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Fake Social Science Presents the Super-Duper Leave-Nothing-Out Sports Poll

Tue Mar 13, 2012 7:00 AM EDT

Dedicated to Mrs. Gillis and our mutual friend Russ (who sat in Ebbets Field) So Fake Social Science is having its weekly pizza with its 80ish Mom. She's had some health problems with her vocal chords lately so sometimes I can't quite make out what she's saying. So we're c …

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Get Off My Lawn: Sports These Days, Not like in the Old Days, No Sirreee No, Nope, Not Like When I was a Boy.

Thu Mar 11, 2010 5:52 AM EST

By jfxgillis

Let me start by saying, you kids, get off my lawn. There aren't any kids around and I don't have a lawn, but I'm feeling bitter, angry and old, so, how many more times do I have to tell you to get off my lawn!!

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The Cab, The Car, The Cop and Cooperstown

Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:52 AM EDT

By jfxgillis

When I was driving taxi in Boston in the mid-1970s I had this neat trick I used to pull. I had a couple of variations, all derived from the same standard procedure.

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What Happens in April does not Stay in April: The Early Season Counts

Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:29 PM EDT

By Adam Hobson

If a team projected to win 72 games, starts the season winning 11 of their first 14, are they more likely to win 61 games or 65 games the rest of the way?

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Giants rush for 207 yards against Ravens in win

Sun Nov 16, 2008 4:17 PM EST

By Tom Canavan, AP Sports Writer (Clipped by A. H. Min)

The New York Giants needed only two plays to show they could run the ball against Ray Lewis and the NFL's stingiest rushing defense.

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Get Tackled Here - Week Nine in Review

Thu Nov 6, 2008 1:20 AM EST

By Adam Hobson

Hello all you out there in fantasy football land. Welcome to the weekly recap of newsvine's own fantasy football league, Get Tackled Here. For the players, feel free to use the comment thread for trade talk, league talk, and general trash talk.

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