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Morning Bytes
Logos, uniforms, and team colors are like basketball games.
The fewer turnovers the better.
The Sixers' recent decision to return to their glory days logo, savvy as the change might be, is a telltale sign of desperation.
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Don't wussify the U.S. Open! Don't let it morph into one more pitch-and-puttathon, like the Greater Milwaukee Open, where super pros and their trusty sidekick-caddies regularly pummel 7,200 yards into submission.
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When I hear Phillies fans bellyaching about Brad Lidge, I want to tell them to relax. It ought to be illegal to frown during this remarkable era of Phillies baseball.
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So who are the most annoying people in sports, present company excluded? Annoyance, of course, is subjective. You, for instance, might enjoy watching Paul Pierce, while I harbor a fervent hope that Shaquille O'Neal will one day swallow him whole.
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Memorial Day always makes me think of Harry O'Neill. A major-league ballplayer, a World War II hero . . . O'Neill's story, I've often thought, might make a nice newspaper takeout, perhaps even a book or screenplay.
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Reality television, contemporary entertainment's version of the thumbscrew, may at last have struck bottom in its quest to find - and pander to - the lowest common denominator.
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An enduring mystery shrouds the 76ers, one that has little to do with why they so rarely identify the right coach, draft the right player, or make a three-pointer.
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I don't know how much baseball history Chase Utley has absorbed, but he probably ought to soak up a little on Pete Reiser.
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Good afternoon everyone and welcome to WEAK-AM's wall-to-wall coverage of the 2009 NFL draft. As we provide the world's richest professional sports league with 16 hours of free publicity, we're going to be wasting another sunny Saturday in a dark sports bar. Today, we're here at Sud Suckers on Sumneytown Pike, home of the Eagles fans' favorite 99-cent sandwich, the Greasy Neale.
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We haven't been to a Phillies game this season. Maybe we'll go Tuesday. That will give me time to prepare, because going to a ball game these days is considerably more complicated than it used to be.
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There has been much talk since Harry Kalas' death about his possible heavenly reunion with longtime broadcast partner and friend Richie Ashburn.
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