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ORIGINAL: John Childress

Again, did anyone in 2001 think the Yankees would go this whole decade without winning another World Series?

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

It doesn't.  It just seems like JC was trying to diminish BB as a coach, and to me that is completely unfounded.

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

Ya, I'm sure he is too.

And I'm sure there are 29 other coaches doing the same thing.

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ORIGINAL: Easy E

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ORIGINAL: djskillz

It doesn't.  It just seems like JC was trying to diminish BB as a coach, and to me that is completely unfounded.

What diminishes Bill B is that he is a blatant and compulsive cheater, and then a liar as well.

Seriously, they have to watch this guy like a hawk. I guarantee he is out there right now trying to figure out a way to "interpret" the rules in a way where he's doing it right and the NFL is "mistaken".

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ORIGINAL: David Levine

I also don't think it's a coincidence that the Patriots seemed to have teams less and less "figured out" as the year went on and they became further removed from their tape library.

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I think Boys Will Be Boys, Jeff Pearlman's new book about the Dallas Cowboys in their glory days, and their decline from them, should not be dismissed as the rantings of a jaded sportswriter. Pearlman, obviously, has hit several nerves, and I applaud him for it.

Pearlman writes that Michael Irvin, incensed that tackle Everett McIver, in mid-haircut, would not leave a barber chair at training camp in 1998 so Irvin could get his haircut first, stabbed McIver in the neck. McIver was rushed to the hospital and survived, but not without losing a lot of blood. Irvin's silence on the charge has been deafening. I asked a Cowboy who played on that team if the story was true. "Absolutely,'' the Cowboy said. "I'm surprised it was kept quiet over the years.''

Pearlman writes in great detail about the White House, the house of ill repute Dallas players owned and managed near Valley Ranch, and he lampoons Deion Sanders, quoting Dallas corner Kevin Smith thusly: "When Deion came in, something changed for the worse. Guys who should have been studying football on a Wednesday at 12 o'clock were focused on other things. Deion was such a freaky athlete that he could shake one leg and be ready to cover anyone. But the guys following his lead weren't nearly as talented.'

In the first defensive team meeting Sanders attended, Pearlman writes, Sanders put his feet up on a table, and when defensive coordinator Dave Campo asked him to break down a play, Sanders said, "Hey, coach. I got that dude right there. Wherever he goes, I go. All that Cover Two stuff you're talking about -- y'all work that out.''

Pearlman writes that Troy Aikman was disgusted by Sanders. And Barry Switzer, too. He also notes that Switzer's liquor tab during the week of the Pittsburgh-Dallas Super Bowl in Arizona was $100,000. That's a heck of an example to set, Barry. What a great hire.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

Again, did anyone in 2001 think the Yankees would go this whole decade without winning another World Series?

The jig is up on the Pats.  Last year was their big shot for #4 and they blew it.

"2 plays" my rear end.  The 98 Vikings were 1 play from a SB - so what?  They LOST!

The 2007 Pats have finally replaced the 98 Vikings as the greatest chokers in history.

Their entire team is in decline and teams are going to be going after them this year.  Cassell is brutal, might as well start Sam Cassell.

No and I agree with you. I really thought the Yankees would win one more with Mussina. Just think Mussina went to the Yanks the year after their last one after wasting away in Baltimore.

I think all the teams pushed the line with video, Belichick might have taken it to such a level that his arrogance had to be repremended.

To me their cheating was like Tice scalping tickets. There was a rule that wasn't being enforced until someone crossed the line so far the league had to make a statement.

I feel bad for Moss and I am friends with Tom Brady's first cousin, so I am biased towards the Patriots. With that said they are done with this group as you said. Maybe Brady will make a run in 4 years with a whole new cast.

The lack of adjustment yesterday was just like Childress when his script is done.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

Again, did anyone in 2001 think the Yankees would go this whole decade without winning another World Series?

Yes, I did.  The Yanks weren't ever going to win when they got away from pitching and towards "power" hitters.  The key was losing a guy like Knoblauch at the top with Jeter. 

The Yanks' problem has been a systemic problem.  I don't see any such issues with the Pats.

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Monday, September 22, 2008 What's up with Baskett and the Playboy Bunny? Eagles receiver Hank Baskett seems to be quite chummy with Kendra Wilkinson, a Playboy model and one of the co-stars on E!s "The Girls Next Door." Wilkinson is, on the show at least, one of Hugh Hefner's live-in girlfriends. We're told Wilkinson, 23, and Baskett, 26, (pictured together here) recently dined together at Redstone (500 Rt. 73 S) in Marlton. She lists "HB3" as one of her heroes on her MySpace page, and Baskett's page, which is private, says "HB3 in LOOOOOVVVVEEEE!!!!" An Eagles spokesman contacted Baskett and told us he didn't hear back from the receiver. E-mails to Playboy publicists were not returned since Thursday.

UPDATE:  Baskett was on Wired 96.5’s Chio in the Morning show today and was asked ( hear the clip here) about our report about he and Wilkinson, whose mother Patti was a former Eagles cheerleader. "It's funny how I woke up to that stuff on my front porch," Baskett told the radio station. "She's a good good friend of mine. She loves the team. She's a die hard Chargers fan too but she loves the Eagles," said Baskett. Perez Hilton, who borrowed heavily from, yet linked to, our report this morning, says that Wilkinson was at yesterday's Eagles game in a private suite. We're awaiting confirmation from the Eagles on that. Meanwhile, What Would Tyler Durden Do, claims to be reporting an exclusive that Baskett and Wilkinson are engaged and have been for some time. Hmmm. Still no word from Playboy.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

Favre seems to have lost a lot off his ball.

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ORIGINAL: John Childress

Rivers passes take so long to get to the WR I can't see him beating a great defense