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Archive for June, 2010
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
When Sean Payton was an assistant coach prior to getting to New Orleans, he was always considered one of the best offensive minds in the NFL and had teams lining up for his services. However, despite the Saints coming off a 3-13 record the year before and dealing with the ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Cancer. Cancer has affected just about everyone in some way. While we haven't cured it, we seem to have drastically improved the likelihood of recovering from it (or at least forcing it into remission) in my lifetime. But that doesn't mean it's easy to beat. Denver Nuggets head coach George ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
He may be the clear top choice among current draft prospects, but John Wall was not the unanimous top prospect coming out of high school last season. He wasn't even the consensus top player. Among those ranked #1 by major scouting services as the All-American games came about were Wall, ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Is there anything that Dana White hasn’t done right for the sport of MMA? Dana White basically created the UFC from scratch and now it has turned into something enormous. Not only has he done a great job or marketing the sport, but he has also done a great job ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
Let the talk begin. Greatest Laker of all-time? One of the greatest players of all-time? Best player since Michael Jordan? All those questions will now be debated at bars and in the media now that Kobe Bryant has captured his fifth NBA Championship. You can say what you want about ...
Posted in Los Angeles Lakers, NBA | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Every four years when the World Cup is played, there are a handful of plays missed by referees that leave fans scratching their heads wondering how someone could make or miss a call in such a pivotal part of the game. Unfortunately, this happened to the U.S. men’s team last ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
He shot 36.1% from the field, made just 11 of 20 free throws, averaged more turnovers than assists and his own home crowd screamed "No" every time he lined up to shoot an open three. The other team wanted him to shoot. But a legitimate case can be made that ...
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Monday, June 21st, 2010
There is not another GM who is as aggressive or as tireless a worker and negotiator as Kevin Pritchard of the Portland Trail Blazers. He's always looking to make moves, whether it's in free agency, through the draft or with trades. His goal is to not only do everything he ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
Game seven of the NBA Finals might have been sloppy and it might have been a low scoring game, but it’s a game that I will always remember for the way that the two most storied franchises in NBA history left everything out on the court in their chase for ...
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Friday, June 18th, 2010
There are high hopes this season in the Windy City as it is year two of the Bears’ Jay Cutler experiment. In a move that brought Chicago their first Pro Bowl QB a season ago, Bears fans had high expectations for Cutler but, quite frankly, he fell flat on his ...
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