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Archive for June, 2009
Who’s left to deal?
In: mlb
30 Jun 2009Just a few days ago I suggested that if the Mariners went 5-4 on their nine-game road swing against tough competiton, they’d be in the position to be buyers before the trade deadline. So far, they’ve gotten off to a good start, taking two of three heading into the start of the series against New [...]
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- Tags: beltre, mariners, trade deadline, washburn
Mighty Mariners struck out swinging against Deja Vu’s curves
In: mariners
29 Jun 2009Well, Mariners organization, it looks like you finally met your match. You found somebody you can’t bully: a bunch of half-naked chicks. All of these years, you’ve been spoiled. You got the public to pay for your $500 million home. You get to charge obscene prices for your concessions. You get to ban lesbians, Yankee [...]
Boxer Bernard Hopkins apparently doesn’t like Donovan McNabb because the quarterback didn’t kiss his ass when Hopkins visited the Eagles. Hopkins reportedly called McNabb a “lapdog” and said the Eagles should sign Michael Vick. Shocking that a fighter nicknamed the Executioner would prefer a QB who was sent to prison for murdering dogs. So add [...]
Make or break time for M’s
In: mlb
26 Jun 2009As we approach the halfway point of the season, the Mariners find themselves in a strange position – too good to start having a firesale, yet not good enough to consider taking on salary. Quite simply, the M’s have been paralyzed into inactivity by their own modest success. At 37-35, Seattle has exceeded all expectations [...]
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- Tags: baseball, griffey, mariners, trade deadline
Trash-talkin’ Tuesday: Oh, Henry
In: Humor
23 Jun 2009A woman in Florida claims that former NFL running back Travis Henry is the father of her 18-month-old twins. If true, it means Henry finally has enough kids to field a full football team, thanks to the 10 women who have fathered his 11 tikes. Hope the woman doesn’t want any financial support because we’re [...]
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- Tags: lebron, manny, money in sports
Friday’s foul calls: Trimming the fat
19 Jun 2009In reading about Brett Favre’s interview with Joe Buck on HBO on Monday night, we learned that Buck’s show was hijacked by some guy named Artie Lange. We had no idea who the hell Artie Lange was until Howard Stern was mentioned. Then we vaguely recalled a slovenly, unshaven, homophobic, mysogenist redneck whose job is [...]
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- Tags: Lard-Ass Lange, tony romo
OTPB on the scene: Sounders FC vs. DC United
In: MLS
18 Jun 2009If there’s one thing the powers that be here at OTPB can decide on, it’s a general disinterest in soccer. Sure, I’ve covered a few MLS games, a couple of old-school Sounders matches, even some of the international friendlies that have blown through Seattle, but I must admit that soccer does nothing for me. However, [...]
Tim Ruskell is a nice guy — certainly not one to revel in the bad news of others, particularly in light of the ills that befell his own Seahawks last year. But the Seahawk president has to be smiling a bit at the Denver Broncos’ ongoing soap opera, if only because the Seahawks stand to [...]
Vince Young will never be a very good NFL quarterback because he’s a mental wuss. We’ve known it since the Tennessee Titans made the mistake of drafting him third overall in 2006, but he actually admitted it in his recent interview with ESPN: “I was to the point where, man, I didn’t really want to [...]
$30 million for Aaron Curry?
13 Jun 2009Based on recent increases in top-five money and the deal quarterback Mark Sanchez just signed, the Seahawks might end up guaranteeing linebacker Aaron Curry about $30 million in his rookie contract. Earlier this week, the New York Jets guaranteed $28 million to Sanchez, the fifth overall pick in the draft, and the immediate question in [...]
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- Chris: I would have been fine with Kuechly. Would have been interesting to see if the Hawks would have been [...]
- Brian Barney: What are your thoughts about Luke Kuechly or is drafting a linebacker early a mistake after the Curr [...]
- AgentJ: College tuition is already high enough. Giving the NCAA a blank check to up the price of a degree is [...]
- Chris: Nice work, EZ. Here's the one I was writing at the same time: http://www.examiner.com/washington- [...]
- Chris: You were right. (I just wanted to test our comments) [...]
- Seahawks Examiner: Is Chris Michael the next Shaun Alexander?
- Seahawks draft notes: Which positions in which rounds?
- Hard to argue with Carroll’s choice of Russell Wilson at this point
- Why would Pete Carroll start Russell Wilson now?
- Will Peyton Manning talk to Pete Carroll this time? (And more)
- Seahawks got second round started Thursday with Bruce Irvin
- Seahawks’ draft trade scenarios
- Mariners still don’t have an offense
- Catch up on a week’s worth of Seahawk content at Examiner.com
- It’s time for NCAA to contract and pay football and basketball players
