As a kid growing up in the '70s and '80s, I was a huge baseball fan. Back then, baseball was a sport that wasn't dominated by any single aspect of the game. Teams won games with dominant pitching, defense, the running game, the occasional 3-run homer, or a combination of all of these. Players like Pete Rose, Fred Lynn, Rickey Henderson, and George Brett put every fundamental on display ...
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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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Ladies and Gents, I would like to introduce you to the individuals that will be a part of the Double G Sports "Expert" Panel. This panel has been put together by me, in hopes of bringing you some great entertainment. Its a great group of guys that are all very passionate about sports. We will be providing you with things such as: rankings, polls, opinions and predictions. Occassionally you may see...
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Double G Sports is looking for anyone that is interested in possibly becoming part of our "Experts" Panel. We are hoping to have somewhere between 5-10 members to our panel. This panel will provide readers with rankings, voting, polls, predictions, etc.. I have a few potential candidates already. If you are interested, please leave me a comment on this posting with your email address, or email me ...
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It is an absolute shame that an athlete had to enduresomething like this. My question is where were the women in that room when this issue was being discussed? No one had the common sense to realize this was a very personal issuewhen the gender questioning started? Men can be unaware of such issues but I believe any woman in that room should have acted to protect this young lady. Can you imagine y...
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Please forgive me if this is incorrect but it has been many years since I've attempted French. À coeur vaillant rien d'impossible - means nothing is impossible for the willing heart. Could it be that after so many years of denial and accusations by his detractors, namely the French, that Lance Armstrong is really that good and they are really that bad?
Could it be that Lance can take ...
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The sports media and fans alike have labeled this era in baseball as the “steroid era” and rightfully so. When many of your biggest stars over the last five or ten years admit or are caught with using performance enhancing drugs, what could be a better name for them.
This dark cloud that follows these steroid linked players will follow them beyond their days in the ballpark and will make for an a...
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