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Entries from September 2006

Programming note

September 29th, 2006 · Comments Off

The Fox NFL Sunday Roadshow is going to be in Charlotte this weekend. And so am I. Look for the dork with the Treo wearing this T-shirt…

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Dave the Wireless Ambassador

September 29th, 2006 · Comments Off

Sometimes being a blogger has its advantages. For example, people looking for cheap advertising occasionally think you’re important and give you free stuff in the hopes that you will promote it… It’s with this in mind that the folks at Sprint invited me to join their Ambassador Program, in which they give free cell phones [...]

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And now for something completely different…

September 28th, 2006 · Comments Off

With T.O.’s not-a-suicide attempt, Chris Simms’ spleen, Terrence Kiel’s “lean”, Shaun Alexander’s faith and Jeff Fisher’s upcoming T-shirt purchase dominating American sports headlines this week, you probably had no clue that the Australian Football League Grand Final was taking place tomorrow night. And why should you? To the American sports audience, this is just some [...]

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Mobile ESPN is backbackbackbackback… GONE!

September 28th, 2006 · Comments Off

That’s what tech sites GigaOM and MobHappy are reporting, anyway. ESPN is going to refocus on being a content provider for other cell networks, which is exactly what they should have done from square one. Yeah, that was about as predictable as Shaun Alexander getting injured after being on the Madden 07 cover…

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Pittsburgh media frightened by the word “fart”

September 28th, 2006 · 1 Comment

If you look at yesterday’s AP story and today’s Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about Ben Roethlisberger’s slow start this season, you’ll notice one very interesting similarity — the media’s kneejerk reaction to a certain four-letter word that begins with the letter “F.” “The doctors said there’s nothing wrong with my brain, but I’m having brain (cramps) [...]

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How to handle those nutty kicking situations

September 28th, 2006 · Comments Off

Recent gaffes by the Panthers’ Chris Gamble and the Steelers’ Ricardo Colclough and the incredible starts to the season that John Kasay and Robbie Gould have had are bringing the importance of good special teams play back to the forefront early in the season. It’s also given coaches, players and pundits the opportunity to examine [...]

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