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<< Nats continue road trip in Houston
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Washington Nationals will begin the final stage of their lengthy 10-game road trip tonight with the first of four straight matchups with the Houston Astros at Minute Maid Park. Even though they're tied with Florida for

<< Flyers try to rebound in Game 2 against Blackhawks
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - After losing an offensive battle in the opener, the Philadelphia Flyers will try to bounce back tonight, when they visit the Chicago Blackhawks for Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals at United Center . The best-of-seven ser

<< A's hope to slow down Cabrera in finale with Tigers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Trevor Cahill and the Oakland Athletics will try to slow down the red-hot Miguel Cabrera this afternoon when they wrap up their four- game set against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Cabrera went 4-for-5 with a home r

<< Santana goes for fourth straight win as Angels begin set vs. Royals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ervin Santana goes after his fourth straight win this afternoon when the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim open a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium. After opening the year with just one win throu

NBA Finals Preview - LA Lakers vs. Boston >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - If Yogi Berra were talking NBA Finals, the baseball legend might be tempted to break out his famous "It's deja vu all over again" line. The league's two marquee franchises, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers

Freedom downs Independence to take over second place >>
Boyds, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - First-half goals from Rebecca Moros and Abby Wambach propelled the Washington Freedom to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Independence on Sunday, lifting the Freedom into second place in the Women's Profess

Rockies option Fowler, bring up Herrera >>
San Francisco, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Colorado Rockies have optioned center fielder Dexter Fowler to Triple-A Colorado Springs and purchased the contract of infielder Jonathan Herrera. Fowler, 24, was the Rockies' primary starting cent

Johnson jumps to 16th in world rankings >>
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Zach Johnson won the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial on Sunday and jumped to No. 16 in this week's world rankings. With the victory, the former Masters champion improved 19 places. The

FOOTBALL TRASH TALK

Trash talk has a place in every competitive endeavor (except baseball; those stirrup-wearers are too busy chewing on their sunflower seeds and their supplements to worry about what their opponents are doing).

Fantasy sports is no exception. Any intelligent discussion of the subject would probably start with a thesis statement or a definition of terms. Thankfully, this wont be an intelligent discussion.

Let me just say that I am happy to take a place in this space alongside my talented colleagues, even our commissioner. (You should see how she bleats like a demented paper boy about league fees on our fantasy site).

Trash talking, I would argue, is primarily about amusing your friends, their sheeplike demeanors and sloping foreheads notwithstanding. The best place I have found for football trash talking is at www.SportsAlarm.com.

Beyond the entertainment factor, though, I would recognize that the sophomoric ritual has one advantage, when properly applied. It magnifies your fantasy triumphs and mitigates your fantasy failures by transforming the eventual point total into an afterthought. Winning makes it seem like your opponent really is a truss-owning, lapel-pin-wearing nitwit. And in defeat, trash talk can be the air bag to break the fall from your hyperbolic heights. The plug-necked yahoos on your team, you can say, will be sacking groceries by the end of the season.

The best trash talk, in my view, is layered and nuanced. And it doesnt focus only on your opponents team. It picks apart your opponent. The idea is to create a shock-and-awe-scale blizzard of nonsense, and the goal is to make your opponent drop his hands from his keyboard in exasperation.

What team does your opponent root for? Accuse a Giants fan of having a Joe Namath pillowcase. Wheres your opponent from? Give a look of concern no matter his reply, then say, I'll try to type slower for you next time. Is your opponent into politics? Label everyone a tax-and-spend corporate shill.

Cap all that with a liberal application of irrelevance. For instance, dont just conclude by saying your opponent is a twerp who drafts like my grandmother. Say that your opponent is a sweater-wearing, eyebrow-plucking twerp who drafts his team about as well as Zsa Zsa Gabor gave acceptance speeches at the Oscars. By the time your foe makes sense of that, his starting running back will have had puppies.

But what about you? Hmm? Recall a memorable slam? Have a tried-and-true technique? Know someone who seems impervious to insult? Take a moment and tells us about it. Put together some (fit-for-publication) thoughts. You wont be too busy returning phone messages from your friends, Im sure, to reply.

In addition to the trash talking, the Sports Alarm has a huge gallery of high resolution pictures of beautiful women and models in bikinis. The most popular models are: Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Underwood, Alessandra Ambrosio, and Paris Hilton.