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University of Utah making headlines again

Published: Sunday, Feb. 20, 2005 10:40 p.m. MST
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Jose Canseco may be a slimy guy, but it's hard not to believe his accusations against fellow baseball players, who suddenly became extra-muscular in the 1990s and hitting al those home runs. It's hard to believe that just Canseco, Jason Giambi and Ken Caminiti, the three players to admit it, were the only players using steroids...

NASCAR is now the second most popular sport on television behind the NFL. Last Friday the USA Today devoted two sections to the opening of the NASCAR season. Sorry, I still don't get the thrill of watching bunched-up cars go around in a circle on TV. I even tried watching it yesterday Of course some people don't like watching the World Series of Poker...

Can you believe National Hockey League canceling an entire season?

Didn't they learn anything from Major League Baseball's 1994 fiasco. The problem is, the NHL won't be able to rekindle fan excitement like baseball did in the late '90s thanks to the sluggers on steroids...

They're saying the NBA All-Star dunk contest is back thanks to the thrilling dunks 19-year-old Josh Smith provided Saturday night in winning the annual contest. But couldn't it have been a lot better with more than just four players participating, including Chris Andersen (who?). Let's hope LeBron and Carmelo and even Kobe will not find it beneath themselves to participate in the future...

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Can you remember who won the dunk contest at the 1993 all-star game in Salt Lake? It was none other than the guy they called "Baby Jordan,"

Harold Miner of the Miami Heat...

It's just 42 more days until Red Sox-Yankees on opening day.

Thankfully we have March Madness to keep us going until then.

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