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Bob Hille's starting 5

Sporting News, The, March 18, 2005

1 Conference tourneys. It's my annual I've-died-and-gone-to-heaven time. It's gotten so bad that I lied to the boss. I feel awful. I told him I was out getting drunk with a client when really I was watching the Ohio Valley semis.

2 NFL free agents. Bad sign for my favorite team: The kid who fetches the tee after kickoffs? Salary cap casualty.

3 The Spurs. I tune in to see how they're winning, and they've got players from the U.S., Argentina, France and Slovenia. They're like the freakin' U.N. ... only, y'know, effective.

4 A Exhibition season. Overpriced tickets. Games that draw 5,000 fans. Three innings of major league-caliber bali. There's a name for that: Royals-Devil Rays in July.

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5 NASCAR in Mexico City. Its globalization effort got off to a great start ... other than one nasty little incident involving the translation of "Boudreaux's Butt Paste."

Bob Hille's starting 5

Sporting News, The, March 18, 2005

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