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DALY: Giving soccer a fighting chance

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The Celtics' Glen Davis said he'd like to try to play professional football eventually.Associated Press The Celtics’ Glen Davis said he’d like to try to play professional football eventually.

Have you seen the clips of this female soccer player at New Mexico who roughed up half the BYU team? She kicked one opponent, tackled another and nearly decapitated another by yanking on her ponytail.

And that was just trying to fight her way to the mirror in the ladies’ room.

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BYU finally got her to settle down when it put Buffy the Vampire Slayer in the game.

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Amazingly, it wasn’t until the 76th minute that the officials gave Elizabeth Lambert a yellow card. Of course, the only player who’s ever gotten a red card in women’s soccer, from what I understand, is Lizzie Borden.

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Neal from Gaithersburg e-mails: “Compared to Elizabeth Lambert, Jack Lambert was a wuss.”

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Elizabeth is banned from practices, games and conditioning drills indefinitely, her coach announced.

Yeah, but something tells me the next time she plays, the game will be on pay-per-view.

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Celtics bruiser Glen “Big Baby” Davis says he’d like to give pro football a shot someday. Imagine the possibilities:

A 6-foot-9, 290-pound tight end.

A 6-9, 290-pound offensive tackle.

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Dan Daly

Dan Daly

Dan Daly has been writing about sports for the Washington Times since 1982. He has won numerous national and local awards, appears regularly in NFL Films’ historical features and is the co-author of “The Pro Football Chronicle,” a decade-by-decade history of the game. Follow Dan on Twitter at @dandalyonsports –- or e-mail him at ddaly@washingtontimes.com.

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