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		<title>Presenting the Alex Rodriguez &#8211; New York Yankees &#8211; Home for the Winter Caption Contest</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far be it from me, a lifelong Red Sox and newly reformed Rays fan, to make fun of the New York Yankees the day after they were eliminated from the playoffs. Oh wait, that’s exactly what I’m doing. In yet another example of Money Can’t Buy Me Love, the Red Sox ($162 mil) and Yankees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hey, now.  You&#8217;re an All-Star.  So What?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mid-summer classic came and went last week with the sounds of crickets chirping loudly in the background. This year’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game was, wait for it… the least watched in league history, drawing a 6.9 rating and probably losing out to “America’s Got Talent (which you definitely won’t find at this year’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miami Hate: Trying to make sense of our feelings for LeBron</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 21:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had an interesting conversation with a reader the other day. He asked me if I could believe all the hatred that had developed for LeBron James since last summer.  After all, my friend argued, all James did was make a career move and was now being crucified by everyone outside of Dade County. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 13 most memorable individual altercations in sports, Part One</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first heard that Jerry Sloan, long time coach of the Utah Jazz, had retired due to an alleged altercation with point guard Deron Williams (which inadvertently led to both of them leaving Utah), I was immediately taken by surprise, even though we all know Coach Sloan never met a fight he didn’t like. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly caption contest celebrates Alex Rodriguez, Cameron Diaz and love in the Gulf of Mexico</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/12/26/weekly-caption-contest-celebrates-alex-rodriguez-cameron-diaz-and-love-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/5287/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 20:58:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While most of us sit in shivering cold weather, piecing together what’s left of our checkbooks after Christmas, others who are slightly more fortunate bask in the Mexican sunshine, tanning and surfing and sipping margaritas.  Must be nice. Sports and Hollywood have always made for strange bedfellows.  We’ve seen Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio, Eva [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does playing for the New York Yankees still hold the prestige it once did?</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2010/08/05/does-playing-for-the-new-york-yankees-still-hold-the-prestige-it-once-did/4224/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Major League Baseball’s trading deadline passed last week and as usual, the New York Yankees were deep in the mix.  This time around, they acquired Kerry Wood, Austin Kearns and Lance Berkman, who is probably, yet still debatably, Hall of Fame bound by the end of his career.  For years, the Yankees have had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November Chumpservations, Part One: The World Series, arm strength and barbecue for breakfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A-Rod redeemed: How to win a World Series in ten days Okay… deep breath. Congratulations to the New York Yankees for knocking off the Phillies en route to their 27th World Series title. There… I said it. Now Red Sox hat placed firmly back on my head. A particular congratulations to Alex Rodriguez who proved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The art of the argument in Major League Baseball</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2009/09/20/the-art-of-the-argument-in-major-league-baseball/1585/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Other than the occasional Family Guy rerun, my television rarely strays from ESPN.  While watching Sportscenter the other night, I happened upon some Yankees highlights and had a most interesting revelation.   After a called third strike to Alex Rodriguez that appeared just off the plate, Yankee manager Joe Girardi rushed out of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The ego-driven athlete: A top five list</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2009/08/17/the-ego-driven-athlete-a-top-five-list/1235/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Narcissism is defined as having an excessive love or admiration for oneself.  The word comes from the mythological Narcissus who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water and then drowned after staring at it so much.  Good lesson to be learned, huh? The modern, professional athlete is a special breed.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deny, deny, deny: Mistruths and fabrications in professional sports</title>
		<link>http://sportschump.net/2009/08/11/deny-deny-deny-mistruths-and-fabrications-in-professional-sports/1108/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Humpherys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  “Would I lie to you?  Would I lie to you, honey?  Now would I say something that wasn’t true?                                                                                                                                               &#8211; Eurythmics     Probably the most famous lie of all time was uttered when Adam and Eve held that half-eaten apple and told the powers that be they didn’t do it.  From [...]]]></description>
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