Fixing the Saints

By Guy Mitchell aka sweetg1 Much has been written about the New Orleans Saints and BountyGate. While nobody asked my opinion, I’m going to offer it. I’m here to help, free of charge! I’m listing a checklist of items that will put the New Orleans …

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By J.R. Lebert aka jrlebert A decade and a half before we would come to know a certain center fielder in Seattle by the same nickname, fans of the Expos and Mets began a 30-year love affair with the original “Kid”, Gary Edmund Carter. As a …

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By Michael Reuben aka mreuben Everyone may have their own strategy to properly bust a box of cards, and for everyone it’s different. Heck, even the way we refer to this process seems to vary amongst all members of the hobby. Breaking a box. Busting w…

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By J.R. Lebert aka jelebert Does Matt Kemp have a chance at the Triple Crown?  *NOTE: As of the time of writing this article, Matt Kemp and the Los Angeles Dodgers had played 20 games. Kemp was leading the NL in batting average at .452, home runs with…

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By Michael Reuben aka mreuben Because it’s not one of the major companies, Tristar doesn’t get enough credit for its Obak sets. Far from the most attractive set, it does what amateur historians of sports want to see. While the major companies, Topp…

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By Thomas Jenkins aka TJJenkins Andrew Luck is more than likely going to be the newest member of the “Number One Club”, the exclusive fraternity of players drafted number one overall in the NFL Draft. But, he’s already starting his NFL career…

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The Sports Card Forum Inventory System was built to provide collectors with a free online system to maintain and display their sports card inventory. The inventory can then be used to sell items in our storefront system or through auction. Also, it is…

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  By Ryan Warren aka Sportsfanatic10 Going into the 2012 season most Chicago White Sox fans have little hope of a World Series victory. Detroit has Miguel Cabrera, Prince Fielder, and Justin Verlander. Minnesota has Joe Mauer, Cleveland has Asdrubal C…

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  By Noah Carter aka SappeltMan17 Everyone has that old minor league stadium near them. You Know, the one with the grandstands that aren’t ever full and of course the giant 5×10 aluminium signs advertising ” Dave’s Used Car Worl…

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  By Thomas Adams aka Cardncasebreak Do you have a favorite sports team? Think about your favorite player on that team. Now imagine you just found out that they have been traded, retired early, or entered free-agency unexpectedly. How would you feel? …

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By Thomas Drinan aka white_rabbit Good afternoon, while some of you look familiar to me, the majority do not. So for those who do not know me I was my father’s oldest son. Those of you familiar with the two of us would more than likely describe our r…

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By Andrew Hoyler aka Andrewhoya Or will it ever? Ever since the beginning of the human race, women were looked down upon. They were rarely allowed to leave camp to go hunting, and were stuck with the cooking and cleaning. IT stayed this way for centuri…

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by Drew Pelto aka *censored*  As a Cleveland native, I really don’t have a whole lot to live for in the sports world. The Browns are perennial cellar dwellers, the Indians don’t have the financial ability in MLB’s broken system to d…

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  by Richard McAdam aka RGM81 When it was revealed that the New Orleans Saints staff were running a “bounty program” which rewarded players for inflicting injuries on opposing players, shockwaves were sent throughout the sports world. People were,…

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  By D Tursky aka bigpapi4153 While most of us were lost in deep sleep and hopeful dreaming of our favorite baseball team’s winning this year’s World Series last Tuesday night, (unless you stayed up to catch the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athlet…

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  By Steven Morgan aka steven_morgan   Out of the millions of sports athletes that have come and gone over the many years, there are a few that really stand out. In my eyes, the ones that stand out are the ones that not only served as a Hero in their…

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By Pedro Macaizo aka Metsmagic18 Why do you stick up for your team in tough times? North Side Chicagoers, Red Sox fans, Pirates fans, Padres fans, Nationals/Expos fans, Mets fans, etc.   You root for your team because you know that one day greatness w…

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  By Phillip White aka Phill11ASU   It’s almost opening day and here’s this year’s first power rankings for Major League Baseball.     1. Anaheim Angels   The addition of Pujols makes this a very powerful team. They are deep in t…

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  By Joshua Helms aka Helms83 Today’s technological advances in the social media world connect sport fans with their favorite athletes. Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook allow fans to follow their favorite athletes, view their messages, p…

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By Sean McCafferty aka 30ranfordfan With teams having about ten games remaining, now appears to be a great time to look back on my early season predictions, see how badly I called this year’s NHL race to unfold, and make a few bold predictions as to …

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By Sean McCafferty aka Ranfordfan30 With teams having about ten games remaining, now appears to be a great time to look back on my early season predictions, see how badly I called this year’s NHL race to unfold, and make a few bold predictions as to …

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  by RGM81 aka Richard McAdam  When I was a young hockey fan, one of the first books I ever read about the Montreal Canadiens was Lions in Winter, written by Chrys Goyens and Allan Turowetz. When reading it, one cannot help but be overcome with a sen…

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By Jody Yarborough aka Mrjobe85 I would like to start this story out in the year of 1991 around about the time of the 1991 NCAA Men’s Final Four. I was 6 years old at the time and was sitting down to watch the Duke and UNLV Semi-Finals game with my d…

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By Mark Sienkiewicz aka roaddogg02316 How do I feel about the current NHL as it stands right now? I have my good points and some of my points others might not agree with at all. I would say at that at this point, it is in a pretty decent state. There a…

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  By Michael Roche aka DiebytheCubs   This Sunday, I will be turning 20 years old. Unfortunately, birthdays now are not the momentous occasions they were when I was younger. Each year, the presents now get blander and I am less excited to grow up. Wh…

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  By Jody Yarborough aka Mrjobe85   I have been collecting sports cards for over twenty years now and I still enjoy it just as much as I did when I was five years old. I still go to the hobby shop on the weekend and shoot the breeze with the owner an…

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 Michael Barton aka MonticelloCards  This may become an ongoing weekly column for SCF members exclusively, but for now I am not sure as I need to talk to some people who are in charge here in regards to doing work for some publicity for my companies….

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By JP Bogardus aka KD35Russ0 Can the Big 3 from Miami thrive in the clutch? Can the young guns from Oklahoma City win big games against experienced teams? Can the defending champs regain their form? Do the Spurs have one last run in them? Will Kobe or …

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By Guy Mitchell aka sweetg1 The NFL has a problem with the bounty situation, and everyone knows it. I’ll start this by saying that I agree with most that the NFL has become a league where you can’t hit anybody. It’s not the same football that I g…

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By Drew Pelto aka *censored*  The discussion of removing fighting from the game of hockey comes up every year under ridiculous pretenses. Sometimes it’s because of an injury in a fight. Other times it’s because of a major brawl. Much of th…

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By Jody Yarborough aka Mrjobe85 　 Let’s see where to begin to discuss this crazy relationship that some call a hobby but I prefer to call a lifestyle. Now, I’m going to tell you a little story about how I got addicted at an early age and …

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  By JP Bogardus aka KD35Russ0 Even when the NFL isn’t in season it seems to dominate the headlines. Peyton Manning’s contract situation almost overshadowed the Super Bowl in Indianapolis and now this New Orleans Saints defensive bounty story is d…

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By Robert Bullough aka Kurri17   As collectors, the cards we collect and our reasons for collecting vary widely. We all have our story, especially us old guys, and here is mine.   I remember the first card I ever owned, a 1971 Topps Dick Green. I was…

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By Kelly Burrington aka yazfan71 Well, I sure do and I miss those days. I miss the times when my friends and I would go around and collect pop bottles for the refund so we could go buy packs of cards and a bottle of pop. We’d sit down outside on …

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by RGM81 aka Richard McAdam It feels like such a long time ago that the fans of the Montreal Canadiens could feel a genuine and lasting sense of positivity about their beloved club. When the season began many trumpeted that the team was on the cusp of …

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