Best lines from the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest:

"The Leader of the Four Horsemen of the Esophagus." (Always my favorite!)

"The David Blaine of the bowel."

"His stomach is a cauldron in which food is cooked by the heat of his liver."

"He is a genius of competitive eating. He knows why they call it couscous, and not just cous."

BTW, Joey Chestnut ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

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Could the use of Twitter, Facebook, blogging actually take us to a golden age of writing? Are we actually writing more than we have been?

Cheeseburger cupcakes! Nice way to cap off the 4th.

The Indians coaching staff gets the dreaded "non-vote of confidence, we'll decide later." Tribe celebrates with a 5-2 loss upon hearing the news.

Bring on the discount tickets.

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Steve McNair gone at age 36. Hard to believe. I really, really liked him at QB. One tough guy. I'd say some shady circumstances surrounding his death, but still hard to come to grips with. His death was ruled a homicide and I'm sure there is more to come.

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