Name: Gary D. Benz
Dateline: Akron, OH
Weblog: nextyearagain.blogspot.com
Articles: 45
First Published: Monday, February 25, 2008
Last Published: Sunday, October 5, 2008
Currently listing articles 45-1:
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Sarah Palin - Did I Mention She's a Maverick?— The Republicans may be claiming victory in Thursday night's debate, but what did Sarah Palin really accomplish anyway?
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Let Obama be Obama— The Democrats are nervous and want Obama to channel their rage. Relax. Obama just needs to be Obama.
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Phil Savage's Blind Spot— The Cleveland Browns' undoing may be the result of Phil Savage's biggest blind spot — head coach Romeo Crennel
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Well, There He Goes Again— The selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate may be historic, but that doesn't mean it's not bizarre
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The Stench from Cincinnati Bengals' Camp— Bengals owner Mike Brown sells what little is left of his soul in re-signing Chris Henry
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The Cleveland Browns Enter the Rarified Air of Expectations
— With expectations coming from everywhere, the only thing the Cleveland Browns can do is disappoint
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Beyond Just Manny Being Manny— Manny Ramirez can talk. And this time he talked himself right out of Boston.
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Guiliani's Son Channels Kramer, Sues Duke University— Andrew Giuliani's dream of the PGA Tour probably has less chance than Kramer's dream of playing the Senior Tour.
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John Daly: He Used to be Someone
— John Daly's circus act at the Open Championship shows just how far he's veered off course
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Does Brett Favre Know When to Say When?— Packers management is afraid that Brett Favre will thrive elsewhere. They shouldn't be.
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Mark Shapiro's Plea for Trust— With the trade of C.C. Sabathia, the Indians again counsel patience with a team that is 60 years removed from a pennant.
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Mark Shapiro and Phil Savage: A Matter of Contrast
— Where Shapiro was complacent, Savage was bold. For Browns fans, the question is whether the results will be different.
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Mark Shapiro's Rose-Colored Glasses— Cliff Lee may be holding the safety net for the Indians' Mark Shapiro, but being fine is not the same as being better.
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Has Mark Shapiro Lost His Nerve?
— If Indians GM Mark Shapiro is to deliver on his audacious promises, he needs to rekindle his own audacity.
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Releasing LeCharles Bentley: It's Only Business
— The Browns release of LeCharles Bentley may be just business, but it will linger
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Making the Wrong Excuses in Cleveland— The Indians' problems aren't injuries, but a flawed lineup and a bit of self-denial.
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Hillary and the Women Who Resent Her— Clinton's failed campaign was an inside job as much as anything else.
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For the 2008 Indians, It's 1968 Revisited— 40 years later and not much has changed with the Indians. All pitch and no hit and another long season.
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Eric Wedge's Season of Discontent
— The Indians skipper took on relief pitcher Rafael Bentancourt and revealed more about himself in the process.
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Will The NFL And Its Union Kill The Golden Hen?— The NFL and its union seem to be on a collision course, but not everything is as it seems.
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Arlen Specter vs. Roger Goodell, Again— There's far more to the battle between Arlen Specter and Roger Goodell then just spying. Again, follow the money.
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Playing the Odds with C.C. Sabathia— Holding onto C.C. Sabathia for the rest of the season may be the Cleveland Indians' best bet.
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The Cavs, The Indians, And The Audacity of Hope— They may be different sports, but the problems of the Cleveland's Cavaliers and Indians are similar, neither can hit.
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The Gas Tax and Governing from the Center— What Barack Obama can really learn from Hillary Clinton's gas tax holiday proposal
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The Indians Can't Hit and Derek Shelton's in Trouble
— If the hitting coach can't figure out why the Indians can't hit, he'll join Eddie Murray on the unemployment line.
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Costas Now: Sports Bloggers Need to Get a Life— Bob Costas used his HBO bully pulpit to again decry sports bloggers. Again, it didn't work.
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Roger Clemens and His Closet Of Skeletons— Roger Clemens' fall has been so great, even drug dealers and ex-cons are more believable.
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Jerry Jones And His Deal With The Devil— Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones trades for Pacman Jones and sells his soul in the process, assuming he had one.
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McCain's Numbers Problem— With George W. Bush achieving the lowest approval ratings in history, John McCain is in trouble and he knows it.
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When the Safe Pick is the Right Pick— Dolphins GM Bill Parcells signing an offensive lineman as the first pick in the NFL draft is safe and right.
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Reasons to Believe— Obama and the bitter White guys are just dancing around the real issue.
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A Night of Inevitable Outcomes for the Cavs and the Indians
— It didn't have to work out that way for the Cavs or the Indians, it just did.
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Baseball Strikes Out Again on Drugs— Baseball may have amended its drug testing policy, but that doesn't mean it improved it.
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What the Carmona Signing Really Tells Indians Fans
— Follow the Cleveland Indians long enough, you'll learn the truth, harsh and bitter though it may be.
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The Cleveland Indians' Lost Weekend
— The Indians may have avoided the weekend sweep, but they can't avoid the reality of they're struggling offense.
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Baseball's Payroll Problem— With the growing disparities in payroll, the rich just get richer while poor are left with cake.
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The Hole in the Middle of the Indians Line-Up
— The Cleveland Indians better get Travis Hafner righted or get a Plan B. Another season of hoping is not an option.
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Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen - Columbus, Ohio, March 24, 2008— Life lessons and Bruce Springsteen - Bruce Springsteen's show on Monday night was the perfect life lesson for a dad and his daughter.
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Terrelle Pryor Is a Buckeye: Rodriguez to Blame?— It's not even football season, and already the Buckeyes have their first victory over Michigan.
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Is C.C. Sabathia In A New York State Of Mind?— When C.C. Sabathia shut down negotiations with the Indians, it fostered the locals' paranoia that the Yankees would again prevail.
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Mike Greenberg And Arlen Specter: Two Conspiracy Peas In A Pod— Doesn't ESPN's Mike Greenberg and U.S. Senator Arlen Specter have anything better to talk about than spygate?
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What Was Derek Anderson Thinking?
— The debate is fierce on whether the Browns should have signed Anderson, but should he have signed with them?
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The Browns' Phil Savage: A Gambler in Nerd's Clothing
— Cleveland Browns GM Phil Savage may be accelerating the team's growth, but maybe at the expense of the future.
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When It Comes to the Owners, Follow the Money— Naming rights for Wrigley Field for sale? NFL owners opting out of their contract? Follow the money, connect the dots.
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Hank Steinbrenner, Another Bad Seed— He failed to appreciate he and his family are as culpable as anyone in this mess baseball finds itself in.
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