Posts by Chris Ryan
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The Reducer: Week 3, This Is the North, We Do What We Want
Manchester to North London: Drop Dead.
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Hit & Run: Maybe You’ll Miss Torii Hunter After He’s Gone
Here’s your Wednesday baseball news long toss covering stories on and off the field. Is the 2012 season shaping up to be Torii Hunter’s version of The Black Album? The Angel in the outfield (self high-five) is quasi-threatening to hang up his cleats after his contract expires. In lieu of a contract extension offer from Anaheim, […]
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The Huddle: My Neck, My Back
Here’s your Tuesday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed. Here are a few of things you never want to hear about your starting quarterback: his tricep strength has “plateaued,” he has lingering lower back pain and, finally, the nerves in his neck are […]
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It’s All Happening: Transfer Deadline Day Madness
There’s a helicopter in London. It’s gassed and manned. It’s waiting to take Bryan Ruiz to Newcastle. Bryan Ruiz is supposed to sign for Fulham, but he has been “texting friends” that he feels like, “with his goalscoring record in the Eredivisie” he’d get an offer from a top-six team (because when you’re a football […]
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Hit & Run: Ozzie Guillen Plays Hardball
Here’s your Wednesday baseball news long toss covering stories on and off the field. Right now, the Chicago White Sox are five games behind the Tigers in the American League Central. It’s all happening, they’re in the moment, “Lose Yourself” is playing in the background. Oh what’s that? Their manager, Ozzie Guillen, is fixated on […]
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The Huddle: Peyton’s Place
Here’s your Tuesday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed. Colts quarterback Peyton Manning just got off the PUP list and, man, is his neck tired. When pressed on how he was feeling following his neck surgery, and how his condition has impacted his […]
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The Reducer: Week 2, Youth Attack
Manchester’s two teams run riot while the rest of the league plays catch-up.
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The Huddle: Baltimore is Too Ratchet!!!
Here’s your Friday whip-around on the stories dominating the headlines and lingering in the margins of the NFL. No pads needed. By day, Baltimore Ravens rookie receiver Tandon Doss catches passes from Joe Flacco and tries to control the primordial urges triggered by Ray Lewis’ motivational talks. By night, he eats at Five Guys, breaks […]
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The Reducer, Week 1: Blue Kun
The Wrath of Sergio Aguero, the Liverpool logjam, and the rest of the week in the EPL.
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Hit & Run: Beane to the Cubs and Waiver Wire Madness
Here’s your Thursday baseball news long toss to get you warmed up for the weekend. It’s been a season to forget for the Chicago Cubs. Well, it’s been a season to take out in the yard, bury in the ground, and solemnly read Ecclesiastes 3:1 over, all while an absent-minded Starlin Castro stares off into […]