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This Day In Sports History (March 30th) – Sammy Sosa
It was on this day in 1992 that the Chicago White Sox traded Sammy Sosa and pitcher Ken Patterson to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for outfielder George Bell. Many believed that the White Sox got the better player in the deal, but over time they would be proven wrong. George Bell was an aging [...]
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15 Bizarre Off-Field Baseball Injuries
Over the course of a 162-game MLB season, the daily grind—playing 6 days a week, summer heat, red-eye flights—is going to take its toll on every player. Injuries are going to mount as guys strain obliques, tweak hamstrings, dislocate shoulders, and pull groins. There’s just no way around it. Then again, it’s not always day-to-day [...]
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9 Sports Cheaters Who Said No To Drugs
A lot of people like to talk about how the rampant use of steroids in baseball during the 1990s and early 2000s tarnished records and ruined the sanctity of “America’s pastime.” But of course, the reality is that baseball players—and all athletes, actually—have been cheating since…um, forever. It’s not like Jose Canseco was the first [...]
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Former Cubs Pitcher Auctioning Off Sammy Sosa’s Corked Bat
During a game against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 3, 2003, Sammy Sosa hit a ground ball to second base that would prove to be quite costly to him, and quite profitable for former Cubs pitcher Mike Remlinger. Sosa’s bat shattered on the play, causing the umpires to investigate what appeared to be a [...]
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Picture Of The Day: Remember The Nineties?
It seems like only yesterday we were enjoying the 1990s, when Nirvana ruled the airwaves, Bill Clinton was sitting in the Oval Office, and O.J. was riding around in his white Ford Bronco. It was also a decade when chicks were clearly digging the long-ball, and the men hitting the homers for them were clearly [...]
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Charles Barkley Wears “Whiteface” Sammy Sosa on TNT (Video)
Sammy Sosa was back in the news recently after pictures of him surfaced on the internet featuring a significantly paler looking complexion. His official explanation for his paler face was that he is undergoing a skin rejuvenation procedure which makes his skin look like that temporarily. Anyways, the media storm surrounding the photos has led [...]
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The Ultimate Home Run Derby Of All Time
Total Pro Sports – Tonight will mark the 25 year anniversary of the MLB All-Star Game (unless you want to be stingy and exclude the 1988 event, which was canceled due to rain). The fans in St. Louis will be jacked to see hometown hero Albert Pujols taking part in his third derby, as will [...]
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Wade Boggs Loves Americana, Hates Steroids
Total Pro Sports – A couple of buckets filled with Miller Lites at a sports bar autograph session will sure loosen up some tongues. Last night that is exactly what happened to Wade Boggs as he sounded off after being asked to comment on baseball’s current steroid era. So what did Boggs have to say [...]
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Does Anyone Really Care About Sammy Sosa And his Steroids?
Total Pro Sports – So I may be a little behind in reporting that former MLB slugger Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance enhancing drugs back in 2003. Well let me tell you something. Everyone reporting this yesterday and today were years behind. Let’s be serious now. Who in their right mind still believed that [...]
