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Julius Jones:
198 yds, 3 TD: Cowboys rookie RB runs wild in MNF
debut. (So which rookie RB Jones is better:
Julius or Detroit's Kevin, who had 196 yds Sunday?)
QUICKIE LIVE! 9-10 a.m.
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The Lead Item
Two Words For You:
TEST. THIS.
Is it just coincidence that as soon as Bud Selig says
he would welcome government intervention in MLB steroid testing, word
comes out that the players and owners have reached a tentative
agreement that beefs up more muscular testing policies?
"Get-Tough" plans for 'roids don't go far enough. Why not ban
all stimulants, legal or not?
"Think of the Children!!!" You can't bust out that classic
hysterical catch-all excuse for action, then conveniently overlook
that stimulants (MLB's real addiction epidemic) have their own
adverse (if not illegal) effects on the body of the kids that MLB and
politicians claim to care about so much.
Stupor Six
The NFC 5-7 logjam for 6th underscores the key
assumption of the NFL's "Parity Rules!" philosophy:
That fans will ignore "Win-Loss" and instead focus on "Games Behind."
Given Seattle's fold, let's size up the remaining schedules of the six
5-7 "contenders," ranked by prospects over the schedule's last 4
games:
Likely to go 3-1:
(1) CAR: StL, @ATL, @TB, NO
Skinny: Everyone's new fave
(2) DAL: NO, @PHI, WAS, @NYG
Skinny: MNF could spark rally
2-2, at best:
(3) TB: @SD, NO, CAR, @ARI
(4) DET: @GB, MIN, CHI, @TEN
Yikes:
(5) CHI: @JAX, HOU, @DET, GB
(6) NYG: @BAL, PIT, @CIN, DAL
Fixing the BCS
Jeff Tedford got media savvy one day
too late. Signing a contract extension, the Cal coach
blitzed the coaches' poll system for a lack of
transparency; he wants his peers' Top 25 votes made
public.
CFB coaches are sketchy? NO! Yet they continue
to vote against making their ballots public, which
should set off red flags for every fan that, gee:
they might be trying to hide something.
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HireRonZook.com: Ex-FLA coach gets new job at Illinois
Vijay Singh: Ends Tiger's stranglehold on PGA's POY award
Eric Milton: Close to deal that would bring him to Yankees
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Jason Giambi: Lame agent statement; too little, too late
Maggs Ordonez on South Side: Not offered arbitration
Henry Bibby: USC cans hoops coach; Trojans eyeing Majerus?
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"Accountability" must be the foundation of this
year's iteration of BCS "reform." (To compare, last
year's was "Unplug the PCs.")
Human pollsters' individual ballots should be made
public every week, and each voter's status should be
independently reviewed and re-upped every offseason.
It's the whole sunlight/disinfectant thing.
Kidd Returns
10 pts, 6 reb, 3 ast, 21 min: So, any
contenders want to deal for him yet? (What? Too
early?)
The Nets have a new ticket-sales marketing plan: They
guarantee a trade rumor every time he touches the
ball.
Spree-For-All
Leave it to Latrell Sprewell to
recognize that the current hyper-tense conditions
between NBA players and its fans is the perfect
time to spew a sexual vulgarity at a heckling female
fan.
Apparently, the TV cameras picked it up (rule of
thumb: they always do), and the NBA is
reviewing it. Last year, this would be a fine; this
year: hmm ... I smell a suspension!
Fantasy QB Watch
Two new starters this week, but "new"
is relative:
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Arizona's Josh McCown:
Pros: 49ers are any QB's cure
Cons: Already benched once
St. Louis' Chris Chandler:
Pros: 18-27, 216 yds, 1 TD
Cons: AT Carolina; his head
Vocab: MNF Edition
Quickie vocab: "Schadenfraud"
Definition: Reveling in the collapse of teams
that start a season with inexplicable
bandwagons.
Ex: Seahawks, Mike Holmgren
Syn.: "Minne-So-What?"
Ant.: "Fan-thers", "Buffalove"
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Denny Neagle:
Talk about a quick hook: Rockies terminate contract of
P after he's busted for solicitation. (Wait: And the
Yankees can't dump Giambi over steroids?!)
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| NBA Power Rankings |
| P2: The real single-season HR champ |
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| Ranking NFL Underachievers |  Seahawks (6-6)
| Preseason SB b'wagon. Ha!
|  Vikings (7-5)
| Annual 2nd-half swoon
|  Chiefs (4-8)
| No undefeated run in '04
|  Redskins (4-8)
| More specifically: Gibbs
|  Titans (4-8)
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More NCAA coaching moves: Stanford is talking to USC
offensive guru Norm Chow and Pitt BCS maven Walt
Harris. You've got to take Chow! ...
BCS scandals: See, without the computers to kick
around this time, humans look in the mirror and
realize they have only themselves to blame ...
Pavano Free-Meal Tour: Next up, Seattle! Try the fresh fish at Pike Place! ...
Baseball HOF Vet group puts Hodges, Oliva, Santo on
old timers' second-chance ballot; why have it if
you're not going to vote anyone in from it? ...
Jimmy V Classic tonight at MSG: Good cause, great
games. Memphis vs. Pitt (7, ESPN); Okla St vs.
Syracuse (9, ESPN) ...
MLB Fray Agency: Tigers reportedly offer deals to 3B Troy Glaus and OF Steve Finley ...
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