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Thoughts on Andre Agassi…

I haven’t yet read Andre Agassi’s tell-all saga, but by all accounts it is an incredibly revealing book about his self-destruction into crystal meth addiction, his tumultuous and public relationship (and nasty break-up) with Brooke Shields, and his abusive relationship with his father who trained him as a child. I don’t really care about the [...]

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Mayweather-Marquez Scorecards (sort of)

OK, so this article started out as a round-by-round analysis of the fight. YJ and I were going to keep our own scorecards and turn that into an article. Mid-way through the fight, I realized how ridiculous this was, because our scorecards (and everyone else’s who was watching the fight) would look exactly the same [...]

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Yang Slays a Tiger; Usain Bolts to a WR

Unforgettable is a term we throw around all the time when it comes to sports.  We say some plays and events are unforgettable when truth be told, I’ll probably forget what happened a week later and need to look it up on ESPN.  But the weekend gave us two truly unforgettable events.  First in the [...]

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Open ‘09 at Turnberry

It’s been a fun two days of golf at Turnberry Fashionberry.  I love watching the “weird” players and how they dress and carry themselves.  Basketball players usually have more tattoos than other major sports because their arms are exposed – so they can distinguish themselves by looking different from everyone else.  Football players are heavily [...]

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Weekend Sports Musings

Lance Armstrong stayed in the top-3 this weekend at the Tour de France despite challenges from his opponents and teammate, Alberto Contador, the 2007 Tour de France winner.  It’s been an impressive run up to this point, especially since he’s had a four-year hiatus from the sport spent mostly running topless with Matthew McConaughey. [...]

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Hey Ma! I’m Graduatin’!

As June came to an end, we looked back at the month and wondered, what defines it the most?  After straining our mindgrapes thinking about the answer, we finally realized what it was – graduation.  For high school seniors across the country, June signifies a transitional period.  They officially leave their childhood behind and graduate [...]

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My Two Cents? Here’s My Dollar, It’ll Make More Sense

Opinions, Rants, Raves, and anything else my damn mind wants to write about.

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VotD: Tiger Struggles Through Round 1

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Go Against Tiger? You’re Crazy. But We Got Phil and Geoff On Our Minds.

The U.S. Open has returned to New York’s Bethpage Black Course again with the last time being in 2002, when Tiger Woods finished the tournament clad in his customary Sunday-red attire holding up yet another trophy. Will history repeat itself? (AP Photo) After last year’s dramatic playoff victory over Rocco Mediate, will Tiger defend his title [...]

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Ridiculous “Recap” of Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals: Mad Libs Edition

Photo Credit: Harry How/Getty Images We, the members of Writing the Pine, apologize for mostly ignoring hockey. We can’t help it. (For those who don’t know what hockey is, click here). There’s only so much we can cover with all the good sporting events going on. Maybe we would have followed the Lord Stanley’s playoffs [...]

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