Archive for August, 2009

After our first 5-Minute Break column, a 33% of our comments (OK, so one of our three comments...) blasted us for debating the National League, a league that some feel will get smoked in the Fall Classic. Your wish is our command at Take Back, so bring on the AL!
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Mr. Dude and Stuff is enjoying this Phillies season, but he can't help but think what if... What if the Mets didn't suck!
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After taking the summer off, Jack "Bauer" of All Sports is back! Now Take Back's only CTU operative heads off on a mission to take down the hypocrites at the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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Each week, Take Back columnists Kevin O’Connor (Dr. Sports Fan), Adio Royster (The Phoenix), and newcomer Brittany Page (Black Lung) debate a sports topic to keep from losing their minds at work. This week's 5-Minute Break topic: Who Is the Best Team in the National League?
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Adio Royster's sports column -- about Brett Favre joining the Vikes -- almost blew up his computer because it could feel his anger like Emperor Palpatine.
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Brett Favre, new Taking Back Sports column from Adio Royster, and a future column series while at work are all fair game in this sports blog from the Doctor. Just please don't tell my boss!!
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With starting middle linebacker Stewart Bradley and rookie tight end Cornelius Ingram out for the season with ACLs (as Al Michaels would say), backup QB Kevin Kolb and star defensive end Trent Cole each were carted off the field this morning with injuries. Everyone’s training camp hero, wide receiver DeSean Jackson, returned to practice today...
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Tom Brady makes less than him. LaDainian Tomlinson has a smaller paycheck.Hell, even his brother, the much more superior quarterback, Peyton Manning earns less than him. So why does Eli Manning get a six year, $97.5 million contract?
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While I got into the whole fantasy sports scene in 2001 just as the whole industry took off with the internet, I'm as seasoned as anyone in the fantasy world. Despite being a mediocre fantasy player, I've won just four fantasy leagues (football in '01 and '06, baseball in '05, and basketball in '02-'03),...
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