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Sports Thread #2 for 12/15/08: McNabb Keys The Eagles To Another Big Win Over Cleveland

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Photo from Mel Evans of the AP The full recap here , including the highlights. Unless you already had it tuned to ESPN, the NFL network, or your local TV network by the way.

Sports Thread for 11/27/08: Blowouts To Them on NFL Thanksgiving 2008

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(Photo from mlive.com)This sign couldn't be more true Brian van Ochten of mlive.com made a terrific point in column assessing the misery that is the Detroit Lions and their franchise after failing to 0-12 in a 47-10 defeat to the Tennessee Titans today, their worst loss ever on this holiday. This was ion regards to lame turkey coach Rod Marinelli, and how even the venerable but still young Jeff Fisher of all coaches did a classless thing: It is impossible to sugarcoat the painful fact Marinelli is 10-34, including 13 losses in a row and defeats in 19 of his last 20 games at the helm. It's not as if the team is improving either; it keeps getting worse all the time. Even his peers show him no respect. It is a code among NFL head coaches to not run up the score, call timeouts in the fourth quarter of routs or throw needless challenge flags in the final minutes of games -- unless, of course, it involves New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and former protege Eric Mangini of th...