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- Sumo Cycling: The Next Great Olympic Sport [Duan!] July 25, 2009
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- Marietta, Georgia Books Teen Girl Larceny Squad [Cheerleaders] July 25, 2009
- And Now For A Minute Of Actual Sports [Mlb] July 25, 2009
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- Toledo Free Press
- Good news: Rockets played their best game of the year January 21, 2010
- UT hoops: The week belongs to Shunnar December 11, 2009
- Toledo, BGSU lose the limelight December 9, 2009
- Good news, bad news about BGSU’s bowl projections December 1, 2009
- Crumbs: A wild Friday for BGSU athletics November 23, 2009
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Aug
7
Finally, some levity in this Brett Favre ongoing story.
Last night we all found out about the Favre-to-Jets trade, seeing the “JET FAVRE” headline from a mile away. Last I heard, the Jets gave up just a 4th round pick. But today I found out what the specifics were, and one’s just hilarious. Read more
Jul
31
Writers Who Should Be Suspended
≡ Category: Football, Media | ≅ 4 Comments
The Crime: Using the word Favregate.
One of my pet peeves among writers covering ongoing news is taking some kind of scandal or complicated, drawn out story and adding the -gate suffix to it. (See: Gate, Spy). Scandals imply lying, dishonesty, corruption, and/or general fuckupery. This Brett Favre story has none of those qualities, which might be why it’s such an annoying story. Yet, here we are. Favregate. People are saying it.
For the crime of misuse of -gate in a major sporting event story, I hereby ask that the following writers be suspended from their publications for 24 hours: Read more