During the past week, I’ve managed to watch several hours of soccer via the World Cup coverage on ABC and a Spanish station that’s a part of our cable package. (For World Cup coverage beyond this single sentence, check out Mike’s blog.) Now, I’ve watched some of the battle for the Stanley Cup [...]

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Duke fans everywhere rejoice tonight after hearing the news that Josh McRoberts will not enter the NBA draft and will be returning to play for the Blue Devils next season.  McRoberts, as I pointed out before, is the key for the Duke team next season.  With Redick and Williams graduating, McRoberts should be the best [...]

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I saw this story over at Radical Congruency, regarding a man named Cory Maye in Mississippi. Maye had no criminal record, but is now on death row for killing an intruder who broke down the door of his home. He lived in a duplex, and the police had a drug-related warrant for his neighbor, but [...]

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Duke had little trouble last night with a Wake Forest team that has completely gone south this year, winning 93-70 at Cameron. I’m still not sure what has happened to them. Granted, they lost Chris Paul, but with returning seniors Justin Gray, Eric Williams and Trent Strickland, a lot was still expected of them, and [...]

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Just found out last night that the Winter Olympics start tomorrow. I’d completely missed that, and now that I know, it changes my life in no way whatsoever. I will likely watch the same amount of Olympic coverage as I would have if they were not being televised. 
I heard a local radio show co-host mention [...]

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This post is not the sports year in review according to me. Duke did not win the national championship in basketball in 2005, so there’s really nothing to review. However, much funnier than anything I would write is the sports year in review according to The Onion. So here are some highlights, links and other [...]

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