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Monster Mash: Part One
Sport figures ready their Halloween costumes
By C.L. Lovett|Posted 10.29.09

With Halloween upon us, I'll bet you're busy thinking about what kind of costume to wear. Well, I've done a little bit of homework as to what some of our favorite (and not-so favorite) figures in the world of sports are dressing up as...

Maybe you'll find some inspiration....

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October
Monday Mourning: Week Seven
NFL Week 7: Gatorade baths, babysitters and UFC
By C.L. Lovett|Posted 10.27.09

University of North Carolina: You win the latest "my owner is an idiot award." This is the first time the award hasn't been won by some lonely old woman who puts her cats in Arbor Day sweaters. Good job...

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October
Headliners: NFL Week 6 Preview
Brees, Ryan and Rivers; All three step up in Week 6
By Danny Nicklin|Posted 10.15.09

Quarterbacks will tell the story this weekend, as Brees and Manning lead their respective undefeated squads in a NO/NY match-up. Matt Ryan and Jay Cutler are primed for a shootout at in the Georgia Dome and Philip Rivers is the Chargers best hope to derail the upstart Broncos.

Danny Nicklin previews Week 6 with headlines you may see Monday morning...

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October
Deal keeps LT in San Diego
Chargers keep a good player, shock the media
By Anthony May|Posted 03.12.09

You'd think that when a team keeps a running back that's rushed for over 1,100 yards in eight consecutive seasons it wouldn't be considered shocking news, let alone a mistake.

But that's exactly what's going down in San Diego now that the Chargers have restructured the contract of LaDainian Tomlinson....
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March
Late-round picks key to success
Mining underrated players makes for roster gold
By Anthony May|Posted 03.07.09

Baseball is game of averages and, over the course of a season, there's a pretty large group of players that average-out to be solid performers.

Translate that into the sport's fantasy counterpart, and your looking at very large pool of viable talent to select from on draft day. And after three or four rounds of the draft have passed, everybody is sporting a solid roster. It's the draft's final rounds that can make or break teams....
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March
Mocking the draft
Endlessly moving pieces create mock draft clutter
By Danny Nicklin|Posted 03.03.09

I knew it. If I put together a mock draft for the upcoming NFL draft, I definitely would have put the Carolina Panthers taking David Veikune, the defensive end from Hawaii at the 59th pick... in the second round.

That's exactly who Wes Bunting of the National Football Post (NFP) has penciled in (at least I hope he is using pencil) in his fifth mock draft of the year. You read that correctly - fifth. I'm pretty sure that woke Mel Kiper Jr. up in his film room chair....

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March