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Sports Illustrated Jinx? Jimmie Johnson appears on this week’s cover of Sports Illustrated
Jimmie Johnson appears on the cover of this week’s Oct. 17, 2011, issue of Sports Illustrated, on newsstands Wednesday. It is the second time Johnson has appeared on the cover. His last appearance was on the Nov. 24, 2008, issue, which was also the last motor sports cover of SI. For three...
The Steelers are never the story until they win it all
Let's face it, the national sports media think the Steelers are boring. Our defense is so reliably outstanding it's become routine and no longer newsworthy. Our coach manufactures precise and non-flammable press conferences. We don't go after the big names in free agency. The whole blue collar...
You Just Knew It Would Happen
Some days it does not pay to be at the University of Kentucky. Sports Illustrated sees one thing when they see a UK jersey, alumni, player, or coach, and it must be complete and utter contempt for our program. Coach Rick Pitino has had his share of troubles lately, and as I have said numerous...
The Disrespect Continues, Vol. Eight
Has it been that much already? Seems that way, at least. The latest outrage comes from those paragons of football logic, Sports Illustrated, where John Mullin ranks the best QB/RB combos in the league. The Saints rank 17th. Here's what Mullin has to say about us: Brees' passing numbers are...
Ravens Owner Bisciotti Named 5th Best Owner in NFL
According to The Baltimore Sun's Ravens Insider, Sports Illustrated just ranked the owners in each sport. The great and proud news is that Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti was named as the 5th best owner in the NFL. The hilarious and embarassing news is that they also named Baltimore Orioles...
Baltimore Beatdown goes over 250K Visits!
Congratulations to all who have made the Baltimore Beatdown one of the top Baltimore Ravens blogs on the internet. This weekend, we went over a quarter of a million visits since I took over this blog in August 2007. Better than that, more than half of those visits have come in 2009 alone and we...
Ryan Zimmerman vs. Edwin Encarnacion
In a column at Sports Illustrated, Tom Verducci writes about Ryan Zimmerman's new contract. He compares Zimmerman to Reds 3B Edwin Encarnacion, writing the following: How much real value is there to being considered "the face of the franchise?" If you said $38.4 million, you understand the...
Versus' Primetime Audience Up, Average Viewer Age Down
The "Biz" section in the new issue of Sports Illustrated has some intriguing stats regarding Versus (the television home of Zuffa-owned World Extreme Cagefighting) and its performance since the basic cable channel was rebranded from OLN (Outdoor Life Network) back in 2006. The report cites...
Spectacular quote from this week's SI
From this week’s Sports Illustrated…nice story on last weekend’s rivalry games, highlighted by the Civil War. "I think people in this state like BOTH teams," proclaims Nick Aliotti, the Ducks' defensive coordinator. "Except for our hard-core fans, I don't think most...
Week 9 NFL Power Rankings
After a Week off, the Power Rankings have returned to Mile High Report. Here are the Main Stream Media(MSM) Power Rankings around the web this week. Below that you can find MHR's own Power Rankings for Week 9. Feel free to discuss and even post your own rankings for this week. Yahoo! Sports --...
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