MLB Preseason-Rankings 2008

The MLB season opens this week with a match up of the defending champion Boston Red Sox taking on the rebuilding Oakland Athletics in Tokyo. With the start of the season comes peanuts, cracker jacks and in this year’s case raw fish eyes, but Sports Hubris is happy to give you it’s preseason power rankings as well!

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Growth hormone doesn't boost athletic abilities

"Athletes who take human growth hormone may not be getting the boost they expected. While growth hormone adds some muscle, it doesn’t appear to improve strength or exercise capacity, according to a review of studies that tested the hormone in mostly athletic young men". At least thats what msnbc reports....bigger muscles but not more strength? yeah, rrrightt.. any way read the story and believe it if you want to ..

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I never liked Treadmills

Bobybuilding Aids That Work - Whey Protein And Creatine

Bodybuilding aids have become the trend over the last two decades or so. Bodybuilding supplements as well as all supplements are exactly what they are called; supplements. There are many people out there that hear about a product and go straight out to buy it, take it for a few weeks and realize nothing happens.Whey Protein and creatine are the only supplements that I have taken that have stood the test of time.

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7 Ways to Boost Your Metabolism

Your basal metabolic rate—the energy your body expends at rest—is generally determined by your genetics, but new research shows you can trick your body into burning calories more efficiently.

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101 Year Old Man Runs 13 Mile Marathon & Stops for a Beer.

Martin says that in the last weekend, he's completed a 13-mile half marathon that took him a little more than five hours. It would have been faster, he says, but he says he stopped for a beer and a cigarette.

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Time Change - A Springing Forward Could be Bad For You

Spring forward, fall back still stands but there's a new twist this year as Daylight Saving Time starts three weeks earlier and ends one week later.Clocks around the United States are moved one hour on the second Sunday in March. Meanwhile, the time switch could shake up your biological clock, rattle your mood and ....

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Save Wrigley Field

A good friend has created a petition to prevent Tribune Company owner Sam Zell from selling the naming rights to Wrigley Field, home of the Chicago Cubs.To sign the petition and pledge to boycott the products of any company that purchases the naming rights, visit: http://www.savewrigleysname.com/

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Airborne Lawsuit Settlement Closes at 23.3 Million

Using Airborne to sidestep the flu while traveling this season? You might have better luck "not" using baggage tags on your next vacation and just going on luck and prayer that your luggage will find its way to you.Don't get us wrong. Airborne has all the vitamins in it that they say it does, but the research behind their benefits is bunk

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