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Roundup: State of Ohio Well Represented in the Sweet 16, RIP Sportswriter Furman Bisher & Video of a Nasty Baseball Collision

Posted March 19, 2012, 8:20 am by Jason McIntyre (243 Comments)

A few links you may be interested in: Bryce Harper will start the season in AAA, the image of an NHL enforcer, is QB Ryan Tannehill a first round pick and Vin Scully’s travel schedule. There’s no Ballin’; today, so we’ve tossed some NBA links in here.

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Roundup: Barry Sanders is Getting Divorced, Girl Gets Knocked Out in Birthday Cake & Rapper Rips Skip Bayless

Posted March 1, 2012, 8:00 am by Jason McIntyre (150 Comments)

Heavy on the NCAA tournament bubble talk. Also, my favorite Monkees song.

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Baseball Coach Suspended For Calling Whitney Houston a “N—–” on Facebook

Posted February 27, 2012, 11:59 am by Ty Duffy (81 Comments)

Don’t worry. He’s not a racist. He has “some amazing friends who are black.”

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Roundup: Jeremy Lin May Have a Deal with Nike, Sacha Baron Cohen Banned From the Oscars & CM Punk vs. Chris Brown

Posted February 23, 2012, 8:09 am by Stephen Douglas (CRM!) (338 Comments)

Nicole Scherzinger, Mike Tyson, the Hindenburg, American reporter dead in Syria, run the 40 for Rich Eisen, climbing Everest.

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Fired ESPN Editor Anthony Federico Apologizes for Jeremy Lin “Chink in the Armor” Headline

Posted February 22, 2012, 4:42 pm by Ty Duffy (20 Comments)

“Two weeks prior to the incident I had my first column published on espnW.com. My career was taking off. Why would I throw that all away with a racist pun? This was an honest mistake.”

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Roundup: Jeremy Lin Gives Advice, Rumble at a Casino Buffet & Dana White Calls Floyd Mayweather Racist

Posted February 22, 2012, 8:30 am by Jason McIntyre (139 Comments)

The Dow hit 13,000! In less important news, Kansas State locked up a spot in March Madness and Seton Hall might have, too. Kevin Durant has dumped his agent. Miss Finland looks delightful.

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Cincinnati Football Recruit Involved in Racially-Charged High School Basketball Incident

Posted February 20, 2012, 3:00 pm by Jason Lisk (86 Comments)

Shakim Alonzo claims his actions were motivated by a racial slur after getting elbowed.

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