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<< Clippers try to stop skid against Warriors
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Los Angeles Clippers will try and stop a four-game losing streak when they resume a five-game homestand this afternoon versus the division-rival Golden State Warriors at the Staples Center. Los Angeles has dropped seve

<< Howison leads windy New Zealand PGA
Christchurch, New Zealand (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gusty winds sent scores soaring on Saturday at the New Zealand PGA Championship. Ryan Howison, the first-round leader, posted a two-under 70 Saturday to move to the top of the leaderboard after th

<< Shorthanded Jazz top Nuggets
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Deron Williams posted 26 points and 14 assists and Matt Harpring scored 22 points as the shorthanded Utah Jazz upended the Denver Nuggets, 114-104. Paul Millsap had 14 points, 10 rebounds and four steals,

<< Gasol and Memphis hold off Portland
Portland, OR (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Pau Gasol scored 23 points, as the Memphis Grizzlies edged the Portland Trail Blazers, 103-102, in a wild finish at the Rose Garden. Trailing 98-89 with a tick under five minutes left, Portland rattled

Red-hot Mavs aim to extend winning ways against Nuggets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Dallas Mavericks will try to extend their third double- digit winning streak of the season this evening when they host the Denver Nuggets at American Airlines Center. Already with winning streaks of 12 and 13 games und

Isles welcome Habs to Long Island >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Islanders will play the fifth tilt of their current seven-game homestand this afternoon, when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens to Nassau Coliseum. The Islanders improved to 3-1-0 on the residency Thursday,

Sabres, Sens renew unpleasantries >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators renew their heated rivalry as the two Northeast Division foes conclude a home-and-home series tonight at Scotiabank Place. There was plenty of bad blood between the clubs in Thursday'

Rangers try to rebound vs. Blue Jackets >>
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two teams in need of a victory will get together this evening at Madison Square Garden, where the New York Rangers continue a homestand against the struggling Columbus Blue Jackets. New York attempts to rebound from a dis

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.