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Sportsref_Neil

  1. LeBron should wear #89 next year, like "Roster Player" did in NBA Live '98. 9:57 PM Jul 8th via web
  2. Dan Gilbert should have written in jokewood instead of comic sans #jokewoodrocks 9:14 PM Jul 8th via web
  3. Huh, who knew the city of Cleveland owned LeBron James for life? Ask Dan Gilbert if Curt Flood was right about "well-paid slaves"... 8:53 PM Jul 8th via web
  4. RT @FO_BBarnwell: We are prepared to commission a special Comic Sans MS version of Football Outsiders Almanac 2010 if Dan Gilbert contac ... 8:51 PM Jul 8th via web
  5. Watching Training Day... Why do I feel like Ethan Hawke's character meeting Denzel is what it was like when Kwame Brown met Michael Jordan? 3:35 PM Jul 4th via web
  6. Ohhhhh... Chestnut calls Kobayashi out! Said he's not a "real man"! Looks like next year's contest will be far more dramatic than this one! 9:59 AM Jul 4th via web
  7. I either feel like eating hot dogs now, or I never want to see a hot dog again. 9:54 AM Jul 4th via web
  8. And... Four straight for Chestnut! USA! ... USA! ... USA! 9:53 AM Jul 4th via web
  9. Must avoid the dreaded "Reversal of Fortune" 9:53 AM Jul 4th via web
  10. Contest hasn't been won with fewer than 59 dogs since Kobayashi in 2005 had 49 9:52 AM Jul 4th via web
  11. It looks like Chestnut will cruise to the win, but nowhere hear 68 dogs 9:51 AM Jul 4th via web
  12. Chestnut is slowing down...? 9:49 AM Jul 4th via web
  13. Without Kobayashi as a competitor, it seems like Chestnut has no one to push him to epic heights. 9:48 AM Jul 4th via web
  14. Monson was my dark horse going in, but he seems to be struggling with the heat. 9:47 AM Jul 4th via web
  15. Chestnut is insane... 7.5 dogs/minute is 2 more than anybody else. 9:46 AM Jul 4th via web
  16. Somehow, I think an enormous foam cowboy hat would hamper your ability to dominate the hot dog eating contest. 9:46 AM Jul 4th via web
  17. Can Eater X make a bid this year? 9:45 AM Jul 4th via web
  18. Go, go, go!!! Eat those hot dogs! 9:43 AM Jul 4th via web
  19. Time to enjoy the hot dog eating contest (ironically of course)... Go Joey Chestnut! Happy 4th, everybody! 9:04 AM Jul 4th via web
  20. Yay Brasil!!! 11:03 AM Jun 15th via web