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	      <title>Steve Smith gets 2 game suspension for smash mouth football</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Panthers WR will sit for 2 regular season games after fight with teammate</description>				
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	      <title>The morning-after Manny headache</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ramirez goes 2 for 4 but still plays the field like he is reluctant to hustle.</description>				
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	      <title>Artest is NOT a bipolar knucklehead....according to him</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Artest first gets nasty then goes on TV to say he's sorry about his blast at Yao Ming</description>				
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	      <title>China reneges on promise of no Internet censorship during the Olympics</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>International Olympic Commission agrees to deal with the Chinese</description>				
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	      <title>Donaghy's plea doesn't clean up the whole mess</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Questions remain about who else and what else is involved in bad stuff in the NBA</description>				
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	      <title>Do Manny and Brett share the same business manager?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Manny and Favre both ask teams to put up with more than on-field play</description>				
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	      <title>Should NL West winner make playoffs if under .500?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What are the alternatives to putting a losing team in post season play?</description>				
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	      <title>Goodell finally sticks his nose into the Favre situation</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Goodell tells Packers to start shopping the QB or </description>				
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	      <title>Disgruntled players get their wishes</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jeremy Shockey and Jason Taylor leave their teams for greener pastures. Will Favre join that group?</description>				
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	      <title>Danica's getting attention from more off track drama</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Danica Patrick has another "discussion" with a driver about track issues.</description>				
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	      <title>No Tiger, no problem at the British; the Shark is in the house</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Newly married and over the divorce settlement, Norman looks like its the '90's</description>				
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	      <title>Favre can actually get on a plane and leave Mississippi</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Brett appears at the taping of the ESPY's and is in the same theater as Aaron Rodgers....oops.</description>				
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	      <title>Justin Morneau steals the thunder from Josh Hamilton</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Morneau saved some strength for the final round and beat Hamilton</description>				
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	      <title>Can Packers shareholders get their QB back?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>shareholder meeting in less 10 days might shake things up</description>				
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	      <title>What would you steal from Yankee Stadium before it closes?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Derek Jeter started this so let the pilfering begin</description>				
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	      <title>Philly is happy, Clipper fans are mad but who is to blame?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Brand jumps to the 76'ers after everyone thought he'd play with Davis in LA</description>				
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	      <title>Has Vick been punished too much?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>State charges might still give him more time inside and now bankruptcy add to  the devastation </description>				
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	      <title>Annual stress test for the Packers</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre hasn't gone away and Packers are stalling for time</description>				
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	      <title>Breakfast at Wimbledon turns into late lunch</title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Nadal finally beats Federer in longest final in Wimbledon history</description>				
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	      <title>Seattle fans get hosed</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA franchise starts move to Oklahoma City today after case to keep them in Seattle is settled.</description>				
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	      <title>The NFL Silly Season</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Gm's cross their fingers until training camp hoping players are choir boys</description>				
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	      <title>Weekend records that don't count</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Angels pitch 8 innings of no hit ball and track star runs record time in 100 meters.</description>				
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	      <title>Baseball gets rid of a choker and the NBA plays musical chairs</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shawn Chacon released by Astros and the NBA Draft is dominated by trades</description>				
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	      <title>The NBA Draft shuffles the deck</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With the draft tonight, GM's are moving at the speed of sound</description>				
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	      <title>Can someone get these women decent uniforms?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With Candace Parker now in the league the WNBA nees to spruce up its unis</description>				
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	      <title>Hey Kobe, it's your move</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shaq pokes Kobe where it hurts. Did he mean it?</description>				
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	      <title>Has Joe Torre made a difference in LA?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Team has worse record than a year ago at this point in the season.</description>				
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	      <title>Javon Walker's Big Adventure</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Walker's explanation of what happened to him in Vegas strains credulity</description>				
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	      <title>A Wheaties box and leg fractures make words unnecessary</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>You can make your point and not have to talk much...even in sports.</description>				
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	      <title>Have you met my friend, Mo?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Once the lead reached double digits the game was over</description>				
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	      <title>Mets pull midnight raid and Jeanie Buss buys tickets. </title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What do these things have in common? You can't make sense out of any of it</description>				
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	      <title>Are we too serious about it all?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tiger is serious while Rocco Mediate is having a ball. What's the difference?</description>				
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	      <title>Tim Russert RIP</title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Russert the sports fan would understand how I feel </description>				
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	      <title>Javon Walker's Big Adventure</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Walker's explanation of his assault and robbery is the biggest suspect in the case.</description>				
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	      <title>Are sure Friday the 13th is today?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lakers fatal flaw got exposed in monumental collapse during Game 5</description>				
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	      <title>"Truthiness" may fit here</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shreads of believable facts make Tim Donaghy's statements worth investigating.</description>				
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	      <title>I'm too old for this stuff</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA Finals game takes stamina and right attitude....and that's just in the stands.</description>				
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	      <title>The little blue pill</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Viagra is a staple in the medicine chests of athletes now. Why?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3359</link>			

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	      <title>Weekend colors: green, gold and brown</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Big Brown, Nadal, the Celts and Lakers are colorful but are they winners? </description>				
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	      <title>Brawls and fake injuries are the order of the night in Boston</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pierce "hurt" his knee only to come back at the Garden while the Bosox fought their way to victory.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3349</link>			

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	      <title>The Finals</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Musings on the lighter side of the NBA contest</description>				
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	      <title>Nevermind</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>When you get what you want....are you happy or not?</description>				
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	      <title>Pacman's double secret probation</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Goodell gives Jones just enough rope to hang himself....both Jerry and Pacman</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3329</link>			

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	      <title>Sports and the City</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What to do when the Lakers aren't playing.</description>				
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	      <title>The wild child gets validated</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe's idol tells the world he's The One.</description>				
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	      <title>Sports Illustrated meets Entertainment Tonight</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dose goes on the town to get the hottest news about our sports stars.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3316</link>			

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	      <title>Fouls "For Sale"</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Spurs lose as Brent Barry doesn't force officials to call a foul on Derek Fisher.</description>				
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	      <title>Have the Conference Finals jumped the shark?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe jumps snakes but has his sport jumped the shark?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3308</link>			

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	      <title>How do you feel about Danica?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Danica Patrick lands out of the top 10 at Indy for the first time.</description>				
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	      <title>2 small moments that changed everything</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Thursday night's game highlights focus on what really changed the Mets/Atlanta contest and the Detroit/Boston basketball game.</description>				
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	      <title>Just shut up and listen for a minute....will you?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Why is there any confusion about Willie Randolph's comments or Kobe Bryant's attitude? The Dose tell you.</description>				
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	      <title>Clash of cultures in Miami could mean a very long season for Jason Taylor</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Taylor missed voluntary training sessions to Dance With the Stars to the chagrin of his new boss.</description>				
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	      <title>Jason ain't dancing with Parcells after all</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Taylor will boycott mini camps AND training camp</description>				
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	      <title>First you're fat, then you stink and finally you get surgery</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Andruw Jones has held Dodgers hostage since his arrival. Torre finally has a reason to get him out of the lineup.</description>				
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	      <title>Celts finally win, Yankees look ugly and here comes another steriods investigation</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Overview of weekend sports highlights</description>				
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	      <title>Ugly stuff we should be talking about</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Barkley's got a gambling problem and now he's a dead beat. NBA officials are helping the home teams win in this round of the playoffs.</description>				
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	      <title>Scoundrels we love to hate</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bryant goes back to facilitator and Lakers win; Manny is still being Manny and Goose Gossage tries to tell Joba to "man up"</description>				
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	      <title>What is wrong with this picture?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Goodell learns of more lying on the part of the Pats and does nothing more while in baseball, the losers are winners at least for now.</description>				
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	      <title>Mom gets told to back off and yet NFL players are told to make do</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LeBron's Mom gets told to get sit the frig down and Kevin Everett, now retired, loses his medical benefits.</description>				
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	      <title>Whose weekend was a bad one or a great one?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>First time winners in golf, on the road NBA losses and another "student-athlete" denies he violated NCAA rules</description>				
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	      <title>The Ozzie bleep machine</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The bleeping hit its peak during Ozzie's oration on why Chicago fans still don't love the Sox</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3244</link>			

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	      <title>The playoffs bring out the best in all of us</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Winning cures everything, including rudeness</description>				
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	      <title>From a boo to a standing O</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lakers fans have been put through the wringer this year but....we have the MVP</description>				
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	      <title>The Dose taks a holiday</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	      <title>Does winning cure everything?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA coaches on the move might take a cue from Tom Coughlin</description>				
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	      <title>What are the rules?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tough situations with games on the line tests NBA refs</description>				
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	      <title>What's next?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Athletes contemplate what to do to pass the time in off season or retirement</description>				
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	      <title>Why Mindy McCready didn't stand by her man</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Country singer confirms affair with Rocket. Is that why his wife used HGH?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3211</link>			

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	      <title>Draft humiliation transferred to the NBA</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Houston, Denver and Dallas are toast....burned on both sides</description>				
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	      <title>Please don't put the hex on just yet</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>George Karl is talked about for coach of the Knicks if his team gets swept by LA</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3197</link>			

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	      <title>Pre-draft drama and the actors who make it interesting</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dallas gets its bad boy, Spygate gets its big witness and Parcells might make Jason Taylor dance with someone else.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3193</link>			

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	      <title>Is it cringe worthy?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Humiliations of Dallas Mavs as well as Miguel Tejada make the Dose cringe.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3188</link>			

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	      <title>To talk or not to talk</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baby Boss drops "idiot" bomb and Pacman fesses up about hush money</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3184</link>			

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	      <title>Big Hurts in boxing and baseball</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bernard Hopkins and Frank Thomas suffer low blows this weekend</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3179</link>			

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	      <title>8 days til the draft but NFL news is all over the place</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL junkies are not counting the days til the draft so this Dose is for them.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3173</link>			

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	      <title>Are you a fan or are you whipped?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA playoff schedule is announced and the sweating of married fans begins</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3169</link>			

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	      <title>Tiger's knee and Nellie's excuse</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Don Nelson tries to defend benching Baron and Tiger's knee might have cost him the Masters</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3164</link>			

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	      <title>The car wash</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>National media exposure gets athletes what exactly?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3157</link>			

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	      <title>Hot Sunday in the city</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Spurs go down as did the Hornets to a determined Lakers team</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3150</link>			

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	      <title>There's always something to complain about</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rich ball players are scared the free ride might be over</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3145</link>			

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	      <title>When to stop talking</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre keeps teasing, Vitale keeps crying and NBA draft hopefuls make announcements</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3138</link>			

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	      <title>Buckner's resurrection and Candace's coronation</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Red Sox give Buckner a welcome home and Candace Parker says goodbye to college basketball.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3134</link>			

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	      <title>Roy Williams plays the part of Judas and Bill Self smells bonus money</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Williams betrays his team and Bill self is singing all the way to OK State</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3131</link>			

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	      <title>The agony of defeat</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Weekend results are harsh for losers and heaven for winners</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3124</link>			

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	      <title>Fenway to A Rod: be afraid, be very afraid</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Hawk attacks young girl named Alexa Rodriguez during school trip to Fenway</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3118</link>			

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	      <title>Bathrooms are the new conference rooms</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>MLB investigators have a meeting with Jose Canseco in a men's room.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3110</link>			

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	      <title>Is Matt Leinart a jerk or just a regular guy?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Will Leinart quiet the critics who still wait for him to be a stud QB?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3105</link>			

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	      <title>Is there crying in baseball?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rain delayed home openers and nostalgic anniversary presentations make the Dose run for the tissues.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3099</link>			

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	      <title>Hot weekend sports news</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pick your sport...the weekend had it all, including an NBA logjam in the West</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3094</link>			

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	      <title>Now it feels real</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Joe Torre is a Dodger and The Dose is having to deal with it in real time</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3088</link>			

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	      <title>Hey Kobe, you're a putz</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bryant gets 2 technicals; one more and he sits for a game.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3083</link>			

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	      <title>Hair, the NFL musical</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>To cut or not to cut? The NFL cares.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3078</link>			

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	      <title>No green tea for me, thanks.</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bobby Valentine and I agree; no regular games in Japan please</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3072</link>			

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	      <title>Weekend images</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Some surprises and not just in the NCAA's</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3066</link>			

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	      <title>Another day, another 16 games</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>For those without a rooting interest, the games can only excite if they are close</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3061</link>			

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	      <title>Who ya' got?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NCAA tournament starts and everyone has hope for one day</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3052</link>			

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	      <title>Who ya' got?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NCAA tournament starts today and we're all involved....madly</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3053</link>			

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	      <title>Baseball mysteries</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Why doesn't Bonds have a job? Why won't MLB honor contract for Japan bound coaches?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3048</link>			

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	      <title>Why do they hate Tyler?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The controversy about Hansbrough will peak during the Big Dance</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3042</link>			

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	      <title>Are you kidding me?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Amazing sports feats from the weekend.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3037</link>			

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	      <title>Hey Shaq and Schill: is there an "I" in team?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shaq sits and the Suns win; Schilling will sit because Sox say so.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3032</link>			

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	      <title>Stuff that makes you wonder</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball fights, hoops win streaks and Asian major league games make the Dose wonder what the hell is going on.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3028</link>			

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	      <title>Waiting for the second shoe to drop</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>John Daly gets dumped in public by coach and called out for his behavior.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3023</link>			

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	      <title>To slide or not to slide</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rays' minor leaguer breaks wrist of Yankees counter part when he doesn't slide</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3019</link>			

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	      <title>Spring Break for Riley</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pat Riley runs away from home during Spring Break</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3014</link>			

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	      <title>Snapshots from yesterday</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre, Sapp and Daly all reveal their feelings in snapshots</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3010</link>			

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	      <title>Grade the NBA trades in the West</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dallas, Suns and Lakers made big moves; only one is going well</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3005</link>			

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	      <title>Somewhere today John Madden's crying</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre's retirement is still iffy in the eyes of The Dose but Madden is scared.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2999</link>			

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	      <title>Now he leaves?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre reportedly retires after one of his best seasons...why?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2993</link>			

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	      <title>Randy Moss' delusional weekend</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Randy Moss wants to be wanted at the cost of leaving Tom Brady</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2986</link>			

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	      <title>Rebels with a cause</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball coaches swear to defy new rule that they wear helmets</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2978</link>			

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	      <title>Can you ask someone to pay for what they already get for free?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Wrigley's Gum better think hard about losing the Cubs stadium name</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2975</link>			

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	      <title>Slugger looking for a home</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Barry Bonds is back in the conversation for this season</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2970</link>			

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	      <title>And the Oscar goes to....</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What sports figures or teams would win the awards given out in Hollywood?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2966</link>			

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	      <title>What's next...trading rights to the dead?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA players who have been retired but not officially, get a payday.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2960</link>			

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	      <title>Random thoughts from a big sports day</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Wednesday brought some hot stuff on courts, courses and on the field</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2957</link>			

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	      <title>Big Cactus seeking Desert Flower</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shaq debuts in Phoenix uniform tonight and is looking for the love.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2952</link>			

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	      <title>NBA second half might look like NASCAR</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With Western Conference race so tight, will there be a photo finish?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2948</link>			

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	      <title>Move over, there's a new Superman in town</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dwight Howard makes you forget that Shaq isn't at the All Star game</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2943</link>			

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	      <title>Arlen Specter is jealous of Henry Waxman</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Specter still thinks there is a reason to investigate NFL's destruction of video tapes.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2933</link>			

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	      <title>Are you happy now?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Four and half hours of grilling left audiences divided between Clemens and McNamee</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2929</link>			

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	      <title>Conversations in the halls of Congress</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dose listens in as football and baseball titans meet down to DC</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2923</link>			

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	      <title>Real men play hockey</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Florida Panthers star will play hockey again after throat slitting accident.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2919</link>			

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	      <title>Don't tell anyone....I tuned into the Pro Bowl</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pro Bowl's side lines interviews are awful but the football wasn't that bad</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2916</link>			

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	      <title>It's always about the money</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Curt Schilling and the BoSox are at odds but the story is an old one.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2910</link>			

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	      <title>Creepy medical waste and the men who discuss it</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Left over syringes and gauze pads are presented to Congress by Brian McNamee.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2904</link>			

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	      <title>Return of the Blob</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Looks like Shaq will be back in the West as a Phoenix Sun</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2899</link>			

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	      <title>The daily oddities of life</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bob Knight quits mid season, Donny baseball's exit from LA explained, NFL Pro Bowl loses starters</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2893</link>			

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	      <title>Weekend hangovers for Brady and Kwame</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Super Bowl history is made and Kwame is drummed out of LA</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2880</link>			

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	      <title>Super Bowl Extra: the commercials</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dose picks its favorites</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2883</link>			

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	      <title>The Paula vs. little brother Bowl</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sibling rivalry makes Sunday's game a bit more fun.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2869</link>			

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	      <title>Are you kidding me?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sports stories that just boggle the mind</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2864</link>			

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	      <title>Not everyone's in AZ for the Super Bowl</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Real life trumps sports for Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe and Michael Wilbon of ESPN</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2858</link>			

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	      <title>Escape from New Jersey</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jason Kidd asks for the third year in a row to be sprung from his Jersey hell.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2854</link>			

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	      <title>Be afraid....be very afraid</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>All heir-apparents in the NFL should look at the Redskins humiliation of Gregg Williams as a cautionary tale.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2847</link>			

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	      <title>Same crap different day</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Issues are rehashed and beaten into the ground...stop it already</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2843</link>			

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	      <title>Did UCLA just hire Yoda?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Will Norm Chow out-recruit Pete Carroll</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2837</link>			

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	      <title>What do you do when there's no news?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Larry Brown decides the news lull today is a good time to be a conspiracy theorist</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2833</link>			

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	      <title>Just shut up</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Enough already from Tiger on Kelly, the press on Brady and NY fans on Celtics giving love to NY Giants at the Garden</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2829</link>			

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	      <title>Gotta talk about the Giants</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>in the most improbable of endings.....Giants go to the Super Bowl</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2823</link>			

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	      <title>Weekend picks and fan boos</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Who's gonna go to the Super Bowl; and should home fans boo their team?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2816</link>			

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	      <title>Romo in Cabo and Randy in Fort Lauderdale</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Moss gets into a mess during the bye week.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2808</link>			

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	      <title>Athletes, amputations and ridiculousness</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Double amputee runner is declared to have an advantage over able bodied men.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2799</link>			

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	      <title>Life sucks then you get injured </title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>House hearings start to point fingers at MLB and Lakers play first game post-Bynum injury.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2793</link>			

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	      <title>What a weekend!</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL games don't disappoint</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2784</link>			

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	      <title>Who ya' got?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL Elite Eight play this weekend and the Dose makes her picks</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2778</link>			

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	      <title>Watch what you say</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Clemens complains about Mitchell report and Congress listens while Golf Channel anchor gets suspended for poor choice of words</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2773</link>			

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	      <title>I have seen this movie before</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Repeat behavior from one year to the next should give us a hint of consequences</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2764</link>			

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	      <title>What do you want me to do?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Brian McNamee asks that of Roger Clemens and Clemens had no answer</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2756</link>			

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	      <title>BCS blah blah blah....NFL playoffs are the real deal</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL playoffs show why tonight's BCS game is a yawn</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2750</link>			

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	      <title>Clemens raises the stakes</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>He reportedly admits being injected with pain killers and B-12; not steroids</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2745</link>			

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	      <title>The A Rod "I'm sorry" tour rolls on</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>He is at Times Square on New Year's Eve in a Yankee hat....huh?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2738</link>			

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	      <title>Was the Giants titantic battle with the Pats worth losing players?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>3 players don't practice on Wednesday and are day to day for Wild Card game.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2733</link>			

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	      <title>It wasn't the shorts</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lakers don short shorts and lose to the Celtics</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2729</link>			

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	      <title>My Christmas fantasy wish</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Finals in fantasy playoffs look grim for the Dose</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2722</link>			

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	      <title>It's time for a Kobe rant</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tonight's game at Cleveland will tell us alot although he wont' say it</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2718</link>			

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	      <title>Can Tunas pounce?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Parcells suddenly is in the mix for running the Falcons</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2712</link>			

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	      <title>How stupid can you be?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rory Sabbatini leaves Tiger's invitational without notice and takes a check anyway</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2708</link>			

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	      <title>How stupid can you be?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rory Sabbatini leaves Tiger's invitational without notice and takes a check anyway</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2706</link>			

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	      <title>Weekend wrap up for the NFL</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jessica Simpson saw her honey lose, Brian Westbrook takes a knee on the 1 and Miami celebrates a rare win</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2701</link>			

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	      <title>Who's Zooming Who?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Don't want to talk about the past any more? Are you kidding me?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2698</link>			

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	      <title>When the whip comes down</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Mitchell commission report is leaking and players are scared</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2695</link>			

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	      <title>Couldn't you use a little fantasy right about now?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With bad news everywhere, let's talk about fantasy</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2691</link>			

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	      <title>Microphones in the NBA huddles</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>How will coaches get around what is REALLY said in there?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2687</link>			

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	      <title>Another failed assassination attempt</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Indiana Pacer Jamal Tinsley is targeted with an assault rifle and survives.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2683</link>			

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	      <title>Here we go again</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Barry gets arraigned today and his career might NOT be over</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2678</link>			

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	      <title>Lots to fight about Part II</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Issues today include Les Miles, the NFL referee "boy" comment and Heisman trophy BS</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2674</link>			

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	      <title>How can anyone root for the Marlins?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Team purges last 2 superstars and goes back to a no-name lineup</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2671</link>			

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	      <title>What do you want to argue about today?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Everyone's got an opinion....what's yours?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2667</link>			

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	      <title>I'm glad I'm not Joe Gibbs</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Gibbs forgets a rule and costs the team its memorial to Sean Taylor</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2658</link>			

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	      <title>Brett reminds me why I don't like him as a person</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre ignores Rodgers on the sidelines after the kids' first career TD</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2655</link>			

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	      <title>Mike Vick and Sean Taylor</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>One's in prison and the other is dead. Can we ever outlive our pasts?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2648</link>			

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	      <title>Rich companies fight and football fans lose</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Let's solve some problems for those that can't</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2644</link>			

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	      <title>What do you do when the game stinks?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Monday night's mud bowl in Pittsburgh brought the sick jokes out of the guys</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2639</link>			

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	      <title>Quotes from the weekend</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dose hears the true feelings of the triumphant stars from the weekend.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2637</link>			

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	      <title>Belichick gets to say I told you so</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Packers let up in the 4th but won anyway</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2634</link>			

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	      <title>Happy Thanksgiving</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Forget the Macy's parade, we have the cavalcade of NFL stars to watch</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2631</link>			

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	      <title>If Ricky can make it back so can Vick</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vick will be out of jail prior to the 2008 season, asking for his job back.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2628</link>			

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	      <title>Phone a friend</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A football fan needs a lifeline to talk to on a wild NFL Sunday</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2623</link>			

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	      <title>Momma says lock you up</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bonds is finally indicted and those in the know have no idea why</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2620</link>			

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	      <title>Scott Boras isn't embarrassed today</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A Rod visits the Steinbrenners without his agent and enters talks to stay in NY</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2617</link>			

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	      <title>Singing to save your ass</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Stephon Marbury is the latest to threaten to tell all </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2612</link>			

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	      <title>Niners can't win one for their coach</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pathetic performance shows lack of ability and courage</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2608</link>			

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	      <title>Another reason to miss Marty</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Chargers grumble after a win....</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2605</link>			

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	      <title>Will the NCAA really end the honeymoon with USC?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Reggie Bush investigation heats up 2 years after the fact</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2602</link>			

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	      <title>Raising the bar on cheating in sports</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Poisoning of tennis players? You've got to be kidding.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2597</link>			

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	      <title>Don Shula should shut up</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Legendary coach should let his accomplishment speak for him</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2593</link>			

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	      <title>Climbing up and sliding down</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Up and comers and those being phased out pass each other on the rankings list</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2589</link>			

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	      <title>Monday Morning Quarterback</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>No judgment here....merely observations</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2586</link>			

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	      <title>It happens in the best of neighborhoods</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Andy Reid's sons both go to jail on the same day.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2583</link>			

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	      <title>When did Luol Deng become indispensable?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bulls' forward is key to Kobe trade to Chicago</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2576</link>			

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	      <title>Head spinning sports day finally ends</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tuesday's sports news made my head spin</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2573</link>			

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	      <title>Favre man's up and others follow</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What does it take for you to believe your own press releases?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2570</link>			

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	      <title>Daddy Red Sox</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The dominance of the Sox over the Rockies was stunning.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2565</link>			

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	      <title>NFL goes to London and NBA refs can go to Vegas</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Watch for jet lag on Sunday refs learning Texas Hold 'Em</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2563</link>			

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	      <title>Back up quarterbacks are an endangered species</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Teams are scrambling to find a winner on their depth chart</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2559</link>			

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	      <title>Busy doesn't equal productive</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL owners and commissioner discuss playing outside the US, shortening the draft and hating the cable companies</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2556</link>			

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	      <title>Teacher, teacher....pick me please?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>candidates line up for Yankee manager job</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2550</link>			

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	      <title>"I thought I was out and then they pulled me back in"</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kevin Millar throws out first pitch in Boston to the delight and disgust of fans.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2544</link>			

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	      <title>After the divorce, who gets the friends?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Torre's leaving opens the question about who will stay or leave among the players</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2539</link>			

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	      <title>If they don't care, why do we?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Manny says it won't be the "end of the world" if Boston doesn't make it into the Series</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2536</link>			

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	      <title>Let's play pretend</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Think you can make up stuff that isn't true...try it</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2531</link>			

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	      <title>Vinny T should talk to Dice K</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vinny steps into Panthers game to win it while Dice K broods over loss</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2522</link>			

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	      <title>Will the Pats ever lose?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Win over Dallas leaves only Indy as their still undefeated rival</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2518</link>			

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	      <title>What the heck was wrong in Arizona?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Diamondback fans fail to show up and then throw things on the field</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2515</link>			

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	      <title>View from Fenway</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Red Sox Nation has no doubts about getting to the series</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2512</link>			

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	      <title>Kickus-Interruptus</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Keep the rule that you can freeze the kicker with a quick time out</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2506</link>			

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	      <title>Podcasts off for a week; see you on the blog side</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description></description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2508</link>			

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	      <title>The Boss yells and the Yankees win</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>George Steinbrenner wakes up and the Yankees hear the roar</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2503</link>			

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	      <title>BALCO reaches out from the grave</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Marion Jones is caught and might do time for using the Clear and the Cream</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2498</link>			

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	      <title>A baseball fan couldn't have asked for more</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>3 first round playoff games make this girl happy</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2493</link>			

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	      <title>They fought the law and the law won</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Another sports figure goes down in court</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2488</link>			

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	      <title>Should it end like this?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Rockies win tie breaker game with Padres on bad umpire call</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2485</link>			

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	      <title>Can a house divided still live?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Arizona's platoon QB situation works for now but will in continue?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2480</link>			

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	      <title>A writer's dilemma</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Golf is today's topic despite hot stories elsewhere</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2476</link>			

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	      <title>Bulletin: Bud Selig acts like a man</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball does something unusual: it suspends an umpire</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2471</link>			

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	      <title>Even I feel sorry for Mike Vick</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>State charges pile on Vick for a clear personal foul</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2463</link>			

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	      <title>Out in space</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Can someone figure out how to use Reggie Bush?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2458</link>			

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	      <title>Is it April Fool's Day in the NFL?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bizarro World stuff in football has Tampa 2-1 and Chargers 1-2</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2454</link>			

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	      <title>Note to the Mets: shave your heads</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Mets need to loosen up and shave their heads</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2448</link>			

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	      <title>Life's a bitch then you sue</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Is this why the Knicks have stunk for a few years?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2442</link>			

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	      <title>Back to the future</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>News takes us back to times we thought were over</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2438</link>			

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	      <title>The world loves a winner</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Win at all costs is the motto...no matter how nice you are.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2434</link>			

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	      <title>Let the games begin</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Week 2 in the NFL is week 1 for my team</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2450</link>			

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	      <title>Had enough football yet?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Too many games makes the  Dose crazy</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2429</link>			

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	      <title>Stuck in Lodi again</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Dose in NJ can't get out of the muck</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2426</link>			

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	      <title>The guys who make it look easy</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Champions rise to the occasion and no one can challenge them</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2418</link>			

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	      <title>There really is a game called football</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The games actually began last night with Indy picking up right where they left off</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2412</link>			

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	      <title>Are you ready for some football?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL kicks off the season....finally</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2410</link>			

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	      <title>How to handle a loss</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Serena Williams is petulant while Rafa Nadal handles it a different way</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2407</link>			

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	      <title>The Bizarro World</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Unexpected results in sports this weekend have heads shaking in disbelief.</description>				
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	      <title>You have learned well, young Skywalker</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Yanks' kid reliever is a Clemens fan and his head hunting shows it</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2398</link>			

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	      <title>Let's recap</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Looking back on some stories that have changed my mind about the facts.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2395</link>			

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	      <title>Does the #1 pick in the NFL draft want to work?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jamarcus Russell obviously doesn't want to be in Oakland</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2391</link>			

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	      <title>Who is this guy?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe Bryant has lost weight, smiles and wins....how is that happening?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2386</link>			

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	      <title>When is a Falcon really a rat?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vick will try and save himself from prison by rolling over for the feds.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2382</link>			

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	      <title>Defense anyone?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vick refutes the worst charges, Peyton Manning speaks up for little brother and PGA player challenges Tiger to play all rounds in Fed Ex Cup</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2380</link>			

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	      <title>Vick supporters: heard about Kirk Radomski</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Former Mets clubhouse "go-fer" can get 25 years for supplying steroids</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2375</link>			

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	      <title>What  if?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Funny how stuff might have turned out if.....</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2369</link>			

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	      <title>It'a an Atlanta thing....you wouldn't understand</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Fans divided on social and racial grounds and here's why</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2362</link>			

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	      <title>The weekend that was</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Court updates, NFL pre-season starts to show us who is gonna make the cut and MLB races are getting tighter.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2357</link>			

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	      <title>25 dates in 9 innings</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Stadium speed dating is faster than the speed of a stolen base</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2354</link>			

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	      <title>Where's the good stuff?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With legal trouble everywhere are there good stories in sports today?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2351</link>			

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	      <title>Phil Rizzuto 1927-2007</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Scooter takes his act upstairs after a great career</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2348</link>			

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	      <title>Darkest before the dawn?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>All of Vick's co-defendants are signing to feds but does that mean they are telling the truth?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2344</link>			

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	      <title>Pacman becomes Roadkill</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pacman Jones goes into the wrestling ring and ends up on a stretcher</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2336</link>			

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	      <title>The Rocket says he's not guilty and John Daly just wonders how he did it</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Clemens gets suspended for hitting the bulls eye on the back of an opposing player and John Daly improbably shoots better than Tiger in sweltering heat.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2330</link>			

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	      <title>The brutal business of sports</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Larry Johnson is reminded it's not personal it's just business</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2325</link>			

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	      <title>In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bonds thrills home fans who shower him with love; Selig calls him and is pleasant and Aaron records congratulatory message</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2321</link>			

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	      <title>Sell it or keep it?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>holder of ARod's 500th home run ball ponders his options</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2317</link>			

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	      <title>Milestones, Hall of Fame and Tiger growling</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball records broken or tied, Hall of Fame NFL'ers cry like babies and Tiger breaks Sabbatini's spirit</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2314</link>			

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	      <title>Barry Bonds weighing invite tor Giants 50th anniversary bash</title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bonds has not confirmed he'll appear. Fans will go crazy </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#3535</link>			

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	      <title>Still a bad summer in Lakerland</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Laker sign undrafted rookie guard and still haven't made Kobe happy</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2309</link>			

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	      <title>Good moves/Bad moves</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Teams and players make decisions you immediately know stink or are great</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2306</link>			

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	      <title>The Dose takes a holiday</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>blogs off til August 1; will Barry hit 756 while I'm gone?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2302</link>			

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	      <title>Is he smarter than a 5th grader?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>David Stern must go in light of the referee point shaving scandal</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2299</link>			

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	      <title>You better be packing a lawyer</title>
			<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA refs, baseball and football players add lawyer to their entourage</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2294</link>			

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	      <title>Morning in sportsland</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>British golf, more Vick news and some baseball scores make for a slow morning</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2289</link>			

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	      <title>Out of touch</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Vick and other high profile individuals have others get them through every day life; it's not a good thing</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2284</link>			

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	      <title>Culpepper is freed and Vick is indicted</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Miami releases the QB and Vick will be booked for federal crimes.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2278</link>			

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	      <title>Barry's pout, Beckham's ankle and A Rod's ego</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description></description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2274</link>			

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	      <title>Is Joe Torre a racist?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sheffield's original remarks backed up by Kenny Lofton</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2271</link>			

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	      <title>It just doesn't seem right but then again....</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The Beckhams arrive in LA to boost pro soccer and Mark Cuban bids to buy the Cubs</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2268</link>			

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	      <title>It just doesn't seem right but then again....</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Beckhams in US and Mark Cuban files to purchase the Cubs</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2267</link>			

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	      <title>Toughen up kid</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>19 year old was worn out from busy summer. How will Oden handle NBA season?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2264</link>			

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	      <title>This time it meant something</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pujols sat on the bench and watched his NL team lose in the All Star game.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2260</link>			

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	      <title>He's gone and it isn't good</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Home run derby reminds the Dose of Dan Patrick's effect on how we talk sports</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2254</link>			

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	      <title>Pardon the Interruption</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Weekend was filled with non-events in sports world</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2249</link>			

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	      <title>Forever defined by The Choke</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>PJ Carlesimo was "the chokee" but will he ever recover?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2244</link>			

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	      <title>As American as hot dog vomit</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>4th of July sporting events are bizarre</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2239</link>			

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	      <title>I'm 33, average 10 pts a game; who would want me?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Derek Fisher is released from Utah Jazz to deal with daughter's cancer</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2236</link>			

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	      <title>Baseball stories from the weekend</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bonds makes All Star game, Seattle manager walks away AFTER the winning start and Mrs. A Rod starts a commotion.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2232</link>			

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	      <title>Workplace woes</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Did Woody Paige grope the make up artist? Will Dolphins let Culpepper go?  Will Jets pay the offensive lineman?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2228</link>			

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	      <title>I HATE this game</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NBA teases fans with blockbuster trades that don't happen</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2222</link>			

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	      <title>Seems like old times at Wimbledon </title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jimmy Connors is in attendance and Federer and Serena are in white.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2218</link>			

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	      <title>A bluff or business as usual?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lakers and Kobayashi, the hot dog eating wonder, are threatening to shake it up. Is it real?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2215</link>			

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	      <title>Equal pay for equal work?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Women tennis players finally receive parity with men for prize money at Wimbledon</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2209</link>			

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	      <title>It's never too soon to fantasize</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>With only baseball in swing a girl starts to think about fantasy football</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2205</link>			

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	      <title>Sosa's bat-I mean back</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Corked bat incident might overshadow Sosa's 600 home run achievement</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2201</link>			

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	      <title>Giambi show trial</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>What's the point of him meeting with investigators if he doesn't name names?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2197</link>			

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	      <title>The concussion summit</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL listens as MD's tell them how their business might just be inherently dangerous</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2191</link>			

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	      <title>Tale of 3 superstars</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe, A Rod and Tiger are all in turmoil</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2186</link>			

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	      <title>Hey, you out there, we've got great baseball here</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Angels, Dodgers and San Diego are tearing up the baseball world</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2182</link>			

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	      <title>Have you seen Amanda Beard?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Swimmer poses naked in Playboy and opinions vary on if it was the right thing to do</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2178</link>			

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	      <title>It's time for John Daly to get it right</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>John Daly and his 4th wife accuse each other with assault</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2174</link>			

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	      <title>We all crave an ending....good or bad</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sopranos finale likened to a tie game that never gets resolved</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2169</link>			

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	      <title>Mike Vick and Jason Giambi are feeling the heat</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The feds ratchet up the pressure on Vick and Giambi is given a no-win choice.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2161</link>			

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	      <title>LeBron's choices</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LeBron James will be on the court for all games during the Finals despite his girlfriend giving birth.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2157</link>			

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	      <title>The NFL returns</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Trent Green goes to Miami and Daunte Culpepper is looking for a new home</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2151</link>			

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	      <title>Old school is officially dead</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball managerial tirades are now seen as offensive instead of routine</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2146</link>			

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	      <title>The Sopranos can teach us something</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The family has lessons to teach sports figures</description>				
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	      <title>Can you spell winner? </title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LeBron peaks....or at least I think so</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2135</link>			

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	      <title>Observations on a sports day gone haywire</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe mania, A Rod chick spotting, Spurs beat the snot out of Utah, Yankees win.....The Yankees win</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2130</link>			

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	      <title>Ok, LeBron made the shots</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LeBron makes key free throws and late game 3 pointer in win over Detroit</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2127</link>			

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	      <title>There are no silver bullets</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe wants Jerry West, the Yankees wait for Roger; will either one save those teams?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2122</link>			

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	      <title>What a shame </title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Stories about Josh Hancock's Dad and Trent Green elicit sympathy, not necessarily about them</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2117</link>			

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	      <title>Clemens isn't ready yet</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>His performance last night showed why.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2112</link>			

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	      <title>You're all grounded!</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Penn State football team will pick up stadium garbage on day after home games as a punishment for legal trouble</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2106</link>			

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	      <title>Are you the man or not?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LeBron defers to Marshall for last shot.....it's a no-go</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2102</link>			

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	      <title>No good deed goes unpunished.</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>MLB might drum Jason Giambi out of the game for using the word "stuff"</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2099</link>			

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	      <title>Was there a full moon?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Thursday was the day revelations came to light in the sports world</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2093</link>			

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	      <title>If only I were a fly on the wall</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Goodell meets with Tank; Favre says he'll attend mini-camp; investigators all over Vick's house </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2088</link>			

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	      <title>What happened?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dose returns to a sports world that had a convulsive week</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2085</link>			

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	      <title>The Dose takes a holiday</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Off til Wednesday May 16</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2078</link>			

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	      <title>Phoenix wins by a nose</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Nose bandages were seen on almost everyone during Suns' win</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2076</link>			

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	      <title>Baseball Follies</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Mets fan breaks another's back and disappears. The Commish still doesn't know if he'll celebrate Bonds</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2072</link>			

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	      <title>He's baaaaaack!</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Clemens signs with the Yanks to start in a month.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2066</link>			

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	      <title>The Agony of Defeat</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Mavs go out in humiliating fashion</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2060</link>			

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	      <title>NFL mans up on head injuries</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Commissioner takes strong stand on testing for brain injuries</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2055</link>			

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	      <title>The real price of being stupid</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description></description>				
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	      <title>Snap out of it!</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Without Dirk being Dirk, Dallas is toast.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2043</link>			

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	      <title>Who is more embarrassed today?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A sports weekend filled with bad performances</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2040</link>			

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	      <title>Draft day is finally here</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL drafts college players this weekend and the world screeches to a halt</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2036</link>			

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	      <title>Fact or fiction</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Schilling's bloody sock may have been helped with red paint and Tony Stewart claims NASCAR admires pro wrestling</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2031</link>			

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	      <title>If champagne is wrong, I don't want to be right</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Twins send joke gift to the Royals and MLB comes unglued</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2027</link>			

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	      <title>Good decisions</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dodgers ex closer on DL for another team; Yanks call up their best minor leaguer and Mickelson finally hires Woods' ex-coach</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2022</link>			

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	      <title>What a weekend!</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Yanks/Sox epic clash, big upsets in the NBA and NFL draft talk never stops</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2016</link>			

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	      <title>How to send a message</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dale Earnhardt wins the battle of the wicked step-mother and Pacman apologizes in a big way</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2011</link>			

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	      <title>Why a baseball game without hits is the bomb</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle throws a no-hitter and it's must see TV</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2006</link>			

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	      <title>When even sports don't matter</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Massacre at VA Tech touches many in professional sports</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1999</link>			

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	      <title>Now making errors, number 2, shortstop Derek Jeter</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Early season woes afflict Yankee captain</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1994</link>			

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	      <title>Just a love spat</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Andre rips Steffi in the mouth with a racket...by mistake and ref throws out Tim Duncan and asks "do you want to fight?"</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1989</link>			

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	      <title>Can you devalue the Jackie Robinson tribute?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Torii Hunter thinks that too many players wearing his #42 devalues the tribute</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1982</link>			

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	      <title>Ladies and Gentlemen: notice the exits on the right and left</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Drew Bledsoe retires; Dice K loses out to 21 year old; Don Imus says good by to TV and lacrosse players lose the criminal charges</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1976</link>			

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	      <title>The Pacman rules</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Commissioner Goodell comes down hard on the "Bad Boys"</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1971</link>			

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	      <title>What's the point?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lakers lose their way through the weeks prior to the playoffs</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1964</link>			

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	      <title>Mickelson and A Rod take different paths to the truth</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lefty confesses he'll never be the best and isn't. A Rod admits he and Jeter aren't created equal and excels</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1961</link>			

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	      <title>Azaleas bloom in Georgia and snow falls in New York</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball season is getting snowed out but it's sure nice golf weather in Georgia!</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1956</link>			

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	      <title>Full house in San Fran</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Day game brings out the fans to see Barry</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1950</link>			

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	      <title>Pat Summitt could coach men</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Summitt won her 7th national title and could easily move over to the other side.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1947</link>			

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	      <title>Angels win has a bit of everything</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball's problems and joys all appear within same 9 innings</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1942</link>			

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	      <title>The Final Four picks went south early</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ohio State and FL show The Dose something: they are good</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1935</link>			

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	      <title>"It's always something with me"</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Serena barrels her way through Sony-Erricson tournament </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1931</link>			

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	      <title>Don't  you hate parking at stadiums?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Why is getting to and getting out of your favorite ball park always a problem?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1927</link>			

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	      <title>MNF gets face lift</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Joe Theismann booted from MNF booth</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1921</link>			

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	      <title>They want perfection</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Daisuke unhappy with 5 scoreless innings and family of Pat Tillman still isn't satisfied with latest investigation results</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1916</link>			

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	      <title>What a difference a year makes</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>David Carr is jobless after being annointed as savior of the Texans</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1910</link>			

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	      <title>Thursday was a big day</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Fans cheer La Russa, Kobe ignores team mates and 3 one point NCAA games make Thursday a large sports day

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			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1905</link>			

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	      <title>Staples Center on ice</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>LA Kings look bad against the Dallas Stars</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1900</link>			

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	      <title>Are we having fun yet?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sports in America has become more business than fun</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1895</link>			

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	      <title>Staying in the minor leagues just got sexy</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dodgers pitcher Matt White chooses work over maximizing his rock quarry wealth</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1890</link>			

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	      <title>Just another sports weekend?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Big events crowd the schedule in all sports</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1886</link>			

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	      <title>NFL Police Blotter</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tank Johnson of the Bears spent the night and potentially another 119 nights in jail.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1880</link>			

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	      <title>When doing more of a bad thing might be good</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pete Rose says he didn't send signals with his bets: he bet every night</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1875</link>			

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	      <title>Moon over Green Bay</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Favre wants Moss in Green Bay</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1869</link>			

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	      <title>I guess we've come a long way</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>John Amaechi gets a product endorsement deal out of his book.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1861</link>			

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	      <title>West Coast bias?</title>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>6 teams from the Pac 10 make it to the NCAA's. Of course, then there are the Lakers</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1857</link>			

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	      <title>Get the Pepto honey, it's Selection Sunday</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>College conference tournaments are in full swing</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1852</link>			

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	      <title>Once is an accident and twice is a trend</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe Bryant suspended again after a smack into the face of yet another player</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1845</link>			

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	      <title>The softer side</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>A Rod and Jake the Snake have reasons for their seemingly odd prouncements</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1839</link>			

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	      <title>What the hell is going on?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Shaq does reality show about losing weight, Coach K teaches a bad lesson and Ron Artest is well....Ron Artest</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1834</link>			

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	      <title>Is he that bored?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Scottie Pippin is looking to make a comeback, perhaps with his old coach</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1828</link>			

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	      <title>What is D Wade waiting for?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Wade still not getting surgery. I think it is to his detriment</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1824</link>			

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	      <title>Why college basketball is truly madness</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>College games beat NBA activities last night by a wide margin</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1819</link>			

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	      <title>When did we get so screwed up?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lady Vols coach Pat Summitt to return the booster favor for men's coach Bruce Pearl</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1816</link>			

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	      <title>Duh!</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ex Steelers asst. coach states the obvious: Big Ben shouldn't have been playing</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1810</link>			

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	      <title>Baseball stories all sound the same</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Spring training stories involve Clemens, Manny and Ichiro. They aren't new but they sure are interesting</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1802</link>			

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	      <title>Show Lovie the money</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Lovie Smith can't get the Bears to put up the money for a new contract</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1797</link>			

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	      <title>Oops, pass protection break down</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tom Brady is gonna be a Daddy. </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1790</link>			

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	      <title>How long do you keep the light on?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Yankees waiting for Bernie; Chicago lets go of Rivera and A Rod makes split with Jeter official</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1783</link>			

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	      <title>Play Ball already</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball spring training camps open and the Yankees are in turmoil...what a shock</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1779</link>			

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	      <title>The things people say</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Harsh quotes and revelations from the world of sports</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1775</link>			

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	      <title>It happens in the best of families</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Andy Reid has taken a leave from head coaching for the Eagles to tend to family matters</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1770</link>			

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	      <title>Orphans in San Diego</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Schottenheimer gets canned a month after announcement he was staying in SD</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1767</link>			

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	      <title>Who'll blink first?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dale Earnhardt Jr. puts the screws to step-mom for control of his Dad's company</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1760</link>			

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	      <title>Steroids come home to roost</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Baseball commissioner noncommittal about showing up for Barry Bonds if he breaks Aaron's homerun record</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1755</link>			

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	      <title>Are we the ones creating the monsters?</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>ESPN covers high school seniors signing letters of intent to play college football</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1749</link>			

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	      <title>Why do we work?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Many reasons for it but some athletes are expected to have lofty goals.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1744</link>			

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	      <title>"The problem is when you can't afford it"</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sir Charles talks yet again, about a gambling habit</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1739</link>			

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	      <title>The partitioned party</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Super Bowl presents problems with non-fans in attendance</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1732</link>			

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	      <title>Who ya' got?</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>It's time to pick a winner for the Super Bowl</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1726</link>			

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	      <title>Barry's never ending drama</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Barry Bonds still can't get a contract done with the Giants</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1719</link>			

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	      <title>An unnatural basketball motion</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Kobe Bryant suspended one game while in NY</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1712</link>			

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	      <title>"I have to feed my family"</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Sprewell's "wife" sues for palimony</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1708</link>			

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	      <title>The Tiger effect</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>All around him choke and he wins again</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1701</link>			

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	      <title>USC may pay the price for Reggie's benefits</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Reggie Bush's problems gets cranked up again as law suits are about to be filed.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1696</link>			

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	      <title>Fitting it all in</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Tiger says he'll skip British Open if it coincides with birth of his child.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1691</link>			

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	      <title>Can you make someone love you?</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Jeff Fisher is denied permission to speak with Dallas owner Jerry Jones</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1684</link>			

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	      <title>Did he fall or was he pushed?</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Parcells is gone from Dallas. Why?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1678</link>			

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	      <title>Signs of the Apocalypse</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Manning beats Brady/ Ditka shills for toilet paper/ Pittsburgh goes outside the family/ and was everyone wrong about Vick?</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1672</link>			

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	      <title>The trap door to hell</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Mike Vick is caught at airline security with a water bottle containing traces of a suspect substance </description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1668</link>			

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	      <title>Updates and catty remarks</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Phil Mickelson finally loses the man breats, Bonds thinks McGwire should be i the Hall and guess what? Marty's back.</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1664</link>			

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	      <title>Second chances and second acts</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Ali turns 65, Sosa is given a try out by the Rangers</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1660</link>			

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	      <title>Romo in Cabo and Randy in Fort Lauderdale</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Bye week activities for Randy Moss land him in trouble</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#2806</link>			

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	      <title>Sports observations by friends of yours truly</title>
			<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Pals and acquaintances can give you a view that's novel and teaches you something</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1656</link>			

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	      <title>Why Marty Schottenheimer shouldn't be fired</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>San Diego's players let him down. The game plan was fine but the execution wasn't</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1648</link>			

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	      <title>It's put up or shut up time</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>NFL playoffs get to cruch time of Division playoffs</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1644</link>			

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	      <title>Gee, what a surprise!</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Becks heads to LA, Barry takes greenies, Webber leaves Philly, Coughlin still is coach in NY</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1637</link>			

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	      <title>More best and worst of 2006 in the NFL</title>
			<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Dose of Duffy awards for the best and worst of 2006</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1633</link>			

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	      <title>What did we learn this weekend?</title>
			<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>After game interviews taught us more than what happened on the field</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1629</link>			

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	      <title>The best of the bunch</title>
			<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Cowher pushed up his announcement like a good man should</description>				
			<link>http://www.incidentalcontact.com/weblog.aspx?mode=archive#1620</link>			

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	      <title>The Heat are melting</title>
			<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Miami Heat 