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My 2008 All-Star Team I took a lot of time composing the list, and I did not just look at stats, but I did take that into account. With that said, my all-star list will have major differences than many […]

The [Five] is on a summer vacation! We’ll be updating and renovating the site for the next weeks. Therefore, the content will be updated less often than normal. Check back July 7th when we get back to full swing.

This isn’t really a column, it’s part obituary part personal ad. I’ve been reading too much Rick Reilly lately – Lindsay Schnell got me hooked. Someone is missing today. They have been for a while. No one’s noticed though. Maybe […]

The AP is reporting: The U.S. women earned a place in the championship game of the Peace Queen Cup with a 2-0 victory Thursday over Italy on two goals by Abby Wambach. The win clinched Group B for the Americans, […]

The AP is reporting: Willie Randolph figured the New York Mets would fire someone. He just didn’t think general manager Omar Minaya would pick him. “I thought he was talking about whacking a couple of my coaches,” the ex-manager told […]

The Palm Beach Post writes: The Green Bay Post-Gazette is reporting the Packers recently “made an exploratory inquiry” to the Dolphins about DE Jason Taylor‘s availability. “We don’t comment on rumors,” Dolphins spokesman Harvey Greene said of the report. The […]

The Nashville City Paper writes: Tennessee Titans linebacker Ryan Fowler couldn’t say much about the allegations regarding performance-enhancing drugs against him that surfaced last week, but he did deny using steroids. In speaking to the media Wednesday for the first […]

HOWARD ULMAN of the AP writes: Paul Pierce had not slept in 36 hours but the Boston Celtics captain was more than ready to greet the tens of thousands of fans who turned out Thursday for the rolling rally celebrating […]

Day 1/2 = Picked: Stanford, Miami, Rice, North Carolina (2-2) Day 3 = Picked: Florida State, Stanford (1-1; 3-3) Day 4 = LSU, North Carolina (1-1; 4-4) Day 5 = Stanford