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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:36 PM Original message |
Another thread about a "poor Black athlete" going nuts with his money |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. When you follow sports, as I do, you read a LOT of these stories. |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. MookieWilson did great stuff. On top of playing for the greatest team in MLB. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. And I worked in their AAA ballpark in Norfolk! nt |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:59 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. You did? How cool!!! |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Toronto Blue Jays?... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Mookie followed me to Toronto from Norfolk. He could have been mayor there. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Point of it being |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Actually, I'd never heard what he does. But, this sort of thing is a standard in sports reporting. |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. But is this consistent or market based? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 03:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Aikman and Tomlinson are both local |
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dmallind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 04:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Fair enough |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Braylon Edwards, too |
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LisaM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Braylon Edwards is a rock star in my book |
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liberalnurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:42 PM Response to Original message |
5. It's all about money |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was very pleasantly surprised by that segment too! |
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murielm99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They saved the zinger for the end of the story. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:04 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. It's a tremendous generalization to condemn nearly all that play in the NFL.... |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Doofus scholarship |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
10. Anton Cason, who plays football at the U of A, just won the Jim Thorpe |
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GreenInNC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-10-07 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
19. Adonal Foyle - NBA Star/Social Activist |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-11-07 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
21. Going nuts with his money |
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