Your Weekly Sports Mash Up

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The first week of college football ends tomorrow, and we have a jam packed week ahead of us as the Buckeyes get ready to face off against the Hurricanes. Boise State will test their might aganist Virgina Tech, to see if they are a contender or a pretender. The ITS Poll will come out Tuesday. (Hopefully).

Your Weekly Sports Mash Up

We're going to start off differently than normal here, by going with ITS news of the week and then Ohio Sports.

ITS: Earlier this week Along The Olentangy (suspiciously close name if I do say so myself) was named the Ohio State blog for SB Nation. So that could mean a long while before we ever have a chance of getting on that platform. Also, we are still looking for a basketball writer, and time is running out as the season approaches, so please send us an email at insidetheshoe2009@hotmail.com or leave a comment. Anyway, on to college football. As you know, this marks the beginning week of College Football, which means it's Marshall week. We will have a schedule to follow with our game weeks, so let's go over as to how it will look.

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Cavaliers: The Cavaliers will open the season aganist the Boston Celtics, but the big game comes December 2nd, as the Miami Heat head to Cleveland. This is going to be interesting. For all your Cavs news, head over to Fear The Sword.

Reds: The Redlegs won another game aganist the Marlins last night, taking the series after they're tough 3 game sweep to the Cards. The Cardinals lost, giving the tie for first back to the Reds. Dusty doesn't like going for sweeps, but I think in this situation they have to. The next series they have is a tough 9 game series of West Coast teams including the Diamondbacks, Dodgers, and Giants. They need to take 2 out of 3 of those series to stay in this race. This in my opinion, is the toughest away stretch this half of the season. The other one that comes to mind is at St. Louis, and at Colorado. For all your Reds news, head on over to Red Reporter.

Bengals: After an opening loss to the Cowboys, the Bengals will look to bounce back against the team that gave them the immaculate deflection at the beginning of the regular season last year. Chad Ochocinco has informed the world that the starters will play all of the first quarter this time, instead of a couple of drives. For all of your Bengals news, go to Cincy Jungle.

Buckeyes: The Seniors and juniors lost the kick scrimmage, and Jermil Martin is transferring to Ashland, which is full of former Buckeyes. That's one spot gone, with about 3 other RB's to fill it. I wouldn't worry too much about it, as he was pretty much gone anyway since he never attended practice. My man, Jaamal Berry is soaking in the Buckeye camp, as he's full of good news. Berry says he hasn't dropped a pass, for fans to expect a lot of big plays and runs, and he expects to start on Kick Return! (There you go SBB). You should know where to go for your Buckeye news (maybe not).

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Cavs: It appears that the Cavaliers have signed Joey Graham. Graham, (6-7, 225) was with the Denver Nuggets last season, averaging 4 points and 2 rebounds in 63 games. Lebron James flipped the bird to a local Ohio radio DJ. This just goes to show how much he truly cares about us, right? For all you latest news on the Cavaliers head over to Fear The Sword.


Bengals: The Bengals have signed Carlos Dunlap. The deal is worth 3.57M and 1.779M in guaranteed. Carson  Palmer says that there is no reason they can't go 19-0 and win the Super Bowl. Andre Smith has gained a few pounds. Ugh. For all your Bengals news, head over to Cincy Jungle.


Reds: The Redlegs didn't do anything during the trade deadline, but we pretty much knew that was the case going in. On a game note, the Reds won a 3 game series with the Brewers, and now are tied with the first place Atlanta Braves thanks to a good hit by Ryan Hanigan, and a fluke throw from the outfielder. Reds play today at 1. For everything Reds, go to Red Reporter.


Inside The Shoe: ITS is looking for a basketball writer for the upcoming season. If your interested please leave a comment, or send us an email at insidetheshoe2009@hotmail.com. The ITS Fantasy League had it's draft yesterday, with some success. We wish all teams luck.

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To start things off, we are less than a week away from the ITS Fantasy Football League draft! We are giving a free item from our shop away, if you win the league! If you would like to sign up, just go to the link above and the password is beaniewells

Cavs: The Cavs just finished their summer league play, finishing with a record of 3-2. The "star" player during the league was with no doubt Pooh Jeter. He averaged 14.8 points per game and finished fourth in the Summer League in assists per game, and has agreed to a deal with the Sacramento Kings. This is obviously not good news. For everything Cavaliers, visit Fear The Sword.


Reds: After coming off a disappointing 2-2 series tie with the Washington Nationals, the Reds have regained the NL Central lead with 2 wins over the Houston Astros, as they took the series. Looking for the 3 game sweep, and trying to distance themselves from the Cards, they play again today at 2:05. Mike Leake, 7-1, will look to continue his dominance, as the Reds, and their fans start to get excited about this team. For everything Reds, visit Red Reporter.

Bengals: The Bengals could still sign Terrell Owens, but reports are saying that it all depends on Antonio Bryant's knee. Cedric Benson had a "productive" talk with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after he was charged for assault. For everything on the Bengals, visit Cincy Jungle.


Buckeye Football: Terrelle Pryor says that his knee will never be 100% again, but it's as close as possible right now, and he is excited to prove what he can do on the football field this season. You know where to go for all your Buckeye news :).


Inside The Shoe: ITS is looking for 1 writer as of now, a basketball writer. If you think you are interested please let us know in the comments and/or email us at insidetheshoe2009@hotmail.com. Look forward to hearing from you!

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Cavs: Obviously that didn't go the way we wanted to. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you might have heard something about our best player leaving to go play with Bosh and Wade. Of course, then it got worse when Dan Gilbert, the majority owner, wrote a scathing letter to LeBum, stating that the Cavs would have an NBA Championship before Lebron does. Twitter put it best as one tweeter(?) stated, "This is the beginning of a long feud." Oh boy. For more on Cavs news, head over to Fear The Sword.

Reds: They went 3-4 this week starting last Sunday, finishing the Cubs. Then they played a 3 game series against the Mets, which was very important. We won that series 2-1. Thursday, we started a 4 game series vs. the defending NL Champions and have lost 3 straight. In extra innings. Travis Wood, last night, the Cincy pitcher threw a perfect game through 9 innings. Then a double ended that. In the 11th with the game tied at 0, Jimmy Rollins, who hit one of the walk off homers, was up to bat with 2 men on. Of course, he hit a base hit, sending them to a walk off win again. The Reds lose the series, but maintain a 2 game lead against the Cards in the NL Central. They finish the series against the Phillies today at 1:35, they're last game before the All-Star break. Joey Votto got the last spot in. For more on everything Reds, go to Red Reporter.

Bengals: Ochocinco said that this year will be the Bengals year to win the Super Bowl. Also, it's the year of the Tiger for that Chinese/Japanese calender. Also, it is rumored the first pick of the draft next year for the Bengals will be a running back. Analysts are thinking they go with Ryan Williams from Virgina Tech. For more of everything on the Bengals, head over to Cincy Jungle.

Finally, a reminder from your blog, Inside The Shoe is giving away a free item from they're shop if you win the ITS Fantasy Football League. Click that link to go there, enter the password, which is beaniewells, and get ready for Draft Day on July 31st, 2010 at Noon EST.