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Link: Football is back

Fake Neal — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 19:55:19 +0000

Nice overview of the new CBA.

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Link: Badgers basketball uses Ultimate in offseason

Fake Neal — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:57:02 +0000

As an Ultimate player, I can vouch for the sport’s surprisingly strenuous work out. Props to Wisconsin.

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Link: Marc-Andre Fleury’s 2011-12 Mask

Fake Neal — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:25:16 +0000

Sick.

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Link: Clementes come up with brilliant plan to honor Roberto’s No. 21

Fake Neal — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 04:37:01 +0000

Dejan Kovacevic:

That’s when it resonated: The only players who could wear No. 21 would be those who have won the Roberto Clemente Award, which has been given annually since 1971 — the year of Clemente’s death — to players of all 30 teams who best exemplify excellence on and off the field. It’s so perfect, it hurts.

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Link: Deadspin writer attempts Dock Ellis no-hitter on Xbox

Fake Neal — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:39:10 +0000

Took LSD and everything. (Hint: He didn’t do it.)

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Link: Church finds new closer for Minnesota Twins

Fake Neal — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:40:36 +0000

Well played.

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Link: Jose Canseco article provides fascinating insight into independent ball

Fake Neal — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:11:11 +0000

Great article from ESPN’s Jim Caple on Jose Canseco that provides a fascinating look into the world of independent baseball:

Chris Nowlin is waiting on the Yuma bullpen mound, waiting to audition his knuckleball for Jose. Nowlin didn’t play baseball in high school or college but taught himself a mean enough knuckler by playing whiffle ball that he has been signed (and released) by seven teams, including one in Perth, Australia. He has worked with Charlie Hough and R.A. Dickey. He says he can be the next Tim Wakefield. He is 30 years old and says he will give baseball a go until he is 32. When asked why 32 is his cutoff, he replies, “I have no idea. Maybe I’ll go to 33.” Nowlin lives in Phoenix, about three hours away (faster if you push the speed limit). He just showed up at the ballpark, looking for a tryout. “If you email or call, there’s a chance they’ll say no,” he says. “If this doesn’t work out, I’m going to go to El Paso [Texas] because they have a 9.00 ERA. … It isn’t hard. You just look up on the Internet to find the teams with the highest ERA and then show up at the GM’s office.”

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Link: McCutchen snubbed from All-Star Game

Fake Neal — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:26:48 +0000

Ken Rosenthal:

McCutchen is the best and most exciting player on one of baseball’s most surprising teams. Throw the Pirates a freakin’ bone.

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Link: American McCarver

Fake Neal — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 17:56:57 +0000

Great new sports blog from some of my favorite technology writers including John Gruber and Mike Monteiro.

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Link: Doesn’t look right

Fake Neal — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:13:22 +0000

Jagr jersey found in the New York NHL Store.

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