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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 16, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Mr. Kaepernick Goes To Washington On Sunday, representatives of Colin Kaepernick — the free agent NFL quarterback best known for launching a league-wide protest over police mistreatment of African-Americans and who has not been signed to a roster — filed a complaint alleging collusion between teams essentially blackballing him from […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Worst defeat ever The biggest sports story of the week is by far the collapse of the U.S. Men’s National Team in its World Cup qualifier match against Trinidad and Tobago. Going into the match — the U.S. needed a win or tie to automatically qualify — the U.S. had […]

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Beside The Points For Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Worst defeat ever The biggest sports story of the week is by far the collapse of the U.S. Men’s National Team in its World Cup qualifier match against Trinidad and Tobago. Going into the match — the U.S. needed a win or tie to automatically qualify — the U.S. had […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Things that won’t catch their eyes Based on rosters from the 31 NHL teams, only 34 players will not use a visor on their helmet this season. This breaks down to about 94 percent of players wearing the extra protection. [The Associated Press] Smooth move Jets Congratulations to the New […]

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Beside The Points For Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

Things That Caught My Eye Things that won’t catch their eyes Based on rosters from the 31 NHL teams, only 34 players will not use a visor on their helmet this season. This breaks down to about 94 percent of players wearing the extra protection. [The Associated Press] Smooth move Jets Congratulations to the New […]

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