It's Nifty When You're at 50: My Five Favorite Articles

George Blanda is what the Raiders are missing. A versatile quarterback/kicker type. Now that the odd choice of article photo has been explained, it's time to talk about me.

I always think that my best article is my most recent article. To wit, your reading gold right now.

For my 50th article, I'm going to call it My Sixth Favorite.

5. The Long and Winding Road: Tim Floyd's Coaching Career

Tim Floyd can leave the recruiting trail that has become sullied with the tracks of sports agents. He does not have to worry about where he will coach next or about the next eighth grader that is turning people's heads.

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4. It Was Such a Big Weekend in Sports That...

...Brett Favre, the greatest retirement story ever, had surgery, and it was in the third segment of ESPNews' never-ending half an hour.

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3. The Winners and the Raiders

The team that Raidered the draft the most is (everyone please make sure you are sitting down) the Raiders. One year they picked a kicker in the first round.

The Raider brass did come out to defend their picks, but what else were they going to do? Tell everyone that they are horrible, have been horrible, and always will be horrible?

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2. The 2009 NBA Free Agent Class

If he learned that he has a new role in the NBA, the next team that gets him will have a scorer off the bench like no other.

If Iverson still wants to be the man, there are some teams on which he can do that. He won't win very much.

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1. The Great Roger Federer

The modern athlete, due to the enhancements of training and equipment, is a bigger and stronger version of the athletes from eras past.

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J. Floyd King

I'm Dan Smith, my pen name is J. Floyd King, and this is my shameless plug in an already self-promoting slideshow.

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