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John L. Smith, Arkansas Football Coach, Says He’s Close to Bankruptcy

Posted July 5, 2012, 9:45 am by (6 Comments)

The real estate bust has nearly busted the new Arkansas football coach.

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“SportsCentre” with an “-re” recalls old-school “SportsCenter” with an “-er”

Posted June 15, 2012, 3:23 pm by (23 Comments)

While the U.S. gladly adopts the best of Canada culture (Arcade Fire, John Candy, Mike Myers) right along with the worst of Canadian culture (Nickelback, Pamela Anderson, Mike Myers) without a second thought, Canada clings to a Canadian-ness that even Canadians find impossible to define.

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Q&A with Ted Geltner on His Jim Murray Biography, “Last King of the Sports Page”

Posted June 11, 2012, 5:43 pm by (9 Comments)

Even if you don’t know the name Jim Murray you may be able to recite a line he wrote.

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Following Bert Sugar’s Death, Nostalgia For a Bygone Age

Posted April 1, 2012, 3:25 pm by (No Comments)

Sugar lived the character that was Bert Sugar — always wearing a Panama hat or a fedora, always chomping a stogie the size of a chair leg.

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NY Times: American Racetracks Mass-Murder Horses and Maim Jockeys

Posted March 28, 2012, 5:39 pm by (20 Comments)

But there’s simply no reason the United States should kill 24 horses a week on racetracks, not when the England, which has tougher anti-doping laws, sees just half that breakdown rate

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Derek Fisher’s Trade Shows the High Price of Unproductive Leadership

Posted March 26, 2012, 4:00 pm by (30 Comments)

His new jersey number in Oklahoma City is 37, all the better to remind the Lakers, if they do play the Thunder in the playoffs, that they’re losing to an antique.

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Brazil is Woefully, Comfortably Behind on its World Cup 2014 Prep

Posted March 20, 2012, 4:10 pm by (33 Comments)

Do you believe Brazil will be ready for the World Cup? The response is likely to sound a bit like the varying answers I’ve gotten when I’ve posed it to Brazilians lately: They’ll pull it together at the absolute last minute.

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