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Joe Thomas Named as First Team AP All-Pro

January 24, 2011 by 4 Comments

Despite having a down season by his standards, the Associated Press named Browns offensive tackle Joe Thomas to the All-Pro first team.

Thomas joins Miami’s Jake Long, New Orleans’ Jahari Evans, New England’s Logan Mankins and New York’s Nick Mangold on the offensive line. 

He is joined by fellow AFC North brethren safties Troy Polamalu and Ed Reed, defensive tackle Haloti Ngata, linebacker James Harrison, and kicker Billy Cundiff. 

Congratulations to Joe on his second All-Pro award in consecutive seasons.  Not a bad day for Browns offensive linemen.

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(Photo: Scott Sargent/WFNY)

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Beanie Wells: Showmanship Or Setting Us Up?

January 2, 2009 by 8 Comments

Chris Beanie Wells StiffarmIf you caught any of yesterday’s New Years BCS Bowl action, one of the news blurbs that you saw run across the bottom of your screen nearly every two minutes was the recent Associated Press report issued on Ohio State running back Chris Beanie Wells. 

For many of us, it was a forgone conclusion that Wells would head to the NFL draft after this season.  Though many of his teammates came back for their Senior year thanks to some “unfinished business” (read: winning a championship), Wells was thought to simply enter the Heisman race, possibly win, hopefully get a ring and then be well on his way to Mel Kiper’s “big board.” 

But perhaps we were wrong. 

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LeBron James: More Than A Game

September 3, 2008 by 9 Comments

While we continue to be inundated with the everpresent debate between Cleveland, Ohio and New York, New York, those of us that are on the Ohio side have a documentary to look forward to. More Than a Game is the title of the film which chronicles the high school careers of LeBron James as well as his friends that accompanied him on his team at Akron’s St. Vincent-St. Mary.

Or, as one could also put it: Business LeBron helped create a film about Athlete LeBron, but it started while he was Kid LeBron. A very Wise LeBron move. [Read more...]

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