tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61537145189434135012012-01-24T13:37:00.705-05:00sports. life. culture. favorites. whatever.Construdahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847107424250399753noreply@blogger.comBlogger2201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6153714518943413501.post-77448747243501013372009-07-01T21:08:00.005-04:002009-07-01T21:49:24.264-04:00

Like many of his decisions over the past few years, Detroit Pistons president and general manager Joe Dumars' quick move to sign shooting guard Ben Gordon and forward Charlie Villanueva on the NBA's first day of free agent signing will be met with skepticism. Dumars took over the front office duties in 2000 and built a team that went to six straight Eastern Conference Finals from 2003-2008, won a

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A few days after he and his team lost in the NBA Finals, Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard seems completely bored. The 23-year-old posted about a dozen pictures on Twitter today posing with friends in goofy masks and wigs. Howard also flashes a big white smile with a puppet he calls, Lil Dwight, which mocks the Kobe and LeBron puppet commercials we saw throughout the playoffs. Dwight seems to be

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I wrote a post last Friday about Lil Wayne's rap song about Kobe Bryant. I got linked in The Big Lead's 6/6 AM Roundup and got a good amount of hits. But the post is not here anymore and I didn't delete it. So if you're visiting this blog through that link or from somewhere else on the Internet, I am sorry you got an error message. My guess is Blogger or someone with a copyright issue had it

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It's possible I'm responsible for half of the 300K+ views of this video of Bret Michaels getting blasted by a stage prop on Sunday at the Tony Awards.

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Me and the fellas over at The Big Lead got on the topic in last night's Late Night posts about the NBA's ugliest players. A lot of names were thrown out there, but here's what we settled on. Bear in mind these are current NBA players, so Sam Cassell, Popeye Jones and the like aren't included. Point Guard - Rajon Rondo, Boston CelticsWhat's not going for him:1) Bug eyes2) High cheek bones3) Boney

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Los Angeles Lakers forward Lamar Odom goes through several bags of candy every day. SEVERAL.Check out ESPN's Shelly Smith's feature on Odom before last night's Game 5 win by the Lakers. Odom must've ate some extra Starburst before the game because he was huge for the Lakers - 19 points, 14 rebounds, four blocks and the Lakers took a 3-2 series lead.

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I found this today in Doc Jensen's teaser to his LOST Season 5 wrap-up column. And as the camera pulls back, we see what we've been waiting to see since we first glimpsed that four-toed foot over three years ago... the towering, majestic statue of the Egyptian goddess Taweret.There was a lot of Internet discussion and analysis about the identity of the statue, which was represented partially in

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Embedded video from NBA VideoThat I did not expect. The Magic went into Cleveland and beat the Cavs 107-106, on a court in which the latter only lost twice all season - to the Lakers and on the final day of the regular season with LeBron and the starters resting. To be down by 16 and not panic speaks a lot about the Magic and teams at this point in the season. Continuing to play their style and

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The machine that is the Cleveland Cavaliers is nearly unstoppable. Great team defense, clutch shooting and, of course, LeBron James. But this won't be an easy series like the Cavs had in the previous two rounds. Orlando is a very good team. Orlando's front line will give the Cavaliers fits. Dwight Howard is simply too quick for Big Z (see how I didn't feel like writing his entire long name?), too

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Just got home from work. Listened to some of Dontrelle Willis' outing on the radio. The guy killed it tonight - 6 1/3, 1 H, 2 BB, 0 ER. Most importantly, he gets the win. That's his first since September 2007!It's been such a rugged road for the big lefty over the past year and a half and I'm glad he pitched well tonight. As a Tigers fan, I'm REALLY happy. What's also impressive about this win is

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Hey everyone. I've been really busy the past few days. I was out of town for a wedding from early Friday morning until late Sunday evening and didn't have access to the Internet. I'd do it all over again, too. The wedding weekend was wild and I caught up with some good people. Monday was a recovery day, and compiled with work, I didn't get a chance to blog. I'm really busy today at work and just

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I'm out of town until late afternoon or early evening on Sunday afternoon. I've got a buddy's wedding that's about 5-6 hours away and I'll be away from the computer. Don't forget to add me on twitter - TheNickWest.Have a great weekend.

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Boney shoulders, high cheek bones, bug eyes, abnormaly large hands, wears green. The guy can ball but I can't help but think he looks like a female alien.

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What a great finale. In LOST fashion, we get some answers but even more questions. This is why the show is beyond great. Great post over at The Big Lead and the comments are informative, too. I post as NDub. The season-long thread at SportsJournalists.com is here. Page 56 is where we started talking season finale. I post as NDub there, too.Doc Jensen's recap at EW.com is also up. Don't forget to

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I'm sort of a space geek. I really enjoy learning about what's out there. I watch a lot of History Channel, Science and Nat Geo. So, I'll be paying attention to this: NASA will launch the shuttle Atlantis today to send astronauts to repair the 19-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, which delivered us some beautiful pictures recently. If you're at work or can't get to CNN, here's a live Webcast of

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Keanu Reeves is about to develop a split personality as the star of a modern retelling of "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," according to Hollywood Reporter. Reeves is one of the worst actors I've ever seen. If it wasn't for the flashy special effects and unique storyline of The Matrix series, this guy's career would be nothing. Speed was OK. I'll give him that. But have you seen some

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This is true, according to the L.A. Times. Dodgers announcement coming later today. Yikes. Apparently it's performance-enhancing drugs.Manny Ramirez is now the second high-profile player in four months to rock the MLB world with a drug scandal. The other, of course, was Alex Rodriguez, the only player in the league who makes more money than Manny. Manny Ramirez has tested positive for

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Great thread over at The Big Lead about LOST last night. http://thebiglead.com/?p=13971I'll probably post my ruminations and theories later.EDIT: The EW.com recap is up!

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How's everyone? So I checked a recent traffic update from Sitemeter and realized I'm getting a decent amount of hits. A lot of them I'd bet are residual from older posts that got some hardcore linkage. But I take comfort in knowing that some posts here in the past have been picked up by larger blogs. It means if I keep writing then I'll likely get picked up again.I'll pretty much write about

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Stephanie Rice is my favorite Olympian right now. She's a heckuva swimmer. She completed the troika of gold medals by helping the Australians to an 800-meter relay victory just a while ago.Oh yeah, and she's smokin' hot. OK, so maybe she's my favorite Olympian because she's a total head-turner. Apparently, I'm not the only one who thinks so. Her looks have got her a lot of attention on Facebook.

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Simple visual proof. There's no way three, likely four of these girls are older than 16 years. It's been reported before the Olympic Games that the girls named to the Chinese national team were 13- or 14-years-old. Check out this comparison between the Americans and Chinese.In gymnastics, the younger and less developed the gymnasts, the better their advantage because of less weight for routines.

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It took a hot minute for Yao Ming to make a snarky comment about son-to-be teammate Ron Artest's tumultuous history in the NBA, including the infamous Nov. 2004 brawl with fans at The Palace at Auburn Hills. "Hopefully, he's not fighting anymore and going after a guy in the stands," Yao said, according to the (Houston) Chronicle.And it took the length of a cocaine heartbeat for Artest to respond

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Holy crap!Someone please talk me off the ledge. The Detroit Tigers just traded Hall of Fame catcher Pudge Rodriguez to the NY Yankees for relief pitcher Kyle Farnsworth. Before I get mad, let's quickly break this down:For Tigers:1) The bullpen is tired for it's extra work early in the season. 2) The bullpen has been erratic (see: Jones, Todd; Rodney, Fernando) and injured (see: Zumaya, Joel;

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SI.com's Jon Heyman reported about three hours ago in his MLB trade report blog that the Atlanta Braves are asking for one of the Arizona Diamondbacks' top pitching prospects - Max Scherzer or Jarrod Parker - in a trade for first baseman Mark Teixeira. The Diamondbacks and Braves are still said to be "apart'' in talks involving Mark Teixeira. Arizona is telling Atlanta it won't include either of

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Nothing earth-shattering, but Ryne Sandberg did talk after Monday's game. A little background information: Monday was Sandberg's first day back with his team, the Peoria Chiefs, in five days. Sandberg was in Cooperstown, NY for Hall of Fame induction festivities. He was not with the Chiefs when the brawled with the Dayton Dragons last Thursday. “It’s very unfortunate and not what we teach here,”

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I got some decent stuff out of Ryne Sandberg tonight but I can't post the story or quotes until they are published at News-Sentinel.com. I'll have the story up on Tuesday morning. He did talk about last Thursday's brawl.

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Hall of Famer and former Chicago Cubs second baseman Ryne Sandberg will rejoin his Peoria Chiefs on Monday in Fort Wayne after spending this weekend in Coopertown, NY for Hall of Fame inductions. Yes, I'll ask the manager what he thinks about the brawl that happened while he was away. I likely won't get much of an answer for a few reasons: a) he's probably on some sort of gag order from the

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Since it's been published at News-Sentinel.com, I can post my Q&A session with the San Diego Padres' Vice President of Scouting and Player Development Grady Fuson.Fuson was very candid - he answered all of my questions and was detailed in his responses. I talked to him in the clubhouse after Friday night's game.San Diego Padres front office brass is in town this weekend to watch their Class Low-A

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The News-Sentinel has afforded me the opportunity of the Fort Wayne Wizards beat. I get to see a lot of baseball throughout the summer. That includes every Midwest League team, player and manager at least for a three- or four-game series. After seeing this brawl that transpired between the Dayton Dragons and Peoria Chiefs, I'm not too surprised.I certainly wouldn't expect such a violent and

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A fight in a minor league baseball game resulted in the ejection of 15 players and two managers, along with one player who faces a felony charge of assault.The Class Low-A Midwest League Peoria Chiefs (Cubs) and Dayton Dragons (Reds) affiliates brawled in the first inning of Thursday night's game. Here's the Dayton Daily News' recap of the fight. The newspaper's video aired on the 11 p.m.

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What else can you say about Manny Ramirez that hasn't been said? The guy is aloof. A flake. A goofball. Whatever. I'm sure you've seen this clip of Manny in action a few nights ago but it's worth another look (and laugh).

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Josh Collmenter didn't let down his fanbase. The mustachiosed right-hander pitched seven innings of scoreless baseball to lead his South Bend Silverhawks to a 3-0 victory on Wednesday night. The game was proclaimed to be Josh Collmenter Mustache Awareness Night and fans were encouraged to wear fake mustaches to support the pitcher, who's grown the 'stache during the Silverhawks' impressive play

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Been away for a while. You know... same drill. Work schedule's been nuts with all of the vacations from the senior writers and editors. By the time I'm out of work, whether it's in-office or covering an event, I don't want anything to do with computers, so I stay far away. The only time the laptop is up and running when I'm away from work is when I've got the Tigers live gamecenter up at

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Watching German national soccer team coach Joachim Löw yesterday had me wondering who in the heck he looked like. I knew he resembled someone, but I couldn't figure it out. Then, it hit me toward the end of the Germans' 1-0 loss to Spain in the UEFA Finals. Löw bears resemblence to former Deadspin.com editor Will Leitch. Whatdya think? The emo hair gives it away, right?

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ESPN.com writer Kevin Seifert made a mistake - one very obvious - in a story he wrote about the NFC North's Detroit Lions:Still unresolvedWe all know the Lions want to run the ball more this season. But after the release of veterans Kevin Jones and T.J. Duckett, can you name the remaining members of the Lions' backfield? If so, congratulations. It's no easy task. For now, veteran Tatum Bell has

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FOX's NFL/MLB play-by-play man was on the David Letterman Show on Monday night. I'm not sure how long he chatted with Dave, but I picked it up right before they began talking Mark McGwire. A few observations before you watch the video.1) You can tell Buck is the typical TV guy who loves himself. He eye contact jumped from Dave directly into the camera and back. It is rare you watch a late night

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No, not John Clayton. Rather, it's Don Imus, who looks as if he crawled from a grave to make another controversial remark about race. (I'm sorry, but the man's resemblence is uncanny.)But was he being racist or simply lack depth in his opinion about stereotypes toward African-Americans in regard to resident NFL jailbird Adam Jones?Warner Wolf: “He’s also been arrested six times since being

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I'm off to the Midwest League All-Star Game today in Midland, Michigan. Three Fort Wayne Wizards and a former local high school player, Jarrod Parker, are on the Eastern Division roster and will all likely see some playing time. It's about a three and a half hour drive to Midland from Fort Wayne. Not really looking forward to that, but oh well, it's part of the job. Last night, as part of the

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If you've watched the U.S. Open over the last five days, then this Nike commercial - titled "Never" - is nothing new to you. Isn't it worth another watch?"Tiger, I promise you that you’ll never meet another person as mentally tough as you in your entire life. And he hasn’t. And he never will." - Earl WoodsTremendously powerful.

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Were you like me on Sunday evening while watching Tiger on the final hole at the U.S. Open?Sitting on the couch, with a belly a little too full from the Father's Day family cookout, still moving at a snail's pace from the night of heavy drinking before, and watching Tiger handle the pressure with ease?We had to know it was coming. The guy is too good. Even when he'd hit a bad shot, he never

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NY Giants sackmaster Michael Strahan announced his retirement yesterday. A press conference is upcoming within roughly an hour.Please remember Strahan for all of the good things he did - winning a Super Bowl ring, sacking a flopping Brett Favre for the single season sack record, and pansy-fighting Tom Arnold on the Best Damn Sports Show.

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I'm not gonna' lie. I like baseball fights, especially when they're warranted. This brawl was going to happen after tensions nearly boiled in Wednesday's game between the teams. Here's a quick recap...Wednesday: Coco Crisp doesn't like the way second base is being blocked by Rays infielder Akinori Iwamura. The next time Crisp gets on base, he slides high and nearly hits Iwamura in the nether

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Like most of you, I thought Paul Pierce's knee injury was more severe than the sprained knee diagnosis. He crumpled to the ground after sort of colliding with teammate Kendrick Perkins, and he lay there, wincing in pain, clutching his knee. The trainer told teammates to carry Pierce off the court. The anguish on his face led all to believe he'd blown out his knee. Kaput. Title hopes gone. Not so

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The Detroit Pistons fired head coach Flip Saunders today three days after the team was bounced from the Eastern Conference Finals for the third straight season. This move does not shock me and rather comes as I expected. Saunders took over a team that reached the NBA Finals in consecutive seasons in 2004 and 2005, but couldn't return the Pistons to that glory. Instead, he coached them to three

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Not meaning to get too Detroit Tigers heavy on you here in Construda's early rebirthing days, but this story is too scrumptious to pass up. Tigers third baseman Carlos Guillen apparently has such a horrendous case of hemorrhoids that they need lanced off, this according to manager Jim Leyland on Tuesday. "He can hardly move -- he's got hemorrhoids so bad. He's been playing with hemorrhoids that

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San Antonio Spurs fans, L.A. Lakers haters, and NBA Fan Guy may see a foul in the closing seconds of Game 4 Western Conference Finals last night. Contact was made, that cannot be denied. Derek Fisher jumped to defend Brent Barry's three-point shot attempt, Barry pump-faked, drew body contact from Fisher, dribbled once to his right, and then heaved a prayer from five feet behind the line that was

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I've been to three Major League Baseball games in my entire life - all within the past year, most recently last Saturday, and all at state-of-the-art Comerica Park in Detroit. I've seen old Tiger Stadium the three times I've ventured to Detroit for those baseball games. But my view of the ballpark has been limited in more ways than one.I've only seen the rundown exterior with faded and peeling

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I just finished up writing a story about an area high school that was named to SI.com's top 25 national programs for the 2007-08 season. Conversely, the May 26 issue of the SI named the same school No. 14 in the entire country and No. 1 in Indiana. The story made me recall the recent hoopla encircling an eight grader's commitment to the Kentucky men's basketball program. Before you jump all over

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I've become a sucker for baseball history. It's thrilling to learn about the guys who started it all, the plethora of leagues that eventually became the AL and NL, Babe Ruth, 1919 Black Sox scandal, Tiger Stadium, and Hank Aaron. I'll stop there. The history of the game is tremendous and its what drives the sport today. Baseball is America's Pasttime. Always has been, always will be. But we're

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It hasn't been two days since Detroit Tigers manager Jim Leyland's mini-explosion and his team has scored 21 runs and is 2-0. Is this the response he hoped to elicit when he dropped the F-bomb and a nasty word for "terrible" several times when speaking with reporters on Tuesday afternoon?Probably so. Leyland's words were piercing but also rife with truth. "...with what some guys are doing on

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It'd be a remission to claim knowledge of every time former Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Jason Grilli induced one of those thumb-to-left-temple and middle finger-to-right-temple forehead massages as he let another lead slip away. Simply put, the guy was not good in Detroit. He blew more games than a fan would care to count. When Detroit faded down the stretch in 2007 and the talk was centered on

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Somehow, the Chicago Bulls defied odds and with a 1.7 percent chance won the NBA Draft Lottery last night. This is an intriguing pick for the Bulls. Is Kansas State forward Michael Beasley finally the interior scoring threat Chicago so desperately needs? Or does point guard Derrick Rose fill the void of a true leader and become the conductor of the offense?It's paramount to select a player that

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Two teams. Two major playoff home games. One big blunder. It's unfair to blame the schedule makers of the NBA and NHL playoffs for this one. Preseason prognostication and a smidgeon of common sense would indicate the requisite Detroit NBA and NHL franchises would make deep playoff runs in their respective sport. But not many of the league schedule makers could have guessed they'd pair Game 3 of

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Tonight we embark on the first game of the NBA's final four.Making their sixth straight Eastern Conference Finals appearance, the Detroit Pistons will head to Boston to take on the revamped Celtics in Game 1 tonight at 8:30 p.m. on ESPN. Boston is two days removed from a trying Game 7 against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Pistons haven't played since last Tuesday when they closed their second

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That's right. Construda is back. After a near three-month hiatus, this sports blog is back online and ready to go. But changes are abound.Firstly, Construda is now just one blogger. Me, Nick West. I'm no longer anonymous. I believe I should stand behind what I post instead of using a goofy username (NDub wasn't too bad, was it?).This blog will take on a much more positive tone, which makes it

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MediaTakeOut.com is saying Baltimore Ravens middle linebacker Ray Lewis is close to signing a deal with the UFC that would allow him to fight once or twice a year against hand-picked opponents.According to a person who works at U.F.C., the Baltimore Ravens star linebacker and the league have been negotiating for months and are close to closing the deal. The insider told MediaTakeOut.com, "Ray

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If Tuesday's exhibition opener was any indication, then Miguel Cabrera is going to have a huge season for the Detroit Tigers. Sure, he and the Tigers were playing against a college team, which they whooped 17-4, but Cabrera smashed a 420-foot homer over dead center in his first at-bat as a Tiger. Cabrera, 25, has better numbers in his first four seasons than NY Yankees third baseman Alex

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Poor Stewart Cink. Overall, the guy played a decent round of golf yesterday at the Accenture Match Play Championship. Too bad he was paired with the world's best golfer, who, oh by the way, happens to be in the midst of the greatest play in his storied career. Tiger Woods dominated again yesterday, beating Cink by eight strokes with seven holes remaining. The win was the 63rd of Woods' career,

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-said he's going to do some workouts, but those are yet to be determined. He said running the 40 will depend how he feels on Sunday morning. -not worried about recent reports about his stock sliding because of off-the-field issues. -admires Adrian Peterson-not important to him if he's the first RB taken-feels he's the best player in the draft-goign to have to adapt to game speed and learn plays -

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Hawaii QB Colt Brennen has put on 22 pounds since his senior season ended in a BCS blowout loss to Georgia in early January. Brennen said he's been taking heavy loads of supplements and eating three large meals a day. Plus he's been able to keep on the weight because a tweaked groin kept him relatively subdued for about two weeks after the Senior Bowl.He said he's 100 percent recovered from the

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There were a ton of questions about Chad Henne's injuries this year. Especially since former coach Lloyd Carr was so mum about the extent of the injuries. Henne told the media it was his right shoulder injury was separation of AC joint. Right knee injury was sprain of ACL.

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- 6-2 7/8, 230- going to do all workouts- training in Irvine, Calif. with 12 other prospects- system going to help me tremendously, NFL-like system- same time of system that Tom Coughlin ran with Jacksonville Jaguars- Harry Douglas, Brohm's top college WR, finished up his interview at a nearby table and walked over to watch Brohm's interview. He eventually worked his way up to the front of the

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-4 interviews with NFL teams tonight, 12 tomorrow-despite the injury in the Senior Bowl (tweaked hamstring), he said it was a good experience to mingle with NFL personnel-He's not working out today. March 26 is his Pro Day. He'll run the 40 then.-Said the most common question asked of him by NFL people is his 40 time-He was a QB in high school, so he feels he's still developing into a WR. "I

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Delaware's QB Joe Flacco has already been brought in. He was on the other end of the media room and I was just rolling in (they brought him in 15 minutes before the work day was supposed to start!). He's a big, big guy. Dexter Jackson, WR, from DIAA Appalachian State came in soon thereafter. He caught two touchdown passes in that historic upset of Michigan. He's the 11th ranked WR by Pro Football

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I walked by NFL Network's reporter Adam Schefter and he was peeved about something. A behind-the-scenes type guy (audio/video) walked up to him to put on one of those belt boxes that are attached to an earpiece, which TV people use. Schefter, in his best impersonation of an angry gnome, spited the tech by turning the other way and rolling his eyes. Schefter was pissed about something. I didn't

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Nothing too much to note. There's slinging the tight ends to the media room like crazy.Texas A&M stud Martellus Bennett was swarmed as soon as his name was called. Lights, mics, notepads and tons of bodies enveloped one of the class' top tight ends.Texas TE Jermichael Finley also got a lot of attention. His measurements: 6-4, 243Notre Dame center John Sullivan was 6-3, 301 and is doing all the

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Sorry for the delay, got lots of interviews and people flying in and out of the media room. Plus, I had to grab some lunch. Piss off, I was hungry.He was non-committal about the starting QB for next season. He said he loved the leadership, attitude and competetiveness of Chad Pennington. He loves the QB's desire to be a starter and how he's not content with being the backup. Said some players are

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I'm at the NFL Combine and will periodically update some news and notes throughtout the day. Lovie Smith and Dick Jauron have spoken to the media already. This isn't much, but says Lovie: Ruben Brown, offensive guard, is gone. "We're going in a different direction."I was working on some Lovie Smith-Chicago Bears stuff, so I didn't hear Jauron's presser. Keep checking back for updates. I'm here

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Don't forget, folks. Construda will be at the NFL Combine today and Friday and updating you on all of the happenings. Yours truly will provide nuggets of NFL information on future players, head coaches and front office personnel. The media work room runs from 10 a to 5 p and linemen are the primary interview topics today. Check back all day for updates.

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Yeah, I know this is a sports blog but every once in a while I like to post about other interesting happenings in the world. Tonight's lunar eclipse is certainly not an exception. Weather permitting, this tremendous event will be visible to everyone in the U.S. and many parts of the world. The moon will enter Earth's umbral shadow (the full shadow) at 8:43 p.m. ET (that's 7:43 p.m. Central, 6:43

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In this state, we are inundated with basketball. Mostly IU, Purdue and high school. The Pacers suck. Last night's Big Ten showdown between IU and Purdue has some major implications for the conference race and bragging rights. Since IU won and Purdue lost, it moved the pair into a three-way tie with Wisconsin atop the conference standings. And since it was the only time IU-Purdue meet in the

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TNT NBA analyst Kenny Smith channeled his inner Stephen A. Smith on Saturday night while calling the annual dunk contest. Smith, who I think does a great job for TNT's NBA coverage, was out of control during the broadcast. The volume of his voice was near SAS levels. And some of Kenny Smith's comments were, quite frankly (pun intended), odd. It was certainly easy to marvel at Dwight Howard's

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So the congressional hearing on the Mitchell Report has begun.On one hand, I think/want the information shared in this hearing will be great for baseball. It'll strike an undercurrent to the Mitchell Report and perhaps even some closure to this ugly chapter in baseball history (don't forget about BALCO!).With Roger Clemens and his former trainer, turned nemesis, Brian McNamee testifying under

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The strippers at New York's gentleman's club 'Rick's Cabaret' are offering free lap dances to all Giants, according to the NY Daily News Gossip page. "They've spent a fortune here," says one dancer. "It's the least we can do to show our appreciation."No, you can do plenty more. Lap dances aren't trampy enough. C'mon, these are the SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS. Could you imagine rolling into Rick's

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Detroit Tigers centerfielder Curtis Granderson, who just became a wealthy man, will continue his blog at ESPN.com beginning this Thursday, the first day Tigers pitchers and catchers report. "We have reached an agreement with ESPN.com for Curtis to once again blog on their web site," said a bulletin posted on Granderson's MySpace page. ESPN.com tapped Granderson to blog twice a week last season

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I've been granted access to the 2008 NFL Combine, which runs Feb. 20-26. I'll be in Indianapolis covering the event for my newspaper. I've been fully credentialed, meaning I'll have access to NFL coaches, executives, and the college players invited to the event. My priority is to complete my work for the full-time gig, since it pays the bills and it's how I was able to gain access. But there will

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The "Four Downs" bickering segment between ESPN's Sean Salisbury and John Clayton may have finally reached a low blow.We're used to these "debates" dwindling into gripe sessions and personal attacks. The most common is Clayton taking shots at Salisbury for riding the bench his entire career or Salisbury poking fun of Clayton for never playing the game, but we've got fireworks today. Instead of

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After nearly six months in the blogosphere, I've decided to make a layout change to Construda. The blog is getting more hits now on a daily basis than ever before. I think we've built a decent reputation in the blogosphere as far as popularity goes. That's to a lot of good work from Construda bloggers and linkage from other sports blogs on the Web. We really appreciate that. But our previous

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Emmitt Smith should never be allowed to analyze anything every again. He's horrible. The only thing worse than Emmitt's 'analysis' is his butchery of the English language.

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If this was Robert Montgomery Knight's last stand then good riddance.The Texas Tech coach bailed on his team with 11 games left in the regular season. Bobby Petrino was shredded by his players, fans and the media for dropping the Atlanta Falcons like a hot potato with three games left in their regular season. So why shouldn't we put the heat on Knight? Supporters and diehards say Knight did

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My head and hand hurt today. An easy explanation accompanies both "injuries."The head is simple - I drank too much, plus my sinus' are acting up thanks to this wacky Indiana winter weather. I fired it up about 2:30, along with a couple of buddies. The Pistons-Mavericks were on and I declared I would take a shot of rum every time my man Rasheed Wallace hit a three or ran his mouth.'Sheed was 3-of-

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We've harped on the broadcast tandem of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman a lot recently. It's simple: they're Dallas Cowboys homers. Aikman, slightly understandable. Buck, not so much. It's fun to listen to their voices quiver and see the tears well up in the corners of their eyes every time they broadcast a Dallas loss. None, of course, better than the NY Giants' big Divisional Playoff win a few weeks

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You've probably already seen it as its pasted all over the blogosphere after Deadspin unearthed it yesterday, but you can never get enough of this hilarity.

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Yahoo! Sports columnist Michael Silver has been one of our favorite writers for a while now. His 'Morning Rush' is a must-read during the NFL season. His column on Wednesday is also a must-read, if not for the content and wonderful writing but for the witty humor. Take a read....The Patriots, as is their custom, are tighter than Kansas coach Mark Mangino in Mary-Kate Olsen's spandex shorts.

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Kevin Durant was 5-for-20 from the field in Sunday's loss and his numbers are slowly declining, especially during this 14-game Seattle SuperSonics losing streak. He's averaging 19.3 points per game this season, but is only shooting 39.8 percent from the field and 28.1 percent from the three-point line. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a phenomenal statistical breakdown and analysis piece today

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To raise awareness for a charity, IUPUI men's basketball coach Ron Hunter paced the sidelines shoeless in a game last night. Hunter has been working with Samaritan's Feet, a nonprofit, Christian-based charity that seeks to put shoes on 10 million people over a 10 year span. His goal was 40,000 shoes. But he's up to 110,000 thanks to the contributions of many organizations and donors. "When we

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Legendary Detroit Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell turns 90 years old today. He called his last game on Sept. 29, 2002, but he's still going strong. The man works out every morning, diets, is active in the community, and writes a weekly column for the Detroit Free Press. He's an icon for what every person should be - living life to the fullest, no matter what age. Harwell was a broadcaster for 55

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High five to Baseball Musings for this one. Is that a pentagram around her neck? No wonder she clowned the Catholics.

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On the heels of San Diego Chargers center Nick Hardwick clowning on New England Patriots defensive end Richard Seymour's supposed dirty antics, a New York Giants player is doing the same for Seymour's teammate. NY Giants stud defensive end Osi Umenyiora (a.k.a. Sack/Booty Master) said Patriots left tackle Matt Light "did a couple of things he shouldn't have done" in the Week 17 matchup between

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Finally. After nearly eight months of NCAA violations, allegations and finger-pointing, the Ball State-Ronny Thompson fiasco is over. The university officially paid Thompson $200,000 today in a settlement over the coach's treatment. The deal was reached in mediation on Dec. 17 and 18. Ball State apologized last month to its former men's basketball coach after unprofessional behavior displayed by

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Golf Channel anchor Kelly Tilghman's racially insensitive comments about lynching Tiger Woods in a back alley as a way of challenging the world's best golfer's dominance has been met with a lot of criticism over the past few weeks. FoxSports.com Jason Whitlock said, "Do I think Tilghman is some bigot extremist? No. I think she's incredibly stupid and perhaps unqualified for her job. She's in good

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LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling is putting the onus to win on his head coach, Mike Dunleavy. LA Times columnist TJ Simers wrote a piece for today with some interesting quotes and information spoken by Sterling about the team's coach.But what really grabbed me was Sterling's awkward quote about not knowing how to win.STERLING OFFERED a joke at his own expense, telling the story about a party at

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As a Detroit Tigers fan, I've got to give Chicago White Sox GM Ken Williams a pat on the back for making a high risk signing. The player is reliever Octavio Dotel. Williams gave the 34-year-old right-hander $11 million over two years in guaranteed money, hoping he'd bolster a bullpen that blew 23 saves, had a 19-25 record, and a 5.49 ERA last season. Williams hopes Dotel will be a cog in the

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Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce are doing tremendous things during this revitalization of the Boston franchise. They've led the Celtics to an NBA-best 31-6 record. It's still not yet the All-Star Break, but the Celtics appear headed for the No. 1 seed and homecourt advantage through the playoffs. This is a team with a legit chance of playing in the NBA Finals in June.But there's a

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The NFL season has reached the point where Week 1 seems like it was just yesterday, but if we look at the season as we were still in Week 1, the conference championships seem far into the future. The final days are ticking off the NFL playing calendar, but we've got the best football ahead of us, starting with what I think will be two tremendous conference championship games.San Diego (13-5) vs.

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ESPN.com columnist Gene Wojciechowski wrote a fake dialogue between new Arkansas footbal head coach Bobby Petrino and a recruit's father. Hilarity ensued, especially in the comments section, which has 460 responses since the article was posted a tad over 12 hours ago. Father: "Another recruiter was here a few days ago. He said people are calling you, 'Coach Pinocchio.' He said you have a history

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The Detroit Tigers today agreed to a 3-year, $21.25 million dollar deal with left-handed pitcher Nate Robertson, shoring up their five-man starting rotation for the upcoming season.The deal also avoids salary arbitration and seals Robertson through 2010, assuring plenty of development time for Detroit's top prospect Rick Porcello . Robertson would've been a free agent after 2009. Dontrelle Willis

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Check out this video of Terrell Owens talking to hot Mexican reporter Ines Sainz. This video was taken last week before the Cowboys lost to the Giants and T.O. cried in the post-game press conference. T.O. refused to talk to the media all week, expect, of course, this fine piece of ass. Sainz has been a Construda 'Scott Baio Babe of the Week.'Listen closely at about :42 seconds...."That's what

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LEAVE TONY ROMO ALONE!

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Don't care about what Construda has to say about this upcoming NFL weekend? C'mon you know you love it. No? Whatever. We're posting our picks on this Friday evening. Seattle Seahawks (10-6) at Green Bay Packers (13-3): Seattle's strength - its passing game - will have trouble with the Packers' talented cornerbacks. Shaun Alexander will continue to stink, therefore, putting extra pressure on Matt

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