http://www.riotboard.com it's all about ou an texas Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/friday-update-illinois-gets-huge-win-uri-still-has-work-to-do/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/friday-update-illinois-gets-huge-win-uri-still-has-work-to-do/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:22 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/friday-update-illinois-gets-huge-win-uri-still-has-work-to-do/ Andy Glockner will offer a full edition of the Bubble Watch each morning, then provide updates as the action plays out. Check back throughout the day for ongoing bubble analysis. All times are ET.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/friday-update-illinois-gets-huge-win-uri-still-has-work-to-do/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/allan-muir-gms-play-in-playoff-idea-is-plausible-more-notes/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/allan-muir-gms-play-in-playoff-idea-is-plausible-more-notes/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:22 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/allan-muir-gms-play-in-playoff-idea-is-plausible-more-notes/ The big news out of the general managers’ meetings this week in Florida involved the decision to clarify the rules so that some, but not all, hits to the head would be subject to in-game penalty and possible supplementary discipline. My colleague Jim Kelley offered up his well-considered views on the subject yesterday. No need for me to stir the same pot, especially since, like Jim, I’m baffled by the GMs’ satisfaction over coming to unanimous agreement on what looks to be a limp bit of pseudo-legislation.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/allan-muir-gms-play-in-playoff-idea-is-plausible-more-notes/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/luis-bueno-mexicos-world-cup-roster-still-taking-shape/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/luis-bueno-mexicos-world-cup-roster-still-taking-shape/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/luis-bueno-mexicos-world-cup-roster-still-taking-shape/ With each passing week, it seems Mexico coach Javier Aguirre has more and more opportunities to examine players for possible World Cup inclusion.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/luis-bueno-mexicos-world-cup-roster-still-taking-shape/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/chris-mannix-pacquiaos-career-approaches-finish-line/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/chris-mannix-pacquiaos-career-approaches-finish-line/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/chris-mannix-pacquiaos-career-approaches-finish-line/ GRAPEVINE, Texas — From the day he collected his first boxing paycheck, Manny Pacquiao has been surrounded by yes men. Dozens of would-be handlers, many with nebulous jobs and no real responsibilities to speak of, have surrounded Pacquiao. And for the last five years, as Pacquiao has risen to the top of the sport, they have been well-paid to live a life of leisure.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/chris-mannix-pacquiaos-career-approaches-finish-line/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/the-bonus-bill-raftery-broadcaster-confidant-and-everyones-favorite-bar-buddy/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/the-bonus-bill-raftery-broadcaster-confidant-and-everyones-favorite-bar-buddy/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/the-bonus-bill-raftery-broadcaster-confidant-and-everyones-favorite-bar-buddy/ About a decade ago, a group of 13 former coaches and players assembled for a three-day golf outing at the Pinehurst Resort in North Carolina. Among those in attendance were Chuck Daly, Billy Cunningham and various members of the North Carolina family, including Dean Smith. They lived like frat brothers, playing 36 holes each day.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/the-bonus-bill-raftery-broadcaster-confidant-and-everyones-favorite-bar-buddy/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/tom-bowles-brad-keselowski-opens-up-about-his-wreck-with-carl-edwards/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/tom-bowles-brad-keselowski-opens-up-about-his-wreck-with-carl-edwards/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/tom-bowles-brad-keselowski-opens-up-about-his-wreck-with-carl-edwards/ One minute Brad Keselowski was headed towards his best finish with Roger Penske’s team, the next he was heading towards the wall upside down. His harrowing experience became a national story, leading to three weeks of probation for the driver who caused the mayhem: Carl Edwards. Does Keselowski agree with the punishment? Will he change his driving style in the wake of many drivers claiming he needed to be taught a lesson? Brad answers those questions, describes the scenario in which he thinks Carl would be in jail by now, and discusses his planned retaliation in the fourth installment of his SI.com Driver Diary.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/tom-bowles-brad-keselowski-opens-up-about-his-wreck-with-carl-edwards/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/joe-lemire-with-key-additions-yankees-primed-for-another-run/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/joe-lemire-with-key-additions-yankees-primed-for-another-run/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/joe-lemire-with-key-additions-yankees-primed-for-another-run/ This spring, SI.com’s writers are filing postcards from all 30 camps. To read all the postcards, click here.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/joe-lemire-with-key-additions-yankees-primed-for-another-run/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/frank-hughes-blazers-face-another-tough-decision-with-injury-plagued-oden/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/frank-hughes-blazers-face-another-tough-decision-with-injury-plagued-oden/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:21 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/frank-hughes-blazers-face-another-tough-decision-with-injury-plagued-oden/ The Portland Trail Blazers had a difficult decision to make a few years ago when they had the No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft: Should they take Greg Oden or Kevin Durant?
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/frank-hughes-blazers-face-another-tough-decision-with-injury-plagued-oden/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/stewart-mandel-five-burning-big-12-questions-heading-into-spring-football/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/stewart-mandel-five-burning-big-12-questions-heading-into-spring-football/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:20 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/stewart-mandel-five-burning-big-12-questions-heading-into-spring-football/ Depending on which conference expansion rumor you’ve read most recently, the Big 12 may soon be without Texas and/or Nebraska and/or Missouri and/or Colorado. It may be adding TCU. Or it may be staying exactly as is. Nobody knows.
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]]> http://www.riotboard.com/2010/stewart-mandel-five-burning-big-12-questions-heading-into-spring-football/feed/ 0 http://www.riotboard.com/2010/jon-heyman-griffey-embraces-role-as-baseballs-true-ambassador/ http://www.riotboard.com/2010/jon-heyman-griffey-embraces-role-as-baseballs-true-ambassador/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:53:19 +0000 Yo http://www.riotboard.com/2010/jon-heyman-griffey-embraces-role-as-baseballs-true-ambassador/ PEORIA, Ariz. — Here on the outskirts of Phoenix is one of the rare treasures of baseball, Ken Griffey Jr., he of the 630 home runs, every last one believed to be legit, and counting. He is fitter than he was last year — eight or nine pounds to the better, a Mariners person said, and he looks even better than that — and his knees finally feel fine after two straight years of pain, underperformance and surgery. He is also almost as entertaining in the clubhouse as he is on the field, riffing on anything and everything that comes to mind. (His hot topic on this day, while watching Nomar Garciaparra call an end to his career on MLB Network, was how he won’t call a press conference when he retires. “I’ll send a fax,” he said.)
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