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Checking the mail: Summer edition

By Bill Simmons
Page 2

Friday, August 10, 2007

Maybe I'm supposed to be working on a book, but how could we allow the summer to slip away without a mailbag? As always, these are actual questions from actual readers: Q: I thoroughly enjoy how "Theo Ratliff" isn't a player anymore but an incomplete term -- his name is really an abbreviation for "Theo Ratliff's expiring contract." From now on, I propose that his basketball card, his fantasy profile and even the back of his jersey are changed to "Theo Ratliff's expiring contract." Can you make ...

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