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What are the components of sports? For starters, at an early age, sports involvement is designed to teach you things like sportsmanship, competitive spirit, and teamwork. Next, there is usually a set of game rules to follow when taking part in sports. And finally, there's a team or individual competition that yields a winner.
Sounds simple, but when it comes to the world of sports, debates over which team is the best, whether or not the coach blew the game, or which athlete deserves the highest accolades, can rage on and on. The Sports Blog is here to provide a play-by-play and help keep score of the latest sports-related news and views.
From game rules and regulations and recent sports scandals to controversies concerning performance-enhancing drugs to over-the-top contracts, sports stories are always big news. Whether you love baseball, football, hockey, basketball, golf, or other sports, add this to your required reading list, sports fans!

Community Projection: Chipper Jones
Not too many bad things you can say about this guy - even a Mets fan has to admit to that. We're starting to see what he can do while fully healthy...

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Community Projection: Kelly Johnson
Second base might be one of the biggest make or break positions for the Braves next year. There's a potential for improved performance from last...

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Sickels’ 50/50 List has Plenty of Braves
John Sickels has released his list of the top-50 hitting prospects and his list of the top-50 pitching prospects in the minor leagues. The list...

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The Trades Just Keep on Coming
And they continue to be head-scratchers. The Braves acquired left-handed reliever Jeff Ridgway from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for utility infielder...

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Spring Training Guide for Free!
I love it when publishers give stuff away for free. It so rarely happens, but I was recently contacted by the publisher for a Florida Spring...

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Braves 400 Club Winter Banquet
I was recently contacted by the Braves 400 Club and asked if I'd post a line about their upcoming banquet. This year's theme, "Celebrating 30 Yea...

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The Pitchers We Gave Up for Kotsay
I'm fairly certain this will be the penultimate thing I will write about the Kotsay trade (it may even be the ultimate). We have been discussing...

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The Good, The Bad, and The Kotsay
I'm past my upset phase of the Mark Kotsay deal and I've moved on to acceptance. One reassuring comment that helped ease my pain came from Tyl...

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