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Debating the hall while always taking the ball

By Tim Keown
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

The Hall of Fame is becoming an unhealthy obsession. Even in a world of round-the-clock manufactured news and staged arguments, Hall of Fame discussions are in danger of veering off course and taking relevance and credibility with them. Seriously, why is it such a big deal to argue, over and over, someone's Hall of Fame credentials? I completely understand the power of sports to draw people together based on their differing opinions -- what else would they talk about on "First Take"? -- but at ...

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