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      Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition  
    
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition  
    
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition  
    
  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Good call, coach" edition  
    
  There have been a lot of mysteries surrounding the Patriots in the Bill Belichick years, not surprising given the intense effort the team puts into maintaining airtight clubhouse and organizational secrecy in general.  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Inducing panic" edition  
    
 A few years ago, it looked like college athletes shooting strangers with BB guns was going to be the boutique sports offense of the 21st century. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Late-night shopping" edition  
    
  San Diego State Aztecs basketball coach Steve Fisher lectures his players during the season about how to behave off the court, getting pretty specific about what he doesn’t want to see.    
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "End of an era" edition  
    
 Absolutely nothing is funny about the Lawrence Phillips case, so let’s not even go there — there isn’t a single laugh to be found in this past week’s news that the onetime Next Jim Brown was sentenced to 10 years in Cali.  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Very bad times" edition  
    
 Look, it just isn’t seemly for us non–New Yorkers to laugh too much about the continued suckdom of the New York Mets, specifically their bullpen.  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition  
    
 Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Past Pats" edition  
    
 There was a recent arrest of a onetime member of the Patriots defensive backfield — old friend Lawyer Milloy. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Credit where credit's due" edition  
    
 Everyone knows there is a double-standard in the NFL when it comes to arrests. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "More trouble for the Clemens family" edition  
    
 Always a darned shame when we hear that the Clemens family has fallen on hard times. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Attack of the seven-foot tall driver" edition  
    
 Look, it’s not easy being seven feet tall. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Irabu!" edition  
    
 Some sports-crime stories aren’t funny in any way — they’re just plain violent and tragic.  But every now and then you get a story that’s just pure fun.  
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Walking in Memphis" edition  
    
 There are a lot of famously troubled college sports programs out there, the majority of them football teams. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
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 Brett Favre walks into a bar. 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: Olympic edition  
    
 Greetings, Olympic sports fans! 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Plant City, indeed" edition  
    
 Remember the days when the University of Miami dominated college football? 
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "This year's Xbox" edition  
    
    
    
     
    
 
    
    
    
    
    
      Sports blotter: "Not so high on the hog" edition  
    
 Here’s a depressing-ass story that tells you everything you need to know about the life of a retired mediocre athlete. 
    
    
     
    
 
 
 
        
        
     
 
    
        
        
        
    
        
            
        
        
    
        
	
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