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Allstate's Bergwood Ditches Bowden Crush to Profess His Undying, Unrequited Love for Hayden Fry

One of my favorite high school teachers had a Hayden Fry poster in the classroom and made everyone in class know who he was and the history behind the man. Mind you this was in California. And none of my classmates cared about college football. Or Iowa. Or middle aged men with lockjaw scowls on posters. But darned if...

How Can Anyone Dismiss Anaheim?

While we all contemplate Teemu Selanne's abilities as a Scanner as he concentrates on Dubya during Anaheim's White House visit, a quick question: Who in their right mind doesn't consider the Ducks to be a prime contender in the Western Conference right now? The answer is Allan Muir of Sports Illustrated. Even with the...

Eric Lindros and the Hall of Fame Debate: It's the Personal vs. Professional

If Eric Lindros is enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame, my preference for his etched glass plaque would be an image of his frozen face under a twisted helmet, resting on the slowly melting ice in Philadelphia during Game 7 of the 2000 Eastern Conference Finals. Somewhere in the corner would be a smaller etching of Scott...

SI Celebrates a Michigan Legend: Tim Brown

Desmond Howard is not just another Heisman winner. He may be the most iconic Heisman guy of them all, what with Keith Jackson going "hellloooooo Heisman" as he busted the statue's pose out after his game-changing punt return touchdown against Ohio State. That's why EA put him on the cover and not, say, Rashaan Salaam when...

The Cubs Are Betting on Lou Piniella's Temper

According to Albert Chen of SI.com, Lou Piniella (who surprisingly seems slightly amenable to the concept of statistical analysis) is taking a more "relaxed" stance toward the Cubs this year. Those quotes are attributable to Piniella, not Chen; Piniella actually told the Cubs, in his first address to the team, that things...

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05/01/12 Aggie Luke Joeckel could be picked No. 2 overall in... Source: College Sports Blog Former Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill became the second Aggie in as many years to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft when he went No. 8 overall to the Miami Dolphins.
10/13/11 Is This the Cast of 'Celebrity Apprentice' Season 5? Source: TV Squad Things are about to get nasty in Donald Trump's boardroom.