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    Suns-Spurs: Down and dirty

    Monday, May 14, 2007, 04:34 PM EST [General]

    Steve Nash is from Canada, but that doesn't mean he's looking for a hockey game.

    The latest hard hit to the Suns' two-time MVP came in the fourth quarter of Monday's Game 4, when Robert Horry sent Nash sailing into the scorer's table with a flagrant foul -- a hit Nash called a "body check" in a postgame interview.

    In Game 3, Bruce Bowen appeared to send a knee into Nash's groin, an offense that was not fineable or worthy of a suspension, in the eyes of the NBA.

    That came on the heels of Amare Stoudemire calling the Spurs a "dirty team" and accusing Bowen of intentionally trying to hurt him.

    So as the hotly contested series heads back to Phoenix for Game 5, we thought we'd hear what you think.

    Are the Spurs a dirty team? Should Horry (or any of the Suns who came onto the court after the incident) be sitting on the bench for Game 5? Or are the run-and-gun Suns just too soft for postseason basketball?

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    Fed-up Favre requests trade

    Sunday, May 13, 2007, 09:54 AM EST [General]

    Several Packers and league sources have told FOXSports.com's Jay Glazer that Brett Favre's agent Bus Cook phoned Green Bay's general manager Ted Thompson within two to three days of the draft and asked for a trade. The sources said that Cook railed off how his client was fed up with the organization and wanted out.

    The request appears related to the team's inability to acquire Randy Moss.

    Is Favre right to request a trade?

    If the Packers granted this request, where would Favre even go?

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    Is Dirk worthy of MVP?

    Friday, May 11, 2007, 11:41 AM EST [General]

    Dirk Nowitzki had an awesome regular season and deserves a lot of credit for guiding the Mavs to 67 wins.

    Whether or not he deserves the MVP is another story. And apparently it's one we'll have to debate, since somebody in Dallas has let the cat out of the bag.

    Dirk becomes the first European to win it; but chances are he'll be remembered for winning it the same year his Mavs suffered a historic first-round playoff loss.

    Not since Moses Malone 25 years ago has an MVP winner had his team lose in the first round of the playoffs. But hey, Moses Malone is pretty good company to have.

    So what do you think? Is he the real MVP? If not, who would you take instead ... and how would you avoid this in the future?

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    Celebration time?

    Thursday, May 10, 2007, 03:16 PM EST [General]

    As Barry Bonds steadily draws closer to Hank Aaron's all-time home run record, plans to celebrate the moment (at least outside of San Francisco) are moving forward at a much slower pace.

    As in almost non-existent.

    As Dayn Perry reports, the commissioner's office and the handful of teams deemed to be possible hosts for this historic event aren't exactly fired up to be a part of the celebration.

    Is this right? Should MLB and its teams be more fired up to be a part of history? Or is it only right that the cloud of scandal that perpetually hovers over Bonds' head rain on his parade should he not have the good fortune to break Aaron's mark at home?

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    Prohibition, Part II

    Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 02:57 PM EST [General]

    In the wake of Josh Hancock's death in a drunk driving accident, the St. Louis Cardinals (as well as a handful of other MLB teams) have put an end to the longstanding tradition that is the clubhouse beer.

    But Kevin Hench thinks teams are missing the point by focusing too much on the "drunk" and not enough on the "driving" part of that tragic equation. As Hench writes, "it's not about the beer, it's about the car."

    But we wanted to see what you thought.

    Is a ban on beer a reasonable tactic for these baseball teams to take? Or is it treating its supposedly adult employees like children, while doing little to actually solve the problem of drunk driving?

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