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Commissioner Whan of the LPGA understands the policies of Augasta National and feels that even though the club has it's policies for women not being allowed to be members, he thinks the club should host an LPGA Tournament.

In no way shape or form am I against women or women's rights but there is something the Commish needs to understand.

When the Olympics were in Atlanta in 1996, the IOC wanted to intr

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Long time New York City sports radio personality Mike Francesa went on an anti-Twitter rant on his show yesterday.  He basically said Twitter is an inane online community for morons who have nothing of import to say (I'm paraphrasing, of course)

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It has been a couple days, I am back and so are you, 'On The Sidelines'!!

Tonight's show topics include: Lakers are done after Game 1 with OKC, the newest UTEP men's basketball recruit Matt Willms, the weekend round up a day late and Mike Francesa from WFAN in New York needs to stop talking about things he has no clue about!

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In 1991, Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz had a brilliant idea.  He created an event in which people made homemade 'flying machines' and attempted to fly them off a pier.  Thus, the Red Bull Flugtag (German for airshow) was born

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Seven-foot-one center Matt Willms signed a national letter of intent to play for UTEP in the fall of 2012.  The Canadian big man comes to El Paso by way of Findlay Prep in Nevada.  Last season for Findlay, Willms averaged 8

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Former NBA gunner 'Thunder' Dan Majerle was taking in a Diamondbacks game on Saturday night from the comfortable confines of the Chase Field pool.  Majerle was enjoying a plate of food when Arizona's Gerardo Parra clubbed a ground rule double that one hopped the fence in right-center field

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Veteran pitcher Josh Beckett ruffled some feathers in Boston when he recently played golf on his off day.  Beckett was scheduled to start the night before, but was a late scratch with a sore lat.  This may not have been a major issue in the Boston media if Beckett wasn't the perceived ring leader of a pitching staff that played video games, drank beer, and ate fried chicken while the Red Sox burned last September

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Anyone who stays up to watch 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' witnesses a well oiled machine.  Kimmel tells a few jokes, has a couple sketches, interviews a couple 'A-listers,' introduces a popular musical act, and calls it a night

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It has been a crazy Thursday here 'On The Sidelines'!

Thank you for taking a time out to join me!

Tonight's show topics include: Rocky Colavito interview, people are on Twitter can really annoy me sometimes and the USFL is coming back

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One of the downsides to being rich is that the rich are expected to bid exorbitant amounts on mostly worthless items in charity auctions.  I know they can later write off the expense, and the money goes to a worthy cause, but who really wants to drop $100,000 on a pair of slippers once worn by Marilyn Monroe?

I guess money is no object to some people who really want to own a piece of memorabilia, but I think the charity angle drives up the prices more than fandom

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