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Safety Squeeze: MLB Review for 8/2

Music to listen to: The Mirror Conspiracy by The Thievery Corporation Time for the first edition of Safety Squeeze, your daily review of the happenings of the previous day in major league baseball. Detroit 6, Texas 5: So much for the much improved Texas bullpen. New Ranger reliever Mike Adams, just traded to Texas from…
Triple Option Attack: Intro to Sports Inquirer’s Preseason Top-25 College Football Poll

Music to listen to: So Gone by The Memorials Today marks the official start of my preseason top-25 poll for college football. These polls are usually used to sell magazines, get traffic to your Web site or just to cause some controversy. I still remember back in the early 1990’s when Sports Illustrated placed Arizona…
Verbal Submission: Strikeforce: Fedor vs. Henderson Review

Music to listen to: Just Like You Imagined by nine inch nails Several thoughts on the Strikeforce Henderson vs. Fedor event that took place last Saturday. -Dan Henderson has a chance to crack the top-10 of all-time MMA fighters at his current pace. With Henderson’s victory over Fedor on Saturday, he has a decisive victory…
Offside Trap: My Thoughts on Jurgen Klinsmann and the state of US Men’s Soccer

Music to listen to: Day Dreamer by The Memorials This week, U.S. Soccer decided to relieve Bob Bradley of his duties as the head coach of the senior men’s soccer team, wished him well on all of his future endeavors and replaced him with Jurgen Klinsmann. This move isn’t surprising for several reasons. First, the…
Verbal Submission: Strikeforce-Fedor vs. Henderson Preview

Music to listen to: Natural Disaster by The Memorials There was a time where a fight between Dan Henderson and Fedor Emelianenko would not only be considered the fight of the year but a mismatch. It was only 13 months ago when Fedor was considered not only the top heavyweight in MMA of all-time, but…
Passing the Guard: MMA Power Rankings

Music to listen to: Death and Rebirth by Mexicans with Guns Time for an updated MMA Division Rankings post Heavyweight: 1) Cain Velasquez (9-0) 2) Junior dos Santos (13-1) 3) Alistair Overeem (35-11, 1 NC) 4) Brock Lesnar (5-2) 5) Fabricio Werdum (14-5-1) Also in consideration: Shane Carwin, Frank Mir, Antonio Silva Thoughts: These rankings…