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I am a freelance sports translator (mostly German, Polish, English) living in Poland. I love the Mountaineers, Cincinnati teams, the Pens and the Lakers. I love living in Europe but their sports have almost killed me from sheer boredom! The same goes with the food!

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NAACP missing the point on Vick case?

  • 01:10 PM ET  07.30
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The president of the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP criticized the prosecution of Vick at a news conference Monday morning. Dr. R.L. White, Jr., accused the government of "piling on." "There's a penalty in football for piling on," White told reporters. "After a player has been tackled and somebody piles on, they're penalized for unnecessary roughness. Today, the NAACP blows the whistle and warns the powers that be that you are piling on." The NAACP had better be careful here if they want to play the race card, because this is a case where people are not…

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Football vs Soccer

  • 07:29 PM ET  07.26
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Or should I say football vs American football, as they say in Europe? (Actually, soccer is the original and more correct name, but I'll talk about that later.)Why is it that we Americans just don't get soccer? And don't tell me about the low scoring, when we can sit riveted in front of the TV to watch a no-hitter in baseball, or any Big Ten football game. Why does most of the world love this sport and worship the Ronaldinho's and the Zidane's, when we in America are bored to tears after 5 minutes and think that Zidane is a kind of car and Ronaldinho is some kind of…

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The Big East rules! (almost)

  • 03:17 PM ET  07.25
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With the emergence in football of Rutgers and South Florida, and with West Virginia and Louisville riding high, the Big East is on the brink of being the best conference top-to-bottom in the nation. It may not happen this season, but it will happen soon. Look at the other schools. Pitt and Syracuse are down but are traditional powers and will be back soon, and when that happens, you've got 6 top twenty calibre programs. That leaves Cincinnati and U. Conn. These are two schools which don't have much tradition (though U.Conn. has come a very long way in a short period of…

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