The Steelers play the Bills, I am feeling sick, and this is all you get.
*** Update ***
Another win, and I only feel slightly dirty for rooting for the Browns as they beat the whiny-ass Bengals.
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The Steelers play the Bills, I am feeling sick, and this is all you get.
*** Update ***
Another win, and I only feel slightly dirty for rooting for the Browns as they beat the whiny-ass Bengals.
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The Patriots cheat:
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has determined that the New England Patriots violated league rules Sunday when they videotaped defensive signals by the New York Jets’ coaches, according to league sources.
NFL security officials confiscated a camera and videotape from Patriots video assistant Matt Estrella on the New England sidelines when it was suspected he was recording the Jets’ defensive signals. Sources say the visual evidence confirmed the suspicion.
Goodell is considering severe sanctions, including the possibility of docking the Patriots “multiple draft picks” because it is the competitive violation in the wake of a stern warning to all teams since he became commissioner, the sources said. The Patriots have been suspected in previous incidents.
They should have to forfeit the win, too.
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GO STEELERS!
*** Update ***
Firs possession for the Browns, 3 and out, fumble the punt and get 4 penalties.
Same old Browns.
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The Mountaineers take on the Thundering Herd today in the big intrastate rivalry.
Go ‘Eers!
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Just go away:
The Pittsburgh Pirates began to reshape their front office under new principal owner Robert Nutting by firing general manager Dave Littlefield on Friday.
Littlefield’s dismissal is effective immediately, the team said in a statement. A formal announcement will come at a news conference Friday afternoon. The decision comes after six-plus seasons in which the team showed little progress on the field or in its farm system.
The firing came with only three weeks left in the season and the Pirates in their customary spot in last place in the NL Central, with a 61-79 record — three losses away from a 15th consecutive losing season, one off the major league record.
No decision on the status of Littlefield or second-year manager Jim Tracy had been expected until after the season. Managing general partner Kevin McClatchy, who has run the day-to-day operations since 1996, is resigning when the season ends and his successor was expected to evaluate Littlefield and Tracy.
“It’s tough,” Tracy said upon hearing the news. “It’s real tough. He’s more than a friend to me.”
Littlefield, a former executive with the Marlins and Expos, succeeded Cam Bonifay midway through a 100-loss season in 2001 and was expected to make major changes in a team that had shown no headway since winning three division titles in the early 1990s.
But Littlefield’s efforts to rebuild the Pirates failed, and the Pirates never had fewer than 87 losses or finished higher than fourth in a full season during his stay.
If this guy ever works in baseball again, it is not because of his skills. It is because he is a warlock and can control people’s minds and convince them to hire him. Really- he is that bad.
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Drunk driving is a bad thing. I feel bad for anyone who has lost a loved one to a drunk driver. But I can not tolerate the type of bedwetter hysteria that allows this sort of stupidity to happen:
Miami Dolphins receiver Chris Chambers will plead not guilty to driving while impaired, his lawyer said Wednesday.
George Laughrun said Chambers will fight the charge stemming from his arrest July 14, when he was pulled over several miles south of downtown Charlotte.
Chambers was also charged with reckless driving and speeding. A hearing on the case scheduled for Wednesday was postponed until Sept. 26.
Laughrun said Chambers was charged with DWI despite a blood-alcohol level of .06, below the legal limit of .08. Under stricter drunken-driving laws in North Carolina, Chambers could still be convicted.
Why even have a limit? Why not make it so that if you watch a beer commercial 5 hours before driving, we can put you in jail. Wouldn’t we be better off spending our resources to catch real criminals who are a real threat. Like locking this guy up for 25 years for…. gambling?