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"Tressel-Ball" Under Fire: Ohio State's Bad Coaching Equals Bad Offense

As a football enthusiast and Ohio State Buckeye critic I believe it is my right and responsibility to call out what I see as "BAD" offensive football coaching without coming off as a spoiled fan with a bias towards exciting football...

Written by Tom Hammer about 20 days ago 604 reads 35 comments
The Disassembling Of a Franchise: Your 2009-2010 Cleveland Browns

This article is in response to a question I got from a friend of mine who was wondering, "Are the 2009-10 Browns worse then the expansion Browns?" My dirty but not so quick response, "The Browns ...

Written by Tom Hammer about about 1 month ago 499 reads 18 comments
Cleveland's Late-Season Success Shouldn't Mean More Eric Wedge

This just in: The Cleveland Indians are winning ball games late in the season with nothing on the line and a host of young talent in the lineup...

Written by Tom Hammer about 3 months ago 150 reads 3 comments
Browns' Running Game Is the Key to Success

If I had a dollar for every Brady Quinn versus Derek Anderson article I've read this preseason, I'd be able to afford a dozen overpriced 16-ounce beers at any NFL stadium...

Written by Tom Hammer about 3 months ago 288 reads 12 comments
10 Reasons Why the 2009 Cleveland Indians Are a Bust

The Cleveland Indians have left a lot of fans scratching their heads as a once promising season outlook has been replaced by the reality that their season is over at the All-Star break...

Written by Tom Hammer about 4 months ago 346 reads 3 comments
Cleveland Indians: Pitching Reaching Epic Standards for Futility

The bottom line on the ESPN SportsCenter screen scrawled by and the White Sox versus Indians score blinked an all too familiar array of crooked numbers...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 102 reads 1 comments
Cleveland Indians: SWOT Analysis Before the All-Star Break

If the Cleveland Indians were a company on Wall Street, they would be looking for a bail out. In business, as your company approaches the end of a quarter and earnings are set to report, often times you take an opportunity to perform a SWOT analysis...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 139 reads 0 comments
Boston Celtics: Before Paying "Big Baby" Study the Austin Croshere Case

I remember it like it was yesterday. The 1999-2000 NBA finals when Austin Croshere went from an under sized back up power forward to a clutch performing hot commodity. Flash bulbs pop and here we are in 2009 and Glen "Big Baby" Davis fits that same mold.

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 383 reads 1 comments
Eric Mangini: Cleveland Browns Rebuilding?

2008 was a tough year to swallow for Cleveland Browns fans everywhere. Coming off of a 10-6 year in 2007, there were huge expectations for the franchise and Browns fans and the Pound were down right giddy...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 669 reads 7 comments
Nugget Power: The Bird-Man & El Camino's Full Of Pit Bulls

Context: This text exchange came from a friend of mine with whom I was discussing the NBA playoffs with in particular the Denver Nuggets series with the Lakers...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 163 reads 0 comments
Bodybuilding by Carl the "Gym Guy"

[Editors Note, Carl has chosen to withhold his last name due to what he calls a persistent threat to his identity. We asked Carl, Strongman and Non-certified Bodybuilding Enthusiast, to give us some strength & conditioning advice...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 27 reads 3 comments
Hedo Turns into Hedon't in a Flash

I love the NBA playoffs for many different reasons but most prevalent to my fascination is to watch previously obscure and under-rated players make names and sometimes careers for themselves throughout the course of the postseason...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 356 reads 8 comments
Cleveland Indians in the Crosshairs

To preface this post, I'd like to share that I am and have been a hard core Cleveland Indians fan for over two decades...

Written by Tom Hammer about 5 months ago 98 reads 2 comments

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Tom Hammer Article Archive

"Tressel-Ball" Under Fire: Ohio State's Bad Coaching Equals Bad Offense

The Disassembling Of a Franchise: Your 2009-2010 Cleveland Browns

Cleveland's Late-Season Success Shouldn't Mean More Eric Wedge

Browns' Running Game Is the Key to Success

10 Reasons Why the 2009 Cleveland Indians Are a Bust

Cleveland Indians: Pitching Reaching Epic Standards for Futility

Cleveland Indians: SWOT Analysis Before the All-Star Break

Boston Celtics: Before Paying "Big Baby" Study the Austin Croshere Case

Eric Mangini: Cleveland Browns Rebuilding?

Nugget Power: The Bird-Man & El Camino's Full Of Pit Bulls

Bodybuilding by Carl the "Gym Guy"

Hedo Turns into Hedon't in a Flash

Cleveland Indians in the Crosshairs

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