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We could be heroes . . .

Superlative sobriquet overused as blanket term for all military members
With all due respect to David Bowie's lyrics — and certainly to all the men and women in the military at all levels — the concept of "hero" as it pertains to the media's use of the term has sadly become overblown.
By PHILLIPPE AND JORGE  |  February 11, 2009
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Blount's blunts

Sports blotter: "Gone to pot" edition
Let’s just say it’s been a while since we’ve seen a pound-worthy entry to the annals of pot busts, as we did this week.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 19, 2008
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Shattered Plax

Sports blotter: Burress edition
Sports blotter: Burress edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 10, 2008
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Surprising

Sports blotter: "Absolutely fell out of my chair" edition
You do a thing often enough, you tend to get good at that thing.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  December 03, 2008
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Bad idea jeans

Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition
Sports blotter: "You’re looking at some years, son" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 25, 2008
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Magnum farce

Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
Sports blotter: "CSI: Binghamton" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 19, 2008
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He choked big time

Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition
Sports blotter: "Ugly incident" edition
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 12, 2008
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Quiet before the storm

Sports blotter: "Good call, coach" edition
There have been a lot of mysteries surrounding the Patriots in the Bill Belichick years, not surprising given the intense effort the team puts into maintaining airtight clubhouse and organizational secrecy in general.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 05, 2008
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BBs and b-balls

Sports blotter: "Inducing panic" edition
A few years ago, it looked like college athletes shooting strangers with BB guns was going to be the boutique sports offense of the 21st century.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 29, 2008
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Husker don't

Sports blotter: "Next Lawrence Phillips" edition
Details right now are still sketchy, but Thunder Collins, a former University of Nebraska running back who was once considered a sure-fire NFL star, has been charged with murder.  
By MATT TAIBBI  |  October 02, 2008
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Bad times for kickers

Sports blotter: "Not so high on the hog" edition
Here’s a depressing-ass story that tells you everything you need to know about the life of a retired mediocre athlete.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 16, 2008

Highway to hell

Sports blotter: "Not-so-free agents" edition
The former SEC linebacking great should be available, after being Tasered on March 28, following a bizarre loitering arrest in Prichard, Alabama.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  April 23, 2008
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Rooney doesn't rule

Sports blotter: "Pardon my French, but you're an asshole" edition
Funny, funny stuff coming from Pittsburgh — a relief, actually, to see some other city’s storied NFL franchise balls-deep in an ethical nightmare.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  March 26, 2008
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Easy policework

Sports blotter: "No shit, Sherlock" edition
I’ve always wondered exactly how these gigantic defensive linemen think they’re going to beat the whole “physical description” aspect of post-felony police work.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  February 20, 2008
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Frankly speaking

Sore loser misses the mark on Ferri’s Warwick triumph
Your superior correspondents were somewhat amused by comments made last week by Carlo Pisaturo in the Warwick Beacon .
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE  |  December 05, 2007
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Squish the fish

Sports blotter: "Dolphin crime" edition
Hey New England, can I get a “Sucks to be you, you got a DWI, you LOSER!”
By MATT TAIBBI  |  July 18, 2007
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Touched by a taser

Sports blotter: "More Pittsburgh pimping" edition
Such was the fate of DerMarr Johnson, who just made himself the latest entry in what is becoming a shockingly long list.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 13, 2007
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Pimping ain't easy

Sports blotter: "Hard out there for a pimp" edition
The funniest thing, of course, is that, in college, he played for a team called the Beavers .
By MATT TAIBBI  |  May 16, 2007
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The new U

Sports blotter: Buckeye edition
Slowly, imperceptibly, the cumulative arrest record of current and former Ohio State University Buckeye football players is approaching the status of great football crime families, nearing the Olympus where live giants like Miami and Florida State.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  November 01, 2006
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Big trouble in little Carolina

Sports blotter: tobacco road edition
I must have missed that chapter of The Purpose-Driven Life.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  June 26, 2006
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Sports blotter: June 2, 2006

Copycat run-ins with Gilbert Arenas and Amare's mom
In what may be the highest-profile Crips murder case since the Snoop Dogg “Murder Was the Case” incident, a Los Angeles high-school football star on his way to a full ride at Oregon was implicated last week in an investigation that reads like a Sociology 101 lesson in Crips hierarchies.
By MATT TAIBBI  |  May 31, 2006

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