Daily Archive: August 13, 2012

Aug 13

DeMarcus Ware Impressed With Tyron Smith

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I’m not sure whats more frightening right now,  that Dallas right tackle Tyron Smith is only 21 or that the accolades continue to roll in. The Dallas Morning News is reporting that superstar linebacker DeMarcus Ware is the latest to heap huge praise on the stud tackle. Ware stated that the “Aggressive” right tackle is the …

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Aug 13

Rangers could call up Jurickson Profar next week

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The Rangers are going with a three-man bench after dropping Alberto Gonzalez from the roster last week. That’s expected to change next week, and when it does, top prospect Jurickson Profar could get the call, MLB.com’s T.R. Sullivan reports. Profar, widely regarded as the top position prospect in the minors, has hit .283/.362/.463 with 13 homers and …

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Aug 13

Video of the Day: Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads

From Hardball Talk Seen on Friday in McCovey Cove, just over the right field wall at AT&T Park: Our friend Rick Chandler from Off the Bench has the story of the guy who made that bad boy. Sometimes I weep for America. Like, when I read stuff like this.  But sometimes, when I see things …

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Aug 13

Jerry, the more you talk, the stupider you sound

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You might remember about this time last year we discussed Jerry Jones making his annual prediction for the Cowboys making the Super Bowl (again). Well, he’s at it again. According to ESPN, he is predicting the big game for the Cowboys yet again: Jones notes that coaches rarely make those kinds of preseason proclamations. They’d rather …

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Aug 13

Texas high school holds first football practice at 1:35 a.m.

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From Off the Bench We showed you the new $60 million football stadium at Allen High School (near Dallas) last week, but in Texas, football obsession does not stop with the facilities. Prosper High (also near Dallas — it’s a few miles northwest) decided that it was just too damn hot to hold its first …

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Aug 13

Karlos Dansby: Cutting Chad Johnson will be an even bigger distraction

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Chad Johnson’s career in Miami has ended before it really even started. In the wake of his arrest for domestic violence and allegedly head-butting his new wife Evelyn Lozada over the weekend, the Dolphins have officially cut Johnson.While it is the first time Johnson has been in trouble with the law, the Dolphins were reportedly not …

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