The Wire Troll: Matt Cassel a Good Bet This Week

He’s big, he’s fast and he can flat-out play. The rookie missed the first six games of the season recovering from a thumb injury, but he exploded on Monday for five catches, 82 yards and a touchdown against San Diego. The Chiefs grabbed this guy in the first round for a reason, and he should see plenty of targets from here on out. Go get him.

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Video Game Review: Kinect Sports Season Two

It’s tough to assign a blanket number to a collection of mini games that each control differently, but as a group they hold up pretty well. The sensor tracked my movements nicely, and with few exceptions it kept the action moving when people shuffled in and out during multiplayer sessions. I did find navigating some of the menus to be overly finicky, though, particularly when skipping tutorials and celebrations. Voice commands are also available and work as designed.

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Video Game Review: Spider-Man: Edge of Time

Jumping, melee and ranged attacks are mapped to the face buttons while grabbing, web slinging and a signature evasion move occupy the shoulders and triggers. Using your evasion move is the key to success as you’re essentially unhittable when it’s activated (it’s got a limited lifespan with a meter that drains and recharges quickly), and as you’re constantly outnumbered you’ll need it to do a lot of sticking and moving.

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New York Yankees 2011 Season Review

Ho hum. The Yankees took the American League East for the 11th time in 14 seasons, but were unable to get back to the ALCS, suffering a five-game defeat to the Detroit Tigers in the ALDS. When they dropped that final game 3-2 at Yankee Stadium, it marked the first time the Yanks had suffered a one-run loss at home to knock them out of the playoffs since the 1926 World Series.

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