The Blue Workhorse

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The NBA Draft is tonight, so we’ve got a basketball heavy round of the Workhorse Link Roundup featuring 9 Around the Country, 6 NBA Draft, 2 Hometown, 1 Awesome YouTube Song, and 1 Megan Fox is Ungodly Hot:
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* Iowa FB Coach Slain in Weight Room - Yahoo/AP
* Sports All-Time Sidekicks - Rumors & Rants
* Retina Burning Unis (no Shareef Abdur-Rahim green Hawks uni?) - MoonDogSports

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Much has already been written about the awesome weekend that was Blogs with Balls, so instead of regurgitating everything, I’ll just tell you about my weekend that started at 3 AM Thursday morning, what I enjoyed at Blogs with Balls, what could have been better at BwB, and all the cool folks I met.

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We’ve got a bunch of random links lying around that need some love, so today we’re giving you links to 5 Around the Country, 3 Random Old, 2 Hometown, and 1 Megan Fox is Ungodly Hot:

5 Around the Country -

* Another reason Joe Morgan sucks! - Bob’s Blitz

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My father has a lamp on his desk that he uses every morning when he is up early researching stocks or paying bills. However, the lamp he has went out last week, so I started searching for him a new lamp. I wanted to get him something that could display his love for the Atlanta Braves or Falcons, but still looked somewhat professional.

This being a sports blog, the bulk of my opinions tend to mix a political tidbit with a dousing of sports world analysis. However, today’s post will be the reciprocal of that formula.

President Obama’s pending commencement address at the University of Notre Dame this afternoon has caused much turmoil throughout the American Catholic Church and my family. As a proud brother of one of those receiving a diploma at today’s celebration, I pause and ask what would Rudy do?

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In Game 7 of the first round series against the Miami Heat and Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semi-finals against the Cleveland Cavaliers, I was able to snap some photos and just happened to find some pictures of Atlanta’s A-Town Dancers on the memory card when I got home. Don’t know how it happened. [...]

openhanded \OH-puhn-HAN-did\, adjective:

1. giving freely; generous
2. done with an open hand

Usage

The Blue Word o’ the Day Contest appears to simply be my openhanded way of padding Blake and Sportsdawg’s pockets due their names dominating the winner’s list.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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palliative \PAL-ee-ey-tiv\, adjective, noun:

adjective:
1. relieving or soothing the symptoms of a disease or disorder without effecting a cure

noun:
1. something that eases (symptoms) without curing the underlying disease

Usage

Watching a #14, #15, or #16 seed knock off one of the top three seeds is always enthralling, but the experience is only a palliative if the upset destroys your bracket.
CONTEST:

In order to win, your job is to come up with the funniest example sentence(s) using the day’s word. Therefore, all you have to do to enter is leave a comment with your example sentence.

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