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We have a feeling that Coach would vote for Al if he was running We have a first time contributer to the Thoughts from a Reader’s Side here on Thoughts from the Dark Side at TFDSsports.com. Coach explains why Al Davis should be revered in this day and age rather than reviled.

There’s a stigma with the city of Cleveland and its sports teams. A defeatist attitude. A self-loathing attitude. A “why me?” and “will this ever stop?” attitude. Whether it spills over to the local media or stems from the media itself is like the chicken/egg theory.

What a whirlwind of an offseason this has been so far! It started prior to the end of the Raiders last game of 2007 and the winds of change have continued to ‘dust up’ many negative insights about the Oakland Raiders as an organization.

Worth reading Victor Davis Hanson on things that don't add up: That the World’s Saint, Mr. Gore, who lectures on carbon emissions and green behavior, built an ecological monstrosity of a castle that gulps energy at gargantuan rates; while the world’s villain, George Bush, built an eco-friendly, far more modest house that uses a fourth less power than the average home.

Only Al Davis would start throwing out regret over the spending spree that his team went out BEFORE THEY EVEN PLAY A GAME in the 2008 season.  Maybe it’s the recent issues with wide out Javon Walker, who the team way overpaid for, or the simple fact that the team has made strides in adding talent, but at the same time look like they are going to have their issues in the upcoming season.

What? Huh? Did someone just say the Milwaukee Brewers and the Tampa Bay Rays were the front-runners for a stretch-drive run with the services of one C.C. Sabathia? That’s right fans in Tribeland, it looks like these two teams, if not at the front of the line for Sabathia, are slowly elbowing their way up.

NBA Obsessed takes you into the hit and run game of NBA Basketball. Jermaine O’Neal is the one on the left. He is now a Toronto Raptor. Image details: Indiana Pacers v Miami Heat served by picapp.com This draft is full of so many equal players that trades may abound. As teams shore up their foundations before the draft.

Filed under: Pistons, Warriors, Eastern, Western, NBA Rumors, Detroit, OaklandWhen Joe Dumars put his entire roster on the block, he opened the door for a summer of crazy rumors. First came the Carmelo Anthony rumors, which became so rampant that 'Melo demanded an explanation from Denver's front office.

“[W]e are so going to kick your a__ this season…then we will be able to prosecute nut cases like you” -E-mail From An Obama Supporter I wish I could tell you that the above quote from an e-mail we received was an insolated incident… an aberration from some “nutcase.” It’s not!  IT’S TYPICAL of so much of the hate mail we receive!

Who Are These Mysterious “GOP Strategists”? Reading through Stuart Rothenberg’s report on the current state of Senate races, I was stopped at this sentence: The next most vulnerable Senate seat, in Minnesota, has moved toward the Republicans in recent weeks.