Sports

Take off your shoulder pads and skates

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Robby Frankel
The National Basketball Association — ever heard of it? Take your shoulder pads and skates off for a moment, put that Tim’s cup down and scooch closer: let’s talk ball. And let’s talk ball for...
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Tiger Woods: the robot

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Robby Frankel
How many articles have been penned about Tiger Woods throughout his decorated career, referring to him as a “man-of-steel,” an “ironman” or some other term meant to insinuate that his skills are so superhuman...
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Off-season blues: The Brett Favre saga

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Robby Frankel
It’s that miserable time of year again. The weather is consistently awful, students are right in the vortex of the black hole that is their academic life, the first round of American Idol is...
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The top nine sports flicks of this generation

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Robby Frankel
Friday Night Lights (2004) Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Garrett Hedlund Peter Berg’s unflinching vision of a high-school football team in Odessa, Texas is an intense, heavy-handed experience. Football for these kids is not a game,...
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The top nine sports stories of ’09

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Robby Frankel
A-Rod gets his ring It’s about time, $250 million man! I’m not a huge baseball guy, but you don’t have to be to know that the Yankees buy themselves championships. That being said, you buy...
Sports

The NFL

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Robby Frankel
Sundays are holy. Millions wake up on this day of rest to gather in their sanctuary with family, friends, neighbors and all people of a similar faith, hoping, pleading and praying things go their...
Sports

In the doghouse

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Robby Frankel
It’s called the worst off-season in sports, and judging by the plethora of NFL jerseys I’ve seen around campus lately (99 per cent Minnesota Vikings), the students at U of M agree: The National...
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