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RAY BUCK A couple of things:The fact that 'Bullet' Bob Hayes is still being sized up by the Pro Football Hall of Fame voters 34 years after he last played is utterly ridiculous.The fact that Nolan Ryan has set 'winning a World Series' as a goal for a Rangers organization that hasn’t gotten to one since it arrived here in 1972 is equally bold. Hayes snub must end: The best I can calculate, Bullet Bob is about a quarter-century past due. He should have been inducted with Paul Warfield (’83) or Charley Taylor (’84). They were his peers.But I keep telling myself that when it comes to HOF snubs, the only thing more criminal than late ... is never.ESPN analyst Cris Carter is one of 15 finalists for the Class of ’09, in his second year of eligibility. Even he is shocked that Hayes (a seniors committee finalist) isn’t already in. 'I haven’t checked my football history, but I don’t think we had a player like Bob Hayes before he came into the lea

Olympic bronze medallist Tony Jeffries is left frustrated after his first professional fight is delayed.

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As much as I wish I could say, 'Oh, to heck with it! Get a tattoo...!' I know this is not a reality. Here's how a tattoo comes to be and the not much talked about reality of tattoo removal. You may be surprised!

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Flames goalie prospect Leland Irving has made a pretty seamless transition to his first season of pro hockey. Irving is currently with Quad City of the AHL. He has a 9-9-1 record, 2.36 GAA and .905 save percentage in 21 games. However, he has no shutouts.

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The Ravens aren't planning to use the franchise tag on Ray Lewis to keep the 10-time Pro Bowl linebacker off the free-agent market, owner Steve Bisciotti said yesterday.

By RAY BUCK The country was changing fast. City folks flocked to the ’burbs in record numbers. Detroit began cranking out compact cars. Ordinary roadways were being turned into interstate highways.We were becoming bigger, stronger, faster.John F. Kennedy stood atop the steps of the U.S. Capitol and took the oath of office as the 35th President of the United States. He told us the torch had been passed to a new generation of Americans.The time was January 1961, and the sports landscape was changing, too. In pro football, something called the American Football League had just survived its first test against the established NFL, starting with a fierce competition for fans and media coverage in the two biggest cities on the map: New York and Los Angeles. The new league set up shop also in non-NFL cities: Boston, Buffalo, Denver, Houston and Oakland. In Dallas-Fort Worth, the rival leagues created a different dynamic altogether with both franchises fielding start-up teams.The ’

Denis Thompson, PRO for Skandia Geelong Race Week confessed to being 'a little anxious about the breeze'