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Monday, September 6th, 2010Buddy Ryan: Tony Dungy Should Mind His Own Business
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010Just about everybody who watched Rex Ryan f-bomb his way through the first episode of HBO’s “Hard Knocks” enjoyed the NFL’s version of “Jersey Shore.” One man who did not, and very politely explained as much (adding that if he were hiring, Rex wouldn’t make the list), was former Super Bowl winning coach and all-around do-gooder Tony Dungy. More on NFL
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Washington Senate Primary Results: Patty Murray, Dino Rossi To Square Off
Wednesday, August 18th, 2010OLYMPIA, Wash. — Democratic Sen. Patty Murray and her leading Republican challenger emerged from their primary Tuesday and will face off again in November in a race that could be pivotal in the battle for control of the Senate. Murray and Republican Dino Rossi already have been campaigning against each other in anticipation of a fall matchup, and President Barack Obama came to the state Tuesday to bolster the Democrat’s candidacy. The two had coffee at a bakery with small business owners, and Obama urged Democrats to “send her back to Washington.” Obama’s presence shows how high the stakes are in the race. Republicans will likely need to oust Murray if they want take back control of the Senate. Rossi, a real estate investor who narrowly lost bids for governor in 2004 and 2008, has been attacking Murray over her efforts to bring home federal dollars at a time when the debt is soaring, and over her votes on the financial regulation bill. He declared Tuesday that he would put the nation’s capital on “a pork-free diet” if elected. Murray, who is fourth in Senate Democratic leadership, says her experience and clout make her the right candidate for the job, and she says Rossi’s opposition to financial regulation makes him “the best friend Wall Street and big banks can buy.” Washington was one of three states holding elections Tuesday. Former U.S. Attorney Matt Mead narrowly led state auditor and Sarah Palin-backed Rita Meyer in the GOP gubernatorial primary in Wyoming. The winner will be favored to win in November and help the GOP pick up a governor’s seat, with popular Democratic Gov. Dave Freudenthal stepping down after two terms. A normally quiet special legislative election along the California coast became a more prominent contest because a Democrat victory could have put the party within one vote of a two-thirds majority in the Senate that is needed to approve budgets and tax increases. Obama endorsed the Democrat, but the Republican won. In Washington, the Senate race was a “top two” primary, meaning the candidates with the highest vote totals move on to November. With about 59 percent of the expected vote counted, Murray had 46 percent of the vote, compared with Rossi’s 34 percent. GOP hopeful Clint Didier, a former tight end and Super Bowl winner for the Washington Redskins who has the backing of tea party activists and Palin, was running a distant third with 12 percent. The results show how close the race might be for Murray. The fact that an 18-year senator is not able to pull a majority of the vote shows her vulnerability, but she could gain ground in November when the Democratic base is more motivated than in a primary that was essentially a foregone conclusion. Murray said she has been underestimated “all my life. And that’s just fine, thank you.” She called the primary “really one step on the road to victory in November.” Murray has built a reputation as an underdog ever since she was told by a politician early in her career she was just “a mom in tennis shoes” who couldn’t amount to much. The quote inspired her to get into politics and has been her catch phrase in past campaigns. In Wyoming, Mead was clinging to a 714-vote lead out of 105,000 votes cast. The winner will face Wyoming Democratic Party chairwoman Leslie Petersen.
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Brett Favre Back In Minnesota
Tuesday, August 17th, 2010EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — Brett Favre is back in the building. The 40-year-old quarterback returned to Minnesota on Tuesday, arriving in a private jet trimmed in the Vikings’ purple and gold with three teammates who were sent to Hattiesburg, Miss., to bring him back for one more shot at a Super Bowl. This time around, Favre got a ride to Vikings headquarters from kicker and close friend Ryan Longwell – last year, when he joined Minnesota, head coach Brad Childress was at the wheel. Longwell’s black SUV was followed by three helicopters from local television stations and pulled into Vikings headquarters as dozens of fans cheered and photographers snapped pictures. At one point, Favre waved to the media and fans. “Circus in Winter Park,” tight end Visanthe Shiancoe tweeted. Favre’s website posted a message earlier saying “stay tuned for breaking news from the Minnesota Vikings today on Brett Favre’s possible return.” “Brett Favre for President!!” receiver Bernard Berrian tweeted. Presumably, Favre did not make the trip just to tell the Vikings he was retiring, but the team still had not given an official confirmation that the star quarterback will play this year. He is, however, under contract – the second season in a two-year, $25 million deal. The Vikings issued a media schedule for Wednesday, announcing that coach Brad Childress will hold his regular news conference following practice. The team also said that a “media availability with QB Brett Favre is to be determined.” Favre will turn 41 in October and has flirted with retirement for years, while playing for the Green Bay Packers, the New York Jets and now the Vikings. He threw 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions last season to help Minnesota reach the NFC title game. The three-time MVP had been thinking about hanging it up again this year after injuring his ankle in the NFC championship loss to New Orleans in January. He had surgery on his left ankle in June, and told teammates and some team officials earlier this month that it hadn’t healed enough for him to return for a 20th NFL season. Yet no one in the organization fully bought into that – partly because they went through a similar ordeal in 2009. Last year, Favre told the team on the eve of training camp that he was going to stay retired, only to return the Tuesday after their first preseason game. The Vikings played their first exhibition game of 2010, a 28-7 win over the Rams, on Saturday. Favre visited Dr. James Andrews in Florida last week to get a checkup on his ankle and the Vikings sent Longwell, Jared Allen and Steve Hutchinson – three of his closest friends on the team – to Mississippi to woo him one final time. Favre proved last year that he didn’t need all that extra sweating in training camp, delivering one of his finest seasons and leading the Vikings to the brink of the Super Bowl. He took a beating at the Superdome, yet still threw for 310 yards and a touchdown. But he also threw two interceptions, the last one in Saints territory at the end of regulation that cost the team a chance a game-winning field goal try. More on NFL
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Khai Gordon: Giants vs. Jets Monday Night Preseason Brawl for Nothing
Monday, August 16th, 2010The hype leading up to tonight’s preseason game against the New York Giants and New York Jets has been primarily one-sided. And for good reason as the Giants have gone relatively under the radar this off season, while the Jets seem to have something to prove as they do at the start of every season. The Jets surprising appearance in last seasons AFC Championship game and the filming of the hit HBO TV series HardKnocks has their confidence high and their respect at a minimum towards the team they’ve played second fiddle to for over five decades. And while their recent success is to be commended it really shows of who is King and who isn’t of New York. Tonight’s game will not settle anything as the score and performance will mean nothing once the game is over. But what is interesting is how much longer the Jets expect Giants fans, players and the organization to remain patient with their reckless words and ridiculous taunting. The Giants have nothing to prove to the Jets and while the same can’t be said for them, because of their post season success last year they feel somehow superior having done nothing since their 1969 Super Bowl Championship. I say this out of understanding that while what the Jets accomplished last season was impressive. Respect in this town is not given it is earned…and one successful season may open the door, but it takes more than one season to get the respect they so desperately crave. The fact remains that despite it all, the Giants were the first football team in New York and nothing can ever change the 35 years gap between the two franchises. No disrespect to Jets fans who should be proud of their team but let’s be realistic and understand that with all eyes on you…the pressure at this moment couldn’t be greater which is something the Giants relish in. With the world watching the overly cocky and extremely confident Jets have allowed their mouths to write many checks this season that the media will sit back and pick apart if they fail to deliver. A word of advice from a fan of the number one team in NewYork…sometimes your silence is golden and can serve as the peace you’ll need when things don’t always go according to how it’s written and predicted. Live coverage of tonight’s game will be broadcast on ESPN and My9 for local fans in New York. Kick off is at 8:00 PM EST To Jets fans…it is with hope that players for both teams leave the game healthy and injury free…other than that, who wins or loses is of no consequence. Maybe we’ll see each other in the post season, until then…it’s just another preseason game! More on NFL
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Wyatt Closs: Voices of the Economy Amplified; Best Films, TV, Art, and Books and Moments About Work, Pt 11
Sunday, August 8th, 2010With real storylines like Oil Spills, Big Banks’ Foreclosures, or Turning Down Loans to Pregnant Women and real characters like The Truly Unemployed, The Career Switchers, Tea Baggers and Minutemen, the entertainment and arts world would have more than enough to draw from in terms of poignant depictions and expressions of working family struggles and frustrations. And we likewise, would relish in the absorption of it consuming like a car wreck, 9/11 or the Super Bowl. But the truth of the matter is that such depictions don’t happen that often. We’re far more likely to see more Housewives of Blah Blah County than we are to see another All in the Family. We are more likely to get shocked by Banksy [insert photo?] than to see Diego Rivera or Jacob Lawrence. Thats why…want to shine the light on those souls who truly choose to take the road less traveled Next few weeks, we will take a look at, dig and scrounge for, then argue about does it make us think differently about work? does it reflect values of working families? does it do more than preach and rather, entertains first? Meanwhile, here’s the first question to ponder: who’s a more true working class hero, Batman or Ironman? Both are self-absorbed billionaires intent on trying to do something good using their fortunes to be able to do so. Eh, why bother to ponder. Today, they would just run for US Senate or Governor rather than work on elaborate contraptions that make them fly. More on Economy
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Super Bowl XL Referee: ‘I’ll Go To My Grave’ Over Blown Calls
Friday, August 6th, 2010RENTON, Wash. — Saying “I’ll go to my grave” with regret, NFL referee Bill Leavy reopened a Seahawks’ wound that won’t heal by acknowledging he made mistakes in Seattle’s disputed, 2006 Super Bowl loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The veteran official began an annual training-camp rules interpretation session with the Seattle media after practice on Friday by bringing up the sore subject without being asked. “It was a tough thing for me. I kicked two calls in the fourth quarter and I impacted the game, and as an official you never want to do that,” said the veteran of 15 NFL seasons and two Super Bowls. “It left me with a lot of sleepless nights, and I think about it constantly,” Leavy said of the game in February 2006. “I’ll go to my grave wishing that I’d been better.” Though Seattle played one of its poorest games of an otherwise wondrous season that day, several key calls went against the Seahawks in their 21-10 loss to the Steelers. It remains Seattle’s only Super Bowl appearance. This week is the first time since that game Leavy has been in Seattle with the Seahawks. He and a mini-crew arrived Thursday to help with the team’s practices and give it a rules presentation. Leavy didn’t specify which plays he “kicked” that big day in Detroit. But there are two late ones that people still talk about in Seattle – with disdain they usually reserve for cold, weak coffee. Early in the fourth quarter, tackle Sean Locklear was called for holding on a pass completion that would have put the Seahawks at the Pittsburgh 1, poised for the go-ahead touchdown. After the penalty, Matt Hasselbeck threw an interception, and then was called for a mysterious low block on a play that ended with him tackling Pittsburgh’s Ike Taylor on the defensive back’s return. The penalty moved the Steelers from their 29 to the 44. Pittsburgh used its better field position to score the clinching touchdown four plays later. The next day, then-Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren stoked Seattle’s angry fire when he addressed fans upon the team landing back home. Holmgren told frustrated fans at a civic gathering at Qwest Field, “I knew it was going to be tough going up against the Pittsburgh Steelers. I didn’t know we were going to have to play the guys in the striped shirts, as well.” Holmgren, now a top executive with the Cleveland Browns, has since said he’s gotten over that game. But Leavy hasn’t. “I know that I did my best at that time, but it wasn’t good enough,” said the retired police officer and firefighter in San Jose, Calif., who became an NFL referee in 2001. “When we make mistakes, you got to step up and own them. It’s something that all officials have to deal with, but unfortunately when you have to deal with it in the Super Bowl it’s difficult.” When high-profile referee Ed Hochuli visited the Seahawks’ training camp in the months after that Super Bowl, he and his crew took good-natured ribbing from players. “The Super Bowl was one of those games where it seemed the big calls went against Seattle,” Hochuli said in August 2006. “And that was just fortuitous – bad fortuitous for Seattle. “The league felt, actually, that the Super Bowl was well officiated. Now, that doesn’t mean there were no mistakes. There are always mistakes, but it was a well-officiated game.” More on Super Bowl
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Hayes Permar: July: The Best Month for Sports
Friday, July 30th, 2010Every year around this time I get a little misty having to bid farewell to my favorite sports month of the year. You see, while some consider September, with its football weekends and baseball pennant races, to be the premier time to be a sports fan. Others live for the madness of March, or the sporty Spring month of April, where basketball, baseball, and golf all play a significant role. But there’s only one month that contains both the WNBA All-Star game and the Super Bowl of Competitive Eating: the Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. And that month my friends is July. Be you an avid cycling enthusiast or a dedicated NBA Summer League viewer, there’s a little something for everyone in July, and this year’s offerings did not disappoint. We take a Serious Sports look back, and give an affectionate send-off to July, the best sports month ever! More on World Cup 2010
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David Tyree and Ike Hilliard retire as NY Giants
Friday, July 30th, 2010By 2010-07-30T17:28:31Z EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Former first-round draft pick Ike Hilliard and Super Bowl hero David Tyree have retired as members of the New York Giants….
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Top National Republican Calls Sharron Angle’s Campaign ‘A Work In Progress’
Friday, July 23rd, 2010Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee, characterized Sharron Angle’s Nevada Senate campaign as “a work in progress” this week. Not quite the vote of confidence from a major national party leader Angle might have wanted. Since winning the Republican nomination to take on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Angle’s campaign has hit a fair number of speed bumps. She’s made repeated media-related gaffes and stood by her controversial views. On Thursday, Cornyn offered an assessment of Angle’s political operation: “While running for election is not rocket science, it does require knowledgeable people,” the Texas Senator told Hotline on Call. “It does require some discipline and that’s always a struggle for any first time candidate. While she’s not a first time candidate, I think when you’re running against the incumbent Majority Leader … it’s the Super Bowl and they’re gonna come at you with everything they’ve got and it would be a challenge for anybody to withstand the negative attacks.” Following Angle’s primary win, Cornyn predicted that it would “take a few weeks” before the newly-minted Republican hopeful would be ready to face the media to answer questions about her candidacy and campaign. “I think she needs to get staffed up and prepared,” he said nearly a month ago. The Washington Post reports that Angle acknowledges the volatility of her own campaign. “We’re going to have to roller coaster for a while,” the GOP hopeful told her staff as the general election match-up got underway. “You saw it during the primary. We were up, we were down. But we always knew that it would all come together at the right time. And it did. And that’s what we’re looking forward to. . . . Don’t lose your nerve in the beginning here, because we’ve got a pretty long road.” More on 2010 Elections
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