Billy Paultz Reconsidered

When Payton Manning played brilliantly but couldn’t get his team over the top in big games, the rap was that individual stuff means nothing, wins are the only thing that matters.
When Eli Manning’s team wins three straight road playoff games to get to the Super Bowl, now the wins don’t validate, and everybody wants to […]

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So the Patriots got caught cheating three months ago, and their reaction - their coaches’ reaction in particular - was to turn this season into a crusade to stick it to the world and show everybody. This has led to the unsavory spectacle of guys ecstatically spiking the ball after touchdowns that put their team […]

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Andrew Quarless and Willie Harriott, Penn State players cited last week for underage drinking, are back with the team, according to unnamed sources quoted by Blue-White Illustrated.
The Penn State sports-info office neither confirmed nor denied.
Elsewhere on the police blotter:

A Centre County judge dismissed four charges against Penn State safety Anthony Scirrotto, including the two big ones […]

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… that halfway through this sporting summer, Pac Man Jones would look, comparatively, like Desmond Tutu?
… that the commissioner having the relatively stress- free summer would be the guy who runs the NHL?
Observations:
Every time you watch a game people bet on, there’s a chance the betting is impacting the integrity of the outcome. A very […]

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7:01 p.m. - We are underway from the WAMU (no, I don’t know what that means) Theatre at Madison Square Garden. A few notes while the idiotic video montage runs….
1. The Sunday News’ Eric Stark will call in from time to time from the Sixers’ draft party at the Wachovia Center. Starkie reported a while […]

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The Jockstrap Chronicles NBA draft live blogfest begins tonight at 7 p.m., featuring a cast of several, including correspondents at NBA draft HQ in New York and at the Sixers’ soiree for season-ticket holders in Philly.
Live e-mail dialogue (mgross@lnpnews.com) encouraged, even if you’re not a draft nut. We’ll be talking about the league in general, […]

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Notes on a (triumpant?) return from vacation….

If somebody told you in April that in late June, Freddy Garcia, Brett Myers, Tom Gordon and Jon Lieber would all be on the DL, and Garcia and Lieber likely done for the year, you’d be wondering if the Phillies could catch the Nationals, not the Mets.

Considering their run-prevention […]

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Note to hyperventilating media: No, the Spurs are not a dynasty. How many times do we have to go over this?
The Bill Russell Celtics (11 championships in 13 years), now that’s a dynasty. The John Wooden UCLA Bruins (10 national titles in 12 years), now that’s another one. The Yankees for the long haul arguably. […]

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watched game four of the 1987 NBA Finals (on ESPN Classic, I’m guessing) and observes that….
… it actually is true that if you’re immersed in the contemporary NBA the relative lack of athleticism on display is striking. Which, of course, is precisely what you’d expect. Bird and Magic not only saved the NBA, but ushered […]

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I’ve been wanting to try one of these diaries, and with game one of the NBA Finals and the second half of the Phillies and Mets running simultaneously, this seems like the right time. We’re fresh from the vast nearby Sheetz convenience complex with an armload of caffeine and, well, here we go.
9:03 p.m. – […]

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