What They’re Saying- July 31, 2009

July 31, 2009 | Comments Off

I’m back in the blog chair ready to give you what some of the sports media columnists from around the country are writing this Friday… Richard Sandomir at the NY Times reports that Madison Square Garden no longer falls under the control of Cablevision… Phil Mushnick at the NY Post says some media members do [...]

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You don’t care about steroids, right?

July 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

Drip, drip, drip … two more names from the infamous 2003 positive drug-test list — Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. Given Ramirez’s suspension this year, his appearance in The New York Times report can’t be too much of a surprise. Ortiz, on the other hand, had said in February that players testing positive for performance-enhancing [...]

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From press box to front office

July 28, 2009 | Comments Off

Mets general manager Omar Minaya went into full blame-the-messenger mode after the club fired team executive Tony Bernazard, whose bizarre behavior first was reported by the New York Daily News‘ Adam Rubin. After Minaya basically said Rubin wrote the stories in some kind of effort to get himself a front-office job, Mets chief Jeff Wilpon [...]

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The naked truth

July 25, 2009 | Comments Off

I suppose I’m somehow duty-bound to write something about the unfortunate Erin Andrews situation, though so many people have written so much since the story broke that I could take up a lengthy entry just by linking to them. Meanwhile, we’ll wait for real news on the matter when an investigation uncovers the individual or [...]

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Another Break in the Action

July 24, 2009 | Comments Off

Good Friday! I am taking some time off and will be away from the blog for the weekend. For those of you looking for our weekly “What They’re Saying” feature, pay a visit to our good friends over at Fang’s Bites for their megalinks later today. Ken does the best job of anyone I know [...]

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