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Potential Fantasy Defensive Juggernauts

The increase in popularity of Individual Defensive Player (IDP) leagues was easy to see coming. After all, why break down offensive players individually by position yet group all defenders as a team? Of course, when IDPs come into play, the defense can't be just an afterthought.Sleeping on defenders while other teams amass...

Did Oakland Pick the Wrong Guy?

Coming off their sixth consecutive non-playoff season, the Oakland Raiders entered the 2009 NFL draft with a number of holes. With the seventh overall pick, they couldn't have made a bad selection in terms of position. Offensive tackle, wide receiver, defense ... all would have been wise choices. As it turns out, the...

Raiders Drafted Michael Mitchell Right Before Bears Would Have

Everyone watching the NFL draft was shocked when the Oakland Raiders selected Ohio safety Michael Mitchell in the second round, a pick that prompted Mel Kiper, Mike Mayock and their ilk to bash the Raiders for wasting a pick on a player who would have been available later in the draft. But now there's talk that Mitchell...

Raiders Don't Understand the Draft

Back in the 1940s, some NFL teams used to grab a Street and Smith's college annual on their way into the NFL draft and just pick from the All-American and All-Conference teams.Thankfully the NFL has come a long way from the bad old days. Now teams spend months scouting every potential draft pick, looking at hours of game...

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Good Luck Pronouncing Kraft's New Name

The sarcasm was palpable in the one-word headline that appeared in The New York Post on the day after Kraft Foods revealed that it planned to name its new global snack business "Mondelez," an interpretation of a mash-up of the Latin words for "world" and "delicious."

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05/30/12 Kraft selling $6 billion of bonds in four parts for... Source: The Business Ledger - Naperville IL Kraft Foods Inc., the world's second- largest food company, is offering $6 billion of debt in four parts in connection with the planned spinoff of its North American grocery business.
05/29/12 Texoma Cleans Up After the Storm Source: NBC/FOX - KFDX 3/KJTL 9 - Wichita Falls TX Winds gusting at a reported 60 miles per hour came barreling through Texoma leaving a trail of destruction behind.
05/23/12 Kraft snacks spinoff gets nod as Mondelez Source: Star Tribune - Minneapolis MN Shareholders of Kraft Foods Inc. voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to name the $35 billion snack foods company that will be created when the company finally splits sometime later this year Mondelez International.
05/18/12 Community rallies behind teen with rare cancer Source: ABC - WKRN News 2 - Nashville TN The community and a local non-profit are rallying around a Madison teenager battling a rare form of cancer.
05/11/12 Art for Charity Source: Charleston City Paper - Charleston SC Michael Mitchell Gallery will host a cocktail party to kick off their third annual, month-long Art for Charity fundraising series.