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Kyle KeatingSports

The Unexpected Virtue of Arbitrary Sports Allegiances

I live in a baseball town. I know this because in the fall of 2011, I found myself in a divey pizza joint with a bunch of other transplants from

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

The Bobby Petrino Dilemma and our Idolatry of College Football

The demise of Arkansas football coach Bobby Petrino that began in the beginning of April has unfortunately become emblematic of BCS college football in the 21st century.  For those who

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

World Series Champs: Boston Red Sox

The Red Sox have won the World Series. That's not the real story, though.  The real story is that I was 4-7 in my playoff predictions this

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

The Playoff Picks: Continuing my String of Stupendous Failure?

Last year, I experienced a level of playoff prediction failure previously unprecedented in my life. Of the seven series in the baseball playoffs, I predicted exactly one correctly. Curious to

Elliot RavenwoodSports

Brilliant Play, Brilliant Faith

One of the world's best footballers--the deadly Brazilian striker, Kaka--will attempt to lead AC Milan to victory today over a tough Liverpool squadfor the UEFA Champions

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Interceeding for the Irrelevant: Sports and Prayer

Watching tonight's Suns/Spurs contest brought up all kinds of interesting questions in my mind about the efficacy of prayer. The Spurs went up by 20 with about

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Ducks Fly Together: Corporate Sponsorship and a Night with the NHL

Continuing the sports theme of this weekend, the wife treated me to my first ever NHL game tonight. And by fluke, it just happened to be a clash between two

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Good Enough to Win

With a cornerback that was sitting at home on the couch last week, a depleted receiving corps, and an offensive line that has had eight different combinations this season, the

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

An Exercise in Brilliance

My picks for the baseball postseason. I had: Tigers. Reality: Cardinals. Yup--that's full postseason where I only picked one series correctly. Anyone can blog. That sort of

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Reason #104 to Read Mere-O

Disastrous playoff predictions. I had: Twins, Yankees, Dodgers and Cardinals. Reality: A's, Tigers, Mets and, well, Cardinals. Maybe I can continue my run of luck and pick everything

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Small Attempts at Ingenuity

This play by Arkansas against Auburn should have won them points just for creativity--not that they needed them.

Matthew Lee AndersonSports

Playoff Predictions

I, like my brother, wouldn't bet on these picks. That said, I'll take on the experts and offer my own prognostications regardless. And unlike Jayson Stark,