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09.08.2009 6:23 am

Pittsburgh Pirates: Biggest Losers Ever

The Pirates have done it. This once-proud franchise managed to clinch its 17th consecutive losing season.

This is the same ballclub that once produced the famed “We Are Family” team. This is the team that once featured Jim Leyland managing and a…

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06.03.2009 7:46 am

Small Bears Are Suffering

Cubs manager Lou Piniella must not have slept well last night.

The Cubs opened a nine-game road trip by blowing a 5-0 eighth-inning lead Tuesday night at Atlanta. The Braves tied the game on Jeff Francoeur’s two-out, two-run homer in the…

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12.03.2008 7:47 am

What’s Next, a Lawrence Phillips Movie?

This is no joke: Writer-director Tim Carr has produced 82-minute documentary “Leaf” about the professional life and death of Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf.

A screening at the San Diego Library was free, as a nod to those fans that suffered through the…

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07.03.2008 6:02 am

Aaron Rodgers, PR genius

Is Brett Favre getting the itch to play again? The show “NFL Live!” had a report to that effect, but Favre shot it down.

Still, Packers fans aren’t giving up on him. His replacement in Green Bay, perennial back-up Aaron Rodgers, offended…

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05.21.2008 6:03 am

Tigers looking like Lions

The Detroit Red Wings are soaring in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Detroit Pistons are back in the NBA’s Final Four.

And the Detroit Tigers . . . well, they remain massive disappointments this season. Manager Jim Leyland is beside himself.

“I’m…

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03.14.2008 8:55 am

Hey, Billy, don’t quit your day job

So what happens when an almost 60-year-old actor/producer fulfills his lifelong dream of playing for the Yankees?

He strikes out. This is the real world, not one of those feel-good Holiday movies.

Billy Crystal batted in the leadoff slot for the Yankees Thursday,…

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01.28.2008 7:45 am

Defending Roger Clemens

The Roger Clemens public relations campaign continues at full speed.

His agents produced an 18,000-word statistical study –complete with 38 charts — to refute claims that the Rocket’s numbers took off at the time he allegedly started juicing.

“Clemens’ longevity was due to…

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01.14.2008 7:53 am

Jinxing Tony Romo

So how did the Giants upset the Cowboys in Irving, Texas?

Experts will point to their stellar second-half defense or the steady leadership of young quarterback Eli Manning. The New York Post is taking credit, though, for planting a Jessica Simpson lookalike at…

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