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Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ftrsports.com/2012/02/liverpool-pays-20-million-for-player-after-being-duped-by-youtube-video/ http://ftrsports.com/2012/02/liverpool-pays-20-million-for-player-after-being-duped-by-youtube-video/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:42:16 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164860620 This YouTube video was so impressive to Liverpool brass that it compelled them to sign Stewart Downing to a 4-year £20 million contract. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2012/02/liverpool-pays-20-million-for-player-after-being-duped-by-youtube-video/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/video-red-sox-players-visit-dana-farber-cancer-institute/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/video-red-sox-players-visit-dana-farber-cancer-institute/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 21:26:55 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164859314 While other baseball teams are out shopping for championships, haggling on hairstyles for big free agent signings, and bidding on Japanese superstars, the Red Sox spent the day at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston signing autographs and bonding with patients.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/12/video-red-sox-players-visit-dana-farber-cancer-institute/feed/ 1 http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/kayaker-video-of-cc-sabathia-and-john-lackey-in-pacific-ocean/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/kayaker-video-of-cc-sabathia-and-john-lackey-in-pacific-ocean/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:57:07 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858348 I used to think kayaks were only meant for whitewater rafting, but I can see how it would be more exciting if you add the risk of being swallowed whole by a pack of whales, too.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/kayaker-video-of-cc-sabathia-and-john-lackey-in-pacific-ocean/feed/ 1 http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/flashy-off-seasons-dont-mean-sht/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/flashy-off-seasons-dont-mean-sht/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:42:55 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858278 It occurred to me today that the St. Louis Cardinals knocked the two teams with the flashiest off-seasons out of the playoffs. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/10/flashy-off-seasons-dont-mean-sht/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/baltimore-and-tampa-bay-did-boston-a-favor-by-eliminating-them/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/baltimore-and-tampa-bay-did-boston-a-favor-by-eliminating-them/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 07:28:20 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164858001 When the Red Sox are at their best they are grinding teams out. They rack up pitch counts, chase out starting pitchers, and hit timely hits. In the AL East teams have to be able to take a beating and the Sox just didn't look like the lion hearted, scrappy fighters we are used to seeing. They didn't even want to be in the ring. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/baltimore-and-tampa-bay-did-boston-a-favor-by-eliminating-them/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/do-you-know-this-douchebag/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/do-you-know-this-douchebag/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:41:22 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857985 There are two types of people in this world. People who wear their favorite team's gear to games that their favorite teams are not playing in, and people who are not f***ing douchebags. This guy is the former.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/do-you-know-this-douchebag/feed/ 2 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/bartman-found-not-guilty-after-serving-8-year-death-sentence/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/bartman-found-not-guilty-after-serving-8-year-death-sentence/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 07:24:41 +0000 David Sacco http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857949 ESPN aired "Catching Hell" a 30 for 30 documentary which examines scape-goating and die hard sports fanatics. The movie explores two historic plays in the history of two plagued sports teams.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/bartman-found-not-guilty-after-serving-8-year-death-sentence/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/are-the-yankees-tanking-to-screw-red-sox/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/are-the-yankees-tanking-to-screw-red-sox/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:11:16 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857945 Last night the Yankees put a second rate reliever on the mound for this second start of his career against a red-hot Rays team that is chomping at the bit to overtake the Sox in the remaining two games of the season against a bunch of Yankee benchwarmers.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/are-the-yankees-tanking-to-screw-red-sox/feed/ 4 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/yankees-gm-brian-cashman-faked-interest-in-carl-crawford-to-drive-up-price-for-bosox/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/yankees-gm-brian-cashman-faked-interest-in-carl-crawford-to-drive-up-price-for-bosox/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 22:07:04 +0000 Mike O. http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857867 Yankees GM Brian Cashman admitted earlier today that his interest in Carl Crawford this past season was not genuine. His only reason for entering the sweepstakes for the overpaid, underachieving outfielder was to drive the price up for his AL East blood rival, the Boston Red Sox. ]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/yankees-gm-brian-cashman-faked-interest-in-carl-crawford-to-drive-up-price-for-bosox/feed/ 0 http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/manny-ramirez-seeks-mlb-reinstatement/ http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/manny-ramirez-seeks-mlb-reinstatement/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:27:12 +0000 Charles Drengberg http://ftrsports.com/?p=164857856 After less than a full season of retirement, would-have-been-Hall of Famer, Manny Ramirez is now talking comeback, and seeking reinstatement to Major League Baseball.]]> http://ftrsports.com/2011/09/manny-ramirez-seeks-mlb-reinstatement/feed/ 1