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Can the NHL benefit from the NFL and NBA lockouts?
Hockey fans usually fit into one of two groups: Group A fans are generally provincial thinkers who define themselves as traditionalists. They have little regard for any teams or cities outside of the homes of the vaunted Original 6. Group B fans love hockey in almost any form and can be...
"We Don't Do That": Increased Expectations on Football Players in the 21st Century
Recently, Patrick Garbin reminded Bulldog Nation about Tony Flanagan, who was the frontrunner to be Georgia’s starting quarterback when his college football career came to an abrupt end in 1977. As I learned while writing Fighting Like Cats and Dogs, Flanagan made his debut under center in the Red...
Instantaneous Ill-Informed Roundball Reaction (After I Had a Chance to Sleep on It, of Course)
Mark Fox (to Trey Thompkins): Coach [Stacey] Palmore was calling you out about next year. I'm not going to do that. Trey Thompkins: Don’t worry, coach. I’m coming back. Mark Fox: God bless you, Trey. How do I like this exchange? Let me count the ways: 1. It happened at the Georgia...
Big Ten v. SEC: Are Our Fans Crazier Than Theirs?
There are, in life, certain timeless questions. "Did President Obama borrow his ‘Yes, we can!’ mantra from Bob the Builder?" "Will it be possible for ‘Saturday Night Live’ to get Mike Myers back to play Andrew W.K. in a sketch spoofing ‘Destroy Build Destroy’?" "Is Erin Andrews all right?" "Do SEC...
UK Basketball: Four Critical Questions for the 2009-2010 Season
With Jodie Meeks finally discovering his draft fate (41st to the Bucks), the question UK fans are now attempting to answer is: What will constitute a successful 2009-2010 Kentucky Wildcat basketball campaign? After talking with fellow 'Cat fans, and reading via the Internet the thoughts of the...
UK Basketball: The Meaning of Meeks
As the entire Big Blue Nation collectively holds its breath awaiting word of UK junior guard Jodie Meeks' decision (stay or flee), the reality of what the Wildcat basketball team will be missing in '09 if Meeks opts for the Association is setting-in not unlike the rigor mortis upon Tim Floyds'...
Kyle Gets Contrary: Congress, the B.C.S., and the Virtue of Being Elitist
It is no secret to anyone that I am staunch in my opposition to a Division I-A college football playoff in any form whatsoever. It is, I hope, also no secret to anyone that I give mid-majors their due when casting my BlogPoll ballot and when welcoming our new Boise State blogger to SB Nation. In...
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