The Football Fanatics Super Summer Clearance is underway! Take an extra 20% off all sale items. This sale covers gear from our entire site… that’s all teams in all leagues. So whether you’re looking for some back to school tees or cold weather sweatshirts for the upcoming NFL season, we have it all … on sale! Football Fanatics has t-shirts, hats, jerseys, sweatshirts, shorts, watches, accessories, etc. Stock up on team gear while the clearance is still running.

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We’re having fun all summer long at Surf Fanatics! You can be a part of it by entering to win awesome, new prizes each week in June, July and August. It’s called the 12 Weeks of Summer and you can find out more about it on the contest sign up page. All you need to do is enter a few fields, and you’re in! There are no limits on registrations, so sign up every day if you’d like!

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NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. You must be at least 13 years of age or older as of the entry date. Contest runs from June 1, 2009 to August 28, 2009.

The LSU Tigers are 2009 College World Series Champions. The Texas Longhorns took the series to 3 games, but the Tigers offense was just too much. LSU got off to a quick start putting up 3 runs in the first inning. A 5-run sixth inning virtually put the game out of reach. This is the sixth national title for the Tigers.

“It’s an unbelievable feeling to be put in the position where you’re remembered forever in Baton Rouge now,” said Mitchell, voted the CWS Most Outstanding Player. “To be in that company with the players who won championships, to put LSU baseball on top where it belongs, to be a part of that is special.”

To celebrate the CWS Championship, Football Fanatics has a ton of LSU champs gear on sale now. With $4.99 3-day shipping you can save on the hottest college baseball gear available. Here’s a small selection of what we have available.

The 2009 NBA Draft is coming up on June 25 at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Los Angeles Clippers have the first selection and all the experts have them selecting Blake Griffin. All this talk about the NBA Draft got me thinking… what year had the best draft class? In my opinion it comes down to two years: 1984 and 1996.

The 1984 NBA Draft Class is filled with Hall of Fame talent: Hakeem Olajuwon, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and John Stockton werre all part of this class. There were also three other all-stars in Alvin Robertson, Otis Thorpe, and Kevin Willis.

It’s a little bit harder to judge the 1996 NBA Draft Class because these guys are still playing. The stars of this draft include: Allen Iverson, Kobe Bryant, Ray Allen, Steve Nash and Jermaine O’Neal. There are also five other players from this class that are all-stars. By the time this class is done playing, I can see three Hall of Famers (possibly four).

It’s hard to argue against the 1984 draft… not just because they have Michael Jordan but because they have arguable the best players to ever play at 3 positions: Jordan at the Shooting Guard, Hakeem at Center, and Stockton at Point Guard. These guys all set NBA Records.

What’s your opinion. What NBA Draft class do you think is the best ever?

When asking the question “What’s the best stadium you’ve visited”, you’re bound to get many different answers. It’s a completely subjective view. Some of us who grow up always going to one stadium may favor it over the best new stadium simply because of the traditions and memories you have.

I asked this very question on Twitter today and had two replies… not surprisingly, they were not the same. I would answer the question with Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida. The stadium isn’t state of the art, but the atmosphere is second to none.

@JasonRubacky replied “Fenway on the monstah!!!”
He even provided a picture from his seats

@Mountaineer replied “Um.. Milan Puskar Stadium aka Mountaineer Field!”
This would be the stadium where the West Virginia Mountaineers play football.

@Switz1873 replied “Fenway, hands down. Just visited for the first time on Friday. So much history and energy = great.”

@jgsteeler replied “Kaufmann Stadium!!!!”

@leegientke replied “Petco and AT&T. (what can I say? I’m a Californian)”

@lennychiarello replied “Fenway Park no doubt about it”

For those of you not on Twitter, please post a comment with your answer to “the best stadium you’ve visited.”

If you’re on Twitter, please follow us @FFanatics and look out for our questions. Who knows, you’re reply could be featured here on the blog.

The NHL Season just wrapped up a week ago with the Pittsburgh Penguins bringing home their their Stanley Cup. It got me thinking about some of the best hockey players of all-time… Wayne Gretsky, Mario Lemieux, Bobby Orr, etc. Not being a huge hockey fan, I caught myself browsing the internet trying to find out as much as I could about them. One interesting record I came across was perfect for an edition of “Stump Zeke.” Who holds the NHL record for most regular season NHL games played? Watch and find out.

Some of the staff here at Football Fanatics are playing in a fantasy baseball league. It’s a 10-team head-to-head league with standard scoring. I’m taking this time to vent about my team and their pathetic performance through the first two months of the season. Currently I’m sitting in dead last with a 35-39-6 record… Zeke, from “Stump Zeke” is in first place with a 59-31-10 record. It’s a long season, so I’m not paniced yet, plus there are 6 teams under .500.

My excuse for being so bad right now is injuries. I swear half my roster has been on the DL at some point in the season. Kevin Youkilis, Jose Reyes, Jose Valverde, Brad Lidge, Edinson Volquez and now Roy Halladay have all missed time… and with the way Alfonso Soriano is playing he may as well be on the DL. Jose Reyes was my first pick in the draft and I’ve gotten about 3 weeks out of him. There is no time table on his return (I’m guessing late August).

If I can manage to pull it close to .500 by the MLB All-Star Game, I think I’ll have a good shot at making the playoffs. I just need my players to start playing like they should (Soriano, Oswalt …). Check out my roster, it’s not that bad is it?

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