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The US Open gives us some memories for the ages, the Mets’ Willie Randolph may be eating his last supper and the Lakers and Celtics give us another reason to love this year’s NBA Finals. It’s Episode 8 of the AOCast. Time’s up, let’s do this….

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Feel free to send us feedback at anytime. Ask questions for the next AOCast. You have questions… we have answers. Patrick: pat@audiblyoffensive.com Chris:chris@audiblyoffensive.com

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(AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi) The word gets overused more than the water skiing squirrel highlight on Sportscenter, but… Wow. Yesterday… Sunday… Father’s Day… The Perfect Day. It was a perfect storm in the sports world. It was a day when a hero got the proverbial monkey off his back, a team fought off elimination in a [...]

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(Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES — In a situation like the one the Los Angeles Lakers are facing, a line from Metallica’s “No Leaf Clover” says it all. “And it comes to be that the soothing light at the end of your tunnel is just a freight train coming your way.” Yes, [...]

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The NBA Finals are off and running… and it looks like the Lakers are going to make a run at this afterall. Our guys will talk about it. A retirement and a cut in the world of football… the passing of a broadcasting legend and a weekend at the fights in the world of baseball. [...]

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Manager Bud Black pulls Milton Bradley away from umpire Mike Winters, but Bradley hurt his knee in the struggle. (JIM BAIRD/SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/AP) I got to work this morning and honestly had no intention of writing anything today. Then I came across a story I couldn’t pass up. I’m going to warn you, though. This [...]

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(AP Photo/Duane Burleson) I hate how the phrase “the rise and fall of…” has become so cliche, but in the case of Detroit Tigers lefty Dontrellee Willis, his rise and fall is that of Ankiel-ian nature. Yes, Rick Ankiel. Before the D-Train completely came off the tracks this season, the greatest pitching meltdown in baseball [...]

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(AP Photo/Mike Thomas) We’ve all heard one at some point in our lives – the monster story. Whether it be the legendary stories of Loch Ness or the Boogeyman or even one of the Cookie variety… monsters are a part of our culture. Then there’s the scary ones – ones like Frankenstein – the ones [...]

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Each week, Patrick Swafford will take a deeper look into one of the week’s biggest topics and provide his own unique, and sometimes very abrasive, point of view. As always, any opinions on this or any other story on audiblyoffensive.com can be sent to audiblyoffensive@aol.com. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) We’ve heard the word used so many [...]

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You can look at UFC 85’s card from several different angles. The one I’m looking at it is the “well, this is better than Tim Sylvia anyday” approach. UFC 85 was originally intended to be the UK’s formal introduction to Chuck Liddell as he locked up with Mauricio “Shogun” Rua. That main event alone was [...]

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Tragedy strikes the Motor City twice in 12 hours leaving Hockeytown without the inevitable title and a coach without a job… an epic NBA Finals tips Thursday, thank you God… and the mother of all flops this weekend for MMA and CBS… AudiblyOffensive.com is proud to present the most opinionated 45 minutes on the internet… [...]

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The Peanut Gallery is the weekly personal thoughts of Audibly Offensive co-editor Chris Lemke. You don’t have to like them…you just have to read them. I have made every excuse in the book, from “it’s not my cup o’ tea”, to “I have to wash my hair that night” but basically it boiled down to not [...]

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