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Sunday, April 30, 2006

Titans Get Young: The Great Experiment Begins

Posted on 3:23 AM by ergeg
Sam's Place Sports Bar & Grill (pictured, left) in Nashville's Hillsboro Village is a fine place to watch the NFL draft. It's 11 o'clock on Saturday morning, and too early for alcohol, but that doesn't stop the predominantly male (all ages) crowd from getting started. Beer and sandwiches all around, and the clientele of about 30 or so, along with a new barmaid whom I've never seen before—with a
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Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Who Will Emerge Unscathed from the Kentucky Derby's Organized Chaos?

Posted on 2:47 AM by ergeg
[Editor's Note: Sports Media America proudly presents this guest column by Los Angeles-based correspondent Steve Brady. Steve's become a savvy horse player in the recent era, and his stylish, catchy prose not only zeros in on the whys and wherefores of winning thoroughbreds but also makes the newbie horse-racing fan feel welcome at the track. So read and learn. But, as always, don't bet the farm
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Monday, April 24, 2006

Hernandez' Remarks Challenge Political Correctness, But Has He Got a Point?

Posted on 6:49 PM by ergeg
Okay, time for honesty. Let's have a show of male hands. How many of you out there think it's cool that a woman was hanging out in the San Diego Padres dugout during Saturday's game against the New York Mets? Mets broadcaster Keith Hernandez was reprimanded for speaking his mind about 33-year-old massage therapist Kelly Calabrese, who is apparently employed full-time by the Padres. After spotting
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Money Well Spent? Titans New Free Agents Intrigue but Don't Excite; Serious Draft Issues Still Looming

Posted on 7:07 AM by ergeg
David Givens, Kevin Mawae, David Thornton, Chris Hope. This is the new crop of free agents signed in a hurry by the Tennessee Titans. The default reaction of local Nashville radio and TV sports media seems to be a positive one. Forgive my cynicism, but I'm not so sure.

With the exception of the 35-year-old Mawae (left), the group has both youth and legit experience on its side, and, in the
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Monday, March 13, 2006

Platitudes and Obfuscation: Inside the Vague Mind of Craig Littlepage

Posted on 1:31 AM by ergeg
When CBS producers and tech staff weren't in synch with the wayward commentary of Billy Packer and Jim Nantz during yesterday's NCAA bracket wrap-up, we received an unplanned visual of an awkward Craig Littlepage, selection committee chair. While Littlepage smirked nervously on-screen, Nantz and Packer were beating up on his supposed logic in defense of the committee's work. We got a picture of
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Monday, February 6, 2006

Posted on 2:18 AM by ergeg
The Super Bowl has come and gone. The Steelers won, 21-10. Sometimes the Seahawks looked every bit as good as their opponents, then they'd shoot themselves in the foot with penalties, look a little out-of-synch in managing the clock, or just basically do things you shouldn't do in the biggest game of the year, like drop passes or throw an interception. The Seahawks' 7-3 halftime deficit looked
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Super Disappointing: Steelers Are Champs, but Zebras Help to Ensure Seahawks' Ineptitude

Posted on 2:18 AM by ergeg
The Super Bowl has come and gone. The Steelers won, 21-10. Sometimes the Seahawks looked every bit as good as their opponents, then they'd shoot themselves in the foot with penalties, look a little out-of-synch in managing the clock, or just basically do things you shouldn't do in the biggest game of the year, like drop passes or throw an interception. The Seahawks' 7-3 halftime deficit looked
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