Every season in the world of fantasy football, there are players who surprise everyone and come out of nowhere and sometimes can lead your team to championship glory. But for every diamond in the rough there is inevitably a group of high profile players that fail miserably to live up to expectations. This season has been no different, with many players drafted in the first few rounds of your fan...
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On the heels of allegations of mistreatment by Red Raiders wide receiver Adam James, Texas Tech Head Coach Mike Leach has been fired. The firing comes one day before Leach was due an $800,000 bonus, and only ten months since he signed a 5-year $12.7 million contract extension. Leach's firing comes on the heels of the resignation of fellow Big 12 Coach Mark Mangino at Kansas when he cam...
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The 2009 Kansas City Royals baseball season got underway with much fanfare, due in large part to completed renovations to Kauffman Stadium that made it suitable for well, royalty. The stadium’s concourses and concessions were brought up to today’s standards, and there were so many new amenities that any Royals fan would have a hard time taking advantage of them in a single homestand. The question...
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The key to football success in Kansas City is, and always will be, defense...a hard-nosed, blue-collar, hit-em in the mouth, turnover producing defense. Sure, there were a few years under Dick Vermeil when the franchise tried to change its identity and win with offense, but the team's success with that formula was short lived and didn't produce a championship. Defense is what sold seat...
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It's official. The Kansas City Chiefs last home game of the season will be blacked out. It's the first time the Chiefs have been blacked out since December 16th, 1990. With 5,500 tickets left to sell when the week began, apparently Chiefs fans didn't think the return of wide receiver Dwayne Bowe and a matchup with the 2-11 Cleveland Browns was worth the price of a ticket. Of course, who can blame ...
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Congratulations to Alabama running Mark Ingram for winning the 2009 Heisman Popularity Contest. You see, everyone loves a winner, including the media who vote each year on the player most deserving of the Heisman Trophy. Unfortunately, the misperception that the country's best player must be a member of one of its best teams has turned the award into a hoax. For Ingram, all winning the Heisman p...
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