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Gairzo shares his e-mails from A-list sports celebs offering their new years resolutions.

NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS IN SPORTS

About mid-November I sent e-mails out to twenty-five or so of my favorite “sports-lebrities”… You wouldn’t believe some of the responses I received. Those rude souls who didn’t bother to answer my e-mail probably won’t mind if I, you know, make-up appropriate resolutions that make them look, you know, pretty bad.

I’ll leave it to my discerning readers to guess which of the following are real and which are just contrivances of my sick imagination.
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Gairzo rounds out the NFL’s regular season with his Week 17 picks and rails upon the injustice of playoff teams rolling over “to rest their players”.

NFL 2009 – LOOKING BACK

We’ve come to Week 17 of the ‘09 NFL campaign and it’s time to look back at mine and Murray Dunnosquatis’ preview column and see if we knew what we were talking about.

The short answer is “no”. You can find the original column here:

http://www.deepintosports.com/2009/09/07/nfl-football-2009-season-predictions-pittsburgh-steelers-dallas-cowboys-super-bowl/

Here is a sampling of our prognostication prowess:
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Deep Into Sports editor Nate Barlow details ten of his favorite sports moments from the last ten years.

Top Ten Sports Moments of the First Ten Years of 20xx

Since the first ten years of the two-oughts are drawing to completion, I figured I’d come up with a top-ten list of my favorite sports moments of the last decade.

These are completely subjective–and I won’t deny that some of my sports preferences have come into play selecting them–but I’m sure there are at least a couple in here with which everyone will agree. I have also placed limitations of no more than one per sport per level/league of play and no more than two per sport regardless of level/league of play.

So here they are, in no particular order:
Continue Reading Top Ten Sports Moments of 2000 – 2009

Gairzo makes his weekly football picks for Week 16 of the NFL season and delivers some more Christmas gifts for athletes.

MORE CHRISTMAS GIFTS FOR ATHLETES

To A-Rod & Barry Bonds:

Two Hackey-Sacks tied together… Just so you can feel like what it means to own a pair, since yours have shrunk to the size of peas.

Your stones–that’s what it’s about guys. You’ve been given leeway and your way since the day you started remembering, and deep down, where no voice but yours can speak and no one hears, you shiver with fear, huh? Rejection, inadequacy… you know you’re a cheater… Fondle as needed.
Continue Reading Week 16 Picks and Analysis – NFL Football

Forget the NFL, NCAA, NHL, NBA and MLB, Tough Guy of the Week Award goes to 82-year-old Pope Benedict XVI for taking a blind shot and still conducting midnight mass as if nothing happened. The pontiff could teach some quarterbacks a few things about taking a hit!