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		<title>College Football Preview: Not So Fast Alabama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 10:56:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Hybl</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[After romping through an undefeated 2009 season, many experts have ordained Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide as the team to beat again in 2010. While Alabama will again be formidable, it will be hard for them to overcome the loss of most of the defensive stars that carried them past Florida and Texas [...]<br/>
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		<title>Which Top 20 Roger Federer Records May Never Be Broken?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JA Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tennis]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do you remember what it felt like when Emmitt Smith hung up his cleats,  no longer hustling in the Dallas Cowboy backfield?
Or how the &#8220;Windy City&#8221; sighed when the Chicago Bears could no longer rely on &#8220;Sweetness” to gain  impossible yardage to convert on a third down?
When was it that Edwin Moses no longer dominated [...]<br/>
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		<title>Americans Love a Prizefight, Even When the Sport Isn’t Boxing</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:31:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob York</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Roddick]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tennis is one of those rare experiences that can offer that one-on-one contest of physicality, skill, strategy and endurance, and all without the combatants having to get punched in the face. Watch closely enough during this year’s US Open and eventually a match, probably in the men’s draw, will eventually be described using a boxing [...]<br/>
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		<title>Iowa Hawkeyes Football: Top 10 Keys to Defeating Eastern Illinois</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JA Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[College Football]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As you watch the University of Iowa&#8217;s football team take the field Saturday at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City against the Eastern Illinois Panthers, you need to gauge the Hawkeye&#8217;s success by looking at the following factors:
(1) The State of Mind of Quarterback Ricky Stanzi
Last year in their opener against Northern Iowa, the Hawkeyes trailed [...]<br/>
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		<title>Recent Stories Putting Black Eye on the Face of MLB</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Spieles</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[For as much as Bud Selig tries to make sure that Major League Baseball always puts its best foot forward, sometimes people just can’t seem keep from tripping him up. Here are four recent stories that make baseball look less then wonderful, one that centers on Selig, himself!
Nationals Handling of Steven Strasburg
As a friend said [...]<br/>
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		<title>“The Boys of Fall” Brings Back Football Memories</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dean Hybl</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[It isn’t often that we use this site to promote or rave about a current movie, book or song, but my wife recently shared with me a great song and video that I think will bring back some fond memories for anyone who ever played little league or high school football or who has followed [...]<br/>
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		<title>Zultan’s Fearless Big Ten (+) Plus College Football Predictions: Week One</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 11:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JA Allen</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Zultan, the mighty soothsayer, hibernated soundly after a glorious conclusion to Big Ten Football Bowl Season last January.
The all-seeing one remained zoned out for months after admittedly over-indulging in some exotic-looking orange punch with the kick of a kangaroo.
The Big Ten pounded its way to an impressive 4-3 record during post-season play which included wins [...]<br/>
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		<title>Ryder Cup 2010: Don’t Bring Tiger To The Tee</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyle Green</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Golf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ryder Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Ryder Cup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Woods]]></category>

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Twelve months ago, anyone suggesting that golf’s world number one and the sport&#8217;s most high-profile player wouldn’t be taking part in the 2010 Ryder Cup would have been greeted with a reply of “Is he injured?” or “Are you mad?” However, with golf’s most famous event rapidly approaching, has the time come for the mighty [...]<br/>
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		<title>Top 10 Power Rankings: Roger Federer Leap Frogs the Field at the U.S. Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JA Allen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Men's Tennis Rankings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Marcos Baghdatis]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rafael Nadal]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As we get ready to head into the 2010 U.S. Open at the end of a long stretch of hard court tournaments in America, there are some traditional clear cut favorites who will claim the attention of the media and tennis fans.
Unfortunately, last year’s winner, Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina, will not be able [...]<br/>
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		<title>Roundup: What the Cincinnati Masters Means For …</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob York</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Roger Federer: One could point to Federer’s easy start to the week, with Denis Istomin quitting in the first set and Philipp Kohlschreiber not even picking up a racket, and call it luck. But, as Thomas Jefferson said, “I find the harder I work the more I have of (luck).”
With a runner-up performance in [...]<br/>
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