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Welcome to Single High Sports
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“Are you Tottenham? Are you Tottenham? Are you Tottenham in disguise? Are you Tottenham in disguise?” This is what the Arsenal fans inside the Emirates sang in the final ten minutes of Saturday’s match with Nottingham Forest who are led by former Tottenham manager Ange Postecoglou. Arsenal smashed Forest 3-0 who never threatened once in
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
The AAC: It’s stronger than it looks. The American Athletic Conference is as strong as it has ever been. Cincinatti, UCF, and SMU have moved up to the power five, but this conference still has teeth. Strong teeth at that. The question is whether this conference will produce one elite team or let the parity
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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“Oh baby, things are heating up now.”- Brent Musburger If there was a week to take your eyes off the Saturday game, it would be this one. The matchups are intriguing, and the games have the potential to be exciting, but this weekend lacks heavy-hitter matchups. The heavy-hitter matchups will feature in Week 5. Don’t
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Welcome to Single High Sports
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GENERAL UPDATE: 9/14 “The first casualty of War is the truth.”- Winston Churchill Another heavy meal of football this weekend featuring both round and oblong versions. Although I will confess now that I did not see one second of the round ball due to the call of the wild that I heard bellowing from the
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“Only a loser bets on the Cowboys”- Lee Murphy c2003 Perhaps only a loser picks against the spread over forty times in one day like I decided to do. Was it courageous or foolish? Who knows? I do know that it made the Saturday more interesting. Forty-Four Picks Results: 22-22. What a ride. Let’s do
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“After that only death could prevent my following Captain McNelly.”- George Durham quote from FOLLOW ME TO HELL by Tom Clavin Hopefully, at this point you’ve purchased and read this book along with every other book on the Old West that Tom Clavin has authored. They are all worth it. If not, it’s ok. I’ll
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“North London forever. Whatever the weather. These streets are our home.”- Louis Mark Dunford The round version of football is back! It feels like last season that Arsenal played Liverpool in Anfield two weeks ago. The season began and then took a two-week sabbatical for the international break, but it finally has returned. Tomorrow morning
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“It’s not just about winning or losing, but winning is more fun.” -anonymous football fan Winning is fun. That’s a fact. Losing is not as fun. That’s also understood. Playing the game is always fun. Currently there are twenty teams that haven’t tasted victory and fifty-four that have yet to lose. With 83 percent of
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
Has last weekend’s heavy meal of football digested yet? Might need to fast 40 hours or so to get the gut clear and ready to do it all over again. Run some hills, swim some laps, do some burpees so you can justify that third slice of pie on Sunday afternoon. Dessert will have to
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Welcome to Single High Sports
A dose of sports to curb the workday boredom
“I went to Springfield once. I never went again.” Springfield, the “Cashew Chicken Capital of the world” or so they say. Also, the home of The Missouri St Bears who are fresh off a win at Marshall. This Saturday afternoon, the Mustangs of SMU are coming to town. First for a plate of gas station