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Delaware Park Parlay Special

Alrighty, it is now time for the NFL Playoffs or as us Raiders fans like to call it, the offseason! Delaware Park has these Playoff Parlay cards where you have to pick three steps right in order to get paid 3 for 1. Now, I don’t really like to gamble, and I’m not really good about picking NFL games but since this is a “sports blog” I thought I better try it out before the season ends. Anyway, here we go. Step One: Select Point Spread Game I am going to take the Seahawks -3.5 over the Redskins. Why?…

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Johnson, Burress, Moss, and Owens: A Year In Review

2012 was set to be the year of the over-the-hill receiver. This year in football has been an interesting one to say the least. A majority of the teams that were expecting to shine absolutely flopped, and teams like the Seahawks, Colts, Redskins, and Vikings are headed to the playoffs. Go figure. One of my favorite sub-stories for the year was the return of 4 seemingly over-the-hill receivers to football. Chad Johnson, Plaxico Burress, Randy Moss, and Terrell Owens all had jobs, or were looking for jobs, at the start of the 2012-13 NFL season. I was planning on…

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76ers Fans Want Their Big Macs

It’s no secret that the 76ers partnered a promotion with McDonald’s that if they score more than a 100 points, Big Macs are free the next day to all ticket holders. Well, last night in their victory over the Hawks, the Sixers led 99-80 with roughly 24 seconds to go, allowing them to run the clock out. The fans were pretty angry with the decision, even if it was the right one. They started to boo the 76ers as Evan Turner held the ball and time expired. Turner even expressed some concern while he was dribbling the clock out,…

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Michael Vick, DeSean Jackson, T.I., and Meek Mill Rap Battle

I wish I could make this up. On December 19th, several Philadelphia celebrities including DeSean Jackson, Michael Vick, and Meek Mill gathered for T.I.’s album release party. Apparently, DeSean Jackson starting promoting his record label and amateur rapper, which prompted Meek Mill to challenge him to a rap battle with his amateur rapper. With $10k on the line, the two… umm… MC’s battled, judged by T.I., Michael Vick, and two other guys. Even Michael Vick ended up voting for the other MC, opposing DeSean Jackson. Guess those guys are going to be on different teams next year anyways. Go…

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$80 Paper Weight Now Available!

A Year of Grantland: Issues 1-4 is now available at the bargain price of only $80!  Can you believe it?  I thought it’d be well into the thousands, but no, for only a mere $80, you can get stale pop culture references that you won’t understand and overrated articles from the likes of Chuck Klosterman. Remember how much fun it was to talk about the NBA lockout? Neither do I! But now you’ll get to relieve that thrilling bit of history for only $80! Now, granted, you could probably just google “NBA Lockout Grantland” and read about it FOR…

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I Present –

The Jets The Jets have to be the most stubborn and stupid football organization on the planet right now. You have arguably one of the most popular football players on your team, you are OUT of the playoffs, and yet you announce that you are going to start your third string quarterback instead. Well congratulations Jets, you just made me feel sorry for Tim Tebow – and I honestly did not think that was even possible. (Maybe I am just feeling sentimental since according to my father’s meticulous research and Ancestry.com we may be related. Keep your head up…

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NFL Myth: Teams Tank Games for Better Draft Picks

After the Raiders shutout the KC Chiefs and put on an absolute clinic about how to properly kick field goals on Sunday, I went over to Raiderfans.net to see how the Raider Nation was reacting. It was, after all, our first win in 7 weeks. And hey, even if it was a win over a terrible (and I mean tuuuuurrrrible) team, I’ll take what I can get at this point. A win is a win. So what did I find? Fans bitching and complaining about the win!  And why is that, you may ask?  A.) It hurt our draft…

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