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Cuil is pretty bad.

So remember that "amazing" new search engine called Cuil that was being thrown around the news the other day? Turns out it sucks. It sucks so bad I'm actually ashamed of myself for believing it might be useful. Here's why:

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Are sports blogs really that terrible?

Bob Costas recently conducted an interview with Will Leitch, the creator of one of the most famous and popular sports websites on the internet - Deadspin.com on his HBO show Costas Now.

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Baseball as a religious experience

As a sports fan, I get excited whenever any new sports season starts, whether its football, baseball, or college hoops. However, every April I realize that there's something different about baseball, and I this year think I finally figured out what it is.

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Subconscious Racism: A real problem in America

Please note: I mention blacks repeatedly in this article, but my thesis applies to people of all skin colors. It's just that I've seen examples made of blacks more often than other races.

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My experiences installing Ubuntu

Well, I took the leap to Ubuntu...again,for maybe the tenth time. It seemed that everytime I installed Ubuntu in the past, I uninstalled it due to frustration with the OS.

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ESPN has reached a new low

Watching Sportscenter this morning, I was about to get my daily dose of Who's Now - this time a "matchup" between Tiger Woods and Dwayne Wade.

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Blogging Wimbledon...the right way

It really disappointed me today when, on the second most important day of the world's most important tennis tournament, I realized that the Slate.com Wimbledon live blog had not been updated since June 28 (that's nearly a week and a half ago).

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Is it really OK for girls to go wild?

I apologize for the lateness of this article. I posted this on a personal blog about a month ago and didn't realize it would appeal to a Newsvine audience until today. -------------

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Is free speech responsible for the death of common sense?

Some recent events in the news have practically forced me to write this article, because I feel that nowadays with the popularity of the Internet and everyone voicing their opinions on practically everything the American idea of "free speech" is completely responsible for the dea …

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What went wrong with the BALCO scandal - My take

I recently started reading Game of Shadows and just got a chance to see the last episode of "Real Sports" on HBO where they covered the BALCO scandal.

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The Best Athlete Ever

Quick - who's the best athlete ever? Michael Jordan? Nope. Emmitt Smith? Not even close. It's Roger Federer, everyone. Surprised? Why don't you take a closer look...

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Can selling tickets on Stubhub work as a second job?

Some notes before I start the body of this article: I do not condone the act of scalping tickets at all. I have realized long ago that scalping only makes it difficult for those who really want to attend concert and sporting events to be able to go.

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Newsvine Pings?

Another idea just came to my head. I remember how, when I used to post to my Wordpress blog (The Sheil Blog, the blog software had a feature where it would automatically ping any links that you refer to in your post.

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Is it bad to vote for your own articles?

One thing I noticed that I've been doing recently is voting on all the articles that I have written myself. I don't know if this has been asked before, but how do you all feel about this practice? Should I start off all my articles with one vote from me?

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What the hell is up with the weather?

Is it just me, or has the summer of 2006 been absolutely crazy in terms of the weather New Jersey has gotten? It seems that nearly every week, my the area near my house gets hit with another thunderstorm.

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NCAA Football 2007 (A Review)

I picked up NCAA Football 07 for my Xbox 360 during my lunch break yesterday, along with a Datel Transfer Kit and an Xbox Memory Card (do the math yourself; I'm embarrassed to tell you how much I paid for it all).

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Danny Almonte is Married

Something's just not right here. You all remember Danny Almonte right? The little Dominican boy who pitched 70mph fastballs and a perfect game in the Little League World Series. Well, he's now married. Yes: m-a-r-r-i-e-d married.

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Free, uninvited Howard Stern

I use Griffin Technology's iTrip to listen to podcasts on the way to work and back everyday on the FM station 87.9.

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Mike and the Mad Dog - The greatest sports talk radio ever

If you live in the New York tri-state area and you're a sports fan, you probably know who Mike and the Mad Dog are.

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Is David Blaine a "real" magician?

Today, I listened to the Penn Jillette podcast from a few days ago and, not surprisingly, the show's main topic was David Blaine. Hosting a radio show is actually Penn's side job; he normally works as a magician, doing mostly up-close card tricks.

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Alabama's Late Surge and Others' Late Fall

I was originally going to post this as a comment to the Alabama Upsets No. 12 Florida 82-77 article, but seeing as I had a lot to say about this win, I figured I'd just write my own post.

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FIFA World Cup 2006: Coolest Mascot Ever?

I know I'm really late on this, but I just caught a glimpse of the 2006 FIFA World Cup mascot: GOLEO VI (the name really is in all uppercase letters), the lion, and he's got to be one of the coolest mascots I've ever seen.

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The Madness is Building...

What a wild two days of college hoops...

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Lights out in Torino

"In a recent SportsNation poll, 47 percent of voters said they didn't watch any Olympics coverage this past weekend. Not even the opening ceremony!"

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Duke/UNC

I'm not that upset. Really, I'm not.

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