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Jim Montana                                                                                                                                                            
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It’s that time of the year again, time for coaches and owners to see if their offseason planning and praying have done any good. we are still a little older two days away from Kickoff Weekend and I am like a kid waiting for Christmas eve. so to pass the time I have come up with […]

By JIM MONTANA
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On Saturday night, the world had its collective eyes on televisions to witness history. Michael Phelps was going for a record eight gold medals. And while the drama was not nearly as intense as the previous night, the entire world was on the edge of its seats awaiting the results of the final […]

By JIM MONTANA
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On Friday the Olympics opened and athletes from around the world converged on China to partake in spirited competition. This is the one time when political agendas take a backseat and the spotlight is shined upon the competitors, where there is no talk about the war in Iraq or talks about halting nuclear […]

By JIM MONTANA
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I have received a number of emails in the past week wondering where is Jim Montana. To be honest, Jim Montana got lost. The death of any parent is tragic enough but when you are extremely close to that parent and their death comes suddenly, it’s that much more tragic. I had to […]

By JIM MONTANA
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Sometimes things look better on paper then they are in actually. One of those things is the Cactus Football League. We have changed the CFL to work like this: Each person will be assigned an NFL team at random. If your team wins, you get one point; if they lose, you will lose […]

By JIM MONTANA
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Over the last few days there have been teasers promising something big called the CFL. For those who have not heard, the CFL stands for the Cactus Football League, and it promises to NOT be your friend’s typical fantasy football league.
Here are the basics: The league will consist of 20 teams with the […]

On July 22, 2008, the CFL will rock you.
Be ready.
P.S. — That’s cactus Football League for those of you not in the know.

Can you beat these guys?
Show your team spirit.
Details: Coming soon.

Are you ready?
The CFL is coming.
And it has nothing to do with college.

By JIM MONTANA
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With all the talk this weekend with the drama unfolding in Green Bay, I wanted to give you the readers inside information concerning the negations surrounding Favre’s return to the frozen tundra, so here is a cactus i.v. exclusive: Brett Favre will be made a backup quarterback.
Hey, I know it’s not an exclusive […]

By TY FREER
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Dear Boston Celtics,
I just wanted to say thank you. Thank you so, so very much for beating—nay—totally emasculating the Lakers in six not-all-that-exciting-and-certainly-not-up-to-the-hype NBA Finals games.
You see, had you lost to Los Angeles (which everyone, including myself, expected… I mean, come on, you couldn’t win in Atlanta; even the Washington Generals took one […]

By Ty Freer
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Announcers and sportswriters like to say things like, “You couldn’t have scripted that any better” when something really dramatic happens. (This phrase reached its peak when Boston came back from a 0-3 deficit to beat New York in the 2004 ALCS and go on to take the World Series. Strangely, if this “script” […]

By TY FREER
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Have you ever agreed to do something you ordinarily wouldn’t even consider doing but because it seemed so far away you kind of thought it would never happen? You know, like promising to eat sushi or agreeing to see Sex and the City: The Movie? Well, that was my reasoning behind signing up […]

By TY FREER
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I don’t care what sport you played, how long you participated, or how good you were: if you have ever played in any competitive sport, you have prayed for God’s help in determining the outcome, whether it be, “God, help me hit this free throw” or “Please don’t let me play please don’t […]

By TY FREER
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I loooove the NBA playoffs. Love ‘em. For me, watching the highest level of basketball on a nightly basis is about two-and-a-half steps shy of Heaven (although hogging the TV until June watching sports might make me single again… good or bad thing? Just joking, hun. No, really, it’s just a joke. Crap. […]

By Ty Freer
From this past Friday to Monday I was in Los Angeles. Unfortunately, I had mixed up the dates for AdultCon, rendering my anticipation-filled trip meaningless.
(Just kidding, Yeg). 
The real reason I was in L.A. was not only to see my sister (the aforementioned Yeg) but to take in the Spurs/Lakers game on Sunday. […]

So we must crown a new winner in our NCAA pool. This year, I, your former champ and e-i-c, hand the crown over to Ben Szmanda. He uses a dartboard technique to pick, but it sure paid off. Here’s how things went down after yesterday’s championship game.
1. Ben Szmanda, 114 points, 43 of 63 correct
2. […]

By TY FREER
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Call me a bad, bad man, but around 6.8% of me enjoyed watching Chris Douglas-Roberts toss up those two bricks towards the end of the NCAA championship. However, it wasn’t because I was rooting for Kansas. (I traveled to Memphis over Thanksgiving so I felt a slight nonsensical connection to them, plus for […]

By TY FREER
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I’m gonna say it. I’m just gonna throw it out there. I’m gonna have it written in the public domain without any measure of deletion:
This NCAA tourney has sucked.
And I mean sucked. Homer Simpson once said, “I’ve seen some sucks before, but these are the suckiest bunch of sucks who ever sucked.” Seems […]

By Ty Freer
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If there were a 65-player tournament that pitted NCAA ballers against each other to determine who had the most, um, female companionship, who do you think would win? It would be formatted exactly like March Madness (complete with the play-in game for smaller schools who have less enrollment and thus, fewer opportunities), except […]

Cathy S. is still in the lead in our NCAA March Madness bracket. She has the least amount of possible points [[121]], so there is still a chance for anyone to come from behind and beat her. But, for now, she has a three point lead over the closest challengers [[which is a tie between […]

It’s Easter afternoon, and you’re probably slightly curious about our NCAA pool. Well, here I am with a quick update before I raid the basket full of chocolate from the Easter bunny.
1. Cathy S., 35 points, 30 of 40 correct, 135 possible points total
2. Ben Szmanda, 32 points, 27 of 40 correct, 162 possible points […]

By TY FREER
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March Madness is always my third favorite time of the year (unless the Spurs are in the Finals, then it is fourth). For me, it always goes 1.) Christmas 2.) My birthday and 3.) March Madness. Seriously, I can’t get enough. Games I would have passed over for “The View’s Most Emotional Moments” […]

By TY FREER
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Ty: “… and welcome to Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as my Purdue Boilermakers take on the Michigan Wolverines in the final regular season game for both teams. I’m Ty Freer, sitting in Section 9, Row 21, Seat 10. I am joined by my fiancé Kim, as well as a 15-year old […]

By TY FREER
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In one of my random thoughts last week, I declared that I had no idea who was going to win the NBA championship. Well, after some long hours pouring over stats, charts and graphs (or checking out the current standings for 90 seconds, take your pick), I broke down the top twelve contenders […]

By Ty Freer
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For the first time in my NBA-loving life, I really have no idea who will win the NBA title. Thanks to the “Will the NBA Live CPU let me get away with this ridiculous trade?”-like last couple of weeks, genuine stars (albeit generally of the washed-up category) for suck teams (whose levels of […]

By Ty Freer
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I am probably only one of about 16 people on the planet that really looks forward to NBA All-Star Weekend (and 11 of those guys live in China). To me, there are just so many things to love about it: I love the random shots of celebrities in the crowd, where we can see everyone […]

By TY FREER
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As I wrote a few months ago, every year when my Spurs come into Indianapolis I hit up Conseco Fieldhouse as soon as the gates open to get autographs. (Note: This is only pathetic if you are the oldest person holding a Sharpie. I was not. Therefore, due to the transitive property, I […]

By TY FREER
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We all watched it. We all talked about it the next day at work. Some of us might have even put a little money on it (not me… um… I promise… and my fingers aren’t crossed, they’re just… stuck). The following are some high (and low) points of Sunday, February 3 between 6 […]

By Ty Freer
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Back in week one of the football season, I made two foolhardy (but fun) predictions about the first two Monday Night Football games, guessing their scores and the action itself from the game. I happened to be right about the winners but wrong about pretty much everything else. However, […]

By TY FREER
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INT. ARCHIE AND OLIVIA MANNING’S HOUSE – NIGHT
The Manning family sits around the dining room table. ARCHIE is next to his wife, OLIVIA, followed by their sons ELI, PEYTON and COOPER. The fivesome is just about to dig into their dinner of cut-up hot dogs, mac and cheese and […]