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Author: John Paulsen (Page 162 of 937)
If you’re wondering if the FIBA World Championship means anything to the host nation of Turkey, check out the final minute or two of Turkey’s semifinal win over Serbia.
Team USA faces Turkey at 2:30 PM ET today (on ESPN) in the title game and will no doubt face their toughest test yet. The crowd will be as hostile as the Cameron Crazies.
Per Andrea Kremer of NBC Sports:
When Percy Harvin was in the hospital after collapsing at Vikings practice in August he says his heart stopped beating for ten seconds. At that time doctors suspected he was not getting enough oxygen while sleeping.
Four days after he was released from the hospital, Harvin underwent an overnight sleep test. He says that during the test his heart stopped beating eight times. He was then diagnosed with sleep apnea, a disorder that affects breathing while sleeping. Harvin says doctors told him they believe the sleep apnea is the main issue triggering his migraines. He now often sleeps with a device that pumps air into his nose to regulate his breathing. He brought it on the road with him and says he slept with it last night.
Harvin also told me that he is no longer taking any medication, which is significant since he said that medication caused his collapse at practice back on August 19th.
Hopefully for Harvin’s sake, the doctors really have found the cause of his well-documented migraine problem and it’s good news that he’s been able to come off the medication that caused the August collapse.
From a fantasy point of view, this makes me a little more confident about owning him in a couple of leagues this season. I’m more concerned about his lack of chemistry with Brett Favre in Thursday night’s game than I am about his history of migraines.
Bill Simmons picks the Pats over the Jets in the AFC East this year, and here’s why:
First, I seem to be the only person who remembers that the Jets were 9-7 last year. You’d think they went 19 and minus-3. Second, I don’t trust the Sanchize even a little. Not a smidge. Unless he was trying to get us drinks from a crowded bar and the bartender was a cute female. Third, all the fuss about New England’s admittedly shaky defense obscured its explosive offense: The Pats are loaded at receiver and tight end, they have Brady, they can chuck the ball with anyone and they’re pissed off that nobody is picking them. And fourth, I’m a huge homer. So there.
I forgot that the Jets lost seven games last year…hmm…
Through five or six episodes of “Hard Knocks,” Rex Ryan does seem to be full of bluster, and Sanchez looked fairly brutal in the preseason. They’ll have a strong running game and a good/great defense, but I’m not sure that makes them the Super Bowl favorites that they seem to think they are.
On the last episode of “Hard Knocks,” Rex Ryan suggested that Mark Sanchez call the plays in the second half of the Jets’ final preseason game. He said that he did the same thing when he was in Baltimore with Ed Reed and Ray Lewis and they were tapping out pretty quickly. Well, Ray doesn’t want Rex Ryan mentioning his name…
Monday night, baby!
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