The IronDog Chronicles

Why should we be surprised by the move that Marion Jones made by pulling out of the IAAF Japan Grand Prix on May 8 in Osaka, Japan?
Should we be surprised that she and her husband have pulled out of an IAAF sanctioned event to run in Jamaica? With the interrogating questions that she had […]

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Why should we be surprised by the move that Marion Jones made by pulling out of the IAAF Japan Grand Prix on May 8 in Osaka, Japan?
Should we be surprised that she and her husband have pulled out of an IAAF sanctioned event to run in Jamaica? With the interrogating questions that she had […]

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Jack McCallum’s article on SI.com today inspired me to post up down low with my picks today. As a result, I’m going to list my NBA Finals picks here…..Even though I don’t think that I’m going to far out on a limb with my picks, I think some people may be surprised.
What I look […]

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Jack McCallum’s article on SI.com today inspired me to post up down low with my picks today. As a result, I’m going to list my NBA Finals picks here…..Even though I don’t think that I’m going to far out on a limb with my picks, I think some people may be surprised.
What […]

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That’s right….You can’t dress up the fiasco of the “Cell” a.k.a. US Cellular Park or formerly known as “New Comiskey Park”. The hot PR articles that are infiltrating the Chicago media are touting the benefits of a refurbished stadium. However, it still is going to take a interior remodeling effort to make the […]

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That’s right….You can’t dress up the fiasco of the “Cell” a.k.a. US Cellular Park or formerly known as “New Comiskey Park”. The hot PR articles that are infiltrating the Chicago media are touting the benefits of a refurbished stadium. However, it still is going to take a interior remodeling effort to make the […]

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Sometimes a Saturday night flicking around the Direct TV channels can bring up a few surprises…sports wise…geez, you’re sick mind is going to get you in trouble…

That’s why I’m very happy with my Saturday night activity of watching HBO’s Saturday Night Boxing special last night. The prelim fight to the Wladmir Klitschko v. Lamon […]

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Sometimes a Saturday night flicking around the Direct TV channels can bring up a few surprises…sports wise…geez, you’re sick mind is going to get you in trouble…

That’s why I’m very happy with my Saturday night activity of watching HBO’s Saturday Night Boxing special last night. The prelim fight to the Wladmir Klitschko v. Lamon […]

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This week’s Sports Illustrated Scorecard , which was edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu, featured a great short piece on Roger Angell, the legendary sportswriter for The New Yorker.
I haven’t read much of Angell in The New Yorker, but his eloquent descriptions of the subjects that he writes about are legendary. Here’s a […]

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This week’s Sports Illustrated Scorecard , which was edited by Mark Bechtel and Sridhar Pappu, featured a great short piece on Roger Angell, the legendary sportswriter for The New Yorker.
I haven’t read much of Angell in The New Yorker, but his eloquent descriptions of the subjects that he writes about are legendary. Here’s a […]

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