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Category: SPORTS
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Javier Baez Is Having An MVP Season, Will He Be The MVP?
The MVP talk is starting to heat up and somehow Javier Baez finds himself right in the middle of it. You look in every direction of any Chicago sports media, Baez is there. He is exceeding most expectations of his young career thus far this season but is it good enough to be the NL […]
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Kiké Hernandez is awesome
Enrique Hernandez is a super-utility player for the Los Angeles Dodgers. For starters, he’s awesome for going by “Kiké” instead.
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How to Get a Group of Five Team to the Playoff
Eventually, a small conference team is going to end up in the College Football Playoff. It never would’ve happened if left to the BCS computers, but adding in a human element has put in an opportunity for decision making that can be exploited. It’s only a matter of time, and good football. Four things have […]
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Hallowed Ground
On Wednesday, the University of Nebraska announced that Ron Brown would be named the new director of player development for the Nebraska Football Program. Brown previously coached at Liberty University, and returns to Nebraska after coaching in multiple roles over a 24 year stretch in Lincoln, ending in 2014. Brown’s hiring has garnered praise from […]
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Finding your Fandom: The Case for the Jacksonville Jaguars
It was recently brought to my attention (and the rest of us at the Tailgate Society), that our fearless leader, Ted Flint, is seeking a new Fandom to embrace, having become completely fed up with his formerly beloved Dolphins. Well Ted, I don’t blame you – the Fins are god awful, and I for one […]
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Should the Big 12 and Pac-12 Merge?
We’re deep into the offseason, so us football fans need something to talk about.
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So LeBron is Gone…
So LeBron is gone – bummer. It was a good run, mostly. Maybe not as good as it could’ve been, but still more than anyone could have expected after LeBron bolted to Miami the first time around.
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Pour One Out for Dwight Howard
On the eve of the NBA Draft, Dwight Howard was traded to the Brooklyn Nets for a sum that makes the washing machine that the Kentucky Colonels got for Monix in Semi-Pro look like a haul. Howard was actually swapped for two second-round picks, some cash, and Timofey Mozgov. Basically, he got swapped for a taller […]
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Mount Rushmore: NBA Draft Busts
It is Thursday, June 21st, and tonight is the NBA Draft. “Experts” will try to grade every single pick as it happens. Let’s be honest, though. No one can predict the future, so it really is too early to “grade” draft picks on draft night. With previous draftees, we have the benefit of time and […]
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