1. Boston Red Sox: John Lackey 'Beer'-Gate Part Two, the Non-Story

    Now that we are nearing September, and the Boston Red Sox are all but out of the playoff hunt, it is time for the Boston media to start stirring the pot again. Case in point, Joe Haggerty of CSNNE...

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  2. 10 2011 MLB All-Stars Due to Regress

    In 2011, 84 Major League Baseball players were named to either the American League or National League All-Star teams, including injury replacements. It is all but guaranteed that not all of them will be back in the game in 2012...

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  3. The 5 Most Underrated Announcers in MLB

    According to this report in the Houston Chronicle, legendary Houston Astros announcer Milo Hamilton will call it quits after the 2012 season Hamilton has been with the team since mid-1985 and has survived multiple ownership and ballpark changes...

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  4. MLB 2012 Predictions: Boston Red Sox Season Preview

    Coming off one of the worst collapses in sports history, the Boston Red Sox have to be eager to get back on the diamond...

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  5. MLB: 5 Fat-Guy Singles Hitters

    When you see a fat guy at the plate in the major leagues, you expect him to be a power hitter. But that is not always the case...

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  6. 5 MLB Teams Doomed to Disappoint in 2012

    We are just a few short weeks away from pitchers and catchers reporting to their respective spring training sites and with that comes the preseason MLB predictions...

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  7. MLB Free Agency: 7 Most Underrated Players Left on the Market

    With the Detroit Tigers' signing of Price Fielder last week, the last of the big fish is officially off the market. However, there are still some good players out there, waiting for a call...

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  8. Boston Red Sox: What Is Happening on Yawkey Way?

    In an offseason in which a rotten clubhouse was supposed to be fixed, things have only become more confusing at 4 Yawkey Way...

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  9. Boston Red Sox: Why They Should Sign Roy Oswalt

    Headed into the 2011-12 offseason, the biggest need of the Boston Red Sox was starting pitching. With the way the pitching staff performed down the stretch in September, it was clear change needed to happen...

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  10. Updated Preseason College Football Top 25 for 2012

    With the BCS national championship game in the books, the focus will now shift to the preseason Top 25 rankings in the college football world...

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  11. Matt Barkley Returning to USC: 5 Byproducts of the Juniors Decision

    In a press conference that had Matt Barkley set in front of a massive Christmas tree at the University of Southern California, the junior quarterback announced he would return to play for the Trojans in his final year of eligibility...

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  12. College Football: An Arugment in Favor of Bowl Games

    College football bowl season is officially upon us. 35 games over a stretch of 26 days with teams ranging from the Louisiana Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns to the No. 1 ranked LSU Tigers...

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  13. College Football 2011: Predicting the Major Award Winners

    With the conclusion of the regular season this past Saturday, there is only one thing left to hold you over until the bowl games begin—awards...

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  14. Chick-Fil-a Bowl 2011: Key Matchups for Auburn Tigers vs. Virginia Cavaliers

    With a surprise invite to the Sugar Bowl for Virginia Tech, their in-state rival Virginia slots into the Chick-Fil-A Bowl in a matchup with the defending BCS National Champion Auburn Tigers...

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  15. Bobby Valentine Will Be a Success with the Boston Red Sox

    Early Thursday evening, Bobby Valentine was officially introduced as the 45th manager in the history of the Boston Red Sox ...

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  16. Bobby Valentine: Sox Players Delusional to Be Upset with the Hire

    After Bobby Valentine was hired by the Boston Red Sox to be their next manager, it didn't take long for reports to get out that some players were not on board with the signing...

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  17. NBA Free Agents 2011: 5 Guys Boston Celtics Should Sign Before Christmas Opener

    With the NBA lockout lifted and the season set to begin on Christmas Day, many teams will scramble for free agents to fill out their rosters in time to prepare for the season...

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  18. College Football 2011: 10 Juniors Who Are Locks for the NFL Draft

    Last season, Andrew Luck shocked the country when he announced that he would stay at Stanford for another season even though he was guaranteed to be the No.1 pick in the draft. That decision has hurt underclassmen in the past (i...

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  19. Why Daniel Bard Should Be a Starter for the Boston Red Sox

    With Jonathan Papelbon now in Philadelphia , one of the Boston Red Sox ' options at closer is current setup man Daniel Bard ...

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  20. Alabama vs LSU Rematch: Has Bama Really Done Enough to Guarantee BCS Title Shot?

    With conference championship games still to be played, we already know who is going to play in the BCS National Championship game. In all likelihood, the game will be a rematch of the "Game of the Century" between Alabama and LSU...

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  21. BCS Rankings: The Contenders and Pretenders of the BCS Top 25

    With teams playing different level of competition in their schedules there are always contenders and pretenders in the BCS picture...

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  22. BCS Rankings Week 14: Predicting the Biggest Differences Between the BCS and AP

    With so many different polls in college football there are likely to be many differences between the lot of them. The AP Poll is not taken into account in the BCS rankings so the differences between the two are going to be greater than any other two...

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  23. Bowl Predictions: Which Fringe Teams Will Sneak into BCS Bowls

    With so many teams at one and two losses many of them have a chance at making it into a BCS bowl game. A lot of teams have now completed their season without an opportunity to play ...

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  24. BCS Rankings: 3 Teams That Always Get Too Much Love from the BCS

    It is safe to say by now that the BCS is a flawed system. It is an inexact science that takes into account both a human element as well as multiple computers, who can't watch a single game all season...

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  25. BCS Standings: 8 Most Surprising and Disappointing Top 25 Teams This Season

    Each year in college football there are going to be teams that surprise you and teams that disappoint you and 2011 is no different...

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