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Awful Browns laid giant egg

August 20, 2008

If ever a score doesn’t tell an accurate story, it’s the 37-34 victory by the New York Giants over the Cleveland Browns last Monday. On the surface, the score indicates a close game. In reality, the Browns were lousy in an audition for three Monday Night Football games in the regular season. More specifically, the first teams looked like they had done the club scene in Manhattan the night before the game. They looked like players who are tired of the drudgery of training camp in falling behind, 23-3, after one quarter and 30-3 early in the second period. Cornerback Eric Wright was hit for a pass-interference penalty of 53 yards and then was beaten by Domenik Hixon on an 11-yard touchdown pass from Eli Manning four plays later. Running back Jamal Lewis fumbled a handoff, turning a potential Browns’ touchdown into a 95-yard return of the fumble by James Butler for a Giants’ touchdown. The special teams looked equally as bad.

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Phelps' record should be Games' finale

August 17, 2008

The end of ‘‘The Michael Phelps Show’’ in Beijing was a lot better than the finale of ‘‘The Sopranos’’ on HBO.

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Favre circus finally finished

August 10, 2008

RANDOM thoughts while wondering why a 39-year-old Brett Favre would turn down $25 million not to play football.

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Browns show signs of hope, except Dorsey

August 9, 2008

The best news about the performance of the Cleveland Browns in a 24-20 loss to the New York Jets in a preseason game last Friday was Ken Dorsey is still the third-string quarterback.

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Watching the Olympics has changed overthe years

August 8, 2008

In the good old days of Summer Olympic television — for those baby boomers, that means Olympics from 1968 in Mexico City through ’84 in Los Angeles not counting Moscow ’80 — it used to be ABC with Jim McKay and Howard Cosell doing most of the heavy-

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Pepper gets under friend's too-thin skin

August 3, 2008

Random thoughts while wondering what major-league baseball team actually deserves Manny Ramirez:

PEPPER-Y TALK: Dottie Pepper was a fan favorite whenever she visited the Mahoning Valley to play in the Giant Eagle LPGA Classic.

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