesday...

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The Crying Season in Football

Andrew Brandt | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Sports, Nfl, Athletes, Sports Agents, Football, Sports Business, Media, Business, Player Contracts, Business News
Andrew Brandt

In the NFL, free agency raised the bar at the top of the pay scale and created long-term ramifications for players watching the marketplace race past the contracts they signed in recent years.

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Michael Strahan Retires on Top. (Tiki Barber Eats a Little More Sh*t.)

Dave Hollander | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

Read More: Tom Coughlin, New England Patriots, Sports, Super Bowl, Strahan Retirement, Football, Eli Manning, Michael Strahan, Nfl, Tiki Barber, New York Ginats, Media News
Dave Hollander

Just a year apart, the retirements of Michael Strahan and Tiki Barber leave very different legacies. Strahan retired a football hero. Tiki left as, well, something else.

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The Channel We Desperately Need

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Football, TV Anchors, Sports, Media News
Jeffrey Shaffer

ANCHOR: Welcome to the halftime show on this, our inaugural broadcast of the THS network. Total Honesty Sports is your source for the truth, and not...

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Come Join Us - Let's Make A World Sport!

Dan Freedman | Posted 03.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Dimitar Berbatov, World Cup 2010, South Africa 2010, Soccer World Cup, Football, Mls, Soccer, Entertainment News
Dan Freedman

Soccer is a world language. I am a Londoner and I don't speak any Bulgarian. But I can make best friends with anyone from Sofia by simply saying two words: Dimitar Berbatov.

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Don't Let the Turkeys Get You Down

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sports Scandals, Steroids, Basketball, Baseball, Nfl, Mlb, Nba, Football, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

The current abundance of dysfunctions in the sports industry is really nothing new. Most of the current anguish appears to be the result of an off-season lull in news.

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Myron Cope, Voice of the Steelers, Goes to His Reward

Alex Remington | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obituaries, Obituary, Terrible Towel, Pittsburgh Steelers, Myron Cope, Football, Entertainment News
Alex Remington

As the Steel Town's fortunes faded in all but football, Myron Cope was the one constant, the defiant bulwark against the Cleveland Browns, the Haray Caray of Western Pennsylvania. He was 79.

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Eli Manning, Barack Obama and the Geico Caveman

Jennifer Lehr | Posted 02.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Eli Manning, Geico Caveman, Peyton Manning, New England Patriots, New York Giants, Football, Super Bowl, Politics News
Jennifer Lehr

The Geico ads said to my husband, "Yes you can." Just as the outpouring of response by the American public has said to Obama YES WE CAN.

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Super Bowl XLII: Giants Win! Red Sox Suck!

Tony Sachs | Posted 02.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, New England Patriots, Plaxico Burress, New York Giants, Football, Super Bowl XLII, Boston, Boston Celtics, Eli Manning, NFL Playoffs, New York, Super Bowl, New England, Boston Red Sox, Sports, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

I watched the Super Bowl not as a Giants fan, but as a Yankees fan desperate for some measure of revenge, even if it was in a different sport.

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Giants Stun 'Perfect' Pats in Super Bowl

AP | BARRY WILNER | Posted 02.03.2008 | Home

Read More: Super Bowl, Superbowl, Super Bowl 2008, Giant Patriots, Football, Home News

GLENDALE, Ariz. — With the Super Bowl on the line, look who had the perfection thing down pat: Eli Manning and the road-conquering New York Gian...

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From Whiners to Winners: How the Giants Got to the Superbowl

Greg Hanlon | Posted 01.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New England Patriots, Superbowl, National Football League, Nfl, New York Giants, Superbowl XLII, Football, Entertainment News
Greg Hanlon

The Coughlin-era Giants, who have long had an antagonistic relationship with the press, suddenly became media darlings when contrasted with the villainous, undefeated behemoth in New England.

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Advice from Grandma: 2007 Edition

Stephen H. Baum | Posted 12.20.2007 | Business

Read More: Mitchell Report Baseball, Mitchell Report, Football, Ethics, Business News
Stephen H. Baum

Tolerating unethical behavior is the same thing as endorsing it.

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The NFL Playoff Picture Explained

Ken Levine | Posted 12.15.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Football, Nfl, NFL Playoffs, Playoffs, Super Bowl, Entertainment News
Ken Levine

If Detroit beats San Diego and St. Louis beats Green Bay and Baltimore beats Miami then Indianapolis would play at home but New England would have a bye and Washington would get the wild card unless...

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Drop State Charges against Vick--The Public Gouged it's Pound of Flesh Out of Him with Fed Sentencing

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.11.2007 | Politics

Read More: Virginia, Sports, Racism, Federal Prosecution, Celebrity, Dog Fighting, Michael Vick, Football, Floyd and Guy Boudreaux, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

Michael Vick's punishment is overly harsh for a first time offender. He expressed remorse, publicly apologized, shelled out nearly a million bucks for the upkeep of the impounded animals, and his life and career is wrecked.

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Fox: We're Out Of Super Bowl Ads. (Please Buy One!)

Silicon Valley Insider | Michael Learmonth | Posted 12.07.2007 | Business

Read More: News Corp, Football, Super Bowl Ads, Fox Football, Fox Network, Fox, Nfl, Super Bowl, Business News

Three weeks ago the WSJ said that due to tight demand, News Corp.'s (NWS) Fox was in a position to demand as much as $3 million for the last two remai...

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Arrests Give Lie to Thug Life Depiction of Taylor Murder--and Black Males

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.01.2007 | Media

Read More: Murder, Thug Life, Sean Taylor, Crime, Hip Hop, Rap, Football, Young Black Males, Washington Redskins, Nfl, Gangs, Media News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The arrest of four suspects in the Taylor killing makes the speculation about his lifestyle seem dumb, ill-informed and driven by the skewed, negative typecast of young black males.

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The Jones, Bonds, Vick, and Simpson Beat Down

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 11.26.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: OJ Simpson, Baseball, Track and Field, Football, Black Athletes, Racism, Federal Prosecutors, Barry Bonds, Michael Vick, Marion Jones, Entertainment News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

One misstep and they become the instant poster boys (and girls) for all that's allegedly wrong with sport and society.

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We're All Going to Die, But What a Football Game

James Sample | Posted 11.21.2007 | Life

Read More: Sports, Boston College Football, College Football, Clemson Football, Football, Thanksgiving, Life News
James Sample

Watching the game through the eyes of our four-year old son, Luke, reminded me why that which does not really matter -- sport -- actually really does.

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Nov. 16, 1957: A Day That Will Live in Infamy in Oklahoma

Al Eisele | Posted 11.16.2007 | Life

Read More: Oklahoma, College Football, Oklahoma Sooners, Football, Notre Dame, Life News
Al Eisele

There was little celebrating when Oklahoma observed its 50th anniversary on Nov. 16, 1957. That was the day the longest winning streak in college football history come to an abrupt end.

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DVDs: Bigger Is Better

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.13.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Sports, Steven Spielberg, Tennis, Football, Animated Films, Ray Romano, Dvds, Movies, Super Bowl, Charles Burnett, Edith Piaf, Wimbledon, Shrek, Hockey, Oscar, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

DVD libraries are bursting with massive boxed sets, the sort of thing people rarely pull out and watch (or read or listen to) but which they proudly display.

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It's How You Play The Game

Keith Leon and Maura Leon | Posted 10.29.2007 | Life

Read More: Relationship Advice, Relationships, Football, Life News
Keith Leon and Maura Leon

In football, you must take the game one play at a time, just as it's important to take life one day at a time.

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