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Real Giants Football Returns to New York

The New York Giants could not have written a better script for their attempt to win back-to-back Super Bowls. There were many questions coming into this season, and all of them have been answered by great performances...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 338 reads 4 comments
Sorry, College Football: I'm Just Not That Into You

I know it must sound like sacrilege to most of you, but I am not—nor have I really ever been—excited about college football...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 520 reads 13 comments
Pittsburgh Pirates: Jeff Karstens Deal Paying Dividends, Literally.

One of the greatest factors about living in Pittsburgh is being able to go to PNC Park. Without a doubt it is one of the top 5 nicest parks in America...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 217 reads 0 comments
10 Things New York Yankee Fans Can Do in October

In 1994, I was 11-years old. I don't even think I had started to like girls yet, and it was a close competition as to whether or not NHL '93 or Madden '95 was my favorite game for the Sega Genesis...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 621 reads 22 comments
Michael Phelps Is the Most Dominant Athlete of His Generation

Keep Tiger Woods, I'll take Michael Phelps. I hope everyone is watching the Olympics because the world is being treated by Michael Phelps' swimming. We are drawn to athletes who are "freaks of nature...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 878 reads 9 comments
Open Mic: MLB - All-Time Modern Expansion Team

The expansion years of Major League Baseball are some of the most exciting. With all the new merchandising and flashy promotions, fans are given a real treat when MLB expands...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 459 reads 0 comments
New York Yankees: Decisions Loom

The New York Yankees have arguably the best season as far as it came to the trades they were able to pull off. Now that the deadline has come to pass, you can be sure that management has already ...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 667 reads 14 comments
AL Cy Young: A Moose Call?

At the end of last season Yankees fans were wondering what, exactly, the team was going to do with Mike Mussina. He was a clear liability. Mussina was 11 - 10 with a 5.15 ERA ans was clearly not the pitcher he once was...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 221 reads 1 comments
Brett Favre Is Not the Only Legend to Wear Odd Uniform

When Brett Favre actually retires, it will most likely be as a member of the New York Jets. He will walk through the tunnel into the locker room the last time wearing green and white, not green and gold...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 670 reads 4 comments
New York Giants: Outside Factors Could Lead to Another Super Season

Fans of both teams are giving a Giant New York Welcome to Brett Favre. Giants fans knew the honeymoon was over as soon as Jeremy Shockey opened his mouth...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 452 reads 6 comments
Peguins-Flyers: Pennsylvania's Cold War Begins

The Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh was washed in white as the Penguins again called for a "white out" making "the Igloo" a very chilly place for the Philadelphia Flyers...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 628 reads 0 comments
Tigers-Yankees: Igawa Picks Up Where He Left Off...Like a Bum

There was a slight hope that a pitcher, who at least had been a professional a little longer than Phil Hughes, or Ian Kennedy, may be able to bring a little stability to the five spot of the Yankees rotation...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 740 reads 5 comments
Indians-Yankees: Giambi, Cano and Chamberlain Can't Be Held Down

The last time we saw Joba Chamberlain it looked as though he might start crying at any time. Sitting in the Yankees dugout, Chamberlain's anguish at letting his team down was evident all over his young face...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 326 reads 5 comments
An Unblemished Victim?: Clemens is no Sacrificial Lamb.

The term scapegoat has it's origins in Judaism where the high priest would symbolically place the sins of the people in an innocent goat and sacifice the goat to God for his forgiveness...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 668 reads 4 comments
NFL SpyGate: The New Evil Empire

The NFL has a lot of information to sort through. There are new allegations that Adam 'Pacman' Jones may have paid for a club to be shot up. One of their 'character players' Marvin Harrison is under investigation...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 1,215 reads 14 comments
Clemens Will Be A Hall of Famer...Eventually

Today it is hard to imagine Roger Clemens stepping before a podium in Cooperstown beside a plaque bearing his image. One day, however, it will happen.Twenty five years from now Clemens will step up to the podium and not know exactly what to say...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 449 reads 0 comments
Pittsburgh Pirates Continue Losing Ways: One Nate of Hope

There is a T-shirt worn around Pittsburgh which is just as popular as the Steelers' Super Bowl XL championship shirt. The shirt is simple, uses the minimum amount of words and is to the point...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 567 reads 0 comments
Not So Fast: Phil Hughes' Injury Won't Lead to Joba Chamberlain in the Rotation

In Hank Steinbrenner's book, I am an idiot. Now there are many reasons anyone would call me an idiot but Mr. Steinbrenner would take particular issue with my belief that Joba Chamberlain should remain in the bullpen...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 379 reads 0 comments
Yankees-Mariners: Johnny Damon Has Monster Weekend as Yanks Sweep

He is not the Johnny Damon of the World Champion Red Sox — and he certainly isn't the hot young player he was with the Royals or A's — but Johnny Damon is still a factor. He's a little slower and his defense isn't what it used to be...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 427 reads 0 comments
Penguins-Rangers: Marian Hossa Shows Up As Pittsburgh Moves On

Sports can be a matter of inches. It can also be a matter of luck. For Marian Hossa and the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was both...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 1,116 reads 0 comments
Pressure on the Pens?: Game Five Becomes More Important with Flyers' Win

You would think that Penguins fans would be relaxed and worry free with a three to one game advantage. Unfortunately, Philadelphia's victory over Montreal Saturday night has sent the Steel City down a notch...

Written by Shawn Dommer about about 1 year ago 343 reads 0 comments

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Shawn Dommer Article Archive

Real Giants Football Returns to New York

Sorry, College Football: I'm Just Not That Into You

Pittsburgh Pirates: Jeff Karstens Deal Paying Dividends, Literally.

10 Things New York Yankee Fans Can Do in October

Michael Phelps Is the Most Dominant Athlete of His Generation

Open Mic: MLB - All-Time Modern Expansion Team

New York Yankees: Decisions Loom

AL Cy Young: A Moose Call?

Brett Favre Is Not the Only Legend to Wear Odd Uniform

New York Giants: Outside Factors Could Lead to Another Super Season

Peguins-Flyers: Pennsylvania's Cold War Begins

Tigers-Yankees: Igawa Picks Up Where He Left Off...Like a Bum

Indians-Yankees: Giambi, Cano and Chamberlain Can't Be Held Down

An Unblemished Victim?: Clemens is no Sacrificial Lamb.

NFL SpyGate: The New Evil Empire

Clemens Will Be A Hall of Famer...Eventually

Pittsburgh Pirates Continue Losing Ways: One Nate of Hope

Not So Fast: Phil Hughes' Injury Won't Lead to Joba Chamberlain in the Rotation

Yankees-Mariners: Johnny Damon Has Monster Weekend as Yanks Sweep

Penguins-Rangers: Marian Hossa Shows Up As Pittsburgh Moves On

Pressure on the Pens?: Game Five Becomes More Important with Flyers' Win

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