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Not a fan of most of the prima donna WRs, actually. That said, I'm enough of a hypocrite to cheer when he scores a touchdown for the Bills.

Considering how long his flight was delayed ... yeah, the "extras" thing does start to make sense.

Key to his cell? Link for Owens' arrest record, please? I'm not a fan of the guy, but that's not his M.O.

The precedent was set, and then Marshall screwed up again. Bad luck for Lynch and all who follow. I doubt Goodell would go any lower than two games.

Probably has to wait until after practice. The latest two posts on his account:

And who/where was the CB on the play? Great, our defense is going to stink without Jabari Greer.

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Gruden was a communications major at Dayton, and I'm looking forward to hearing him banter with Jaws. Football 501 -- the graduate-level class -- is now in session.

Yeah. Don't tell T.O. about the marching band they had playing Bledsoe's college fight song, or he'll feel dissed.

Yup.

Welcome to the circus.

From SI's Peter King: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writ...work/index.html

Wait. Brian's your brother? Are you a Bona guy too? And yeah, that deal (nuking the Panthers beat and bouncing him to the Fins) stunk, although he's handled it like a pro.

I'd vote for people who don't carry enough cash to make an 89-cent purchase.

I'd vote yes.

To answer your question, Rock, only if "It's Academic" counts. Good luck!

So they arrested him, even though there was a report of a second "stocky black male," with dreads and a white shirt, in the area. If I'm McIntyre's lawyer, I'm all over that.

No slap intended, slappy. Everyone recognizes Sully, for example, because they see his name and mugshot at the top of his columns. John gets an anonymous "BUFFALO (AP)" tag on most of his stories, unless the SE at a newspaper or Web site is courteous enough to add a byline. So unless you're truly a newspaper geek, I wouldn't expect you to know the names of most of the AP's NFL beat writers.

Ah, the slings and arrows of being an AP writer, when many papers choose not to run a byline on wire copy. (Eryn's dad, if you've read any AP stories on the Bills with a Buffalo or Orchard Park dateline in the last 10 years or so, you've read the work of Mr. Wawrow.)

Valid point. http://hamptonroads.com/2009/05/exnfl-star...-virginia-beach

Really? He was arrested two months after the alleged "incident"? And apparently ID'ed -- we don't know how long after said incident -- when a cop happened to see a "muscular man" riding his bike? Really?

Couple of things: $150-175 should get you eight to 10 megapixels. To compare, 35mm film converts at roughly 20-25, but that level of resolution would make for massive, hard-drive-eating file sizes. As long as you're not planning on poster-size prints, 8-10 will be just fine. When looking at zooms, you want the one with the better optical -- as opposed to digital -- zoom. My current digicam, a four-year-old Kodak Z700, has a 5x optical zoom which allegedly gives me the equivalent of a 35-175mm lens. I wouldn't dream of shooting sports with it, but it's more than adequate for everyday use. Digital zooms tend to get grainy in a hurry. I went with a Kodak this time for two reasons: I liked the features it gave me at a reasonable price, and I was pissed at Canon, my normal brand of choice. (San Antonio, October 2005: Shortly before heading to the Alamo with friends, I pull my two-month-old Powershot out of its case, turn it on to check the battery ... and get something that looks like the infamous Windows Blue Screen of Death. Turns out, it's even worse. Check http://www.e18error.com for more info on that. Dunno, maybe they've gotten past that problem by now -- but the Kodak has made two cross-country flights in my luggage without complaint, so I'll stick with it.) I can't guarantee this, but I have to assume that just about anything priced over $100 will come with a USB cable. I wouldn't buy one without it; beats messing with a card reader. The cards do come in handy if you'd rather have your photos printed somewhere than do it yourself, though. Of course, you'll want to double-check compatibility with a Mac before you buy. (Surprised me to discover that my digital recorder is PC-only.) Another reason to like my Kodak: you go through batteries pretty quick, and this one uses AAs instead of something proprietary. I always carry an extra set of rechargeables with me when I'm using it, same for the recorder. Those are my own thoughts, but there's already a ton of good advice upthread. And, by the by, there's absolutely nothing wrong with admiring the work of HST.

An ancient TBD inside joke.

That's how he rolls.