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Roundup: Super Bowl Prediction Day, Bradley Beal’s Monster Dunk & a Baby Plays Ping Pong

Posted February 3, 2012, 8:10 am by Jason McIntyre (368 Comments)

Have you ever seen someone pass out from being tickled? You will today.

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Roundup: Punxsutawney Phil Saw His Shadow, Frank Beamer is Unhappy with a Reporter & David Beckham’s Super Bowl Ad

Posted February 2, 2012, 8:00 am by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (309 Comments)

Yes, someone was arrested for drunk driving a zamboni. Also, RIP Don Cornelius and RIP Angelo Dundee.

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Roundup: National Signing Day Madness, Charlie Weis is Collecting QBs & Mike and the Mad Dog, Together Again

Posted February 1, 2012, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (237 Comments)

Hope you took the under on Illinois vs. Michigan State. Also: Kevin Pittsnogle makes an appearance, as does cute reality TV chick Ali Fedotowsky (in a bikini in cabo), and Jim Tressel.

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Roundup: NESN Hired a Sideline Reporter, Tiger Choked in Abu Dhabi & a Longtime Sports Columnist Retired

Posted January 30, 2012, 8:01 am by Jason McIntyre (151 Comments)

If you’re a recruiting nerd, this is your biggest week of the year. Also: Philly’s Tony Battie was spotted as a strip club drinking Michelob Ultra.

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Roundup: Andrew Bogut’s Hurt (Again), Boxing Announcer Gaffe & ESPN Ombudsman on Tim Tebow Coverage

Posted January 27, 2012, 8:05 am by Jason McIntyre (260 Comments)

Nice win for the Badgers, nice signing for the Nationals, a college football arrest, a tennis player’s encounter with police and lastly, Ricky Rubio.

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Wayne Gretzky in soap suds makes Messier giddy

It’s Wayne Gretzky’s Birthday, So Here’s a Photo of Him Dressed in Just Soap Suds

Posted January 26, 2012, 11:53 am by Tim Ryan (88 Comments)

The Great One turns 51 today.

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Who Wants to Buy Riddick Bowe’s House?

Posted January 25, 2012, 2:20 pm by Jason McIntyre (22 Comments)

For the boxing fans, there’s also video of a classic 1996 Bowe-Golota fight.

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