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The University of Minnesota fired Coach Glenn Mason despite his ability to read and write English. Will Minnesota football ever be the same? Is it possible to get to 10 wins? Are there really 10,000 lakes or could there be 10,001? As always, as a public service, we are seeking to help Minnesota attract a [...]

Lots of sports news coming out of last night, so here’s a roundup of last night’s headlines.

Tiger Woods Will Be A Daddy - Just what the world needs, another African-Thai-Swedish-American Billionaire

Texas Wins the Alamo - Well, it’s about time.

Tiki Runs Wild - 234 yards and 3 TDs in his final regular-season game. He’s following the [...]

As 2006 comes to a close, some of our favorite Major Leaguers have made their 2007 resolutions. We asked them to finish the following sentence: “In 2007, I resolve to ______.”

Coco Crisp: stop making that Rosie Perez face at the plate.

Barry Bonds: tell the tru…ah, forget it.

Daisuke Matsuzaka: invent the gyrobau.

Scott Boras: complete my quest [...]

As 2006 comes to a close, some of our favorite football players have made their 2007 resolutions. We asked them to finish the following sentence: “In 2007, I resolve to ______.”

Brady Quinn: Stop pole dancing for the male cheerleaders.

Dennis Green: Start looking for a job in sanitation.

T.O.: Begin to understand that I’m only one person [...]

As 2006 comes to a close, some of our favorite basketball players, coaches, and journalists have made their 2007 resolutions. We asked them to finish the following sentence: “In 2007, I resolve to ______.”:

David Stern - Mandate some sort of hemp hybrid court surface for next season. Extend the NBA’s global reach into burgeoning markets [...]

When we look at leaders we rarely see one departing for other jobs or duties prior to completing the one in front of them, especially if the task involves leading others who look to said person as their leader. In college football it’s all the rage and those who leave a school prior to a [...]

In order to preserve the union and to deflect criticism away from the massive choke job Virginia Tech suffered against Georgia, The Critic is changing the TCSB.
Obviously our new URL, like Spam, is taking the world by storm. Some people think we are a betting site whilst others, namely gonads like this young pup, are [...]

Welcome to another addition of Ball Hog. Today’s subject is none other than the league’s biggest leather-hoarder, Kobe Bryant.
Kobe scored 58 points in the Lakers’ 133-124 triple-overtime loss to the Bobcats Friday night, his third-highest career points total. He shot 22 of 45 and would’ve had at least 10 more, but fouled out with less [...]

In the new year, we’ll be debuting a few new features at criticalsportsblog.com. One of those will be the Saturday morning power rankings, in which I take on the absurd notion of ranking a team’s chances in March based on what they’re doing in November. In fact, I take it one more step [...]

After winning the World Series, Tony La Russa urged Jeff Suppan to clone a Mini-Suppan for the Cardinals bullpen, to ensure strong pitching in 2007. When we asked Jeff how he felt about LaRussa’s simple request, last year’s NLCS MVP had this to say:
“It’s wrong. I’d rather pitch for the Brewers than be subjected to [...]