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Attn: Baseball fans looking for a good read

05:37 PM ET 05.19

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If you haven't taken a look at it yet, head over to ESPN's Page 2 and read this great perspective piece by Jeff Pearlman on a tough decision the New York Yankees should make: firing Joe Torre.I can just hear the diehard Yankee fans now: "Fire Joe Torre? How 'bout I set fire to your house? F--- you!" And they'd say it in those really cool Bronx accents (although not near as cool as their Beantown rivals, but give credit where credit is due).But look at the facts and the evidence Pearlman presents. The Yankees unbelievable run of World Series titles came when…

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Suns-Spurs series recap

02:26 AM ET 05.19

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In one of the most fun NBA series I've watched since Michael Jordan retired, the San Antonio Spurs advanced to the Western Conference Finals on Friday, dispatching of the Suns in six games. How did they do it? Let's take a look: 1. Physicality: Call them dirty or don't - the fact remains that the Spurs are the toughest team in the league to play. They grabbed and checked and shadowed the Suns all the way up and down the court. Phoenix's layups rarely went unchallenged, every time somebody (Nash or Barbosa, usually) entered the paint, there was always a big body (Tim…

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Why college football is superior to the NFL

01:30 PM ET 05.18

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The NFL is the pinnacle of achievement for aspiring football players, and it should be pretty self-explanatory that the talent level is infinitely higher than in college football. But I still love college football so much more than the NFL, because things like this don't happen to college players. Brandon Jackson, Green Bay's rookie running back from Nebraska, is being forced by the NFL Players' Union to attend a glamourous meet-and-greet in Los Angeles instead of joining his new team in its upcoming mini-camp. The same thing is apparently also happening to Indianapolis…

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