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Hawks’ pre-game primer: Need some O in Big D
In: seahawks
31 Oct 2009Well, after a week off, the Seahawks return to action in Dallas, still chasing the elusive .500 mark. The Hawks and their fans still have a horrible charred taste in their mouth from getting burned by Arizona in Week 6, and if they have any designs on the playoffs, they need to start winning right [...]
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- Tags: DeMarcus Ware, McIntosh, Mile Austin
This week in the Pac-10: This is it
In: NCAA football
30 Oct 2009Well, we have arrived at the game that most likely will determine the course of the Pac-10 representative in the Bowl Championship Series, and it is shaping up to be one for the books. Both Oregon and USC come into this game on a roll, and both teams feel like they have what it takes [...]
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- Tags: oregon, pac-10 picks, uniforms
OTPB NFL predictions: Week 8
In: NFL
30 Oct 2009While the NFL’s stars continue to shine, this season is actually shaping to be one for unheralded guys across the league. From Kyle Orton to Cedric Benson to Darren Sharper to Owen Daniels, there are more and more under-the-radar players making a splash this year than in recent memory. These are all guys, except for [...]
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- Tags: broncos, kyle orton, nfl picks
The anticlimactic announcement today that future Hall of Fame left tackle Walter Jones will not play this season comes as no surprise. And it won’t be a surprise if he doesn’t play again after a remarkable 12-year run (1997-2008) during which he became one of the absolute greatest linemen ever to play the game. If [...]
Wha? It’s basketball season?
In: NBA
28 Oct 2009The fallout from being NBA bereft continues long after the actual displacement of our beloved Sonics – for example, I had absolutely no idea that NBA season was tipping off last night until I flipped by ESPN and saw large men wearing shorts while running and jumping in pursuit of an orange ball. When did [...]
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- Tags: bill simmons, no hoops, sonics
The Seahawks’ road ahead
In: seahawks
26 Oct 2009We all saw the future this weekend – and it doesn’t look good for the Seahawks. It appears the Arizona Cardinals are as good as they looked in beating Seattle 27-3 in Week 6. Their 24-17 win over the Giants in New York was their third road victory of the season and served notice that [...]
This week in the Pac-10: Quick takes
In: NCAA football
24 Oct 2009No. 11 Oregon at Washington: Ducks defense will make the difference in what could be a high-scoring affair. Hard-luck Huskies will come close, but fall short again. Pick: Oregon 34, Washington 27. Washington State at California: As usual, the crippled Cougars have a snowball’s chance in Hell of pulling the upset. When’s Mike Price coming [...]
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- Tags: mike price, oregon, pac-10 picks
Dan Snyder has become Al Davis Jr.
In: NFL
23 Oct 2009Just when we were getting comfortable with the fact that there wasn’t a worse owner in the NFL than Oakland’s Al Davis, along comes Washington’s Dan Snyder. Sure, Snyder has been at the bottom of the ownership barrel for some time, keeping company with the NFL’s dregs — Davis, Detroit’s William Clay Ford, Cleveland’s Randy [...]
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- Tags: dan snyder, jim zorn, redskins
OTPB NFL predictions: Week 7
In: NFL
22 Oct 2009If you are one of the millions of football fans tired of hearing about Brett Favre, you might want to go into lockdown over the next two weeks, because it’s shaping up to be a Favre-apalooza. Unless you’ve been living under a rock you know that in two weeks, Favre returns to Green Bay for [...]
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- Tags: Brett Favre, nfl picks, steelers
OTPB NFL power rankings
In: NFL
22 Oct 20091. New Orleans (5-0) Last week: 3rd. There’s a New order after New Orleans blew out New York. Sure would be nice to see Drew Brees & the Saints win the Super Bowl (if Matt Hasselbeck & the Seahawks can’t, of course.) 2. Indianapolis (5-0) Last week: 2nd. Peyton’s playing so well even Tennessee [...]
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- Tags: dan snyder, Drew Brees, jeff fisher
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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
