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AN Visits with MLB.com’s Mychael Urban Part I  Part II – athleticsnation Dodgers have options, but Manny may not – krosenthal Who will be the next Rays? – tverducci Positions of interest among AL teams – bolney The retroactive Super Bowl running diary – thesportsguy What do recruiting rankings mean anyway? – scout &nbsp [DrB analysis […]

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Aging Gracefully: With Salt and Patience, an Iowa Couple Makes World-Class Prosciutto – nytimes Weíre all going to Hell. – sssss The credit crunch according to Soros – ft Violent unrest rocks China as crisis hits – timesonline Ozzie Osborne dies – beloved soda jerk – sfgate Cheney Dunk Tank Raises $800 Billion For Nation […]

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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – zoom–emorris The Audacity of Hoops: How basketball helped shape Obama – si Physics of ëthe Hití – nytimes   Aphex Twin – Selected Ambient Works II   Quality – blefsetz &nbsp&nbsp The Cobra: Inside a movie marketer’s playbook – newyorker They Might Be Giants – Older Babies Know: A Little […]

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  Still Small Voice And The Joyful Noise   DRM or no, file-sharing dwarfs legitimate digital sales – hitsville   The DRM fight isnít over yet – hitsville   Mysterious Bob Log III reveals all – tucsoncitizen   Bob Log III – My Shit is Perfect – vimeo MGMT – This Must be the Place […]

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Hack your brain: How to hallucinate with ping-pong balls and a radio – boston Inside the Savant Mind: Tips for Thinking from an Extraordinary Thinker – sciam Making Room for Miss Manners Is a Parenting Basic – nytimes Harperís Index: A retrospective of the Bush era – harpers Malcolm Gladwell – Outliers: The Story of […]

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Questions for Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist – freakonomics Rules for next year’s BCS critics – usatoday Let Freedom Ring: Busting the Myth of the Salary Cap – bbprospectus The Going Rate != Intrinsic Value – squawkingbaseball Willie, Bloomquist and the Dunn – joeposnanski Loyalty a Foreign Substance in Baseball – mchass Braves’ offseason of mediocrity […]

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Some players in compensation-pick purgatory – bolney Dodgers are playing the Manny Ramirez game perfectly – latimes Gammons’s take – boston Old guard squeezed in new market – tverducci Moneyball Comes Full Circle – jonahkeri Citi Field: Where Homeruns Go To Die – amazinavenue Romero Joins a Unique Group – mchass Pettitte not happy with […]

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At the Stove, a Dash of Science, a Pinch of Folklore – nytimes A zest for lemons – sfgate College Coaches Running up the Score: Responding to Incentives Mega Event Update: Beijing Bird’s Nest Stadium  – sportseconomist   Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton found dead – freep   How the Music Industry Died  More – vvoice […]

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Dr. Horrible The Best Links 2008 – kottke Best of “Dark Roasted Blend” in 2008 Google Zeitgeist 2008   Itunes goes DRM freeóat a price – hitsville Guided By Voices – Teenage FBI She & Him – Sweet Darlin’ Dead Trees – Killer in Me TheTripwire.com   New DrBeeper sampler : &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp From the Top 2008 […]

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Strange But True year in review – jstark What to watch for in 2009 – tverducci 2009 will celebrate the young player – pgammons Slim pickings for starting pitchers – tbrown Andrew Bird Discovers His Inner Operatic Folkie – nytimes One bright spot amid the economic downturn – hitsville Music album sales tumble further in […]

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