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Diving headfirst into sports after a short sabbatical

By Gene Wojciechowski
ESPN.com

Wednesday, October 4, 2006

SOMEWHERE OVER THE ATLANTIC OCEAN -- Turn off the plasma. Leave the morning newspaper on the driveway. Forget about your recommended daily dosage of Mike & Mike. While you're at it, log off ESPN.com (wait -- not yet!). Put your ESPN The Magazine back on the coffee table. And absolutely no phone calls, e-mails or water-cooler talk about the greatest six-letter word in America: s-p-o-r-t-s. Now go cold turkey for not one, not two ... but nine days. That means no NFL, MLB or NASCAR. No ND, UT or ...

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