Chris ThompsonAIE stands for Articles I Enjoy on today January 3, 2009. This is my way of letting every reader who enters this site know what the headlines are from around the sports world, not necessarily related to the NBA.
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The Star wide receiver for the Giants, no not Plaxico, Mark Ingram was supposed to be in a Federal Prison to start his 7 year 8 month prison term, but is now finally behind bars. Here is the article Former Giant, fugitive Ingram arrested in Michigan by Robert E. Kessler.
It appears that L.A. Dodgers Center Fielder Andruw Jones was a one and done deal. The Dodgers have agreed to trade or release Jones to save nearly $12million of his remaining contract. Here is the article It appears Andruw Jones is done as a Dodger by Bill Shaikin at the LA Times.
There will be 11 playoff games this year, like every year, and one man attempts to pick all 11 right. Can it be done? He breaks down all of the games bit by bit, and then picks a winner, watch this one carefully, he could do it. Here is the article Can 11-0 in the playoffs be done? by Bill Simmons at ESPN.com.
Once again this year, the NBA All-Star will be screwed up because of the fans of the NBA. What I mean is that players that deserve All-star appearances are not getting them based on their numbers, but rather by their popularity. A great article was written to break it all down for you. Here is the article All-Star Fan Voting Needs To Change by Michael Mitchell at Hoopsaddict.com.
Where should next years NHL Winter Classic game be held? Well someone has a list of five places that should be thought about before next year. Here is the article Paul’s top five picks for next outdoor NHL game by Paul at hockeyprogram.blogspot.com
For those of you that follow, or don’t follow, NCAA football bowl games Utah went undefeated on the season. Now 13-0 should they have been in the National Title game. Here is the article Utah caps perfect season with Sugar Bowl shocker by The Associated Press.
The Partiots franchise is apparently about to place the franchise tag on the head of Matt Cassell. Wait, whats this? He never started and NFL game before this year. Here is the article Patriots To Play Tag, Franchise Cassel by Miles Cyrus at Heykobe.com
For those of you who, like me, did not finish watching the Nuggets game because you figured they lost off of Kevin Durant’s late 3 pointer, well we should have stayed up. Here is the video Carmelo game winner vs. Thunder (video) by coronaftw on Youtube.com
L.T. is starting to get old. The once immortal, or thought to be, running back for the San Diego Chargers has gone down with a season ending injury. Here is the article The Leg Bone’s Connected to the Pubic Bone, Unless Your Name is LaDainian Tomlinson by Tom Ziller at “The Sporting Blog”
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