The Yankees have announced the official name for the college football bowl game that will be played at Yankee Stadium this year. New Era Cap Company, Inc has signed a four year deal to be the title sponsor for the game that will be known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. A combination of the company and the famous pinstripes the Yankees wear on their home uniforms. The game has been scheduled for De...
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For anyone interested, on Monday mornings I have a column over on my ACC blog, www.TheeSportsBlog.com. It is not baseball related, or fantasy related, but rather ACC and more specifically the Trianlge of NC related.
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The 2010 recruiting class for Rutgers and head coach Greg Schiano was rather slow to develop. The wait was worth it as some late commits made this class respectable. This year Schiano seems to have re-affirmed his ground in Florida while still bringing in some home grown talent. New Jersey had some what of a down year as far as high school seniors go. Let's take a look at the new Scarlet Knights. ...
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A lot of teams see drafting in the top 5 as more of a cursethan a blessing. For one you are pressured to take players projected to be of acertain value. The other problem is teams normally drafting that high are therefor a reason. They have so many holes that this one pick is the equivalent ofusing bubble gum to patch the hole in the Titanic. The teams with these highpicks would love to trade down...
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Fellas! Ladies! This past fantasy football season was a fun one for many. Some great surprises as well as many disappointments. Thats what makes fantasy sports so exciting and fun, right? Take a look back at your fantasy season for a minute. How did your fantasy draft party go? Or did you just sit back at your computer and do an online draft? That's really not as much fun. I know sometimes it's no...
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Thought #1 - Mark McGwire did roids? What?!?!? The Big Mac was juicing? Yeah and in other breaking news, ice is cold, pancakes are better with bananas, and people who have more than 3 cats living in their house are creepy. It's an odd world we live in where the big news isn't the bad deed itself, its that a guy finally had the guts to confess to it. This is what happens when it takes a man over ha...
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The near future for Rutgers football appears to be bright. The latest indication of this came out last week when the Football Writers of America released their freshman All-American team. Two Rutgers players were named to the team, one on each side of the ball. Rutgers joined Oregon as the only two schools to have two players on the All-American team. QB Tom Savage beat out all other freshman qu...
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Alabama completed it's perfect season last night with a championship win over the then also perfect Texas Longhorns.
Star Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy was knocked out of the game in the first quarter with a right shoulder injury and did not return for the rest of the game.
As McCoy walked off the field to the Longhorn locker room, he took the Texas championship dreams and hopes with him.
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Do you ever get some good news that's so you good you think you must be dreaming? Maybe it's that your wife is pregnant or that you just won some sort of prize. Or maybe it's even that that girl you've had your eye on for months is finally going to be willing to let you buy her a $20 steak that she will barely eat.
For me that good news came this week when I learned that EA Sports is officially ...
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