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December 22, 2010

Opinion 8 Holiday Symbols and Their Sports Equivalents

Greg Oden = Christmas Tree

Like Greg Oden, the Christmas tree starts the season tall, strong and full of promise. But before long, they're both decaying in front of your eyes and you eventually have to just put them out on the curb with the trash.

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Filed Under   NBA   NFL   NCAAF   NASCAR
December 22, 2010

Opinion Christmas Cards From Some of Your Favorite Athletes

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Filed Under   NBA   MLB   NFL

December 17, 2010 Column Tweet of the Week
Resulting in a streak almost as long as Favre's

From @KevinBossman AKA New York Giants tight end Kevin Boss …

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From Staff / December 29, 2011

Opinion 10 Tips for Skiing Success!

Make sure that you're properly attired to stay warm and dry by picking up a pair of bibs. Remember, although you may be an adult, wearing bibs is still considered cool during the following activities: skiing, eating lobster, and being senile.

Yes, your clunky ski boots make it difficult to walk when you're not on the slopes. Don't complain too much, though. This is what every single day is like for Robocop, and you don't hear him whining, do you?

You can slow yourself down by forming a wedge with your skis, and putting your skis parallel to each other will speed you up. You might remember these two positions as "pizza" and "French fries." Of course, if you need junk food analogies to remember two simple positions, gravity will probably force your massive girth to hurtle downhill at breakneck speeds regardless of where you point your skis.

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Filed Under   Winter Olympics   skiing

December 16, 2010 Column Overheard ...
The Gym: Issue #3

Ever hear something horrible and/or hilarious at the gym? Send your submissions to OverheardSP at gmail. Or submit for future editions about games, tailgates and sports bars.

A guy I work with goes to the same gym as I do. I don't know him real well but he is older than me and is married. I know this because I met his wife at a company outing. He also wears a wedding ring. But only at work not at the gym.

A few times he's made the point of telling me it's because the weights scratch his ring. Fine by me. I don't care. I'm not the marriage patrol and I don't care about his jewelry care.

But then I saw him in the gym parking lot making out with some lady who also goes to the gym. Who is not his wife. I guess he didn't want to get sweaty skanky on his wedding ring either. What a guy.

— Dave

I work at a gym in Indiana. There are several wanna-be guidos who work out at the gym. One day while I'm working out after work, I hear one guido say to another, "Dude, I'm bringing the Hulkness." I couldn't keep this to myself. "Bringing the Hulkness" is now the unofficial slogan of the workers whenever we have to get pumped for something.

— Neal

Like most gyms, my gym makes everyone carry a towel around with them and wipe off the equipment when they're done. A guy near me was on the leg press machine, calmly finished a set, and wiped off the seat. I noticed then that his white towel now had brown on it. The guy crapped himself pushing the leg press.

He tossed his towel in the hamper and left and I debated telling the gym staff about the machine but decided not to because it was just so gross I couldn't talk about it. But I've never used that leg press machine since then.

— Becky

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December 17, 2010

Opinion If Other Magazines Were About Sports

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Filed Under   NBA   MLB   NFL   media   misc   NHL
December 14, 2010

Opinion Accurate NFL Playbooks

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Filed Under   NFL
December 17, 2010

Opinion Your Favorite Team Says A Lot About You

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Poll The Big Ten has named its new divisions Legends and Leaders. (Really.) What should they have named them?

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Filed Under   NCAAF   NCAAB
December 13, 2010

Opinion Proposed Logos for the 12-Team Big Ten

The Big Ten is set to announce its new name and new logo.

What will that look like? Glad you asked. Here are the new logos the Big Ten is considering.


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Filed Under   NCAAF   NCAAB   Big Ten