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Last week, I was a bit off with a 5-11 record (28-20 now overall). Didn’t feel great about the week and it showed. Feeling better about this week. (more)

In addition to being manager of the San Diego Padres, Bud Black has a college degree in finance. So he knows a little something about math. (more)

After four lawsuits alleging he coerced young males into sexual relationships were filed, Georgia pastor Eddie Long took to the pulpit Sunday to carefully nuance his side of the story. (more)

Tommy Hanson pitched a gem and the Braves got a much-needed 2-1 win on Omar Infante’s 11th-inning single, but seeing Martin Prado leave after collapsing in pain from a hip injury put a damper on things Monday night at Turner Field. (more)

Baptist televangelist Eddie Long said Sunday he will fight allegations that he coerced young male church members into having sex with him. (more)

THE BALL WAS slicing and Jayson Werth was sprinting and the whole time Raul Ibanez was engaging in a series of heartfelt conversations with the Man Upstairs. (more)

YOU CAN LOOK up and down the lineups, and pore through the pitching rotations, and strain your eyes in search of that one magic element that separates contender from pretender. (more)

Welcome to the the second installment of Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 2. Please feel free to contact us with any specific line-up questions or general thoughts on the rankings. (more)

Last week was a good one for picks – 12 wins, 4 losses. So this week will likely be far worse. (more)

MIAMI – The next time Cole Hamels steps onto a mound to start a game, he will be facing the Braves in the cozy confines of Citizens Bank Park, a division title on the line. (more)

It’s time for the 91st NFL season to begin, but it wouldn’t be a real NFL season without some really bad predictions from me. I’m the one who picked the Browns to make the Super Bowl in 1995 (they had fans throwing dog bones at them by the end of the year, as they tucked their tails between their legs and slinked off to Baltimore), told you to take Danny Wuerffel as your fantasy quarterback in 2002 (he lasted all of 92 passes), and, well, the last time I picked the Super Bowl winner was, I think, when Lombardi prowled the Tundra. (more)

THE PHILLIES stopped feigning ignorance long ago. Yes, they are watching the scoreboard. Yes, they know exactly what the Braves do. And yes, they are well aware that they appear to be on a collision course with their NL East rivals, whom they play six times in the final 12 games of the season. (more)

The results never seem to change much this time of year, and yesterday was no exception. As the Phillies sat through a rain delay that clocked in at 1 hour, 44 minutes, they could look around the majors and see all of the pertinent matchups going in favor of the bad guys. The division-leading Braves were pounding the Cubs en route to their ninth victory in 12 games. The Cardinals were putting a recent five-game losing streak further in the rearview mirror with a blowout win over the Giants that pulled them to within 1 1/2 games of the Phillies in the wild-card standings. The Reds were winning. The Padres had won. (more)

They’re back! (more)

Reporting from Atlanta — Nothing went right for the Dodgers on Sunday. (more)

Last week, as the Senate all-but confirmed passage of this administration’s newest “stimulating” legislation – specifically, $26 billion allocated to states to prop up Medicaid and education – Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the somewhat ridiculous statement that the US Senate had done the work it was designed to do. “We saved people’s jobs,” he gushed. (more)

Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) — Plans to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Iraq to 50,000 by the end of this month are on schedule, according to a prepared speech President Obama is scheduled to deliver Monday. (more)

I have been watching all of the colorful (pun intended) sights and sounds from the past week, wondering when did I walk into the 1960s all of the sudden – or, worse still, some altered version of the 1960s where civil rights organizations get it wrong on race, wholesome Americans get represented by a world-class bigot, and black people turn a blind eye to the deteriorating racial conditions within America by proclaiming that “institutionalized racism is dead.” (more)

There appears to be an odd trend in policymaking over the last two years: many of the unintended consequences of proposed legislation or crisis regulation coming from the White House – whether in practice or extrapolated in theory – seem to run counter to the stated goals or original intent. In other words, these policies tend to exacerbate the problems they’re supposed to be fixing. (more)

I was recently speaking with one of my teachers from high school, reflecting on her summer reading assignment, JFK’s Profiles in Courage.  If you have never read the book, it can be summarized quite simply in that it follows the actions of statesmen throughout the history of our country that took serious resolve and unwavering confidence.  That’s not to say that these individuals who were profiled did not face fear in their hearts, fear for their jobs, and possibly fear for their lives.  Fear is an emotion and it is understandable to have felt such emotion when placed in the situations that these men were embroiled. (more)