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Tribute to The Fed

11:39 PM ET 09.23

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Written a few months back the morning after Federer won Wimbledon.

Yesterday was an annual tradition at the Mclean household, as it is in homes across the planet.It was breakfast at Wimbledon, and in what has become another annual tradition, it featured Roger Federer.It was not a re-match of last year's epic final with Rafael Nadal, Nadal missed the tournament due to a knee injury. No yesterday we welcomed back an old friend to the grass courts in London, American Andy Roddick, the new and improved Andy Roddick so were told. Although many sports writers had given Roddick a punchers…

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Role Reversal: Dolphins Tough Schedule Will Hurt Them

11:34 PM ET 09.22

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If the NFL considered strength of schedule when rewarding teams with playoff spots, the Miami Dolphins could be in contention this year.
But sadly, this is not college football or college basketball, this is the NFL. The only thing that matters is "dubbyas", or as Al Davis once proudly said, "Just win baby."
Last season the Dolphins rode one of the easiest schedules in the league to an 11-5 season, and a home game in the First round of the AFC playoffs.
The fish benefitted from 6 games versus a weakened AFC East, with Buffalo falling apart by mid October, the Jets crumbling…

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Tribute to the US Open

01:18 AM ET 09.02

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As summer winds down and the nights get cooler, we eagerly wait for football to begin and baseball's pennant races to come to their climatic finish.
In the meantime, we are treated to an annual ritual provided by the boys and girls of Tennis. It's time for the sound of ball on racquet and rubber on hardcourt to permeate around Flushing Meadows in New York City.
For the next two weeks, Queen's will play host to the greatest professional tennis grand slam tournament in the world.
That's right; the greatest.
You can have Wimbledon. With the standard white dress, grass courts and…

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