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Does anyone know how college soccer works? For example, if you win your conference tourney, is there a national championship or is that it? I go to UIC and I was just wondering.

Woody Paige said the Bulls will not win a championship because they aren't deep enough. Depth is the one thing this team has plenty of. You can make the argument that it lacks a superstar go-to player that most championship teams have, but you can't say the Bulls lack depth. Sometimes I wonder how these sportswriters and analysts have their jobs...

Catalonotto can play the CI spots? If so, I definitely want him.

You know the media will jump on anything to try to make a story out of nothing. Especially when its a 7-0 team against a 1-6 team. But it isn't the worst Dolphins team since before '85. The front 7 is very good and the WRs and RBs are pretty talented as well. The secondary and O-line are pretty horrible and the QB play has been inconsistent. There were, however, some much worse teams in the Wandstedt era.

The Dolphins are not a very good team, but I see it being closer than that. I'd say 24-10

Not a good week to be both a Dolphins and Bears fan...at least not the Dolphins fan half of me.

How you can put Joe Crede, Nick Johnson, Brian McCann and Garrett Atkins in a group with John Mabry, Brian Shouse, John Grabow, Jake Woods, and these other guys is just weird.

If you're talking ARod with the Yankees, and you're selling Prior, Eyre and Moore, and they say they'll do it for Howry instead of Eyre, you'd walk? I shouldn't speak for him, but he never said that. He said he wouldnt actively shop Howry.

Sefolosha is looking very good.

Jacksonville (-9.5) at Houston. Jaguars (-9.5) Carolina (+3) at Cincinnati. Carolina (+3) New England (-5.5) at Buffalo. Patriots (-5.5) Philadelphi (-5.5) at Tampa. Eagles (-5.5) Detroit (+3.5) at NY Jets. Jets (-3.5) Green Bay (+5.5) at Miami. Dolphins (-5.5) San Diego (-5) at Kansas City. Chargers (-5) Pittsburgh (-2.5) at Atlanta. Falcons (+2.5) Denver (-4.5) at Cleveland. Denver (-4.5) Arizona (-3) at Oakland. Cardinals (-3) Minnesota (+6.5) at Seattle. Vikings (+6.5) Washington (+8 ) at Indianapolis. Colts (-8 ) NY Giants (+3) at Dallas. Cowboys (-3)

Nothing. He's in London getting his UK citizenship. Thanks...I just saw in the box score that he had a DNP but hadn't heard anything about an injury.

Yeah, I liked how he made the block to start a fast break then ran the court and finished it off with a dunk. He looks like he's going to be a pretty special player.

So excited for the regular season to begin. What's wrong with Deng, by the way?

I don't think I could give up Prior and Hill for Tejada. Maybe if they threw in Adam Loewen...

Bulls beat Memphis yesterday 87-78. TT led the Bulls with 12 points. Big Ben hauled in another 9 boards and Luol chipped in with 10 points. Bulls shot 57% from the field. Martin Andriuskevicius scored all of his 11 points in a 3 minute span in the 4th quarter.

Len and Steve Stone please. (if Brenly ends up in SF or somewhere else)

I'd tell my story...but I don't think it's allowed on a family site like NSBB.

There's already a thread about it in Transactions.

No. Z is the best player in that deal by far. ??? Z is great and all. I'm definitely one of his biggest fans, but how can you make that statement? ARod is one of the top 3 or so players in the game. If Zambrano is better than Arod...it certainly isn't "by far". Top 3? Come on! He's good, but let's put this in perspective. He's the Yankees #8 hitter..........................and the fans don't like him. He's not valued like he once was. This isn't the ARod that's FA eligible for the first time in Seattle. He's still a great player, but I would be very suprised if the Yanks get anything back in return that equals what they gave up to get him. Um...wow. I dont care that the fans don't like him. I don't care that Torre was dumb and decided to bat Arod 8th. ARod is a top player. Maybe top 3 is a little bit of a stretch, but not much. I can't think of too many more players I'd rather have than him. A .900 OPS is a down year for him. If he can still play SS (which I believe he can) he's easily a top 5 player. Anyways, my point was saying that someone who plays once every five days (although very good, young, and relatively cheap for now) is "by far" better than one of the greatest players of our time, is a bit much. I'm not saying I would do that deal (Arod/Hughes for Zambrano/Dempster) but I would have to think twice about it. To dismiss ARod's situation in NY is crazy to me. Torre didn't put ARod in the 8 hole because he was tearing the cover off the ball! He did it because he'd been struggling and wasn't driving in runs. Perception is a beautiful thing. NY fans know ARod is talented, but he "seems" to never produce in the clutch. I have many friends that are Yanks fans that say ARod isn't a top 5 player on the Yanks team. While I don't think that's correct, I'm not going to ignore the perception when making trade offers. I remember seeing a stat about how Arod had the most game winning hits or something like that this year. This whole clutch issue is way overblown. I don't believe in "clutch". But since you brought it up, he hit for a .939 OPS with RISP, a .970 OPS with RISP and 2 outs, and a 1.289 OPS when the bases were loaded. Those are typical "clutch" situations, aren't they? His career numbers are very good in those situations as well. So what if he had a few bad playoff games (a total of 29 ABs in the playoffs the past 2 years)? How bout in 2004 when he hit .320 with a 1.014 OPS in 11 playoff games (50 ABs)? Are you going to disregard his play in the playoffs that year, because it doesn't fit into your argument?

No. Z is the best player in that deal by far. ??? Z is great and all. I'm definitely one of his biggest fans, but how can you make that statement? ARod is one of the top 3 or so players in the game. If Zambrano is better than Arod...it certainly isn't "by far". Top 3? Come on! He's good, but let's put this in perspective. He's the Yankees #8 hitter..........................and the fans don't like him. He's not valued like he once was. This isn't the ARod that's FA eligible for the first time in Seattle. He's still a great player, but I would be very suprised if the Yanks get anything back in return that equals what they gave up to get him. Um...wow. I dont care that the fans don't like him. I don't care that Torre was dumb and decided to bat Arod 8th. ARod is a top player. Maybe top 3 is a little bit of a stretch, but not much. I can't think of too many more players I'd rather have than him. A .900 OPS is a down year for him. If he can still play SS (which I believe he can) he's easily a top 5 player. Anyways, my point was saying that someone who plays once every five days (although very good, young, and relatively cheap for now) is "by far" better than one of the greatest players of our time, is a bit much. I'm not saying I would do that deal (Arod/Hughes for Zambrano/Dempster) but I would have to think twice about it.

No. Z is the best player in that deal by far. ??? Z is great and all. I'm definitely one of his biggest fans, but how can you make that statement? ARod is one of the top 3 or so players in the game. If Zambrano is better than Arod...it certainly isn't "by far".

I'd take Prior over all of them.

Why would the Yanks want Izturis? They have Cano and some guy named Jeter up the middle. I'm sure Cesar could play 3B. Just a thought, though. I doubt they'd bite. Cashman isn't dumb; he's just forced into dumb decisions by the Tampa Cabal. I'd probably see if they'd do Prior and Eyre. Pie is my deal-closer. I'd give them Moore, too. Also, keep in mind if we take back Pavano or Wright, our player cost likely decreases. I just pictured Cesar Izturis as a third baseman. I threw up in my mouth a little. Okay, I lied...it was a lot.

Why would the Yanks want Izturis? They have Cano and some guy named Jeter up the middle.

please make it happen, Jim...and do it without giving up Aram.