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		<title>Like the Heat, hate the Heat. Still undecided.</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/28/like-the-heat-hate-the-heat-still-undecided/4212/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m torn.

Not Rip Torn, the actor, but torn torn.  Unsure torn.  Conflicted torn.
Now that some of the dust has settled since LeBron James publicly spurned Cleveland for the oft-unfilled American Airlines Arena, I’m still not sure whether the move was a) good for the league b) good for the fans or c) one I’m looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charles Barkley to leave TNT for Phoenix Suns?  A Dear Chuck letter</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/16/charles-barkley-to-leave-tnt-for-phoenix-suns-a-dear-chuck-letter/4139/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Chuck,
As I sit here on my sofa writing this, you’re probably out at a casino, golf course or ritzy, all-you-can-eat buffet somewhere, having the time of your life.  But I have something other than cards, bunkers and food on my mind.
It’s no secret that you’re currently mulling over whether to leave the four-time Emmy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LeBron James-mania sparks an imaginative 48 hours on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/09/lebron-james-mania-sparks-an-imaginative-48-hours-on-twitter/4074/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/09/lebron-james-mania-sparks-an-imaginative-48-hours-on-twitter/4074/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:17:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dan Gilbert]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What can I say?  This past week, I’ll freely admit, I fell prey to the non-stop, LeBron-a-thon that became ESPN, Twitter and the rest of the media outlets nationwide (although I feel a little dirty now that it’s all said and done).

Since I don’t have a day job (I am employed, however, I swear), I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Hank Gathers (video)</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/08/remembering-hank-gathers-video/4056/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/07/08/remembering-hank-gathers-video/4056/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bo Kimble]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March, 2010 marked twenty years since the passing of Hank Gathers.  I intended to write about him and my Loyola-Marymount experience at the time, but the words didn’t come out right.  After watching ESPN’s Guru of Go, a documentary about LMU’s former head coach Paul Westhead, I was once again reminded of Gathers’ legacy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The SportsChump Reality TV Challenge</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/29/the-sportschump-reality-tv-challenge/4001/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/29/the-sportschump-reality-tv-challenge/4001/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chad Ochocinco]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s summertime.  Basketball season is over, football is still a few months away and the United States has been eliminated from the World Cup, leaving us sports fans with little on TV to watch other than reality shows about snobby housewives lost on a desert island who must sing, dance and lose weight in order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Soccer defeats Algeria to advance in World Cup: A pictorial</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/23/us-soccer-defeats-algeria-to-advance-in-world-cup-a-pictorial/3957/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/23/us-soccer-defeats-algeria-to-advance-in-world-cup-a-pictorial/3957/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:49:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Clint Dempsey]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Landon Donovan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[







&#8216;Nuff said!

    

	]]></description>
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		<title>Fifteen burning questions surrounding Game Seven of the NBA Finals</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/17/fifteen-burning-questions-surrounding-game-seven-of-the-nba-finals/3923/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/17/fifteen-burning-questions-surrounding-game-seven-of-the-nba-finals/3923/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:38:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Garcia]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Brett Favre]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At SportsChump.net, we strive to ask the hard-hitting, pertinent, analytical questions other independent sports sites won’t dare to ask.  In keeping with that theme, we hereby present several burning questions that surround the final game of the NBA season&#8230;
What is up with Andy Garcia’s mustache and if it’s for a movie role, why would I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Stephen Strasburg save Major League Baseball?</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/17/can-stephen-strasburg-save-major-league-baseball/3912/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/17/can-stephen-strasburg-save-major-league-baseball/3912/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:05:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Costas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bud Selig]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended my first major league baseball game of the 2010 season.  The game took place at Tropicana Field between two of the league’s best teams: the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays.  It featured two of the game’s, best young pitchers (Clay Buchholz vs. Wade Davis) and hosted plenty of firepower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Review: The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan and Taraji P. Henson</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/11/movie-review-the-karate-kid-starring-jaden-smith-jackie-chan-and-taraji-p-henson/3863/</link>
		<comments>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/11/movie-review-the-karate-kid-starring-jaden-smith-jackie-chan-and-taraji-p-henson/3863/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 22:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m as much of a “Karate Kid” fan as the next guy, i.e., geek, of my generation.  Despite its cheesy 80s feel, I still think it’s one of the finer, sports/underdog films of our time.  And before you think I’m completely off my rocker, keep in mind, Pat Morita was nominated for an Academy Award [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chumpservations, Vol. 13: Bud Selig, Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce, World Cup Soccer, the NBA Finals, Ken Griffey, Jr., Jose Canseco, Affliction sport coats, Danny Ferry, drunken bosses and broken-down Volkswagens</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/06/04/chumpservations-vol-13-bud-selig-armando-galarraga-jim-joyce-world-cup-soccer-the-nba-finals-ken-griffey-jr-jose-canseco-affliction-sport-coats-danny-ferry-drunken-bosses-and-broken-down/3838/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 01:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week that was, including Bud Selig, Armando Galarraga, Jim Joyce, World Cup Soccer, the NBA Finals, Ken Griffey, Jr., Jose Canseco, Affliction sport coats, Danny Ferry, drunken bosses and broken-down Volkswagens]]></description>
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