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Thursday Quicknotes

~I have two articles from this week posted at EC check them out if you like, one is on the NBA's newest lamest slogan and the other is on the new gay fedex cup.

~Hooray Revis is actually signed and at camp. Now the Jets can hopefully work him into the defense so he can contribute this season. That took way way too long to get done.

~How many days do you think you'll ever be able to say Shelley Duncan > Mariano Rivera? Well he was at least for a day yesterday when he jacked a 3 run homer and Mo, well he sucked.

~BGBbB should be Erik Bedard's Cy Young Slogan. Bedard's Getting Boned by Bullpen.

~The Oreo's own the Yanks this season, it seems like every year the Yanks struggle with one of the three others in the AL East, this year it's obviously the Oreos.

~Sheffield coming back to New York is fun. He reiterated his statements about Torre treating black people unfairly. Maybe he'll get drilled, I doubt it, he'll most likely have a huge series.

~Someone in the NL sign Boomer Wells, I want to see him run to 1st base again, it's funny.

~NL Central 06-07 = NBA Atlantic 06-07, they both suck and someone is going to make the playoffs by default when they don't deserve to.

~My Mexican wonder Yovani's first 53 innings, 15 runs. His last 8.1 innings, 18 runs. Ouch.

~Man U certainly is getting off on the wrong foot. Ha, that was a good play on words. Not only have they only garnered a draw in both games but Wayne Rooney fractured his foot and Cristiano Ronaldo drew a red card in their second game. Solid start. Meanwhile Chelsea have won both of their first games and have already opened up a 4 point lead. [That's me Smiling]

~Not sure how many of you care to watch premiership highlights but you can watch them here.

~Dan Patrick is on his farewell tour tomorrow, it should be a good listen.

~If you ever go to grad school and their is something called an intensive class, think long and hard about whether you want to take them. They suck balls. I will be in class from 9-4 on saturday wanting to put a bullet in my head.

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