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11.20.2009 8:26 am

Revenge Of The Nerds: CYA Voting Ruined

Cardinal Nation isn’t too happy about the outcome of the National League Cy Young Award voting, for obvious reasons.

Numbers crunchers Keith Law and Will Carroll left Chris Carpenter off their ballots, opting for Javier Vazquez and Danny Haren instead. This vaulted Tim…

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11.19.2009 3:14 pm

VORP, FIP, WAR Propel Lincecum to Cy Young

ESPN.com’s Keith Law voted Tim Lincecum No. 1, Javier Vazquez No. 2 and Adam Wainwright No. 3.

He explained his thoughts on ESPN.com. He are snippets of that:

:Law noted that Lincecum led by wide margins the NL in FIP (Fielding Independent…

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11.19.2009 8:03 am

Ryan’s Song Is Tear Jerker

Rams coach Steve Spagnuolo has remained stoical in the face of his team’s struggle. His media sessions are always brief and uneventful.

How does he really feel about his first year at the helm of a NFL team? We’ll never know because…

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11.18.2009 8:23 am

Mark Mangino In Big, Big Trouble

Attention, Missouri football fans: A major Tiger nemesis appears to be in peril. Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is officially under fire in Lawrence.

His volatile coaching style has eroded his job security. KU athletic director Lew Perkins met with the Jayhawks…

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11.17.2009 7:52 am

Browns Reach New Low, Again

It’s a shame the Rams can’t schedule the Cleveland Browns for a game later this season. Steve Spagnuolo’s team would whip them by at least two touchdowns.

The Browns are headed the wrong way fast. Rams have it rough these days,…

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11.16.2009 7:41 am

Belichick Suffocated By Own Genius

So what was more satisfying Sunday night, watching good guy Peyton Manning rally the Colts or bad guy Bill Belichick choke as a tactician?

If you are all Manning-ed out these days, as Tipsheet is, you probably enjoyed Belichick’s colossal blunder more.

The…

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11.13.2009 8:18 am

No Love Lost For Lovie Smith

Our old friend Lovie Smith is having a rough time coaching the Bears this season. His regime is headed the wrong direction fast.

The football world saw that Thursday night when quarterback Jay Cutler threw five interceptions, leading Chicago to a dreary…

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11.12.2009 6:43 am

A New Low For Notre Dame Football?

Here is how far Notre Dame football has sunk: The Not-So-Fighting Irish are reduced to complaining about poor etiquette by Navy, a program that has beaten them twice in South Bend in three years.

After the Midshipmen won in South Bend…

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11.11.2009 8:09 am

New York Doesn’t Celebrate Holliday . . . Yet

Super agent Scott Boras has opened the Matt Holliday sweepstakes by comparing his client to another star in his camp, Mark Teixeira. You will recall that Teixeira waited out the market last winter and got an eight-year, $180 million deal from…

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11.10.2009 7:23 am

Nagging Chiefs Headache Finally Disappears

Over on Missouri’s West Coast, the Kansas City Chiefs finally turned the page on moody, egocentric running back Larry Johnson.

He will be remembered as a professional athlete who embodied all that can go wrong for an individual in the sports…

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