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Ring’s etching slaps Bills in face forever

July 23rd, 2008 Trance No comments

The Buffalo Bills are literally scarred for life. And no, we’re not talking about O.J. Simpson.

An eBay auction of two Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowl rings from 1975 and 1976 has uncovered a factual error.

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said an unnamed fan read a story about the auction in the newspaper July 11. The superfan noticed that on the large photo of the Super Bowl IX ring — which commemorated the Steelers’ 16-6 win over the Minnesota Vikings — the ring had an incorrect score of the divisional game.

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2008 Turnaround: Fans have (already) reached sports nirvana

July 7th, 2008 Reezy 4 comments

Sure, the Boston Celtics captured the biggest single-season comeback in NBA history this year, but has 2008 already eclipsed the biggest one-year sports turnaround in… Earth history?

Those daunting memories of sports in 2007 are over; Michael Vick is locked up, Tim Donaghy is on his way, Pacman Adam Jones is a good guy again, SpyGate is dead, and both Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens have crawled into a hole.

And already, just over seven months into 2008, we could already be putting this historic year in contention for “Best. Year. Ever.” honors. In wake of our fifth epic sporting event (Wimbledon), here’s why:

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