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Masters

By Jason | April 5, 2007

Later today the Honorary Starter ceremony, featuring Arnold Palmer, will signify the start of the 2007 Masters golf tournament. Arnie, as he is known inside the ropes, will strike the first tee shot at 7:45 AM from the 1st tee.
Palmer played in 50 consecutive Masters Tournaments, ending his streak in 2005. He played his first […]

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A Melrose Passion

By Jason | April 2, 2007

Being a huge fan of the sport of hockey, there’s one reason(person) that really makes it interesting. Barry Melrose.
Hockey fans know Mr. Melrose. For those who don’t, he’s the guy on ESPN with the mullet. Given it’s 2007 and Mr. Melrose continues to sport a mullet, you can begin to see why he’s such a […]

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Hockey needs kids

By Jason | February 25, 2007

Hockey viewership has been in decline for some time now. Since hockey lost the major network television deal and since the game has been in this “cleanup” mode (Commish Bettmans’ attempt to remove fighting from the game), fans have turned hockey off.
NBC has the Game of the Week, but come on, once a week on […]

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Sahara running

By Jason | February 21, 2007

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Three ultra-endurance athletes have just done something most would consider insane: They ran the equivalent of two marathons a day for 111 days to become the first modern runners to cross the Sahara Desert’s grueling 4,000 miles.
“This has been a life-changing event,”
said American runner Charlie Engle

In less than four months, they have run […]

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