Miniaci's must-read musings (and other alliterations)

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Response was good to last week's, so I think this is here to stay.

Looks like the Milton Bradley era in Chicago is done. The disgruntled outfielder was suspended for the rest of the season by the club after GM Jim Hendry said he'd have enough of the outfielder's complaining and ranting. Bradley signed a three-year $30 million deal with the Cubs last offseason and the team will probably look to deal him in the offseason. Sure, Bradley has only himself to blame. And yeah, he didn't play nearly as well as was expected of him. However, he did post a very solid .378 on-base percentage. He shouldn't have been the scapegoat for the Cubs' poor season. Other players were hurt (Aramis Ramirez, Geovany Soto) or didn't play well at all (Mike Fontenot, Alfonso Soriano). The blame should fall on Hendry, who handed out bad contracts the past few years. It will be an interesting offseason on the Northside.

Some other things important and not so important:

- So Plaxico Burress gets to start his two-year prison term. He shot himself and got two years. Michael Vick killed dogs and got two years. Something wrong with this picture?

- The Kentucky high school football coach accused in the heat-related death of one of his players was acquitted of all charges. Is it just me, or does anyone else think of Tom Berenger as Bear Bryant in ESPN's Junction Boys?

- My fantasy hockey draft is tonight. I'm weighing my options with my first pick. I have a feeling it won't go over too well.

Video of the week: Tyrone Carter splattering his and Greg Olsen's brains all over the sideline:

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Dave Miniaci is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports chief. He has previously been sports night chief and a sports copy editor. He has also covered men's rugby, men's track and field and field hockey. He is from New Jersey and is a big Devils fan and proud of both, and he doesn't care if you hold that against him.

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Adam Clark is a senior majoring in journalism and is the Daily Collegian's sports editor. He previously covered fraternity and sorority life, crime and courts and was the Collegian's summer 2009 news/sports editor. His favorite athlete died on the last lap of the 2001 Daytona 500 and his favorite football team is coming off the worst six-year stretch in NFL history. He does hold it against Dave Miniaci that he's from New Jersey.

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Dan Rorabaugh is a senior majoring in sports journalism and minoring in English. He is the sports copy desk chief, and was previously a reporter for the men's rugby, men's cross country, men's volleyball, women's soccer, women's basketball and men's lacrosse teams. Last year, the impossible dream happened - one of his favorite teams, the Phillies, won a championship. Now if only the Eagles could catch some of that magic, he might be able to actually find peace with sports.

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Michael Oplinger is a junior majoring in media studies and political science and the Collegian's assistant sports copy desk chief. He previously covered the men's tennis and men's volleyball teams. Even though he enjoyed the Phillies' World Series victory, he misses the days of Jose Mesa and David Bell.

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Eddie Gentile is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in history. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's tennis team, the Lady Icers and the Penn State baseball team. Gentile is your stereotypical Philly fan - he considers every game a loss until they actually win... and even then he'll probably still be moaning. Go birds.

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David Rung is a senior majoring in journalism and minoring in kinesiology. He works on the sports copy desk and previously has covered the women's swimming team and the men's rugby team. Rung isn't as die hard about pro sports as his sports staff brethren from Philly and Pittsburgh, but he does take pride in being a Red Sox fan before the bandwagon started.