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Shawn Bradley: Now that the former second-overall pick has retired, ESPN's Patrick Hruby says Shawn Bradley will always be remembered as a world-class dunk enabler, the ultimate posteriz-ee, and 7 feet 6 inches of feeble intentions.

Robert Horry: ESPN's Bill Simmons analyzes Big Shot Bob's playoff history following his legendary performance in Game 5 of the 2005 NBA Finals.

Maurice Clarett: Bullz-Eye's Shawn Griffin quickly grew tired of hearing about Maurice Clarett and concluded that he'd rather sink with Jim Tressell than swim with Jim Brown.

Barry Sanders: People held out hope for years that Barry Sanders would return to the field, but Bullz-Eye's Jamey Codding says there's no reason for Sanders to ever come back.


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Stats LLC not just providing for the MLB anymore – company heads to Middle East: SPORTSbyBROOKS.com shared an interesting story from the SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY about sports data company Stats LLC heading to the Middle East to provide…well…stats. From the I’m-Not-Making-This-Up-Dept.: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports that Stats LLC today unveiled “a joint venture with Naveen Aranha, CEO of India-based Sportz Interactive, to create Stats Middle East. “Stats ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]


Steve Bartman turns down opportunity to cash in on infamous play: Steve Bartman understandably wants nothing to do with what happened the night of October 14, 2003. That was the night he reached over one of the walls at Wrigley Field and interfered with Moises Alou as the Chicago Cubs’ outfielder attempted to catch a foul ball. But if you were ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]


Devin Hester threatens to sit out entire 2008 season: Chicago Bears’ return man extraordinaire Devin Hester is threatening to skip the entire 2008 NFL Season if he doesn’t receive a new contract from the team. ‘’I feel like I should have been one of the top guys rewarded after the two seasons I had,'’ he said. ‘’Now, I’m the last ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]


Five potentially overblown NFL preseason storylines: As NFL teams gear up for training camp across the country, so do those NFL enthusiasts ready to make annual claims like, “this team is ready to take the next step” or “that team won’t be as good because of such-and-such.” It happens every year – football fans and pundits jump ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]


MLB Thursday Headliners: Sabathia wins again: - C.C. Sabathia loves himself some National League. The former Indians’ ace picked up his fourth straight win, pitching a complete game shutout in the Brewers’ 3-0 win over St. Louis. Milwaukee didn’t pick up any games in the NL Central because the Cubs won, but the Crew has now ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]


Justin Timberlake 2008 ESPY’S video montage: On a whole, the 2008 ESPY’s were pretty damn funny this year, from Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s mock audition tapes to Darren Howard’s dance moves. I thought ESPN had a rather odd choice for host, going with musician Justin Timberlake, until he got on stage, that is. Dude ... [Continued at The Scores Report. Comments?]